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In December 2013, Islam Shogenov, a defendant in the case of an attempt to create Caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), was busy studying, when, according to prosecutors, he was shadowing the police officer, who was later attacked, said the wife of Islam Shogenov.

During their visit to inspect SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 3 in Khasavyurt, members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan revealed four cases of inmates’ beatings.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision concerning compensation in the amount of 10,750 euros to be paid to Islam Turpulkhanov for the bad conditions of detention at the penitentiary institution No. 22 of the Arkhangelsk Region.

The defence has appealed against institution of criminal proceedings against Nikolai Borodin, a participant of the "tractor march". Farmers believe that raiders seek criminal prosecution of protestors.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the complaint filed by journalist Alexander Lashmankin and 22 other applicants and ordered Russia to pay them 183,550 euros for failures to sanction rallies. The mentioned rallies also include an unsanctioned rally in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.

The young men, detained on January 31 in the Shelkovsky District of Chechnya on suspicion of trying to leave for Syria to join the ranks of militants, stayed at a police station for three days. They were released for the time of preliminary investigation. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District of Dagestan, and law enforcers are engaged in search for militants and their accomplices. This was reported by the operational headquarters.

Today, Nalchik has begun installing CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras in the Olympic Alley. Vandals have spoiled all the athletes’ nameplates in the alley; only one nameplate was torn off completely, said officials.

A potential threat in Azerbaijan comes from small religious groups, ideologically close to the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, experts believe.

The investigation into the case against Bekkhan Saraliev, a suspected member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who allegedly persuaded a teenager to join militants in Syria, has been resumed at the request of the Prosecutor's Office.

During the week of January 30-February 5, 2017, seven persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, five persons were killed, and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On February 4, in Azerbaijan, the opposition movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) marked the fourth anniversary of the arrest of its leader Ilgar Mamedov by holding the "Day of Open Letters". People were invited to come to the office of the "ReAl" and write letters to support Ilgar Mamedov. The human rights defenders have also appealed to international organizations to make efforts to release Ilgar Mamedov.