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This morning, under unknown circumstances, three men disappeared from the village of Shamkhal in Dagestan, as Shamil Magomedov, a villager, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, the Trusov District Court of Astrakhan has held a session for considering the lawsuit lodged by the Centre of Social Support of Population on withdrawal of minors from the custody care of a resident of the city Vera Drobinskaya. According to the defendant's attorney Svetlana Tornitsoy, the claim was left by the court without consideration.

During the period of January 23-29, at least 15 persons were killed and 5 persons were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

Khava Esmurzieva, a minor female resident of the village of Sagopshi of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, who disappeared at the end of last year, was found alive. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

During seven months, the "Paros" (Lighthouse) Charitable Foundation that has been operating in Armenia for 15 years implements a programme to support women-victims of domestic violence. The staff psychologist of the Foundation emphasizes that women-victims of domestic violence were in psychologically dependent from the wills of their husbands; and the lawyer advises not to endure beatings and contact the police.

Today, Russia celebrates the 69th anniversary of the defeat of fascist troops in Stalingrad. The main events will take place in the City Hero of Volgograd.

Policemen have detained five residents of Karachay-Cherkessia suspected of raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl who disappeared in 2008, said today the Chief Department of Criminal Search of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The date of detention is not reported.

On February 1, the authorities of South Ossetia handed five Georgians detained by Russian border guards on charges of illegally crossing the border over to the Georgian party.

An advocate and human rights defenders complain about numerous violations of the investigation into the criminal case brought against Marcel Gamidov, a resident of the village of Karlanyurt, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, suspected of illegal possession of firearms.

Today, the 8-year-old Haji Nasrutdinov, who was wounded in a bomb blast in the capital of Dagestan on January 28, has died in the Republic's Clinical Hospital in Makhachkala died.

Tenants of No. 36 in Constitution Street of Sochi report disappearance of their 87-year old neighbour Antonina Maevskaya, the widow of the well-known cultural figure Iossif Maevskiy.

In Armavir, the head of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 2 of the UFSIN (Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Corrective Service), and two deputy heads of SIZO divisions are suspected of abuse of power with use of violence. A criminal case was opened against them.

An action was held today in front of Sochi city administration in protest against DDOS-attacks on local public Internet resources. The protesters taped their mouths with stickers "Censorship" and held laptops in their hands with crossed inscription "Freedom of speech" on the monitors.

Three representatives of the Circassian community of Syria arrived to Kabardino-Balkaria. Yesterday, on January 31, they met journalists at the office of the International Circassian Association.

On the eve of the election of the president of the Russian Federation, the district administrations of Sochi send to sanatorium-and-spa institutions the document entitled "Schedule for obtaining absentee ballots of staff members of sanatorium-and-spa institutions at territorial election commission". This was reported by Valery Suchkov, the organizer of the "Sochi centre for election public control".

On January 31, the Yasamal District Court of Azerbaijan chaired by Judge Elchin Gurbanov sentenced four persons accused of beating of Amanda Erickson, the US citizen, and Celia Davis, the UK citizen, to 2-4 years of imprisonment.

On January 31, two unidentified persons beat a federal judge in Krasnodar; he was hospitalized. This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Krasnodar Territory.

Abdula Magomedov, a resident of the village of Tsekob of the Shamil District of Dagestan, was beaten in the presence of policemen in the building of the Lenin ROVD (District Interior Division) of the city of Makhachkala and then murdered in the building of the Republic's Narcological Dispensary, where he was brought for examination after a road accident by the GIBDD (road police) officials. This was reported by countrymen of Magomedov. They managed to meet Magomedsalam Magomedov, the leader of the republic, who promised to take the investigation into the case under his control.

Cutting down of greenery on the land plot, located on the western slope of Mount Mashuk, in the area of Kuchura Street of the city of Pyatigorsk, was committed in violation of applicable environmental legislation. This was revealed by the inspection conducted by the Stavropol Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office. The developer states that the problems with the legislation have been already settled, the city authorities promise that cut down trees will be restored by this April.

Emilkhan Sadaev, the ally of Aslan Maskhadov, President of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, requested for political asylum in Georgia.