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In Yerevan, a clash occurred between members of the headquarters of the opposition "Elk" bloc and four unidentified persons, one of whom tried to use a pistol. This was reported by MP Nikol Pashinyan. According to him, the police have been already notified of the incident.

A refugee from Chechnya, living in Poland, has been accused of participating in military operations for a terrorist grouping in Syria.

Anatoly Boltykhov, Nikolai Belikov and Maxim Beldinov, detained during the anti-corruption rally in Volgograd, have been released after serving their administrative arrests, said Anastasia Andreeva, the deputy head the Navalny’s office in Volgograd.

Today, Gor Ovannisyan, a contract soldier, was mortally wounded by a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

The police have started a check of the statement about beating up Ivan Tansky, a member of the Stavropol branch of the “Youth Yabloko”, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). "After the beating, doctors diagnosed a brain concussion," Ivan has stated himself.

Today, in Dagestan, policemen have stopped a motor rally against the "Platon" system by blocking truck drivers from leaving for the highway Magas-Makhachkala. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ruslan Magomedov, one of the participants of the protest action.

In 2016, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) initiated the dismissals of 16 schoolteachers who were close relatives of militants and followers of extremist ideas. This has been reported today by Abdurashid Magomedov, Minister of Internal Affairs, at a meeting of the anti-terrorist commission.

The military unit of the National Guard in the village of Naurskaya was attacked at night in the conditions of strong fog, and that fact cast doubt on the version that the attackers were killed in their heads from a sniper rifle, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. Its source also did not confirm the version about the detention and the subsequent shooting of the attackers.

The federal centre has not allocated sufficient funds for the restoration of Chechnya. As a result, some social and industrial facilities still remain unrepaired, and there is shortage of schools. This was reported by Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic

In Chechnya, MPs have adopted amendments to the Chechen law on education to allow schoolchildren to dress in accordance with their religion.

On March 30, the North-Caucasian District Military Court continued the trial in the case of a Caliphate. One of defendants, Zaur Tekuzhev, gave the testimony, the 'Caucasian Knot' correspondent reports.

Kasum Arslanaliev, a resident of Khasavyurt, was beaten up by policemen in Makhachkala, his relatives and advocate have stated.

Today, Oleg Petrov, a farmer activist, accused of a fraud, was taken into custody upon the judgement of the Kavkaz District Court of the KrasnodarTerritory. His advocate said that Oleg went on a hunger strike in protest against his criminal prosecution.

In response to rights defenders’ requests, Chechen law enforcement bodies have failed to provide concrete information about the fate of Askhab Yusupov, Ismali Bergoev and Madina Shakhbieva, who were detained during the last December armed clashes in Grozny. However, the answer received from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) indirectly confirms that Shakhbieva was killed, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

According to law enforcers, two armed men were first to open fire, and were killed in a shootout, a law enforcement source from the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) said today.

Today, Makhachkala policemen, without explaining the reasons, put Ikramudin Aliev, a Dagestani journalist and an expert of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia, into their car and drove away.

In Chechnya, after the attack on a military unit of the National Guard of Russia, the alertness of the law enforcers will be increased. This was announced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. He has described the incident in the Cossack village of Naurskaya as a fault of the law enforcement agencies.

Last night, in Stavropol, unidentified persons have attacked a member of the local branch of the "Youth Yabloko", the organizer of an anti-corruption rally held on March 26.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from the Russian authorities to pay 50,000 euros in compensation for moral damage to family members of Murad Nagmetov, who was killed in 2006 during the dispersal of the anti-corruption action in the Dokuzparinsky District of Dagestan.

In 2016, law enforcers carried out more than 30 special operations in Dagestan, during which 17 militant leaders were killed. This was reported by Abdurashid Magomedov, Dagestani Minister of Internal Affairs. According to him, all the southern regions of the republic are "cleaned of militants."