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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.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan found two local residents guilty of murdering in 2012 their countryman on the motive of blood feud and sentenced them to 24 years and 14 years in a penal colony, respectively, the Prosecutor's Office reports today.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan decided to remove the suspended sentence from Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative Party (ReAl), but left in force the restriction on his participation in elections. The defence will appeal against the decision, an advocate reports.

At night on March 28, car drivers carried out a mass spontaneous motor rally in Nazran, and after that, the additional units of law enforcers were accumulated in the city, activists reported. Today, the situation in the streets is calm, residents of Nazran note.

A suspected member of a militant grouping organized by Magomedali Vagabov was involved in the bombings in the Moscow metro in 2010, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.