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The population of Russia expresses a surge of optimism in relation to the situation in Northern Caucasus and a reduction of negative expectations. This was proved by the data of the recent survey led by the Levada Centre. The sociologists believe that the Russians' attitude is affected by the absence of lack of critical articles about the situation in the region, and, besides, the Russian residents treat the incoming information less important than the information about the events in Ukraine.

On March 30, at the court hearing held in Boston, the US Attorney's office completed the presentation of evidence in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of organizing a terror act during the marathon in Boston in 2013. From the prosecution party, the court questioned the persons affected by the terror act, relatives of victims, law enforcers, physicians, and other experts.

Activists Timur Kuashev and Ruslan Magomeragimov died under mysterious circumstances; and their relatives stated marks from injection needle on their bodies, note Albert Esedov, the leader of the movement "Sadval", and Orhan Jemal, a journalist of the Forbes magazine.

The investigating authorities of Dagestan have detained a woman from Izberbash, suspected of trying to sell his 5-year-old daughter.

The convoy service of the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala would not let reporters to the open session, where sentences to the figurants of the murder case of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov were announced, said a representative of the victims.

During the week of March 23-29, 2015, at least 2 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Contrary to the earlier disseminated information, Zaur Dadaev, the main person, accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, looks like the gunman, described by the witness Evgeny, the RBC reported on March 27 with reference to the protocol of questioning the eyewitness of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, who was previously treated by media as "a new witness"

The Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been put on the list of nine arrested media professionals, whose names will be engraved on bracelets within the campaign "Press without Handcuffs", organized by the journalist Dana Priest and American students.

Investigators detect a new potential defendant in Boris Nemtsov murder case. According to testimony of Zaur Dadaev, that person provided a ZAZ car and a pistol to commit the crime and promised to pay 5 million roubles to each person to be involved in the crime. This has been reported in today's article written by Grigory Tumanov and published by the newspaper "Kommersant".

During an anti-government rally in Gyumri, unidentified man has struck with a knife and wounded Grachya Mirzoyan, a member of the public initiative "Pre-Parliament".

On the neck of Ruslan Magomedragimov, an activist of the movement "Sadval", who was found dead in Kaspiysk, the experts found marks resembling signs of injections. This was reported by the "Chernovik" (Draft), with reference to family members and friends of Ruslan Magomedragimov.

Adoption by UN Council of Armenia's resolution against justification of genocides; direction of main case of ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov to court; decision of Russian Supreme Court in case of resident of Chechnya, whose rights violation was recognized by ECtHR, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 23-29, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, Ovsep Andreasyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has got a fatal gunshot wound.

The tragedy in Gyumri could have been prevented if the Russian military base had not violated international treaties. This was stated by Daniel Ionnisyan, the manager of the programmes of the NGO "Union of Informed Citizens". Members of the NGO have prepared and posted on the Internet a video record, which describes the facts of violations of the Russian-Armenian treaties in connection with the tragedy in Gyumri.

The case against Valery Permyakov will be considered by a military tribunal in the territory of the Russian military base in Gyumri. This was reported by Leonid Slutsky, the head of the delegation of the Russian State Duma.

In their joint appeal to MPs of other countries, Armenian and Russian MPs called on to recognize and condemn the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

On March 28, starting from 2:00 till 4:00 p.m., Kudepsta hosted a sanctioned rally against the infill construction of Sochi. Participants of the protest action have signed a resolution demanding from the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory to conduct an audit of the activities of staff members of the Sochi administration.

In the higher educational institutions of Northern Caucasus, recruiters of the "Islamic State" (IS) focus on successful students from wealthy families. This was stated by a Russian Orientalist and economist Evgeny Satanovsky, the President of the independent scientific centre "Institute of the Middle East".

The Lenin District Court of Grozny has granted a claim to protect the honour and dignity filed by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the Committee against Torture and Murad Amriev, a resident of Chechnya, who complained about being tortured by policemen.

Today, the festive events dedicated to the revival of the Balkar people have taken place in Kabardino-Balkaria. Residents of the village of Khasanya paid tribute to victims of the deportation of the Balkars.