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The Solntsevo Moscow Court has pronounced the verdicts to two natives of Chechnya who participated in the fight with policemen at the dormitory of the Maimonides State Classical Academy (MSCA). Khabib Ibragimov was sentenced to one year of imprisonment, and Alkhazur Magomedov to two years of imprisonment.

Today, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala was to consider extending the period of detention in custody for Murad Shuaibov, suspected of illegal possession of weapon. Judge refused to extend the arrest.

The district police inspector suspected of killing three persons at a cafe in Makhachkala was arrested for two months. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a representative of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.

Today Leader of “Nasledie” party Raffi Ovannisyan announced holding an authorized meeting against the results of presidential election in Armenia on February, 20

North-Caucasian bank of “Sberbank” of the Russian Federation paid over 2,7 billion roubles to the depositors of Dagestani “Express” bank.

The killed ex-Deputy Minister of Construction of Ingushetia, member of non-governmental movement “Mekh-Khel” Sultan-Girey Khashagulgov is suspected of preparation of assaults at judges and investigators, the investigation reports.

Upon the results of parliamentary election in Armenia, representatives of observation missions from the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE and CIS announced that the election was open and transparent.

The incumbent President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan won the election of Head of the state, Chairperson of Central Election Committee reported.

Executive Department of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OCR) dismissed Chairman of the Council of Assistance to OCR Ahmed Bilalov.

Today three retired miners from the town of Zverevo, Rostov region, went on an open-ended hunger strike against the tariffs on heating and water supply which they considered overstated. According to the protesters, the action is held in their places of residence.

Today State Duma of the Russian Federation gave its consent to deprive Deputy from “Fair Russia” party Oleg Mikheev representing Volgograd region of parliamentary privilege.

Today Director of “Radio Ai”, participant of the election race Andreas Gukasyan stopped his hunger strike against inequality of rights of the candidates for presidency which lasted 30 days.

The ceremony of opening of the first Alpine skiing track in the health resort of Armkhi, Ingushetia, was put off for an indefinite period because of anomalously warm weather, Press Secretary of Head of the republic Yakub Mankiev informed the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov is going to continue his work implementing his plans of social and economic development of the republic outlined earlier, he said in an exclusive interview to the “Caucasian Knot”.

A special operation on search of leaders of the gunmen is going on in the high mountain Vedeno district of Chechen Republic, a source in power-wielding structures of the republic reported. According to him, law enforcement officers do not rule out that leader of the “Caucasus Emirate” Dokku Umarov might be hiding himself there.

“Nasledie” (“Heritage”) party whose Chairman Raffi Ovanissyan, one of the candidates for presidency of Armenia, reports violations during voting, Press Secretary of “Nasledie” party Ovsep Khurshudyan informed.

In the evening of February, 15, unidentified persons activated an explosive device in the settlement of Babayurt, Babayurt district of Dagestan. There were no victims or injured people.

The policeman knew the men he shot down in the cafe in Makhachkala, a source in law enforcement bodies of the town reported. The main version of the murder is a quarrel that emerged from hostile relations, Committee of Inquiry of Russia in Dagestan informed.

Today Lefortovsky district court of Moscow decided to submit a request to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to provide a translation of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights on the case of the storm of the theatre centre in Dubrovka street.

Today Ahmed Bilalov submitted a statement asking to dismiss him from the office of Vice President of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OCR) of his own free will, a source in sports circles reported.