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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.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, in the course of a special operation conducted on the administrative border of Chechnya and Dagestan, 17 policemen were killed and 24 others were injured.

Nalchik hosted a rally today organized by relatives of the law enforcers killed by militants. The participants of the action have adopted a resolution and decided to set up a public organization to combat terrorism and extremism.

In Moscow, in Chistye Prudy, a protest action "Mirzaev shall stay behind bars!" ended in detention of two persons by the police.

Residents of Tbilisi express bewilderment at the plans to build a police station in the Kikvidze Park. Their special indignation is caused by the idea to cut down trees in the recreational area to clear the area for construction.

In Volgograd, on February 18 the Square of Fallen Fighters was the venue of the rally of trade unions in support of the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. The action was attended both by those, who decided to support Putin on their own initiative, and by those, who said they came to the rally under pressure of their employers.

The body of the missing residents of Sochi Antonina Mayevskaya was found in Khosta, near the river. The suspect of the murder has confessed, said the investigator.

As stated by residents of the village of Berikei and the township of Mamedkala, in the Derbent District of Dagestan law enforcers detained six people, who are exposed to physical and psychological pressure.

The South-Ossetian Central Election Commission (CEC) has refused to register Vice-Speaker of the Parliament Yuri Dzitstsoity as a presidential candidate for the election to be held on March 25.

The Tsentralny Court of Volgograd has held a hearing on suspension of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Techoil". The lawsuit was lodged by the regional "Rosprirodnadzor" (Agency for Nature Supervision) on numerous complaints of residents of the Territorial Public Self-Government (known as "TOS") "Divnogorskiy".

Alexander Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, has advised in his microblog the medic, who had complained about low salary, to retire or to go unloading cars at night.

The book by Alexander Cherkasov "Fate Unknown", which gives documentary facts of abductions and killings committed by Russian federal forces in the Chechen Republic in the period from October 1999 to 2000, was presented in the capital of Chechnya.

Charities and Akhmed Zakaev, the former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, demand proofs from the Hollywood star Hilary Swank that she had actually donated the money she received for her performance at Ramzan Kadyrov's birthday party to charity needs.