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Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova, who are kept in the "Lefortovo" FSB's pre-trial prison, charged of recruiting Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, to commit terror acts in Russia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her children are exposed to physical and psychological pressure and left without medical care.

At the trial on the case "Kadyrov vs. Orlov", which continued on March 3 in the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow, the defendant's advocate Genry Reznik would not agree to announcement at the trial of the evidences of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov without the personal presence of the claimant.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has upheld a lawsuit of Amnat Khambulatova, a resident of Chechnya, whose son died in a militia station, and ruled that the Russian authorities should pay the monetary compensation of about 33,500 euros to her.

While the whole Russia was choosing cartoon characters as symbols of the Olympic Games in Sochi, explosions and shootings continue in Northern Caucasus; Ebzeev's term as head of Karachay-Cherkessia was cut short by two years, and he was dismissed; opposition's "revival" in South-Caucasian countries - mass protests threaten Armenia and Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the review of the week of February 21-27, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On February 28, the Chechen blogger "Timur Stigal" complained to the Twitter microblog of President Dmitry Medvedev on the bribes in the amount of 300,000 US dollars, allegedly extorted by the retinue of Vladislav Surkov for arranging a meeting with him.

Residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have reported about kidnapping on February 23 by employees of some unidentified security agency of clergyman Movsar Ismailov. According to their story, Ismailov was released after torture and beatings. The on duty unit of the ROVD (District Interior Division) said that there was no application on the incident; thus, no actions were taken.

Last week, power agents of Chechnya detained more than 20 local residents in the city of Shali. The arrests began after a suspected militant was killed and three suspected members of the armed underground were detained in this city.

As reported by human rights activist Akhmed Gisaev to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in the near future Norway will deport the Chechens, who had long tried to receive residence permits in this country.

At the picket on February 23 at the Russian Embassy in Finland, dated to the 67th anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, the Finnish pastor Yukho Molari provoked the audience to break the public order. This was reported by Elena Maglevannaya, a journalist and a human rights activist. On the same day a similar action dated to the anniversary of deportation of Caucasian nations was also held in Stockholm.

Khasu Batalov, who was detained at the Moscow Kiev Railway Station on February 15, may be associated with the suspect of organizing the terror act in Moscow's "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24.

Dmitry Medvedev has offered the parliament of the Chechen Republic to re-elect the incumbent head Ramzan Kadyrov as the region leader.

As stated by Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova, in her conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the inquiry and trial on her children's case are held with numerous violations.

Military actions in Northern Caucasus move more and more from Chechnya and Ingushetia to other republics of the South of Russia. There are no grounds to speak about aggravation of the situation in Northern Caucasus in general, since Chechnya and Ingushetia demonstrate positive dynamics in the count of military incidents, while in 2010 the situation in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria became much worse.