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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.

This morning, in Khasavyurt, relatives of a local woman, who died on January 29 after deliveries in hospital, have come to the building of the perinatal centre. People have claimed that the woman's death was caused by doctors' fault and demanded a meeting with the head physician of the clinic.

Members of more than 150 families of Circassian repatriates living in Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria have addressed the Presidents of Russia and Turkey with a request to resume cooperation between the countries.

At the final rating of governors in 2015 compiled by the pro-Kremlin "FoRGO" Foundation, the positions of Ramzan Kadyrov declined. The decrease in the rating occurred before the end of his term as the Chechen leader.

In the evening of February 2, at the centre of Nazran, a car was shelled near the shopping complex "21st Century". As a result, a man and a woman inside the car were killed. The killed man has been preliminary identified as Abuyazit Buzurtanov, a 30-year-old resident of Ingushetia.

On February 2, inGrozny, the central mosque named after Akhmad Kadyrov hosted the gathering of followers of tarikats (Sufi brotherhoods) of Naqshbandi and Kadar. The event was attended by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the Muftis of Chechnya and Ingushetia, and followers of different Sufi concepts, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On February 2, in Khasavyurt, believers of Salafi mosque "Severnaya" (Northern) elected a new Imam.

Amur Khakulov, sentenced in the case of the attack on Nalchik, is seriously ill and he will hardly survive the transfer to a penal colony. This was stated by his advocates and his wife. According to doctors, Amur Khakulov urgently needs haemodialysis. However, the court refused to release him for medical treatment.

A cassation complaint against the final decision of the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) on the case of Leyla and Arif Yunus has been lodged today to the Supreme Court (SC), the advocate Elchin Sadygov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The split among the Deputies of the City Assembly of Buynaksk from the "Party of Russia's Veterans" should be overcome through a discussion with the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov, supporters of Osman Osmanov announced on February 1 at a press conference; before the conflict, the above party saw him as a protégé to the post of the head of the city.

The Salafi mosque in the Makhachkala settlement of Shamkhal remains closed, since its parishioners rejected the proposal to appoint the Imam of the neighbouring Sufi mosque to be a temporary Imam of the Salafi mosque.

The court that is considering the murder case of Rasim Aliev refused to summon as witnesses the doctors of the clinic, where the journalist died after being beaten. This caused a protest of the defendants and their relatives. In order to drive the protesters out of the courtroom, court marshals used tear gas.

A contract soldier of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri tried to break into the apartment of local residents. Now, Armenian law enforcers are finding out whether the incident contains any attributes of a crime.

The refusal of Russia or South Ossetia to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) will not hamper the investigation of the crimes committed during the 2008 conflict, Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of The Hague Court, has stated.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has made a number of sharp statements against the Russian non-systemic opposition, states he is ready to answer for every of his words in court. Mikhail Kasyanov has announced his intention to appeal to the law enforcement agencies in connection with the video posted by Ramzan Kadyrov.

The court has pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of detention against persons suspected of creating a terrorist grouping and plotting terror acts on the territory of Karachay-Cherkessia.

Closure of mosques cannot be treated as a method to combat terrorism, and a conflict should be solved before its transition to the stage threatening bloodshed. This was announced by participants of a roundtable held in Makhachkala.

In Yerevan, the police released two activists of the National Salvation Front "New Armenia". Administrative proceedings were instituted against them.