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Residents of Chechnya came to the rally in Grozny with posters reading: "Ramzan Kadyrov is a threat to 'the fifth column'!" and "People stand for Kadyrov!" The mass rally was held in support of Ramzan Kadyrov and not in honour of the Chechen Constitution Day, report participants of the rally.

Before her sentence comes into force, Nadezhda Savchenko, a convicted Ukrainian aviator, will be kept at one of the detention facilities of the Rostov Region, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports.

Activists are engaged in the online collection of signatures against the construction of a mosque in the town of Volzhsky. The people, who sign a petition, believe that there are more important problems in the region. The region actually needs a cathedral mosque; however, no fuss should be made about that.

In Russia, about 7000 websites are cleared of illegitimate information, and law enforcers are engaged in investigation into more than 1000 cases against citizens involved in terrorist groupings in Syria and Iraq. This was reported by Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation.

The investigating authorities of the Krasnodar Territory have accused three natives of Dagestan of preparing a trip to Syria to join the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has extended until May 27 the detention in custody for Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), accused of attempting to join the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS).

The general director of the "Grozny City" Hotel asked Igor Kalyapin to leave the building because of the criticism voiced by the human rights defender against the leader of Chechnya. This follows from the video, which appeared on March 21 on YouTube.

The North-Caucasian Military District Court has found Temirzhan Eslimesov, a 37-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, guilty of an attempt to join illegal armed formations (IAFs) in Syria and sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.

According to the notification filed by organizers of the rally in honour of the 13th anniversary of the adoption of the Chechen Constitution scheduled for March 23, it is expected that the rally will be attended by more than one million participants.

Tarkhan Batirashvili, one of the leaders of the "Islamic State" (IS), well-known as Abu Umar al-Shishani, was killed in an operation carried out on March 4. This was confirmed by Ashton Carter, US Secretary of Defence, despite the refutation of the information by the IS.

In the village of Ashaga-Stal, the house of the Lezgin poet is burned down as a result of arson, local residents believe.

In Brussels, three citizens of Belarus, including Marat Yunusov, a native of Dagestan, are detained on suspicion of involvement in a series of terror acts, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies of Belarus.

The Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region has sentenced Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony and a fine of 30,000 roubles.

While reading out the verdict, the judge has pronounced that Nadezhda Savchenko is guilty under all paragraphs of the indictment and is to be isolated from the society.

More than 15 political and public organizations have proposed five amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia to prevent falsification at the elections and referenda.

Last night, in Dagestan, an explosion occurred in the vicinity of the village of Mutsalaul of the Khasavyurt District. As a result, a man was killed. The police believe that he was a militant, blown up by his own bomb, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies.

According to advocate Mark Feighin, the appeals for help to release Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko have been sent to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.

Vaan Shirkhanyan, the former Armenian Deputy Minister of Defence, suspected of involvement in an armed criminal grouping, has been transferred from the hospital to the penitentiary institution "Yerevan-Kentron". This was reported by the advocate.

On March 21, Bako Saakyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh, signed a decree to establish a commission on constitutional reforms. The major political forces of Nagorno-Karabakh have supported the step.

In Sochi, in the course of the trial, the defence of Sergey Fetisov, accused in the case of fraud with land of the Adler Cossack Association, has noted to violations of the terms of the preliminary investigation into the case. The advocate has filed a motion to withdraw the relevant procedural documents from the case materials; however, the court has dismissed the motion.