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The investigating authorities of Ingushetia have delivered to the court a criminal case of a 19-year-old local girl, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and storage of firearms.

The court in Grozny, which is considering the lawsuit lodged by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the Committee against Torture (CaT) and an athlete Murad Amriev, has obliged the MIA to clarify the claims; and the court also requested materials of the check of the complaint about torturing the athlete, said Galina Arapova, the head of the Centre for Defence of Media Rights.

Activists of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have held a training session in Tbilisi for local residents, during which they told about the origins of the conflict of Georgia with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and about the methods of settling such conflicts in the world.

The office of the presidential envoy of South Ossetia for the issues of the post-conflict settlement has turned to the observation mission of the European Union in Georgia asking the observers to clarify the health status of its three citizens, who are holding hunger strike together with prisoners of Gldani Prison.

During the week from February 2 to February 8, 2015, no victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The need to change power in Armenia, including through early elections, was stated by the participants of the conference convened by Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party.

Artyom Khachatryan, Artak's brother, believes that Artak was beaten up because of his social and political activities, in particular, of his active participation in protests against the amendments to the Law "On Turnover Tax", said Artyom.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has opened a criminal investigation into the beating of supporters of the "Pre-Parliament" in the Kashatag District of the NKR, having qualified the crime as hooliganism.

On February 1-7, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone for more than 1200 times, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

Today, Artak Khachatryan, an activist of the initiative group "Termination", was kidnapped by unknown armed masked men, said Elinar Vardanyan, a member of the parliamentary faction of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party.

Today, the first anniversary of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi is marked by residents and guests of the city; the main events take place in the mountain and coastal clusters. On the occasion of the anniversary, the Sochi Airport plans to service 170 flights, including 20 charter ones.

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Stavropol Territory plans to launch a new website, where single Muslims could meet each other. Dating through social networks is not contradictory to the norms of Islam, said the Council of Muftis of Russia.

On February 6, the State Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Shusha held a presentation of the album by the Canadian photographer Grair Baze Khacheryan. The event was a part of the campaign dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923.

The Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia is now examining an assumption about some relationships of Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri and members of this family.

Anzor Shkhanukov, the Imam of the "Mansour" Mosque, who was attacked in Nalchik by unidentified persons, will return to work on February 9, said the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). Now, the churchman is on sick leave after discharge from the hospital.

On February 6, the police in Grozny released Magomed Khazbiev, the head of the Ingush branch of the Party of People's Freedom, from the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), said his advocate Khedy Ibrieva.

The tension on the contact line of the parties to the Karabakh conflict stresses the need to resume the dialogue of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as possible, the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe stated in their joint statement.

About 100 resettlers from the Agdam District, living now in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, have attacked the local police station after they learnt about the death of the detainee Sabukha Dunyamaliev. There are victims of the attack.

Today, the Lesken District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced a local resident Ratmir Gazhev to 2 years and 4 months in prison on charges of aiding militants and illegal arms trafficking.

Gevork Safaryan and Ayk Grigoryan, activists of the initiative group "Pre-Parliament", were taken to the police in Yerevan right before their press conference dedicated to the disperse of the motor rally in the NKR. Three hours later, they were released.