The Azerbaijan People’s Front Party and the National Council of Democratic Forces had called on the international community to take action against the authorities. They were accused of political repression and regular human rights violations.

The meeting of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk with «the so-called head of occupied Abkhazia is a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia». President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili said so.

In the Southern District Military Court, the state prosecutor requested 12 years of strict-regime colony for the Crimean Tatar Amethan Abdulwapov. He is accused of participating in the Islamic party «Hizb ut-Tahrir». It is recognized in the Russian Federation as a terrorist, but it operates legally in Europe and other continents.

The start of the EU monitoring mission on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan is an attempt to «extradite» Russia from the region. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

World champion in grappling (wrestling technique using captures) Akhmed Chalayev together with his friends saved an elderly woman from the burning hotel «MKM» in Moscow. It happened before the rescue came.

Vladimir Putin, in his message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, accused the West: “It was they who started the war. And we used force and are using it to stop it!”
Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense is seeking to destroy the Wagner PMC and equated this to treason. According to him, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov prohibited helping PMCs with transport, ammunition and even sapper shovels.

It’s rude to go so far with a former president. This is how Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addressed former Georgian colleague Mikhail Saakashvili. It doesn’t look good from the point of view that it was the president after all. Therefore, to come to such a degree as it turns out now is simply indecent», - said Lukashenko

Crimean Tatar political prisoners Timur Yalkabov and Eldar Kantimirov were placed in Dimitrovgrad prison in Ulyanovsk region. This is reported by «Crimean solidarity». 

Hasbik (Hasbullah Mohammedov) is recognized as a dollar millionaire. Forbes estimated that in the last three years Dagestan blogger of small growth made 2.2 million dollars. 

The Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Exile, together with representatives of the Vainakh diaspora in Europe, will hold events on 25 February on the forced deportation of Chechens and Ingush.