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Relatives of the rights defender Oyub Titiev are unaware of his family destination. This was announced by the report shown in the nightly news of the "Grozny" Chechen State TV and Radio Company on January 16.

The Armenian Cabinet of Ministers has supported the bill banning the imports of cars with the right-hand steering wheel for the period from April 1 to October 1.

Today, 70 miners have held a picket in Gukovo, demanding from the authorities to allocate coal to them and reduce utility tariffs.

The prosecutor's office has persuaded the court to increase the punishment of Arthur Bekbolatov, convicted for killing Dagestani policemen, from 24 years to life imprisonment.

Today, a Magistrate Court in Sochi has stopped the case opened against Victor Nochevnov, accused of insulting believers' feelings, said Alexander Popkov, an advocate.

The term of house arrest for Aslan Iritov, the leader of the NGO "Volny Aul" has been extended for two months, despite the protest of the activist, his advocate reports today.

The Anti Kadyrov YouTube channel, which published critical video appeals from a Chechen woman to Ramzan Kadyrov, was available for less than two weeks.

In Rostov-on-Don, Anastasia Shevchenko, the chief of the Ksenia Sobchak's regional office, and volunteer Maxim Popov were detained after the police got a report about pasting of opposition stickers in a store.

On January 17, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan held a session to consider the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office against the acquittal pronounced by the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala to Ziyavudin Abdulkhalikov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE), has called on the Russian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the arson in the Nazran office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The body of Magomed Mamatov, a resident of Ingushetia, was found in North Ossetia. The man disappeared in last August, a source has reported.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, who met officials of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" after the fire in the HRC's office in Nazran, promised rights defenders "all possible assistance of law enforcement bodies in investigating the arson," but offered no personal help, Timur Akiev, the head of the Ingush representative office of the HRC "Memorial", has stated.

The court has fined two townspeople for participating in the rally in support of nominating Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate.

Maria Lasitskene, a track-and-field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the Dyachkov-Ozolin memorial tournament by having conquered 2.01 meters, setting the best result of the 2017-2018 winter season.

Today, Armenian MPs have adopted amendments to the law that provide for controlling the age of gamblers, restricting the casino gambling and increasing the fines.

The attack on the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia has become a result of impunity of the people involved in human rights violations committed in Chechnya, rights defenders interviewed by the 'Caucasian Knot' believe.

This morning, in Rostov-on-Don, a burst of gas with subsequent inflammation occurred on the fifth floor of a ten-story house. As a result, one person was killed. Fire-fighters evacuated 50 tenants of the house and extinguished the fire.

Magomed-Ali and Magomed-Sidik Mezhidov brothers, detained in Chechnya in the course of the anti-drug campaign, have filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office about torture, which forced them to defame themselves.

An attack on the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia and the pressure on the "Memorial" office in Chechnya are connected, believes Oleg Orlov, a member of the board for the HRC "Memorial".

Last night, a fire broke out in the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on the second floor of a two-storey building in Nazran. PCs and furniture were destroyed by the fire, while no people were injured.