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On February 18 and 19, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Pierre Andrieu (France) and James Warlick (USA), accompanied by Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative of the Chairman of the OSCE, visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

An exhibition of photos taken at rallies, held in Tbilisi in support of the Ukrainian Euromaidan in 2014, was opened on February 20 in the presidential library named after Mikhail Saakashvili. Activists of the NGO "Free Generation" held a protest action at the library; and some unidentified persons threw packs of paint at the windows of the building.

The health condition of the 10 villagers of Shushiya, who hold a hunger strike in support of their demand to allocate land, causes no doctor's concern, Minazhat Gadjieva, a nurse of the Shushiya feldsher-midwife station, told the "Caucasian Knot".

The international human rights organizations "Amnesty International" (AI) and "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) have expressed their readiness to help Professor Mikhail Savva, the Director of Grant Programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC), who was forced to leave Russia for fear of further prosecution.

The opposition political trio no longer exists in Armenia, Raffi Ovannisyan, the head of the "Heritage" Party, has stated today at a rally in Yerevan.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has changed the freedom restraint measure of Elgiz Sadygly, a brother of the political emigrant Turad Sadygly, and a son of the ex-members of the "Musavat" Party and editor of the portal "Free Speech" Alovsat Sadygly, by putting him under home arrest.

Two policemen were hospitalized because of bodily injuries received during the suppression of a mass brawl in Rostov-on-Don. At the present time, all the fighters have been identified; some of them are minors.

Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the Chair of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers named "Prikumye Mothers", and her advocates have not begun to get acquainted with the materials of the criminal case opened against the woman. Investigators accuse the advocates of protracting the preliminary investigation.

A motor convoy of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), consisting of 30 trucks, has brought more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to Lugansk and Donetsk.

The need for Azerbaijan's cooperation with the United States in the sphere of democracy and human rights was emphasized by Azeri politicians and civil society experts.

Alexander Ivanov, the former vice-governor of the Krasnodar Territory, accused of abuse of office, was left in custody under the decision of the Krasnodar Territorial Court.

Professor Mikhail Savva, sentenced to conditional imprisonment on charges of a fraud, has confirmed his departure from Russia. According to his version, he took the decision after being questioned by the police on the case of the director of the Krasnodar centre "Levados".

The shelling of the Khazbievs' house became not the first case in Ingushetia, which can be qualified as violent pressure on political opponents, said Sarazhdin Sultygov, an activist of the "Mekhk-Khel".

The participants of the hunger strike continued in the village of Shushiya, Novolak District of Dagestan, have declared their readiness to stop the protest, should the authorities allocate land plots to them with the total area of three hectares.

The Leninsky District Court of Grozny has ruled to restrict access to the two Internet websites, which posted instructions for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The Criminal-Executive Inspectorate (known as UFSIN) has appealed to the court of Krasnodar with a demand to send Professor Mikhail Savva, sentenced to conditional imprisonment for a fraud, to a colony.

The local state of emergency has been introduced in Sochi in connection with the massive spread of pests.

The preparatory session at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, which intended to consider the case of Faradj Kerimli, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, was postponed today, because the defendant has rejected the appointed state advocate.

Sergey Melikov, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of Russia President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), took part in the sitting of the Council on Youth Policy in Grozny; and at the start thereof he expressed his satisfaction with the prompt restoration of the House of Press and School No. 20 after the militants' attack.

Four decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on complaints received from residents of Chechnya have entered into force. According to them, Russia shall pay 2,651,000 euros of compensation to the applicants.