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Vardan Avakyan, 22, a conscript of the Armed Forces of Armenia, was found dead, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.

After meeting officials of the regional administration, the initiative group of residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, decided to postpone their hunger strike, which was scheduled because of unsolved problems with inflated tariffs on housing and communal services and absence of ration coal.

The supposed militant who was blocked in the Dagestani village of Gurik, Tabasaran District, opened fire at the police and broke out of the encirclement.

The authorities of Dagestan are investigating the circumstances of kidnapping and killing of a policeman from Chechnya.

The district centre of Imishli in Azerbaijan has hosted protest actions of local residents. They were attended by employees of public utilities, who demanded to eliminate wage debts, and district residents affected during the 2010 flood

On January 31 in Tbilisi, the students' movement "Laboratory 1918" held an action "Housing to all!" Currently, about 40 families live in the former school No. 68; they have no other shelter.

Relatives of the two residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who had been kidnapped, according to their relatives, by local power agents, have held a rally demanding to take action to find them.

At night on January 31, in Derbent, unidentified persons blew up the car of a local policeman – the man was not hurt.

The Volgograd City Duma has decided that on the days, dedicated to military history and related defence of the city during World War II, the name of the city will be "Hero City of Stalingrad".

The female staff of the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Grozny" is obliged to go to work in hijabs, say the employees.

In Nizhny Novgorod, at the trial on recognition of the monograph "The International Tribunal for Chechnya" as extremist, Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC)"Memorial", has testified as a witness.

In Tbilisi, drivers of fixed-route taxis (usually, minivans) have decided to stop their protest. The spokesman of the company "Tbilisi Minivan" has promised that by March the salary payment plan from the daily revenues of the drivers will be revised.

Today, after being questioned by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in respect of Darya Trenina, an advocate of the defendant in the murder case of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, a criminal case was initiated against Trenina on charges of bribing the witness Alexander Evtukhov.

Today, Paruir Airikyan, a presidential candidate in Armenia and the Chairman of the Association "National Self-Determination" has announced his intention to address Constitutional Court to postpone the presidential election by 15 days, since after the attack on him he will need time for a full recovery.

Sergey Koblev, organizer of meetings and pickets in support Syrian Cirkassians in Maikop, appealed to Public Prosecutor’s office of Adygea and Ombudsman of the republic Anatoly Osokin asking to verify legality of refusal of Mayor’s office of the capital to authorize a meeting in support of Syrian Cirkassians.

During the trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder in Moscow city court the attorneys of defendant Yusup Temerkhanov demanded witness Alexander Evtukhov’ reconduction for interrogation in court. The court dismissed the motion of the defence.

On January, 30, a number of journalists, political figures and civil activists took part in an action in protection of “Zhokhovurd” (“People”) newspaper in Yerevan. They demanded to release the property of the newspaper and correspondent Sona Grigoryan.

Today the Parliament of Dagestan confirmed ex-Deputy Chairman of the Government Mukhtar Medjidov’ appointment Prime Minister.

Today Mayor of the town of Cherkessk Ruslan Tambiev sent in his resignation during a session of the municipal Duma. The municipal Duma has already announced a competition on holding the office.

Today several tens dentists held a short-term action near the building of the Government in Yerevan demanding review of recently adopted amendments to tax legislation.