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The Chechen TV released a story about relatives of Alam Khadjaev, who left the republic after a resonant road traffic accident with his participation in 2016. In the TV story, the Khadjaevs speak about their voluntary decision to leave Chechnya and criticize a blogger who called their departure forced. The criticism is addressed to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, residents of Chechnya believe.

On April 13, a shootout broke out in the village of Zartonk of the Armavir Region of Armenia, during the conflict of supporters and opponents of the village elder. Two participants of the conflict, including the gunman, were detained; five people were hospitalized, the police and the Investigating Committee have reported.

Six solo pickets were held in central Volgograd. Activists declared political repressions, unemployment and the deterioration of Russians' life quality.

For the first time in ten days, Akhmed Barakhoev, the arrested Ingush elder, agreed to eat. He was persuaded to stop his hunger strike by Kabardino-Balkarian Ombudsperson, said his advocate.

Policemen have used force against the activists, who gathered on April 13 for an action, demanding to punish those responsible for the suicide of an eighth-grader schoolgirl from a Baku school.

The Ingush elder and protest leader, Akhmed Barakhoev, has not been released today from the IVS; and a criminal case was opened against him for using violence against law enforcers, his advocate has informed.

Ayk Martirosyan, a customs inspector, who received a remark from the Prime Minister due to his inappropriate attitude to the Armenian flag, has been dismissed. The State Revenue Committee has informed that Martirosyan quitted his post at his own will.

The village of Novomonastyrskoye, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, the disputed area next to which Chechnya registered as its own, was not visited by the commission on border demarcation between the republics; and no meetings on this issue were held, local residents have reported. They complained about the acute shortage of pastures; therefore, they have to pay Chechens for grazing cows in their territory.

Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, who have served their administrative arrests, were detained again on suspicion of calling for mass riots and the use of force against a power representative, their advocates have informed.

The forced migrants from the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, living in three barracks in Nazran, have received prescriptions from the Mayoralty to move out. In total, 15 families are under a threat to stay homeless. They tell that they have nowhere to go, since they were not provided with alternative housing; and it was impossible to buy some for the money allocated to refugees.

The Chechen authorities have never demanded to write off all debts for the consumed gas, but insist on an individual approach to different consumers-debtors, the press secretary of the head of the republic has stated.

The Ingush students detained in Egypt have complained to their relatives about the inhuman custody conditions in the Cairo prison. The young people are chained to beds and left without water, their relatives have stated.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has supported Shema Timagova, a victim of domestic violence, in her complaint against the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. The Russian authorities are offered to pay compensation to her.

The "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) is the first organization fined for involvement in the activities of the "Open Russia" (recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia by the General Prosecutor's Office). The City Court of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, considered the case, although activists could not come to the session, the lawyer of the "EcoWatch" has stated.

The demarcation of interregional borders is of little interest for the federal centre, but the actions of the Chechen authorities at the borders with the neighbouring republics create problems for the Kremlin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev will not stop his hunger strike until his release from temporary detention centre (IVS) on April 13, his son Ilez said today.

The arrest of Ramazan Alibiev, accused of storing firearms, has been appealed against at the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan. His defence has stated today that pressure is exerted on Alibiev to force him to admit his guilt and reject advocates.

Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani blogger and the chairman of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), has managed to go abroad to participate in international events. Last night, he flew to Europe.

The case of the participation of Abo Dobriev in the armed underground, instituted after they failed to prove his participation in the protest action, has reminded law enforcers' statements about links of the activist Muslim Khashagulgov with militants, Ingush oppositionists have noted.

Forced migrants from Azerbaijan need money, help and suitable housing, activists from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) assert. They have set up a group "Gone with the Fate" on the Facebook, which, in their opinion, should draw attention to the problems of refugees and allow them to get help from sponsors.