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During the week - on February 7-13 - at least 24 persons became victims of the glowing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 were killed and as many as that were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" made on the basis of its own materials and information from other open sources.

The man detained at the airport of Rostov-on-Don on whom thunder flashes were found is not a serviceman of the internal troops: he had documents of an army captain with him. This was stated by Vasily Panchenkov, head of the press service of the Internal Troops of the Ministry on Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

For five years already, Ali Kerimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), cannot receive his foreign passport, and, therefore, cannot go abroad. This point, as reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was discussed on February 14 at the roundtable held at the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS).

The Institute of Caucasian Studies, to be founded in the near future, will help to correct understanding of the processes underway in the Caucasus. This was stated by Yuri Oleinikov, deputy plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), at the roundtable "Caucasus. Problems of understanding history".

Directors of three secondary schools of the Gudermes District of Chechnya will stand trial on charges of misuse of powers. According to law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, their violations were revealed by prosecutors last September.

Details are becoming known of the special operation conducted on the administrative border of the Stavropol Territory and Karachay-Cherkessia, near the village of Belomechetskaya. In the course of the operation, four fighters of the OMON (Special Militia) of the Stavropol Territory received heavy gunshot wounds, one serviceman was lost. Power agents of Karachay-Cherkessia have no losses or victims.

On February 14, advocate Gianfranco Carbone filed a complaint against refusal of political asylum in Italy to Anvar Sharipov, brother of Maryam Sharipova, who, according to the investigation, blew herself up in Moscow metro in March 2009.

As announced by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, two suicide bombers blew themselves up today in Grozny at an attempt to detain them in a city private house.

The ICRF does not rule out that Vitaly Razdobudsko could be the suicide bomber who committed the terror acts on February 14 near the militia post in the Dagestani village of Gubden; while the terror act committed three hours earlier in the same village near the militia station - was the work of his wife Maria Khorosheva. This was stated by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the ICRF.

A militiaman of the Mozdok ROVD (District Interior Division), North Ossetia, is accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy.

In the context of hospitalization of Magomed Khazbiev, the Ingush opposition leader and a member of the Expert Board under the Russian Ombudsman, the press conference "Tension in Ingushetia as result of authorities' blunders" that was to be held in Moscow on February 16, was postponed till February 21.

As stated today by James Appathurai, Special NATO Representative for the Caucasus and Middle Asia, the Alliance has no plans to take part in settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict.

Today, Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, has hosted a meeting with participation of experts from ministries and agencies and bosses of Russian and foreign financial circles. The meeting discussed the issues related to implementation of the investment project of building wind power units (WPUs) in the village of Peschany, Priyutnenskiy District.

On February 2, in one of the military units of Stepanakert, as a result of use of firearms, Torgom Sarukhanyan, a 21-year-old soldier of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Inspectors are suspecting a suicide.

The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has cancelled the statement on termination of the criminal case on the terror act in Dubrovka in October 2002. The Investigatory Committee was instructed start an additional investigation into the tragedy.

On the "Day of Anger", opposition movements have held a non-sanctioned rally in Soviets Square at the building of the regional administration. The action passed without major incidents; Vladislav Ryazantsev, coordinator of the Rostov branch of the "Left-Wing Front" was detained for an hour.

The consideration of the lawsuit lodged by Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya, against the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on protection of business reputation has been suspended until settlement of another case - "Kadyrov vs. Orlov".

Tonight, a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) took off for Chelyabinsk with the bodies of four Russian railwaymen on board, who died in a traffic accident.

Arip Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, went with friends to Moscow on business and disappeared. This was reported by his mother Zumrat Magomedova, who appealed to human rights activists asking to help to find her son.

Tonight, an explosion was triggered near the township militia division in the Karabudakhkent District, Dagestan, and killed a soldier from the interior troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); several more persons were wounded. According to the militia, the bomb was triggered by a female suicide bomber.