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Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that he opposes the merger of Chechnya and Ingushetia. He has also reported that he had agreed with Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov to combat extremism together.

In Dagestan, according to the preliminary information, a man killed in the course of a shootout in the Kizilyurt District, was identified as a 38-year-old resident of the Tsumada District, a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

Tough statements made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the impossibility of dialogue with Salafis undermine the stability in society and prevent development of mechanisms for peaceful coexistence of communities supporting different concepts of Islam. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Parents of an 11-year-old schoolgirl of the Zayukovsky boarding school, who died on December 23, 2015, stated that they did not believe in the version of the accident, since the girl's body bore signs of beating.

Elders have responded to the participation of Mufti Isa Khamkhoev and Ingush religious figures at the gathering in Grozny, where resonant statements were made against theologians and leaders of Ingushetia.

The spokesman of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported that on the highway Kizilyurt-Makhachkala a man, who opened fire on policemen, was killed during a shootout.

Today, the operative headquarters in Dagestan has taken a decision to lift the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced on January 30 in the territory of the Buynaksk, Karabudakhkent and Kumtorkalin Districts.

The Azerbaijani authorities had violated the rights of Gilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", guaranteed by the article of the ban on torture, the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided.

Inna Blenaova, a resident of Nalchik, is accused of aiding Robert Zankishiev, the leader of the local branch of the "Islamic State" (IS), who was killed in a special operation on November 10, 2015. Her case was sent to the court for trial, said the Investigating Department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

Imran Mirzoev, a private of the Azerbaijani Army, and three Armenian soldiers were killed on the border, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today. Its Armenian counterpart has refuted the death of its soldiers.

With the support of a local basketball club, Galina Akelieva, who was on a hunger strike in protest against the eviction of her family members, has managed to raise money for an apartment in Volgograd. The procedure of the deal is already underway.

Tragedies, like the incident in the perinatal centre of Khasavyurt, are used to foment dissent, said the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov, adding that the inquiry into the woman's death is under his personal control.

In Sochi, by the court decision, pronounced at the lawsuit of the Mayor's Office, bailiffs evicted members of one family: a father, his 20-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter on the street from a municipal house vacant for many years, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Colleagues of Khalid Khanlarov, an active Facebook user, subjected to a 25-day administrative arrest under the charge of disobeying police, believe that he was arrested on political grounds, and they associate his arrest with his activities on the Internet. The defence of Khalid Khanlarov has announced the intention to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The statements made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov against Ingush theologians are absurd, and, meanwhile, such threats are voiced not for the first time, and they are becoming tougher and tougher. This was stated by Isa Tsechoev and Khamzat Chumakov.

In Dagestan, investigators have started to investigate the case on maternity patient's death caused by negligence at the perinatal centre in Khasavyurt.

Today, Pavel Karpov, a former employee of the Russian Presidential Administration and now a member of the Public Chamber of Moscow, has refuted his acquaintance with the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. According to his version, he did not take Savchenko to Russia.

The Russian military base poses a serious threat to residents of Gyumri, the Armenian MPs Martun Grigoryan and Zaruhi Postanjyan believe.

Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the PARNAS Party, has addressed the Russia's Federal Security Bureau (FSB) and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a demand to open a criminal case against Kadyrov because of the movie posted by him on the Instagram.

In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), Zeinal Bagirzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. His relatives and party colleagues claim political motives for prosecution of the activist.