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Zokhra Abdulaeva and Djamilya Magomedkhanova have been preliminary identified among the persons killed during the special operation carried out on the outskirts of Buynaksk.

The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced journalist Stomakhin, accused of public justification of the terror acts in Volgograd, to three years of imprisonment. In total, together with the sentence announced earlier, Stomakhin has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment.

Aliaskhab Kebekov, the leader of the grouping "Imarat Kavkaz" recognized in Russia as terrorist, was killed during the special operation in Dagestan. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

According to the human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), the European Union (EU) and other international partners of Azerbaijan should insist on the release of political prisoners from prisons of the country. The human rights defenders believe that the political prisoners should be released on the eve of the European Games in Baku.

Conviction of human rights defender Rasul Jafarov in Azerbaijan; two special operations in Kabardino-Balkaria; refusal to release Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko on parole; failed attempt to hold a referendum on all-people's election of the Mayor of Astrakhan; start of the Stavropol court hearing in the case of mass fight in the hospital of Mineralnye Vody; preparations for construction of a bridge across the Strait of Kerch in the Krasnodar Territory, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 13-19, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has completed the investigation into the criminal case against 14 natives of Chechnya and Dagestan, accused of plotting a terror act in Moscow in late 2013. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement bodies.

In Moscow, Alisa Ganieva, a Dagestani writer, has presented her new book "Bride and Groom". The novel, which is included in the long lists of the Russian Booker and the Big Book Prizes," describes modern Dagestan, where traditional and contemporary communities go together.

On April 19, various cities of Georgia hosted actions in support of Assyrian Christians. Activists appealed to the authorities asking to provide shelter to children from Assyrian families.

In Grozny, an armed man from the federal wanted list was killed when he tried to ram a police car. This was reported by the power bodies of Chechnya.

In Chechnya, investigators violated the rights of Shamil Musaev, an advocate of the Advocates' Bar "Nizam", accused of large-scale fraud. This was reported by his defenders.

The staff of the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) in Stavropol refused to release Mikhail Abramyan from the facility, saying that he must serve five days more of his punishment.

The head of the Investigating Department (ID) of the FSB for the Krasnodar Territory has returned the criminal case against the activist Darya Polyudova to the investigator with instruction to eliminate the violations, said the Darya's advocate.

The Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who is under arrest, has been awarded the Barbara Goldsmith "Freedom to Write" Award of the American PEN Centre. Dozens of US sports journalists have joined the call of the PEN Centre to release Ismayilova from custody on the eve of the First European Games in Baku.

In Krasnodar, in the fenced territory of one of the Karasun Lakes, construction works have been launched to erect a 16-storied residential complex. This was reported by local residents. According to them, builders began to pour concrete to the territory that was once used by city residents for their walks.

In Moscow, participants of the conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire have expressed their concern that the non-recognition of the above mentioned events can give rise to new crimes. According to the conference participants, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is important for restoration of historical justice.

Patimat Abdulgamidova, a native of Dagestan, is wanted in Turkey on suspicion of plotting a terror act. This was reported by the Turkish police. According to the power bodies of Dagestan, Patimat Abdulgamidova could be recruited by Dagestani militants.

In Makhachkala, the police launched the investigating into the case of beating of Gadjimurad Omarov, the leader of the Dagestani regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party.

Mikhail Abramyan, the Secretary of the Committee of the Stavropol branch of the "Communists of Russia" Party, has declared a hunger strike at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of Stavropol. According to party colleagues of Mikhail Abramyan, he protests against political persecution and non-admission of advocate.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has placed under house arrest Ibodullo Nabotov, a budun (employee) of one of the mosques in the capital of Dagestan. According to his advocate, he is suspected of possessing a grenade and narcotic substances.

In Sochi, at the court session held on April 17 on the case to evict Saveliev family members from a vacant cottage occupied by them in the village for Olympic settlers, the court has dismissed all the motions filed by the defendants. The Saveliev family members left the courtroom in protest.