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The access to one of the country's main independent sources of information – the “Radio Azadlyg” (the Azerbaijani service of the “Radio Liberty”, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") – is blocked, says the statement of the corporation "Free Europe/Radio Liberty", posted in the evening on April 13 on the corporation’s website.

The bloc "Armenian National Congress-People's Party of Armenia" (ANC-PPA), which had received a refusal from the Central Election Commission (CEC) to annul the outcomes of the parliamentary elections, has appealed to the Constitutional Court.

The Kremlin has received a letter from Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the “Novaya Gazeta” about threats to newspaper journalists coming from Chechnya, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, told reporters today.

A “shahid belt” was found in the house of Patimat Murshidova, the mother of the suicide bomber Maryam Sharipova, who, according to investigators, blew herself up in the Moscow metro on March 29, 2010, a law enforcement source told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

In his interview to the "Caucasian Knot", Kazim Nurmagomedov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Karata, has described how he managed to independently return one of his sons from the territory of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia by the court.

This morning, in Volgograd, an armed man has threatened truck drivers on strike against the "Platon" system. This was reported by the Union of Cargo Carriers and Entrepreneurs of the Volgograd Region.

In Baku, the demolition of the "Haji Javad" mosque was suspended after the protests of believers. Such an instruction was given by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev, who also ordered to create a special commission to clarify the situation around the mosque.

The website "Change.org" has posted a petition to the Russian President, the General Prosecutor and the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a demand to investigate the mass cases of violence and killings in Chechnya of representatives of sex minorities. According to the website "Change.org", the petition was posted "four days ago."

In Chechnya, the adviser to the leader of the republic and theologians in the republic openly call for violence against journalists of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" for publishing materials about the persecution of gays in Chechnya. This was reported by the editorial office of the newspaper. After the publication of the statement, the website of the "Novaya Gazeta" was subjected to a DDOS-attack.

Members of the Maikop organization "Adyge Khase-Circassian Council" have been summoned for questioning to the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) in connection with the complaint filed by the Mufti of Adygea, who demanded to bring ecologist Valery Brinikh to justice. According to the activists, the complaint against Valery Brinikh, who reported the theft of the sacrificial sheep, was a formal reason to put pressure on them.

Most media and the federal authorities do not pay attention to the protests of truck drivers in North Ossetia. This was claimed by the protesters. They have also noted that their demands for the cancellation of the "Platon" system and reduction of fuel prices remain in force.

The decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in favour of relatives of the victims of the Beslan terror act is a victory. However, the awarded compensations will not be tangible for the state and will remain symbolic amounts. This opinion was voiced by Ella Kesaeva, the leader of the "Voice of Beslan".

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the decision to extend for three months the arrest of blogger Alexander Lapshin, accused of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh. This was reported by his advocate.

The European Court of Human Rights has found violations of the rights of relatives of the people killed and injured in the seizure of the Beslan school in 2004 and awarded 409 complainants the compensation in the amount of 2,955,000 euros and 88,000 euros to recover court costs.

The renaming of South Ossetia into the State of Alania was supported by 25,123 people, or 80% of the total number of voters. This was reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia following the results of the processing of 100% of the protocols.

In Paris, officials express their concern over the reports of violations of the rights of members of the LGBT community in the Chechen Republic. This was reported by Romain Nadal, the spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

One of the militants killed on April 11 in Dagestan has been preliminary identified as Ilyas Khalilov, who was involved in numerous terrorist crimes. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

At least five persons are involved in the abduction of a 19-year-old female resident of the village of Kantyshevo of the Nazran District of Ingushetia. One of the kidnappers has been identified. This was reported by investigators.

On April 12, the Primorsko-Akhtarsky Court has decided to release Mark Yavorsky from custody, who earlier had been found guilty of involvement in a double murder.

The conflict of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with Igor Sechin, Director of the “Rosneft” Corporation, has escalated, which resulted in the appearance of a version of the "Chechen trace" in the Saint Petersburg terror act, the Financial Times newspaper has reported. In their joint statement, Kadyrov and Sechin refuted this information, threatening to sue the newspaper.