On February 7, early presidential elections are being held in Azerbaijan. The election campaign of candidates began on January 15. The Central Election Commission has registered seven candidates for the presidency.

A court in Rostov-on-Don arrested the director of a Stavropol closed-type school, Stepan Lyubenko, in the case of sending students to clean their house. He is accused of using forced labor of children, negligence resulting in serious injury to a student, and other crimes.

The State Security Service of Georgia reported the detention of a cargo with 6 explosive devices disguised as batteries for electric vehicles. The minivan was moving from Odessa through European countries and crossed the Turkish-Georgian border. According to the State Security Service, Voronezh was indicated as the final destination.

The day before, in the Akhmat Arena area in Grozny, employees of the Russian Guard tried to stop a car. The driver did not comply, and after two warning shots, they opened fire on the car. The head of the department for working with personnel of the operational group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs units, Lieutenant Colonel Albert Atmurzaev, who was driving, was mortally wounded.

Saudi Arabia has allocated 3 thousand places for Chechnya for the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2024. For Ingushetia – 1300. The cost of the Hajj includes transfer, meals, hotels and much more.

In Tbilisi, on the square near the Rustaveli metro station, a rally was held demanding that Israel stop hostilities in Palestine. The activists held posters with the inscriptions: “Free Palestine”, “Palestine, you are the soul of our Soul”, “You would have sat quietly during the Holocaust” and others.

97% of respondents would choose the current head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev for the post of president, 1.2% - deputy Zahid Oruj, and 0.7% - deputy Fazil Mustafa. These are the results of a survey conducted by the American organization ORACLE ADVISORY GROUP together with the League for the Protection of Labor Rights of Citizens on the eve of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan.

Magomedrasul Mutaev was shot dead at the entrance to a house in Makhachkala. The deceased was engaged in martial arts at the martial arts school named after Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.