During his hunger strike in a Georgian pretrial detention center, opposition Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov lost 40 kg, down to 56 kg. He is currently in extradition custody; his condition recently became extremely serious and he was unconscious for several hours. This was reported by the NGO “Center for Social Justice”.

The European Court of Human Rights has granted the claim of the defense of Dagestani journalist and political prisoner Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The ECHR ruled that the Russian authorities are obliged to pay him compensation in the amount of 6 thousand euros for delaying the period of detention before the trial.

Azerbaijani authorities are collecting evidence to file a lawsuit in an international court over the crash of the AZAL passenger jet. This was reported the day before by the local news agency APA. Earlier, Reuters reported, citing sources in the country's government, that Baku has a fragment of a missile that was found in the hull of the crashed Embraer 190. According to the source, Azerbaijan considers this sample to be evidence that the plane was shot down by the Russian Pantsir air defense system.

The family of Kurban Dalgatov from Makhachkala, who was killed by security forces, was denied permission to hold a rally for a fair punishment. The Makhachkala authorities explained their decision by the undesirability of mass protests due to the possible threat of terrorist attacks and drone attacks. Officials recommended postponing the rally "until the situation improves."

In the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a former criminal who returned from the "SVO" stabbed to death a 55-year-old Chechen, Abubakar Umayev. He was sitting at a bus stop and after several blows to the chest, he fell to the ground.

Crimean Tatars Rustem Mustafayev and Abibulla Smedlyaev, detained on February 5, were sent to jail until April 4. They are accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. The Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognized as such in the Russian Federation.

The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala sentenced local resident Vaisulla Badabiyev to three years of suspended sentence. He was found guilty of participating in an extremist organization.

The Azerbaijani authorities have sent the Russian side an official notification about the termination of the activities of the federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo in the country.

Yesterday, February 5, 49 Georgian oppositionists were officially stripped of their parliamentary mandates. These are representatives of the parties "Unity - National Movement", "Coalition for Change" and "Strong Georgia". They declared the elections held on October 26 last year to be falsified and, in protest, refused to work in parliament, demanding that their powers be terminated.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Arsen Baev to seven years in prison. He was found guilty of abandoning his military unit.