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The police of Armenia have disseminated a statement about their readiness "to strike a blow back on any attempts to violate the public order and destabilize the situation, with the aim to prevent any manifestations of anarchy and defend constitutional rights of citizens."

Relatives of the people kidnapped in Dagestan and the members of the Movement "Dagestan Mothers" suspect the workers of law enforcement bodies of involvement in kidnapping and accuse the prosecutor's office of inaction.

In Armenia, supporters of Levon Ter-Petrosyan keep asserting that the presidential elections held on February 19 were falsified, and they will struggle for the right of their choice.

Nikol Pashinyan, a member of the election office of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, made his comments at the rally of the opposition in Yerevan on the news about resignation of vice-premier of Armenia Vaan Ovannisyan and dismissal from the position of Deputy General Public Prosecutor of Armenia of Gagik Dzhangiryan.

Now, the march of several tens thousand persons along the streets of Yerevan is over.

On February 20, the All-Russian NGO "Voice of Beslan" has filed a complaint against the actions of the investigatory group of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation and demanded to recognize the actions of the investigatory group, which was in charge of forensic medical examination of victims' bodies, to be illegal.

The united opposition of Georgia has refused to start a hunger strike, as presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze has announced to the Georgian Parliament.

Today, the innovations in Chechnya related to the requirement of observing external attributes of women's modesty in educational institutions cause irritation of the majority of teachers and students.

In Kalmykia, collectors of signatures in support of Mikhail Kasyanov, a nominee to the position of President of Russia and leader of the Party "People for Democracy and Justice", find themselves under tough pressure.

The rally of the opposition that lasted for almost four hours is over in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Currently, a tent camp is organized in the Freedom Square that adjoins the building of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, where the participants of a sit-down strike will reside.

Advocate Magomed Abubakarov, a member of the Bar of the Chechen Republic, who is defending the interests of Rasul Kudaev, has addressed the Public Prosecutor of the KBR with an application on detention of Fatima Tekaeva, Rasul Kudaev's mother, and his brother Arsen Mokaev.

On February 20, Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, has promulgated his multi-page report on situation with human rights in Azerbaijan.

"Reporters without Borders" express their regret that the Public Prosecutor has asked to convict Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of the "Azadlyg", one of leading oppositional newspapers of Azerbaijan, to 5 years of imprisonment.

Today, the magistrate court of the Promyshlenny District of the city of Stavropol has sentenced the kindergarten teacher accused of cruel treatment of children to six months of corrective works. Besides, 10 percent of her salary will be withheld in favour of the state.

At the rally of the united opposition, currently held in the Freedom Square in Yerevan, a message of the France Press Agency was announced, according to which Edgar Vasquez, spokesman of the US Department of State, had stated that the US are concerned with numerous violations admitted during vote tabulation after the election in Armenia on February 19.