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Today, Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was detained on suspicion of organizing disorders at the Russian General Consulate in Gyumri, has been released from the Akhuryan temporary detention facility (IVS) under recognizance not to leave.

The oppositional parliamentary troika has postponed the consideration of the issue of the closed hearing on the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, because of the incident that occurred during the motor rally in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), said Naira Zograbyan, the secretary of the "Prosperous Armenia" faction.

In the evening on February 5, in a shootout on the border, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan was killed.

A commemoration party of the victims of the tragedy in the village of Novye Aldy, Chechen Republic, was held on February 5 in Saint Petersburg. The participants of the party sent a letter to President of Russia and the Russian Prosecutor General, demanding to investigate the crimes committed 15 years ago in the village.

The court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced two natives of the Republic of Ingushetia to 6 months of imprisonment each on charges of inflicting bodily harm under the motive of ethnic hatred.

The Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – NKR) and non-parliamentary parties have condemned the crackdown of the motor rally organized by Armenian oppositionists. They believe that the incident has spoiled the international image of the NKR.

On February 5, the Public Prosecutor of the Shirak Region of Armenia refused to release from custody Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was detained on suspicion of provoking disorders at the Russian General Consulate in Gyumri, said the suspect's advocate.

The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) will demand from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office to present materials on the verification of Ramzan Kadyrov's statements on responsibility of relatives for militants' actions. After examination, the results of the verification may be challenged. This was reported by Anton Ryzhov, the head of the JMG.

Armenian law enforcers report about detention of Mnatsakan Aleksanyan in Gyumri, who is suspected of the riots at the General Consulate of Russia.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the law enforcement bodies have prepared for publication the identikit images of two persons suspected of beating Anzor Shkhanukov, the imam of "Mansour" Mosque in Nalchik.

Ingush opposition activist Magomed Khazbiev is arrested, and he is being kept at the IVS-1 (temporary detention facility) in Grozny. This was reported by his advocate Khedy Ibrieva.

Today, in Rostov-on-Don, 90 people held a rally in support of the three air traffic controllers of the Moscow "Vnukovo" Airport, who were arrested after the crash of the private jet carrying on the board the head of the French company "Total" in October 2014.

Today, Faig Gurbanov and Seimur Rzazade, residents of the city of Lenokoran in the south of Azerbaijan, have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on charges of espionage.

Murad Magomedov, an advocate of a defendant in the case of a terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, who was beaten in Dagestan, said he did not remember the time of the attack on him.

The bill on criminal responsibility for involvement of citizens of Georgia in hostilities outside their state is politically motivated. This opinion was expressed by Georgian experts during the "round table", which was held on February 4 at the Tbilisi international press centre of the RIA "Novosti".

The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar has announced the decision to arrest for two months Alexander Ivanov, the former Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

On February 4, the Court announced the decision to take into custody eleven former staff members of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) accused of murdering Zurab Vazagashvili and falsifying evidence in the case. Defendants in the case plead not guilty.

At the trial in the case of the terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, defendant Magomedali Amirkhanov refused to plead guilty. Defendant Shikhmirza Labazanov denied his involvement in the terror act, but admitted his guilt in aiding and abetting criminals.

Today, the Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has ruled to arrest Vadim Lukoyanov, the Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has found no appeals to crime in the statements of the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov about responsibility of relatives for militants' actions, says a copy of the document released by Igor Kalyapin, the head of the Committee against Torture.