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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.

During the last night, the Armenian side has violated the ceasefire regime 120 times. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The Nagorno-Karabakh MoD reported on 70 attacks registered from the Azerbaijani side. The Armenian MoD reported on 16 attacks.

The Presidium of the Krasnodar Territorial Court has cancelled the decision of the first instance court concerning the claim of pensioner Nina Dubovaya. Earlier, the District Court has returned to the woman her land plot.

The Armenian police began a check in connection with a reference in the "Panamanian dossier" on offshore companies to Migran Pogosyan, the retired chief of the Armenian Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts. The Armenian law does not prohibit officials or MPs to hold shares in commercial companies, emphasizes economic analyst Hayk Gevorgyan.

Investigators suspect Ali Kveshov, detained on April 18, of involvement in the murder of Magomedgadji Zaidov, the chief engineer of the agricultural company "Sogratl", who was shot dead in the Gunib District in Dagestan on August 20, 2015. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

According to the appeal of 14 international organizations, the Khadija Ismayilova's case proves the suppression of freedom of speech in Azerbaijan.

Since the beginning of 2016, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) found no local residents who intended to join Syrian militants. Meanwhile, in the territory of North Ossetia, law enforcers detained two men involved in combat actions in Syria, and one more man was killed.

Six residents of the Republic of Ingushetia are wanted for alleged involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF). The maximum penalty stipulated under the above charge is 10 years of imprisonment.

According to the preliminary outcomes of the check conducted in SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. of Nalchik, the April 11 hunger strike of inmates was unjustified and unlawful, while the actions of the SIZO employees were legitimate, said Mukhamed Marzhokhov, the head of the Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

The case against Patimat Gadjieva, a native of Dagestan, accused of public justification of terrorism, has been returned to the Prosecutor's Office for correct determination of the jurisdiction. This was noted by the decision pronounced by the Moscow City Court (MCC).

The PACE Legal Affairs Committee has reported on "the climate of pervasive fear in the atmosphere of personalization of power" in the Chechen Republic. According to the PACE Committee, the recommendations voiced by the PACE for improvement of the human rights situation in Northern Caucasus remain unfulfilled.

The government commission has revealed no conflict of interests for Alexander Tkachov, Minister of Agriculture, whose relatives own large-scale complex of agricultural companies in the Krasnodar Territory.

Darya Polyudova, a public activist, sentenced to two years of imprisonment for extremism, has announced her departure to serve her sentence in a penal colony-settlement in the city of Novorossiysk.

Aznaur Adzhiev has been dismissed with the formulation "in connection with his transfer to another job." Ms Burliyat Tokbolatova has been appointed instead, said the spokesman of the Dagestani administration.

Two men injured by explosion in a passenger Gazel minivan in Stavropol were taken to city hospitals with burns.

In Chechnya, investigators have filed an indictment against a resident of Grozny, who stayed in the ranks of the Islamists in Syria during 11 months.

During the past day, the Armenian side shelled the Azerbaijani positions 114 times. This was stated by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh reported 50 cases of shelling from the Azerbaijani side. According to the both MoDs, the attacks were carried out also with the use of mortar launchers.

The resignation of Migran Pogosyan, the chief of the Armenian Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts, is connected with the authorities' unwillingness to spoil relations with the Western countries and the United States, which provide Armenia with financial assistance in the fight against corruption. This opinion was voiced by Armenian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The ratification by the Russian State Duma of the treaty on state border with South Ossetia has given a clear signal that Moscow sees the republic as an independent state. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Azerbaijani authorities must cancel the amendments to the law on NGOs, simplify registration of them, and remove restrictions on the work of foreign sponsors, said the participants of the civil society forum held in Baku.