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Relatives and the advocate of Magomed Akhmeddibirov, a resident of the Buynaksk District of Dagestan, who was arrested for 10 days for an administrative offense, can not establish his whereabouts after the expiry of the arrest term.

Chechen authorities have abandoned the idea to hold on March 6 a large-scale rally in support of Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny, although they had initially planned the action, and students were obliged to visit it, representatives of educational institutions of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot".

The Chechen police had to prevent a fight in a military unit of Borzoi; while the absence of any data that the incident is being investigated by the military prosecutor's office indicates the unwillingness of the Chechen authorities to openly discuss the background of the incident, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Zaira Alieva from the village of Chermen has left the territory of the hospital in Nazran, and since that time, her whereabouts is unknown. This was reported on March 4 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.

A free-of-charge mobile guide that runs through the izi.TRAVEL has been designed for the Museum of History of World's Cultures and Religions of Derbent and comprises nine tours.

In Volgograd, the local branch of the "Molodaya Gvardiya of Edinaya Rossiya" (Young Guard of United Russia) Party has requested rectors of higher educational institutions and student leaders to provide the information about their political views, as well as their mobile phone numbers and links to their accounts in social networks. The rectors believe that the organization violates the law on personal data.

Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder involved in the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi, has received the results of the forensic examination appointed by investigators. According to him, the date on the document is false, and the list of the experts referred to does not correspond to reality.

Marat Djankhaev and Shamil Atashev, deputies of the Buynaksk City Assembly from "Party of Russian Veterans", have themselves provoked a fight, stated supporters of the former Mayor. According to them, the conflict raised from the misbehaviour of the deputies with respect to a young woman.

In the city of Vladikavkaz, the "Baspik" plant, which employs more than 300 people, has suspended the execution of the state defence procurement, since the necessary equipment was seized during searches. This was reported by the press service of the leader of North Ossetia. The pause of the plant will result in the failure of the manufacture of night vision devices for the Russian army, reports the General Director of the Stock Company (SC) "Cathode" in Novosibirsk.

The Russian authorities believe Ramzan Kadyrov is an indispensable person in the current model of relations with Chechnya, and the chances of the replacement of the leader the Chechen Republic are very small. This was stated by Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the project director for Northern Caucasus of the International Crisis Group (ICG) and a member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" member, in her exclusive interview to the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, two Deputies of the City Assembly of Buynaksk have been delivered to hospital after being attacked, one of the victims told the "Caucasian Knot".

The decision of the US state of Georgia to recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is detrimental to the peace talks, said the spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), adding that the USA do not recognize the independence of the NKR.

A public organization has been established in Armenia, setting the aim of helping entrepreneurs who came from Syria.

In 2015, the resident of North Ossetia went to Turkey; then, he crossed the Syrian border and took part in the warfare for the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), said the Border-Guarding Department for North Ossetia of the Russia's Federal Security Bureau (FSB).

The Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko is not drinking water already for 24 hours, and refused to stop her "dry" hunger strike, her advocates said today.

The information about the plans to hold rallies in support of Ramzan Kadyrov on March 6 has nothing to do with reality, said Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya. Earlier, Kadyrov confirmed that there were proposals in the republic to hold rallies, but he publicly asked to abandon the idea.

Members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) were informed about the riots in SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar by the mother of one of the minors. According to the woman, her 17-year-old son, who is sight-impaired from childhood, was attacked.

Most registered candidates for the Gorodische City Duma of the Volgograd Region have submitted incomplete sets of documents to the territorial election commission (TEC), said Anatoly Polunin, a rejected candidate nominated by the Party of People's Freedom (known as PARNAS).

Dagestan Department of the Russian Anti-Monopoly Service (AMS) was addressed by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) with a complaint against some building company, which used images of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin in its ads.

The action in support of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, with the participation of public employees has been moved from February 28 to March 6, locals report. By this sort of rallies, Kadyrov wants to show Moscow the absence of alternatives for the post Chechnya head, Ruslan Martagov, a political analyst, believes.