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Today, the republic's importance highway "Makhachkala-Botlikh" was blocked by residents of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District, who protested against kidnapping of their fellow villager – the 40-year-old Magomed Gamzatov.

In the city of Lermontov (Stavropol Territory), more than 10 former deputies and their supporters have gone on hunger strike, because they were not registered for participation in the elections to the City Council to be held on March 4.

Today, prayers are heard in the Central Khurul "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni", addressed to Okon Tengri, the patroness and defender of the Kalmyk people. Tomorrow, on February 22, the day of Tsagaan Sarah, a festive prayer service will be held there and begin at 8:00 a.m.

In the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, unidentified persons in camouflage uniform kidnapped a local resident. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Aminat Abdurakhmanova, the wife of the kidnapped person – the 40-year-old Magomed Gamzatov.

The police started an inspection in connection with the farmers’ statement that the organized criminal group (OCG) headed by Sergey Tsapok before his arrest was going on with its activities in Kushevsky and Leningradsky districts of Krasnodar region.

Supervisory Chamber of Georgia accuses billionaire Bidzina Ivanishili’s non-governmental movement “Georgian Dream” of an attempt to evade the law and demands to return a donation of 20 thousand lari equal to 12 thousand dollars. The movement is not going to fulfill this Supervisory Chamber’s requirement.

Consideration of Baktiyar Gajiev’s appeal against refusal to release him on parole appointed on February, 20, in the Appellate Court of Baku (ACB) under the chairmanship of judge Vagif Mursaglov was deferred till February, 27. The reason was Gajiev’s default at trial.

On February 20, at a meeting at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ("Minprirody"), activists of several public organizations of Dagestan accused ministerial officials of insufficient efforts to feed the curly pelicans, which are freezing in the bay of the Caspian Sea. The Ministry denies the accusations.

In the Stavropol Territory, the criminal case against Victor Dvorakovskiy, accused of preparing a terror act, encroachment on law enforcers' lives, illegal production and possession of explosive devices, incitement of hatred and a fraud, has been sent to the court.

The participation of Chechen law enforcers in special operations in Dagestan is negatively perceived by the public of Dagestan.

The examination for fluency in state official languages was successfully passed by only two out of eight contenders for the post of the head of South Ossetia, who were evaluated today by the members of the linguistic commission.

The Office has issued a protest against construction of a boarding house on Mount Mashuk.

On February 19, the lawyers of the retired Sochi judge Dmitry Novikov, who is accused of corruption, filed a complaint against his arrest to the appeal instance of the Krasnodar Territorial Court.

By the outcomes of January 2012, the "Caucasian Knot" was among the top thirty most frequently quoted Internet resources in the list of 8000 mass media, which resulted by the study of the independent Russian research company "Medialogy", and took the eleventh place in the ranking.

The defender of Rasul Mirzaev has filed a complaint against the extension of the custody of his client – the world champion in mixed martial arts and the decision to return the case to the prosecutor.

Nineteen victims of the gas explosion that happened in the cafe "Bellagio" in Volgograd are still treated in hospitals of Cologne, Moscow and Volgograd, said the Volgograd Regional Administration.

The authorities of Yerevan are inactive in resettlement of residents of Sari Tag District away from the landslide zone, as stated by residents of houses in emergency condition located in Street 18 of this district in the capital of Armenia. The Department for Real Estate Property of the Yerevan Mayoralty asserts that the respective housing fund has neither free apartments nor money for resettlement.

No less than 58 people became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus within a period from February, 13, till February, 19. 32 out of them died and 26 got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

An action “Entrance with a book” passed off in the capital of Armenia from February, 16, till February, 18. During these three days about seven thousand people took part in it and presented all kinds of books to the city. The books collected will be distributed among kindergartens, libraries and military units.

The legislators of South Ossetia refused to consider the claim of resignation of Prosecutor General of the republic Taimuraz Khugaev and will be able to go back to this question at the end of spring.