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42 people, detained during a protest march in the centre of Yerevan, have failed to obey to the legal demand of law enforcers. This was reported by a police official.

Fifteen persons, including natives of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD), were found guilty of preparing a terror act in the Moscow cinema "Kirghizia" and sentenced to prison terms from 11 to 13 years.

Rights defenders have reported that the advocate Israfil Gadadov had complained to the Prosecutor's Office about his non-admission to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Salafi Imam of a mosque in Khasavyurt Magomednabi Magomedov.

A special appeal of theologians of Kabardino-Balkaria, calling on residents of the region not to give in to the propaganda of the "Islamic State" (IS), was read out by Imams in all republic's mosques.

The construction of the road in the territory of the cultural heritage sire named "Bald Mount" is unacceptable, said in the Volgograd Regional Organization (VRO) "All-Russian Society for Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments".

Leyla Arkelova, a mother of many children, has denied the charges of defamation in the course of the debate at the court hearing in Cherkessk. Private prosecutor Zulfiya Bostanova has asked the court to dismiss the appeal filed by Leyla Arkelova.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has sentenced Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan, to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 1 million roubles.

In the past two days, information was circulated among users of WhatsApp in Chechnya about the mass poisoning with drinking water in the Gudermes District. Local residents say that they fear to drink water from the tap. Chechen authorities have refuted this information; and law enforcers began searching for those who spread these rumours.

Yet at the end of 2015, the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya had the information that Khazan (Aza) Bataeva, a well-known Chechen singer, might be in Syria. This was reported by an official from the Chechen law enforcement bodies.

The house of Rasmin Magomedov, suspected of setting on fire a school building in the village of Djuli, collapsed after law enforcers had defused a bomb inside it. This was reported by local residents.

The problem of compensation for the damage caused by the special operation carried out in Nalchik in August 2015 has been solved. About 2.3 million roubles are allocated for the above purpose. 1.45 million roubles are planned to be paid to citizens who have lost their properties.

The formulations of the question for the referendum on the entry of South Ossetia to Russia will not affect the position of the Kremlin, which is not going to accept a new region right now. This opinion was expressed by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Rasmin Magomedov, a resident of Dagestan, who has committed arson of a school building in the village of Djuli, is a militant of the "Southern" grouping. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

The judge has scheduled for May 4 the pleadings in the case against Ukrainian citizens Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh. This was reported by advocate Dokka Itslaev.

The case against a group of Muslims, mostly natives of Northern Caucasus, accused of plotting a terror act at the "Kirgizia" cinema, has been completely fabricated. This was declared at the press conference in Moscow by relatives and advocates of the defendants.

After the distribution of the book funds of the Grozny Central City Library, the institution itself will not be saved. The Central City Library is closed because of the high cost of its premises. This opinion was expressed by the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Kabardino-Balkaria, 40 residents of the village of Verkhny Akbash were brought to the local ROVD (District Interior Division) and wrote explanatory letters on self-acquisition of land plots. Protocols on administrative violations were drawn up against 16 villagers.

The bodies of three Armenian military men were found beheaded during the April combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, reports the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD). According to human rights defender Larisa Alaverdyan, those incidents contain signs of a war crime and genocide.

With the start of the spring flood, the Volzhskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) began to discharge water. According to experts, the spring water discharges will not result in flooding of villages and towns and will have a positive impact on the state of the environment.

Last night, in the village of Djuli of the Tabasaran District, unidentified persons set fire to an empty school building and robbed a shop. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies. According to them, the attacks involved militants.