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When commenting on a brutal murder of a young woman in Khasavyurt, rights defenders have reported that in Dagestan, the situation with violence against women differs a little from the situation in Russia in general.

Supporters of the opposition movement "My Step!" interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent see the main problems of Armenia in the failures in the foreign and domestic politics, in the social, economic and education spheres, as well as in the total corruption and the presence of oligarchs.

The majority of special operations and detentions of suspected supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia began to take place outside Northern Caucasus, states political analyst Akhmet Yarlykapov. Meanwhile, experts do not expect a significant increase in the activities of IS supporters in Russia.

The Central Criminal Court of Iraq recognized three Azerbaijani women as members of the "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia) and sentenced them to death penalty.

Russian border guards detained a shepherd from the Gori District of Georgia, his fellow villager who managed to escape has told.

In Moscow, opponents of Serzh Sargsyan's Premiership held an action near the Armenian Embassy with appeals to "Reject Serzh". They treated his previous policy as a failure.

Five residents of Stepanakert have held an action, urging Serzh Sargsyan, a former Armenian president, appointed today to the post of Prime Minister, to quit politics.

Today, most of the Armenian MPs have voted today for the appointment of former President Serzh Sargsyan as the Prime Minister.

In 2017, the media mentioned Ramzan Kadyrov twice less often than oppositionist Alexei Navalny, the "Medialogia" reports. Meanwhile, the leader of Chechnya fell into the top five most mentioned politicians.

In the Rostov Region, one person was killed and three others were detained during a special operation against members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, the FSB reports.

A conflict between students from Africa and residents of Tbilisi has provoked a great resonance. To reconcile the parties to the conflict, the Tbilisi Mayoralty arranged a friendly football match.

In Chechnya, in honour of the ninth anniversary of the CTO legal regime cancellation, the authorities of the republic organized a march and festive events. In Grozny, students of the higher education institutions claimed they were obliged to participate in the march.

The European Armenian Forum has called on the police not to use force against participants of an action in Yerevan, and the "Apricot Country" Party has condemned the law enforcers' actions against demonstrators.

Five young men opened fire from the car of a wedding cortege in Nazran. Three of them were detained, the remaining two have been declared wanted.

Forty demonstrators and six policemen addressed for help to doctors after clashes in Yerevan.

During the week from April 9 to April 15, 2018, at least two people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information was received about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On April 15-16, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire for 76 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Voting at the presidential election in Azerbaijan; protests in Armenia against the nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister; Freedom House's criticism of the democracy level in Russia and the countries of Southern Caucasus; spontaneous rally in Nalchik with the demand to punish killers of taxi driver; actions of animal rights defenders in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 9-15, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Participants of the all-Armenian student forum have called on students of Armenian higher educational institutions to unite around the national idea and participate in the process of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.

On April 14 and 15, in the Chechen capital, the motordrome "Grozny Fortress" hosted the first stage of the Russian series of ring races under the SMP Racing programme for the development of motorsport. Among the spectators there were many public employees, who claimed they were forced to attend the competitions.