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Victims of the hostage-taking in the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre have put forward about 20 lawsuits seeking compensation from Khasan Zakaev, said Karinna Moskalenko, the victims’ advocate.

The Naur District of Chechnya hosted the ceremony of consecration of the OrthodoxTemple of the Nativity, the second largest church, designed for 350 parishioners.

Resonant judgement of Georgian court to transfer "Rustavi-2" TV Company back to former owner; presentation of the film about Boris Nemtsov in Rostov-on-Don; conviction of blogger who posted materials about corruption in Azerbaijan for defamation; debates in Makhachkala on problems associated with stray animals; death of seven tourists in an avalanche on Mount Cheget; completion of World Military Games in Sochi, – see the review of major events in the Caucasus on February 27-March 5, 2017, prepared by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Draft amendments to the Laws "On Information, Informatization, and Information Protection" and "On Telecommunications" have been included into the agenda of the plenary session of the National Assembly to be held on March 7. Civil society activists treat the proposed innovations as restrictions on the freedom of the Internet.

As a result of a joint operation, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have neutralized an inactive unit affiliated with the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia. The inactive unit involved four people, one of whom was killed in Derbent and three others were detained. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

During the week of February 27-March 5, 2017, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In the evening of March 5, Vladikavkaz residents gathered at the square near the statue of Lenin. They were protesting against the initiative to rename Ingushetia to Alania, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has condemned the verdict of guilty pronounced by the Baku Court against blogger Mekhman Guseinov, Chairman of the IRFS. A coalition of 24 international NGOs has also voiced support to Mekhman Guseinov.

Today, at about 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, on the road in the direction from the "Magas" Airport, law enforcers stopped three cars of escort of Khamzat Chumakov, a well-known Ingush Imam. Meanwhile, Khamzat Chumakov himself was not there.

Today, according to Imam Isa Tsechoev, agents of the FSB Department for Ingushetia has searched his house and yard located in the Ingush village of Ali-Yurt.

Today, law enforcers have reported cordoning off several houses in the area of Buynaksk Street in Derbent. The houses were cordoned off under the operation to detain members of the armed assault. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies for Dagestan.

In Rostov, the "Hermitage" Hotel hosted the presentation of the project "Open Russia" and free screening of the film "Nemtsov". The events were attended by 35 people, mostly by Rostov oppositionists, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Elista administration has approved the procedure for provision of one-time financial assistance to residents of flooded houses. Owners of the affected households are dissatisfied with the regulation, obliging them to provide a report on the use of funds allocated to them.

Messages with an appeal to block the federal highway in the KrasnodarTerritory have been received by residents of the village of Kazanskaya. They were sent on behalf of the wife of Oleg Petrov, one of the activists of the “tractor march”, from an unknown telephone number, Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement “Polite Farmers”, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

After the screening of the film "Nemtsov" in Rostov-on-Don, a young woman threw a cake at Maria Baronova, one of coordinators of the "Open Russia" movement, hitting her son, said Anastasia Shevchenko, the regional coordinator of the movement.

Activists of the "National Liberation Movement" (known as NOD) held a series of solo pickets in front of the hotel in Rostov-on-Don, where the free screening of the film "Nemtsov" took place.

The Air Defence Forces of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have shot down an Azerbaijan drone, the NKR’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

On March 1, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO) hosted an open seminar on the theme "Anthropology of Travel". Zoya Makhmudova, Associate Professor of the Ethnology Department of the Moscow State University (MSU), spoke about the travel notes written by Alexandre Dumas, a classic of the French fiction, and artist Jean-Pierre Moynet, devoted to their journey to the Caucasus in 1858-1859.

Gevorg Safaryan, an activist of the "Constituent Parliament", sentenced on the charge of abusing a policeman, has filed a complaint to the Criminal Court of Appeal.

Today, the rescue operation on Mount Cheget in Kabardino-Balkaria has been completed after employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) found the body of the seventh tourist covered with an avalanche on the slope, which was banned for skiing.