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The prosecutor's office found violations of fire safety regulations in two Stavropol shopping centres – "Cosmos" and "Moscow" – and demanded to close them until the violations are eliminated.

Since April 2017, a total of 114 persons suspected of non-traditional sexual orientation have left Chechnya with the help of the "Russian LGBT Network". 92 of them are already outside of Russia, said Igor Kochetkov, the chairman of the network.

During the last 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 95 times by using, among other weapons, heavy machine guns. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

There is still a risk of the resumption of the war in the Karabakh conflict zone. This opinion has been voiced by military experts in Azerbaijan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Residents of the front-line villages refuse to leave their houses, despite the fear and shelling.

In Dagestan, the situation with violence against women hardly differs from the situation in Russia as a whole, reported Svetlana Anokhina and Irina Kosterina, when commenting on a murder of a young woman in Khasavyurt. According to investigators' version, the murder was committed out of jealousy.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, local residents laid flowers on the graves of the victims of the 2016 "April War" to pay tribute to their memory. In the Tumi village of the Hadrut District, a cross stone was installed in honour of killed officer Suren Melkumyan.

An explosion of an oxygen cylinder occurred in the Burger King Cafe located in the centre of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

On April 4, the Staropromyslovsky District Court of Grozny will consider the complaint of the advocate against investigators' repeated refusal to initiate a case on the application lodged by Oyub Titiev, a rights defender, about the marijuana that was planted on him.

The arrests of Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov, suspected of embezzlement, is not a "one-time action," but the result of tight control of the budget money. This has been announced by presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

According to the official information, during the two-year truce announced after the "four-day war" in Nagorno-Karabakh, 81 people were killed during shelling in the conflict zone.

Actions in Southern Russia in memory of victims in Kemerovo; arrest of Dagestani businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov; blowing up in Nagorno-Karabakh of combat engineers from The HALO Trust; Geneva Discussions on Transcaucasia; attack in Makhachkala on a staff member of the HRC "Memorial" Dagestani office; guilty verdict for defendants involved in beating of a Rostov journalist, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 26-April 1, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have celebrated the holiday of Easter (Zatik) in temples and home-made feasts. In Nagorno-Karabakh, traditional Easter events were combined with national games, exhibitions, and dances. The authorities hope that church holidays will attract tourists.

At the Russian military base in Armenia, soldiers and officers are alerted and relocated to the "Alagyaz" training ground for military training.

Activists who migrated to Europe have claimed a new wave of pressure on relatives in Azerbaijan after the flash mob "Let's Talk About Dictator". Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani opposition was sceptical about the flash mob.

The lack of financing, a weak production potential and a tough rivalry in the international arms market prevent Armenia from becoming a major player therein. This was stated by the military observers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The office of the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny has stopped its work in Sochi because of financial difficulties, activists have stated.

Ziyavudin Magomedov, the chairman of the board of directors of the "Summa" Group of Companies and one of the richest Russia's businessmen, and his brother, ex-senator Magomed Magomedov, were arrested today by the Tver District Court of Moscow. The natives of Dagestan, Magomedov brothers are suspected of creating a criminal community and embezzling 2.5 billion roubles from the state budget.

The rally held in Baku by opponents of the early presidential election in Azerbaijan criticized the authorities for the unresolved Karabakh conflict, corruption, human rights violations, and deterioration of the population's economic and social status.

In Rostov-on-Don, policemen requested staff members of the Navalny's office to produce a rental agreement and said that they would inspect the premises, reported a staff member of the Navalny's office.

An eruption of the Ayrantoken mud volcano occurred in the territory of Garadag District of Baku, no one was injured, reported the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources for Azerbaijan.