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The religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses has announced 197 cases of violations of their rights in the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) of Russia after the religious organization was banned in the Rostov Region in 2009. Expert's opinions on the operation principles of the community in Russia remain controversial: some of them still believe that Jehovah's Witnesses fail to observe the Russian legislation. Others are certain that the community is persecuted for ideological and political reasons.

Today, the Karabulak Court of Ingushetia held a session on the case of former employees of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, accused of torturing their detainees. During the court session, Gazdieva, a defence witness was questioned and asserted that Ilyas Nalgiev had an alibi.

A special flight of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) with ten victims of the explosion in the Volgograd cafe has landed in Moscow today.

On February 17, in Karachay-Cherkessia, the Drama Theatre of the city of Cherkessk will host a charity concert in support of the 17-year-old Aslan Khutov, who was diagnosed a malignant tumour of the spinal cord. His relatives are raising money, including through social networks.

Advocates of Ivan Agafonov's family expect that law enforcement bodies will agree to conduct a new examination in the case of world champion in mixed martial arts Rasul Mirzaev accused of causing death by negligence to Muscovite Ivan Agafonov.

The investigation has chosen three versions of the murder of Kurban Ismailov, Deputy Mufti of the Stavropol Territory. So far, they have no suspects. Today the religious leader was buried in his homeland.

The Volgograd Regional Court has sentenced three members of a criminal grouping accused of killing four people. All the three are former law enforcers.

Alla Djioeva, a former South-Ossetian presidential candidate, is ready to continue – when she recovers – insisting on recognition of her victory at the election; however, she does not exclude her quitting politics and turn to one of the countries for political asylum.

From December, 8, 2009, when the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation liquidated the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog and prohibited the activities of believers of this confession in two more districts of Rostov region, till the end of 2001, 197 cases of violation of the rights of this religious organization took place in the South of Russia. This was told to the “Caucasian Knot” in the Management Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

On February, 14, the third trial in Krasnodar regional court passed off during which the question of taking Dmitry Novikov, retired judge of Khosta district of Sochi, into custody. A break in the trial was announced till February, 16.

The crew of the Russian vessel “Rustika” standing in the sea-port of Vladivostok went on a hunger strike because of a two-month backpay. The arrears of wages makes 50 thousand dollars. 11 members of “Rustika” crew are taking part in the hunger strike. The vessel is standing near the mooring of “Dalzavod”.

Kurman Ismailov, Deputy Mufti of the Stavropol Territory, who was killed on February 13 in Pyatigorsk, in 2011, was detained by power agents on suspicion of possessing explosives. Kurman Ismailov was released without charges, he was supported by well-known human rights defenders and members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation; however, after his detention and release, he stated that he did not feel safe and expected "the second act of that play, the final one."

The lawyers intend to challenge actions of the head of the investigatory group against Issa Khashagulgov, a native of Ingushetia. Besides, Batyrbek Akhilgov and Rosa Alieva stated that they could not meet their client.

Putting Sergey Arakcheev on the list of political prisoners has provoked an information campaign against him in mass media, said the lawyer Dmitry Agranovskiy during a press conference on resonant cases against former militaries convicted for criminal offences.

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has cancelled the decision of the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow to release Rasul Mirzaev, the world sambo champion, accused of manslaughter of the 19-year-old Ivan Agafonov, on bail of 100,000 roubles.

On February 13, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd sentenced Alexander Savelyev, Chief of the Operational Service Division of the Department of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation (UFSKN) in the Volgograd Region, to 9 years of imprisonment in high security colony for sale of narcotics.

An action of public solidarity "Let's save each other!" assuming to help homeless people during the cold season, is held in Tbilisi by the Media Union "Objective".

Today, in the capital of Dagestan, four persons, including a child of four, got poisoned to death by carbon monoxide.

An explosion and subsequent fire in the cafe named "Bellagio" in Volgograd have injured 16 persons. According to preliminary data, a gas bottle has exploded, said the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Volgograd Region.

A resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia has reported about disappearance in this republic of his brother Amirkhan Gadaborshev, who lives in Kabardino-Balkaria.