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In its International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the US Department of State has included Georgia in the list of countries where income from international drug trafficking is legalized through a bank transfer system. The authorities of Georgia believe there are factual errors in the report prepared by the US Department of State.

Last night, law enforcers have searched a house of Omar Abdurashidov, a resident of Makhachkala, whose relatives had earlier complained about his kidnapping. According to advocate Sapiyat Magomedova, a gun was found in the house. Relatives believe it was planted.

Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliev described the results of their meeting in Vienna as positive. However, the Azerbaijani political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" did not share the restrained optimism of the leaders of the two countries.

The Chechen side unilaterally registered a disputed piece of land on the border with Dagestan. Approximately 18 hectares of the neighbouring republic appeared to be within the borders of Chechnya, Dagestani activists claimed. Residents of Dagestan criticized the authorities for their careless attitude to the border demarcation process.

Residents of Chechnya perceive new protest actions in Ingushetia with restraint and treat them as a political provocation by a narrow opposition group. The protests will not affect relations between the two peoples, believe Chechen activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

On March 29, columns of military equipment and large groups of law enforcers appeared in the cities of Nazran and Magas. Authorities seek to intimidate protesters on the eve of a new rally, users of social networks assert.

Organizers of protest actions in Ingushetia provoked youth to violate the law and escaped responsibility, said the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, at a meeting with Akhmed Dzeitov, the secretary of the republic's Security Council.

The patrol-and-post service (PPS) battalion, which on March 26 refused to disperse the protesters in Magas, has been disbanded, Kaloi Akhilgov, an advocate and a former press secretary for the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has informed today.

Law enforcers checked passports of those who came to Friday namaz (prayer) in the Kirovaul mosque and took away those who had no documents on them. The justification of law enforcers' actions caused disputes in social networks.

People forced to leave Abkhazia in the early 1990s have still been waiting for the apartments promised by the authorities, announce participants of a picket held in front of the Georgian parliament building.

A driver wanted after a road accident in Mozhaisk highway has come to the police, reports today Ramzan Kadyrov. The leader of Chechnya has published a video with the apology voiced by Muslim Djambekov. Users of social networks argued about the need for the Chechen leader's intervention in such resonant cases.

A female relative of Makhachkala resident Omar Abdurashidov complained to the police that he was kidnapped while leaving a shop, advocate Sapiyat Magomedova reports today.

In the evening on March 28, a son of the Nazran Mayor and other persons were injured in shooting in the City Mayoralty building, sources report today.

Positions of the Azerbaijani army came under fire, including in two border villages, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

In 2010, Magomed Nurov, the arrested resident of Dagestan, helped Gusen Magomedov, who was then wanted for taking part in organizing explosions in Moscow metro, to escape, investigators believe.

A court in Baku has sentenced Nureddin Ismailov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Teref.az", to 5.5 years of conditional imprisonment within the case of anti-state appeals. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict.

On March 28, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) held concerts and exhibitions dedicated to the restoration of the national autonomy of the Balkar people. Some residents of the republic interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that the festivities should have been timed to the May 3, the anniversary of the return in 1957 of first deportees.

Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded from the person, who provoked a road accident in the Mozhaisk Highway and escaped from the venue "not to disgrace his clan."

Azerbaijan is moving its positions towards Armenian ones in case of a large-scale war, Samvel Agababyan, a military observer, has noted. The works on the border with Armenia have been actively underway for six months already, Ayk Khachikyan, a military analyst, has confirmed.

Residents of Crimea detained in Rostov-on-Don while trying to travel to Ukraine are suspected of involvement in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir", a terrorist organization banned in Russia, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies.