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Rashid Isaev detained in Kizilyurt on March 22 is suspected of illegal possession of weapons. He has been transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

The body of Ruslan Magomedragimov, an activist of the movement "Sadval", was found in Kaspiysk. Albert Esedov, the leader of the movement "Sadval", supposed that Ruslan Magomedragimov was killed.

A regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) introduced this morning has been cancelled in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan.

For the first time after her detention in Azerbaijan, journalist Khadija Ismayilova had a chance to meet her family members: a sister visited Khadija Ismayilova at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

In the village Shushiya, participants of the hunger strike demanding to return them the land plots were phoned by the head of the Novolak District and urged them to stop their protest action. Besides, the hunger-strikers were also visited by a member of the National Council of the Lak People.

On April 1, the Moscow City Court (MCC) will consider appeals filed about the decision to arrest five defendants in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO), which has been started in the morning in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, is underway in the village of Kvanada and its surroundings. According to local residents, during the special operation, law enforcers carried out searches and burned an empty barn.

The fate of five persons detained in connection with the investigation into the case of explosion at the dam in Chechnya remains unknown, two persons died. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Investigators in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder believe that the defendants committed the crime not by their belief, but they were hired by an unknown person, who promised to pay them 5 million roubles, the "Kommersant" reports. The newspaper also reports on the linguistic expertise to determine whether the letters received by the victim contained death threats.

Zarema Magomedova, a wife of sentenced resident of Izberbash, has reported being visited by policemen, who insist on the registration at the police station of her 3- and 4-year-old children. Officials from the local police station claim they know nothing about that.

In the afternoon on March 23, in the Chechen capital, near the shopping centre (SC) "Berkat", law enforcers carried out a massive inspection of mobile phones belonging to young people. This was reported by local residents.

Ali Magomedov, a 57-year-old resident of Makhachkala, who worked as a forest officer in the forest near the village of Shushanovka of the Kizilyurt District, disappeared nearly a month ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown. This was reported by one of the relatives of the disappeared man.

The police questioned Islamic preacher Nadir Abu Khalid, who lived in the house in Makhachkala, in which a special operation was conducted on March 21. This was reported by his advocate Israfil Gadadov. The Islamic preacher was brought to the Lenin police department; however, according to the advocate, he was later released.

Umleyla Magomedova, the wife of Rashid Isaev, a resident of Kizilyurt, detained as a suspect of illegal possession of firearms, has been released from the police station, said their relatives.

Investigators have pre-identified six out of seven casualties of the special operation held on March 21 in Makhachkala. Islam Magomedov, an alleged leader of the local militant grouping was identified among them.

A resident of the settlement of Redant in North Ossetia, who had claimed his ownership over a land plot in the territory of an Ingush cemetery, has returned it. After the interference of the Ministry for Foreign Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of the Republic of Ingushetia, the fence was restored in the same place.

Activities of law enforcers in five regions of Dagestan are the result of the visit of Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, to Northern Caucasus, and his statements concerning the risk that militants of the "Islamic State" can return to Russia. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The celebration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic in 2003 are held in Grozny under increased security measures; reinforced units of militaries and police are deployed in the city centre.

Large-scale oppositional protest action in Tbilisi; special operation in Makhachkala; armed clash on the Azerbaijani-Nagorno-Karabakh border; signing of a new Russian-South Ossetia alliance and integration treaty; actions in Southern Russia on the anniversary of Crimea annexation; change of Prime Minister in Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 16-22, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of March 16-22, 2015, ten persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, seven persons were killed, and three other were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.