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The armed underground of Northern Caucasus may be involved in the explosion in Saint Petersburg, as it has sufficient capacities to recruit executors for such terror acts, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Gamidov Avenue will not be unlocked until the authorities meet the demands of sellers from the clothing market burned down. This was announced by 200 participants of the protest action.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has granted the complaint filed by Murtazali Gasanguseinov about the investigator's failure to let advocates of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" enter the case of the murder of his sons-shepherds.

The collection of signatures to the petition demanding to abolish the "Platon" system continues at the site of truckers’ protest near the city of Manas and in adjacent dwelling settlements, the protesters report.

The data on persecutions of homosexuals in Chechnya need investigators’ verification, the “Russian LGBT-network” has stated. The organization is ready to help the victims, before they are evacuated from Chechnya.

The alleged participant in the attack on the “Natsgvardia” (Russian National Guard) unit in Chechnya, detained by the power agents, has confessed of his involvement in the crime, said a source from the Chechen investigating bodies.

Parliamentary elections in Armenia; strikes of truck drivers in the south of Russia as a part of the all-Russian protest action against the "Platon" system; disrupted "tractor march" of the Kuban farmers to Moscow; conflict between residents of the Chechen village of Davydenko with law enforcers, which ended in a forced apology; verdict in the case of torture at a police station in Karachay-Cherkessia; fire on the Makhachkala market, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 27-April 2, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week from March 27 to April 2, 2017, three persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: two perished, and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

At hospital, law enforcers forced Kasum Arslanaliev to write a statement that he was injured when he fell from a bicycle and not as a result of torture after detention. This was stated by advocates of the Khasavyurt resident. Kasum Arslanaliev was placed under house arrest under the court decision.

After the opening of polling stations, 162 violations were registered. This was reported by a member of the public initiative "Citizen Observer". The General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia announced 13 violations committed during the voting.

In Dagestan, no power operation against drivers of heavy trucks is planned. This was announced by the administration of the leader of the republic. Earlier, it has been reported about the accumulation of the police to the place of the truck drivers' action.

A former policeman was hospitalized as a result of shelling in the Nazran District of Ingushetia. The victim was operated on, said a law enforcement source.

In Chechnya, various dwelling settlements see mass detentions of men suspected of homosexuality; some of them were killed, the “Novaya Gazeta” has reported today.

The Azerbaijani Centre for Defence of Political Prisoners has updated the list of political prisoners, by adding six new convicts and excluding nine released prisoners. The total number of political prisoners on the list is 162.

In March, the Investigating Department (ID) for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) issued an official statement on the federal search of Isa Yamadaev; a search was conducted in the apartment of his family, the “Rosbalt” has reported today referring to a source familiar with the situation. According to his story, Yamadaev has already appealed against the statement.

A resident of Chechnya is suspected of involvement in an armed attack on a unit of the National Guard of Russia, which occurred at night of March 24 in the Naur District. This was reported by a staff member of the Chechen law enforcement agencies.

Arthur Aivazyan is suspected of an armed attack on members of the "Elk" oppositional bloc, committed on March 31, the Armenian Police has reported.

This morning, truck drivers, who on March 31 attempted to hold in Dagestan a motor rally against the "Platon" system, found damage on four of their trucks.

Akhmed Balkarov, Ruslan Kipshiev, and Ruslan Zhugov, accused in the case of an attempt to create a caliphate in Kabardino-Balkaria, have retracted at the trial their confessions and claimed that they made them under torture, to which they were subjected after being detained by law enforcers.

On April 2, Adygea will hold the charitable action "To Another World Today". With the help of it, parents of children with autism hope to raise funds to open a training centre for tutors and teachers. At present, there are 57 children diagnosed with autism in the republic; however, there are not enough specialists to work with them, and the proper conditions for their education are often not provided.