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In North Ossetia, residents of the Alagir District fear of a repetition of the last year's poisoning, since for the second day, muddy water flows of the taps in their houses.

Migran Pogosyan, the chief of the Armenian Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts, has filed a letter on his resignation to President Serzh Sargsyan. He has explained his decision by the fact that his name appears in the "Panama dossier" on offshore companies.

During the week from April 11 to April 17, 2016, 11 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: nine perished and two were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Attack on the ROVD in the Stavropol Territory; special operation in the vicinity of Makhachkala; protest action in Yerevan against Russian arms supplies to Azerbaijan; hunger strike of inmates of Nalchik SIZO; a series of pickets in Cherkessk, which resulted in resumption of the investigation into the case of a fire at the city marketplace; withdrawal of the banking licence of the "Stella-Bank" from Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 11-17, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the course of a search, conducted in the house of Umar Butaev, a Dagestani blogger and an observer of the newspaper "Chernovik", policemen confiscated his laptop and phone. His colleagues speak about the pressure, associated with the Butaev's active journalism.

According to a former advocate of the defendant accused of plotting a terror act in Moscow, he did not come to the interrogation of defendant Tagir Akhtakhanov, in the course of which he testified that other persons involved in the criminal case had manufactured explosives and stored weapons to attack the "Kyrgyzstan" cinema.

The attacks on law enforcers in the Stavropol Territory indicate the intention of the armed underground to self-reorganize and be active outside of the "hottest" republics of Northern Caucasus, state the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Dagestan's image is being hurt not by the participation of Albina Ildarova, a native of the republic, in the beauty contest of "Miss Russia-2016", but by corruption and lawlessness of law enforcers. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Policemen have detained Zurab Mamedov, a resident of Makhachkala, who earlier refused to give a DNA blood assay, users of social networks have reported. However, his detention has not been officially confirmed.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the non-recognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has declared a mortar attack on its positions on the contact line committed by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.

The health status of the Ukrainian servicewoman Nadezhda Savchenko, who went on a hunger strike after being sentence by the Donetsk City Court, has deteriorated; and doctors prescribed IV drip for her, her advocate said.

Today, the Chechen Republic marks the Day of Peace, established by the regional leadership in 2009, after the abolition of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the territory of the republic. Residents of Chechnya treat the anniversary of the CTO abolition as one of the major holidays, but note that the celebrations are mostly of official character, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A service Toyota car of Almas Djopua, a Deputy of the National Assembly of Abkhazia, was undermined on the Sukhumi embankment; two people were injured.

Residents of the village of Kenkhi, Sharoy District, whose fellow villager Ramazan Djalaldinov had stated, in his video appeal to Vladimir Putin, about the corruption of local officials and extortions from teachers' salaries, held a gathering, at which treated Djalaldinov's words as a slander.

Gagik Khurshudyash, a serviceman of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), was wounded last night by gunfire from the Azerbaijani side, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR, an unrecognized republic.

In the Cossack village of Sernovodskaya of the Kursk District, two persons were killed as a result of a shootout with staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). None of law enforcers suffered in the incident.

Relatives of Omar Magomedov, a local resident, accused of helping militants and illegal arms and drug dealing, have lodged a lawsuit to the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala on protection of their honour, dignity and compensation of moral harm. According to the claimants, at Magomedov's trial, the prosecutor had insulted them by naming the Muslim headscarf "a typical garment of militants' wives."

The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has issued an official warning to Tofiq Yagublu, Deputy Chairman of the opposition "Musavat" Party, in connection with his publications on Facebook and media interviews. Law enforcers have detected signs of incitement to hatred and hostility in the statements voiced by Tofiq Yagublu. The oppositionist does not agree with the warning.

An unidentified person threw a grenade to the mansion of Robert Kocharyan, the second Armenian President. This was reported by the police. At the time of the attack, Robert Kocharyan was in Moscow, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Moscow Mayoralty has refused to sanction a rally in support of Khamid Razhapov and Tsetiev brothers, accused of attacking staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Arbi Tsetiev, one of the initiators of the rally.