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The criminal case of the murder in 2009 of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Adilgerey Magomedtagirov has not been sent to the court; therefore, the alleged killer was released from detention under home arrest, said Alexei Vasilkov, the deputy head of the Department of the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

The defence of Sergey Khadjikurbanov, a figurant in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", has decided to challenge the extension of his arrest, which was ruled by the Moscow City Court.

Today in Nalchik, relatives of the residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Alim Kaitaev and Ismail Baluev, who had been kidnapped, in their opinion, in Nalchik, decided to stop the protest action, which was attended by about 80 people.

As a result of a violation of the ceasefire regime, two Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one more wounded, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported today.

The arrest of the deputy chairman of the "Musavat" Party Tofig Yagublu, accused of organizing riots in Ismailly, was undertaken under the order of the authorities – he has committed nothing illegal, said Nemat Kerimli, Yagublu's defender.

According to the press service of the Investigatory Department for Moscow of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), eight suspects of kidnapping a resident of Grozny have been detained in Moscow.

Sappers have completed neutralizing the bomb mounted on the door of a private house in the village of Sabnova, Derbent District of Dagestan; the power of the bomb was 2 kilograms of TNT (trotyl) equivalent, the Operational Headquarters of the Republic has reported.

The solemn opening ceremony of the first alpine ski route at the resort of Armkhi in Ingushetia, which was to be held on February 5, has been postponed due to the unusually warm weather.

The today's sitting of the Presidium of the Council of People's Deputies of the city of Maikop has discussed an application lodged by the head of the administration of the capital of Adygea Michail Chernichenko about his resignation from his post at his own will.

Paruir Airikyan, a presidential candidate of Armenia and the Chairman of the Association "National Self-Determination", who suffered an assassination attempt, has been moved from the intensive care to a regular hospital unit.

Today in Tbilisi, activists of Georgian non-governmental organizations have organized a protest against participation of Russian journalists and experts in a press conference on the situation in Georgia after the parliamentary elections.

Today in Moscow, the first round has been completed of negotiations on resumption of supplies of wines and mineral water from Georgia to Russia.

Today, former political prisoners, released under the law "On Amnesty", met in Georgia and adopted an appeal to the parliament with a number of demands, including creation of a torture museum in Tbilisi in the place of the current prison.

Today in Yerevan, a group of dentists has held a protest action against the amendments made in the tax legislation in December 2012.

On February 4, Tbilisi opened free-of-charge courses of the Russian language and history. According to Archil Chkoidze, the chairman of the NGO "Irakli II Society", at present, the number of those who wish to study the Russian language in Georgia has increased dramatically.

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported that all the six criminal authorities, who were released after adoption of the law "On Amnesty" and had no right to stay in the territory of Georgia, have left the country.

An action named "Funeral of Akram Aylisli's book" was held in Baku by more than 50 young activists of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan", who accused the author of the novel of anti-Azerbaijani sentiments.

On January 31, the Telavi City Court ruled to release Georgy Sibashvili, the former first deputy of the governor of Kakheti (Eastern Georgia), on bail.

An improvised explosive device (IED) went off near the car of a border guard as he stepped out of the cafe.

The three young people detained today in Volgograd during picketing at celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad and Putin's arrival were released from the police.