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Idris Cherkhigov, the 27-year-old head of the administration of the Kurchaloi District, has been transferred to the post of the head of the secretariat of the leader of Chechnya. By taking his new post, Idris Cherkhigov has replaced another nephew of Ramzan Kadyrov.

During the week from March 28 to April 3, 2016, seven people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: four persons perished and three others 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

Last night, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces continued shelling the combat positions of the Defence Army and dwelling settlements of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), said the press service of the MoD of the NKR.

Relatives of Hussein Betelgeriev, a poet and singer, cannot be established his whereabouts since March 31. According to their version, Betelgeriev was taken away from home by "two unidentified men dressed in black uniform."

On the second day of the warfare in Karabakh conflict zone, the key question of what part of the unrecognized republic is under Azerbaijan control. The parties in conflict intend to take control over the key heights in the area of the village of Talysh, according to the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) of the conflicting parties.

The recording of men for military operations against Azerbaijan is being held around the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); at least six buses with volunteers have been sent from the square in Stepanakert to the conflict area.

The Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has announced that during the armed clashes on the border, over 200 soldiers of Azerbaijan were killed.

The statements of the parties of the Karabakh conflict on the current escalation are contradictory and do not allow defining the party, whose actions have resulted in aggravation of the situation. There is a real war in the border area, believe bloggers of the "Caucasian Knot".

Residents of Northern Caucasus have a demand for a democratic modernization of the region and its inclusion into the all-Russian legal environment, says the report "Northern Caucasus and Modern Model of Democratic Development".

As a result of shelling by Azerbaijan of Karabakh positions, a boy born in 2004 was killed, an two other kids were wounded by a shell rupture, said the MoD of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). There are victims on both sides of the conflict, said Artsruni Ovannisyan, the head of the press service of the Armenian Army.

Tonight, the air defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has brought down a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan; there are casualties, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic. The Azerbaijani party denies it.

A series of local fights are on between the armed forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Azerbaijan, which broke out this night, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. The enemy has shelled a number of dwelling settlements, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR has stated.

At the trial of the case of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, the prosecutor announced the results of the examination performed by the Russian party by using a polygraph (lie detector). Permyakov had no intention to enter the particular house of Avetisyans, said the advocate of the victims.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has upheld the demand of the "Ghasr" to dismantle the mobile operator's tower from a historic building in central Baku.

In the cities of Prokhladny and Stavropol, power agents had planted extremist materials on Jehovah's Witnesses, who held their worship, said the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The believers think that the authorities are implementing their targeted policy of combating the religious community.

A request to press on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop harassing the independent press and civil society, as well as for to release political prisoners was addressed by the journalist Khadija Ismayilova to the US President.

The boy, who was allegedly beaten up by an Italian citizen-his adopter, is in hospital with a suspected brain concussion. His condition is satisfactory; no mental traumas have been revealed.

The advocates for the defendants in the murder case of the Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliev have not agreed with the verdict handed down today by the court and intend to appeal against it. His father expressed dissatisfaction with the court judgement, because the doctors who had treated his were not made liable.

Rights defenders have demanded to release Pyotr Parpulov, an air traffic controller from Sochi, accused of high treason.

Five defendants in the murder case of the Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliev have been sentenced to prison terms from 9 to 13 years.