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On February 24, at the 63rd meeting within the Mechanisms for Preventing and Responding to Incidents (MPRI), which took place in the village of Ergneti, representatives of South Ossetia stated eight violations of the border with Georgia. The Georgian party claimed detention of 10 persons; two of them remain in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Tskhinvali.

On February 24, Djambulat Khatuov was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia; earlier, for more than six years, he was First Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Territory in the team of Alexander Tkachov.

The advocates of Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), a student of the Moscow State University (MSU), accused of an attempt to join the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organizations, banned in Russia, ask the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to consider the complaint in the priority order.

The calls of the opposition to dismiss Ramzan Kadyrov increase the likelihood that the Kremlin will leave him in the post of the head of Chechnya, the political analysts Alexei Makarkin and Mikhail Remizov believe. The probability of Kadyrov's resignation is extremely low, said the Forbes journalist Orkhan Jemal.

The activists detained at the rally in support of Vardges Gaspari have been taken to the Kentron police station.

The main rivals to Vyacheslav Bitarov are representatives of power agencies, said the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to their version, the President of Russia will have to decide who will govern the republic – a power agents or a manager.

For the second day, Vardges Gaspari is being subjected to physical and psychological pressure, and he has refused to take food and water. This was reported by advocate Tigran Egoryan. Officials from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have reported that the arrested man has stopped his hunger strike.

The question concerning the further term of Ramzan Kadyrov at the post of the leader of the Chechen Republic is premature, since his current term of office has not expired yet. This was stated by Dmitry Peskov, the press spokesman for the President of Russia.

The examination of the remains of the suicide bomber, who committed the explosion at the GIBBD (traffic police) post, is not yet finalized, said the spokesman of the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

On February 23, actions, dedicated to anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes in 1944, were held in Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Istanbul, Paris, Vienna, Antwerp and Kiev. The events, organized by Chechen Diasporas, were also held in the capital of Jordan, and in Georgia – in Tbilisi and Pankisi Gorge.

The Moscow City Court has changed the pre-trial restriction measure to Svetlana Trishina, who was kept in custody in the criminal case of the terror act in the "Domodedovo" Airport. The defendant will stay under house arrest until February 28, the "Interfax" reports.

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has postponed the consideration of the appeal filed by defendants sentenced in the criminal case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, until March 9. The decision has been made because of the absence of an interpreter and one of the advocates.

Today, the Azerbaijani Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by human rights defender Intigam Aliev against the verdict of guilty. The defence of Intigam Aliev intends to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Investigators believe that a resident of North Ossetia has been trained at a militants' camp in Syria and is fighting in the ranks of the "Islamic State", banned in Russia.

On February 23, in Baku, public prosecutor delivered the final speech at the trial in the case of the death of journalist Rasim Aliev. The public prosecutor has suggested sentencing all five defendants to 11.5-14 years of imprisonment.

After the improvement of the weather conditions, the traffic along the Transcaucasian Highway has been resumed.

The prosecution of Vardges Gaspari, a supporter of the National Armenian Congress is caused by his political views and civil position, says a joint statement of 12 human rights organizations of Armenia.

The date of presenting the report on the situation in Chechnya was not accidentally coincident with the anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes; is an attempt to emphasize solidarity with the Chechen people, who are the first feels to feel the effects of Ramzan Kadyrov's ruling, said Ilya Yashin.

Magomedali Murliev had not suspected that his car was stuffed with explosives, and had not prepared himself for the role of a suicide bomber, the "LifeNews" has reported, citing its source from law enforcement bodies.

Residents of Ingushetia have marked the 72nd anniversary of the deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples by a rally and a collective memorial prayer at the Memorial of Fame in Nazran.