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Khalig Siyabov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, told about his beating up after detention and linked the pressure exerted on him by law enforcers with the movement leaders' call to boycott the presidential election.

Sirazhudin Datsiev, the head of the Dagestani office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", got average injuries after being attacked, there is no threat to his life, his relatives have been informed today by doctors.

Law enforcers, who are watching buyers of alcoholic drinks near a store in Grozny, seize from people the purchased alcoholic beverages and threaten them with sanctions, the "Caucasian Knot" was informed by local residents.

Residents of North Ossetia and other regions of Russia offered their help in response to the appeal of Kaspolat Ramonov, an attendant of the memorial to the victims of the terror act in Beslan. He reported that the financing of the memorial had been terminated two years ago and officials suggested forgetting the tragedy.

Today, Sirazhudin Datsiev, the head of the Dagestani office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has been beaten near his home in Makhachkala, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Murad Magomedov, an advocate of the HRC.

On March 27, in Volgograd, a rally was organized by the authorities in memory of the victims killed by a fire in Kemerovo. A policeman demanded from participants to hide anti-corruption posters, activist Roman Zaitsev reported.

Dagestani Prosecutor Denis Popov has officially confirmed the detection of violations committed during the investigation into the killing of the Gasanguseinov brothers.

The China's TianGong-1 space station will enter the atmosphere and burn in it, and some parts of the space station can reach the Earth's surface, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported. The southern part of Dagestan fell into an area of probable fall of the China's space station.

In Southern Russia, a number of cities held mourning events to pay tribute to the victims of the fire in the shopping centre "Winter Cherry" in Kemerovo. Residents of Makhachkala, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, and Cherkessk have reported to the "Caucasian Knot" that they are afraid to visit large shopping centres. They have also called on to punish the persons guilty of the deaths of the people.

Today, at the Glory Memorial, residents of Vladikavkaz have commemorated those who perished in the fire of the Kemerovo "Zimnyaya Vishnya" (Winter Cherry) Shopping Centre; and on March 26, a mourning action "Memory Candle" was held at School No. 1 of Beslan. Speaking about the tragedy in Kemerovo, local residents equated it with what happened during the terror act in Beslan.

The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has refused to open criminal cases on facts of torture of two convicts in the "Nardaran case", and failed to provide the defence with refusal statements, said Yalchin Imanov, one of the advocates, adding that he has filed a lawsuit against the GPO.

More than 40 people came to the Astrakhan Hyde Park to hold a rally demanding resignation of Aman Tuleev, the Governor of the Kemerovo Region, after the tragedy that occurred in the regional capital. Other residents of Astrakhan laid flowers at the monument "Family" in memory of those who perished in the fire.

At the building of Sochi Mayoralty, policemen detained Dmitry Titkov and Vadim Polikanov, members of precinct election commissions (PECs); the latter denied his participation in the picket.

In Volgograd, participants of eight solo pickets announced corruption and negligence of officials as the cause of the tragedy when dozens of people were killed by a fire at the "Winter Cherry" shopping centre in Kemerovo.

An investigator has not allowed oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev to be visited by his relatives at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), an advocate reports.

Today, the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have reported that the festive events dedicated to the Day of the Balkar People's Revival were postponed from March 28 to March 30 because of the tragedy in Kemerovo where people were killed by the fire.

The Russia's decision to send units of the military police to Gyumri and Yerevan is dictated by the desire to reduce the number of incidents involving Russian soldiers, but it contradicts the agreement between the two countries. This opinion was expressed by Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Till present, Circassians from Syria continue to come to Kabardino-Balkaria, and those of them who have already arrived need material support, local Circassian activists reported.

In Sochi, activist Valery Tuaev, detained during a solo picket at the city administration, was set free four hours later. According to him, a policeman did not explain to him the reason for his detention.

On March 26, the Yerevan Press Centre "Article 3" held a discussion on the theme "Closed Doors: The Effects of Legislative Information Restriction" dedicated to legislative acts adopted by the Parliament on March 23 prohibiting journalists to attend meetings of the government and the Yerevan Council.