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Shaig Agaev, a resident of the city of Lenkoran, located in Southern Azerbaijan, was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of selling drugs. Azerbaijani human rights activists believe that Agaev was convicted for declaring that his daughter had been beaten at school.

The office of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) is now being searched with confiscation of financial and other documents, said Aisha Selimkhanova, a human rights activist.

Today, 25 protesters against the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi were detained in the city of Nalchik by employees of the OVD (Interior Division) No. 1, said Abubekir Murzakan, the chairman of the public movement "Adyge Khekuzh-Circassia".

Today, more than 20 activists of the youth wing of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party held a rally in Stepanakert demanding to objectively investigate the incidents on the contact line of the Karabakh conflict.

Today, 1000 prisoners, who serve their terms in the Gegut Prison located near the city of Kutaisi, went on hunger strike in protest against ill-treatment by the prison administration.

The family of Murat Borlakov, who died in the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division), is satisfied with the decision of Kazimir Botashev, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) to detain 11 power agents in connection with the incident.

Three people were killed and one was wounded in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, said a source from the republic's law enforcement bodies.

On January 31, two unidentified persons kidnapped in Dagestan two Chontaul villagers; one of them was later released, say the villagers. According to their story, the fate of the second one, who served in Chechnya under contract, remains unknown.

Residents of the village of Atazhukino, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) claim that they were moved into houses built with gross violations of building rules and technologies.

Some of Sochi residents believe that the preparation for the Olympics has brought a great benefit to Sochi as a resort. Others, on the opposite, assert that many social problems remain unresolved because of the Olympics. These are the results of the blitz opinion poll conducted by the "Caucasian Knot" in the city streets one day before the opening of the Games.

Representatives of Circassian organizations claim that the Circassians who have come to the Olympic Games in Sochi from abroad cannot represent the Circassian Diaspora and will be attending the Games as individuals. The International Movement "Patriots of Circassia" has urged them to listen to the opinion of the Circassian community.

Madina Djamalutdinova, a native of Kyrgyzstan, who was detained on February 5 in Dagestan, is suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs); today she is arrested by the court for two months, said the lawyer Murad Mallaev. His colleague Ziyavutdin Uvaisov said that in relation to Asya Magomedova, a resident of Dagestan, detained on February 4 as a suspected militants' helper, the court will decide on the freedom restrain measure on February 7.

In Armenia, employers withhold 5 percent of employees' salaries, as required by the new pension system, despite the fact that the Constitutional Court (CC) of the country has suspended the reform and has not yet made its final decision on the matter, participants of the today's march in Yerevan have stated. They demanded that employers adhere to the CC's position in this matter.

Shamil Khubiev, the Imam of the swelling settlement of Mirny, Stavropol Territory, disappeared on February 4; and his family still does not know what has happened to him, one of the relatives said today.

After the intervention of the local Prosecutor's Office, the Administration of Astrakhan has refused to sanction a rally in memory of the victims of the recent terror acts committed in Volgograd, and recalled the earlier issued sanction, said Igor Stenin, the organizer of the rally.

The refusals of the Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014" to issue fan's passports are political in nature and do not contribute to security of citizens, as politician Boris Nemtsov and political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin have stated.

The participants of the hunger strike in Volgograd state the absence of proper housing; some of them argue that they are on the waiting list for many years.

On February 16, in Sochi, activists of the movement "Law and Order" and "Yabloko" Party intend to hold a rally "against residence-based discrimination of Sochi citizens", and on environmental and socio-economic problems. On February 5, they notified the Mayor of Sochi about their intention.

The Sochi residents, who would like to welcome the Olympic Torch Relay, complain about the absence of information about the route of torchbearers. The "hotline" of "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) answers that this information is not disclosed for security reasons.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has finished the hearing of the case "Sargsyan versus Azerbaijan". The court decision has not been announced yet.