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In Azerbaijan, at the trial in the case against Khadija Ismayilova, the defence has delivered the final speech. The advocates asked the court to acquit the journalist of all charges.

Kerch is still under emergency regime because of the large accumulation of vehicles in the port. The operational headquarters is engaged in regulation of traffic. According to tourists, people in the cars have to wait during 9-10 hours for loading onto ferries towards Taman.

The materials of the service check of the incident involving the policeman, who slapped elderly demonstrator Akop Nazaryan, were received by the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia. Till present, the police officers and the General Prosecutor's Office have not yet mentioned the terms within which the investigation is to be completed.

The chances for transfer of Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko to Ukraine for serving their sentences there are estimated as "50:50". This was stated by advocate Dmitry Dinze after the announcement of the verdict of guilty. After the pronouncement of the verdict, Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko sang the national anthem of Ukraine.

The policeman wounded in an armed clash in the village of Novy Khushet feels well. The question of compensation for his wound "is being addressed in due course," the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) report.

This morning and afternoon, power agents did not carry out any active operations in the village of Novy Khushet, local residents report. However, the people "have a feeling of tension and fear," notes Sharapudin Magomedov, the chairman of the public council of the village.

In Rostov-on-Don, the North-Caucasian District Military Court sentenced Akhmat Ulbashev and Zafir Miziev, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to 14 and seven years of imprisonment on charges of terrorist activities.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, law enforcers initiated criminal proceedings against a local resident suspected of supplying of members of the armed underground with housing, food, and vehicles.

The defence of Zaur Dadaev, whom investigators believe to be the killer of Boris Nemtsov, has called unfounded the arguments in support of the extension of his arrest. The court agreed with the investigators and extended the arrest for other three months.

Despite the fact that Khizri Shikhsaidov, the Speaker of the People's Assembly, has returned to his duties, the rumours of his impending resignation cannot be considered completely dispelled. Khizri Shikhsaidov is involved in the clan fight in Dagestan, and his resignation will be a blow to the politicians close to him. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The court has found Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov and ecologist Alexander Kolchenko guilty of terrorism. Alexander Kolchenko has been sentenced to 10 years, and Oleg Sentsov to 20 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

Today, the Basmanny Court of Moscow has granted the investigators' motion to extend the arrest of the figurant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder for other three months.

Journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov kept in SIZO (pre-trial prison) has been transferred to a medical treatment facility of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for comprehensive medical examination because of deterioration of his health state. This was reported by his advocate.

In December 2014, Islam Muradov, the leader of the militant grouping in Khasavyurt, swore allegiance to the leader of the "Islamic State", recognized as a terrorist organization. In April 2014, power agents reported on the killing of Islam Muradov; however, then he managed to escape.

The public movement "Arise, Armenia!" has offered the police to organize an open discussion concerning means to prevent conflicts between activists and power agents. The members of the movement are counting on signing an agreement on non-use of force against demonstrators.

During the past day, the Armenian side shelled the Azerbaijani positions on the contact line 146 times, with the use of mortars and heavy machineguns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

In Derbent, residents of the house No. 14 in III International Street intended for demolition fear that they will be resettled from the city centre on its outskirts. They believe there violations against them committed during the implementation of the programme for resettlement from dilapidated housing.

More than 60 members of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) from ten countries have completed the information visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. Delegates came with the aim to study the problem of the Karabakh conflict at the place.

Advocates of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Shagid Gubashev, and Khamzat Bakhaev, accused in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, report on their intention to appeal against the resolution of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to extend the period of their clients' detention.

A suspected member of the armed underground was shot dead as a result of an armed clash in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. The killed man is preliminary identified as Islam Muradov.