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Passenger jet crashin Rostov-on-Don; pardoning in Azerbaijan of 14 political prisoners; Said Amirov pronounces his last plea at trial at Supreme Court of Russia; start of building a new house in place of destroyed apartment building in Volgograd; recall of license from Vladikavkaz "1Bank"; explosion at filling station in Kizlyar, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 14-20, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

A report about a bomb has not cancelled the charity concert "Raise a Bus", organized to raise funds for driver Bashir Pliev, who suffered in an attack on a group of human rights defenders and journalists which occurred on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya. The concert was held at another place.

During the week from March 14 to March 20, 2016, no casualties and victims were registered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The repair works at a former Shiite mosque of Vladikavkaz are being carried out without any sanctioned project, and they violate the architectural appearance of the building, the architects report. According to officials from the authorities, the temporary roof is arranged to prevent the destruction of the building.

Ramzan Kadyrov's offer to pay the fine instead of footballer Tarasov is a link in the chain of attempts to gain political weight by exploiting patriotic feelings, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has handed over the inquiry into the crash of Boeing 737-800 to the department for investigating particularly important cases; the investigators in charge have confiscated the flight documentation.

Residents of Azerbaijan are celebrating Novruz Bayram, the holiday of spring and awakening of nature, the history of which has more than three thousand years, with traditional feasts and tablefuls.

The information about kidnapping of a young man, committed in early February in the Leninsky District of Grozny, was not confirmed, said the spokesman of the Investigating Department (ID) for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The case of Nina Dubovaya, upon the consideration of which the District Court ruled to return the land plot belonging to her, has been transferred to the Presidium of the Territorial Court. The fact that it has been claimed for the Territorial Court, is no reason for non-issuance of an execution writ within the statutory period of time, believes the advocate Mikhail Okhrimenko.

60 years ago, in the second half of March, Georgia held secret funerals of the people killed in the dispersal of the demonstration at night of March 10 in Tbilisi. According to various estimates, from several dozen to several hundred people fell victim to the incident.

21 international human rights and journalistic organizations have issued a joint statement, in which they welcomed the act of pardoning in Azerbaijan and release of 15 political prisoners. They called for the release of all political prisoners.

A rally under the motto "Against bad roads, gold-worth gasoline and insurance" was held today in Volgograd. According to motorists, the condition of city roads continues deteriorating, which is why drivers are suffering losses by constantly changing the damaged parts of their vehicles.

The documents on allocation of monetary compensations to the families of those residents of the Rostov Region, who died in the aircraft crash, will be signed today, said the regional governor Vasily Golubev, while visiting the venue of the accident.

Apart from pilots' errors and adverse weather conditions, the crash of the passenger Boeing 737-800 NG of the "FlyDubai" airline, which made a flight from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, could be a technical failure, believes the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

For a week already, the Adler-based boarding house "Neptune", inhabited by forced migrants, has no electricity supply, because the Sochi Mayoralty has failed to pay its debts to resource organizations. Residents reported about their situation to the prosecutor's office; and the Mayor promised to restore the electricity supply next week.

At the Rostov-on-Don airport, "black boxes" are found at the place of the crash of a passenger Boeing. After their decryption, it will be possible to reveal the causes of the accident. This was reported by an official from the Ministry of Transport.

South Ossetia held memorial ceremonies in memory of 12 Ossetians killed in the village of Eredvi in March 1991.

In Volgograd, after the protests of city residents, whose cottages in the Dzerzhinsk District of Volgograd are to be demolished by the court's decision, the city authorities have agreed to sign an amicable agreement with the tenants of the cottages.

Last night, a Boeing-737 of the "FlyDubai" airlines on route from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, has crashed down while landing at the destination airport. After the fall, an explosion and fire occurred aboard. The fire was extinguished.

On March 17, participants of the meeting of the Circassian organizations of Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria voiced a proposal to create a unified interregional organization to be engaged in the protection and development of culture of the Circassian people.