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Another attempt against a religious figure has been undertaken in Ingushetia. After an attempt against Isa-Hadzhi Khamkhoev, Mufti of the Republic, and serious wounds to his son, it became known about an attempt against Khizir Tsoloev, Imam of the central mosque of the city of Nazran.

Today, Mr. Oktaj Shiraliev, Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, has informed journalists that the potential threat of avian flu virus still persists in the country.

At its today's session, the State Duma has passed a law, in its third final reading, forbidding the state servants to be members of foreign non-commercial organizations (NCOs).

In the city of Nazran, members of power agencies have swept an automobile with two men inside.

Samir Mamedov, an Azerbaijani soldier who is now in the Armenian captivity, has asked to give him out into a third country not to Azerbaijan.

On February 6, in Azerbaijan, Zamina Zeinalova, 37, a resident of the Boyat village of the Neftechalinskiy District, died at the Scientific-Research Institute of Pulmonary Diseases, where she was hospitalized with a suspicion of avian flu.

Father of Jabrail Ibragimov, a soldier from Dagestan who perished in one of the military unit of the Taman Division, has left for Moscow aiming to clarify all the circumstances of his son's death and demand punishment of those guilty according to the law.

On commission of Ramzan Kadyrov, prime minister of Chechnya, an inspection was held on observance of human rights in the Grozny pre-trial detention centre ("SIZO") and the colony for the victims located in the settlement of Chernokozovo.

These days, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, hosted another regular meeting within the joint project "Dialogue through Movies," implemented under the aegis of the British organization "Reconciliation Resources" and with assistance of the Internews of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Late in the evening on February 3, an assassination attempt was undertaken in Dagestan against Adilgerei Magomedtagirov, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic.

Yuri Ivanov, deputy of the State Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has accused president of Russia Vladimir Putin of giving a personal order to start bombardment of the building of Beslan school with grenade launchers, the Associated Press has reported.

Three nephews of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, former vice-president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), who surrendered on January 12 this year to the authorities of Chechnya, were engaged only in the issues of his guarding.

The Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Mashr" is the first human rights organization in Ingushetia engaged in rendering legal aid to the population, executing public control of the observance of human rights and freedoms in the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic is holding an examination on the occasion of confiscation of the whole run of the "Daimokhk" (Fatherland) newspaper.

The "Caucasian Knot" has already informed that on February 3, members of power agencies of Ingushetia killed a militants' ally in the town of Malgobek.

Exactly 7 years ago, on February 5, 2000, in the settlement of Novye Aldy of the Zavodskoj District of the city of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, was subjected to the so-called "zachistka" (clean-up) committed by the units of Russian militia.

On February 15, the Lefortovskiy District Court of Moscow will start a process on the suit initiated by the Human Rights Foundation "Mothers' Right" on behalf of the parents of Alexander Makmatov, a regular soldier who perished in 1996 in the border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.

The European Court for Human Rights has informed about satisfaction of another suit against the authorities of Azerbaijan, filed by Nabat Ramazanova and others.

A resident of the village of Boyat of the Neftchalinskiy District was taken to the Scientific Research Institute of Pulmonary Diseases of the Ministry of Public Health of Azerbaijan with suspicion of avail flu.

Namik Kyamal Zeibek, former Turkish minister of culture, said in one of his recent interviews that Turkey and Azerbaijan should create a united state.