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Nino Lorkhoshvili, a female journalist, and a cameraman of the "Objective" TV Company were attacked and received traumas in the office of one of Tbilisi construction companies after they asked to show a construction permit.

A mathematical assessment of the number of cases of ballot stuffing (throw-in) at the March 18 presidential election has shown the highest percentage of such cases in favour of Putin in the Kabardino-Balkarin Republic (KBR) and Chechnya, Andrei Illarionov, an economist, has noted, treating the political culture in these republics as totally falsified.

Today, at a picket "For Fair Elections" held in Volgograd, protestors have claimed that the number of votes given for Pavel Grudinin, a Russian presidential candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) is understated by falsifications.

Today, law enforcers have launched a search for members of the armed underground in the Khasavyurt and Kizilyurt Districts of Dagestan, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

During a protest action, members of the NGO "Georgian March" attacked a journalist of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel, who voiced an awkward joke about Christ. This was reported on March 19 by Nika Gvaramiya, the general director of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel. He has apologized for the journalist's joke and called on to punish the persons involved in the attack on the journalist.

Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the Armenian movement "100 years without regime", and six other defendants were found guilty and sentenced to 2-10.5 years of imprisonment. Advocates, relatives and supporters of the defendants treated the verdict as a demonstration of power by the authorities.

On March 19, a regular soldier was wounded on one of the defensive positions in the Tavush Region, and his condition is severe, but stable, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

On March 19, law enforcers prevented a mass fight among residents of the villages of Chuni and Tsukhta, who are conflicting because of the disputed rights to use a spring.

The military exercises held by Azerbaijan have become the largest military training since last summer, stated the military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Russian military journalists and experts called the military exercises a preparation for an offensive against the positions of the armies of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

In Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, a presidential candidate and the incumbent leader of the state, uses an administrative resource in the election campaign and does not need support from oligarchs. This opinion was voiced by economists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

An unmanned aircraft (drone) of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan was shot down when carrying out a reconnaissance flight, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

According to the outcomes of the Sunday's presidential election, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has recorded the largest percentage of votes cast for Vladimir Putin in the whole of Russia.

There were numerous violations during votes counting at the Russian presidential election in the Krasnodar Territory, state the messages posted on the "Violations Map" run by the "Golos" (Vote) public movement.

The Prosecutor's Office has failed to prove the need to further keep Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", in custody; however, the court's judgement to reject his release was predictable, the human rights activists present at the today's court session have stated.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, the voting at the Russian presidential election was accompanied by ballot stuffing, and appropriate video records were published on the "Violations Map" prepared by the movement "Golos" (Vote). The information on the violations was not confirmed, reported the chair of the Karachay-Cherkessia's CEC.

Today, the Chechen CEC has reported that following the results for processing of 100% of the protocols from polling stations, the voter turnout at the presidential election reached 91.54%. Observers reported violations. Besides, they also claimed that at their polling stations, the actual turnout was 2-3 times less than the officially announced one.

The Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the preliminary results of the presidential election. According to them, Vladimir Putin gained 91.44% of the votes. Pavel Grudinin became the second in Chechnya with 4.62% of votes, while the third was Sergey Baburin with 1.18%. The remaining five presidential candidates gained less than 1% of the votes.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has upheld the decision of the Staropromyslovsky District Court of Grozny to prolong the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate of Oyub Titiev.

Despite the dissatisfaction of Sochi residents with coercion to participate in the presidential election, no official complaints were filed by voters, the opposition reports.

In the evening on March 18, in Grozny, about 70,000 people came for a rally dedicated to the anniversary of the Crimea's entry into Russia, the Chechen authorities reported. Teachers and students claimed being obliged to take part in the rally.