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Beslan Shavanov, who died at the explosion of a grenade in Grozny, was buried in the village of Alkhazurovo, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya. His fellow villagers doubt of his involvement in the murder of Nemtsov in Moscow.

Information about the murder of Budanov from the Internet was discussed in the deliberation room, witnesses reported on March 11 in the course of consideration of the case of former jurymen, now accused of obstructing the justice.

The story of Pyotr Parpulov, a resident of Sochi, accused of treason, about his meeting with members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) in SIZO is completely contradicting the data voiced earlier by POC members, said Oleg Eliseev, the advocate of Parpulov.

The successors of the Avetisyan family, whose members were massacred in Gyumri, demand from investigators to present the clothes of Valery Permyakov, who was accused of the above massacre, for identification. Permyakov put on the clothes in question after committing the crime.

Andrei Babushkin, a member of the Moscow Public Oversight Commission (POC), was questioned as a witness in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov. The interrogation was associated with his visiting Gubashev brothers and Zaur Dadaev at the SIZO "Lefortovo", said Babushkin.

Law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan have detained Zyulfugar Ibragimov, Mubariz Mirzoev, Shamseddin Abdullazadeh and Vyugar Aliev on suspicion of recruiting citizens to war in Syria.

Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, has expressed a requirement to take special control over the return of militants from the Middle East.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has decided to appeal against the ruling of the Tver District Court of Moscow, which refused to satisfy the HRC's lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia.

Juan Mendez, the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights and Torture Issues Council (HRC) of the United Nations, has decided to request data from Russian authorities about possible torture of the person, suspected of killing Boris Nemtsov.

The attempted murder of the Mayor of Khasavyurt Saigidpasha Umakhanov was ordered by people close to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, said a source from special services of Dagestan, citing the testimonies of the residents of Chechnya, convicted in this case.

The newspaper writes that investigators believe that the murder of Boris Nemtsov was organized by a close relative of a high-ranking Chechen power agent.

Members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) have visited the SIZO (pre-trial prison) "Lefortovo" and found no traces of beatings in the three detainees for the murder of Boris Nemtsov, said Anton Tsvetkov, the head of the Moscow POC. Rights defenders have also rejected the claims of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) that they intervene into the investigation of the crime.

Zaur Dadaev, accused of killing the politician Boris Nemtsov, was dismissed from the battalion "Sever" on February 28. In the battalion, he took the post of Deputy Regiment Commander; and his former colleagues refuse to believe in his involvement in the murder, a source from power structures of Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Zaur Dadaev has confirmed the data, earlier published by the "Caucasian Knot" that his friend Ruslan Yusupov was detained together with him. According to his version, the power agents demanded his confession of killing Nemtsov in exchange for Yusupov's release.

The advocate of Anzor Gubashev, who is accused of involvement in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has filed a complaint against his arrest. In total, to date, the court has received three appeals on the case – from the advocates of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Anzor Gubashev and Khamzat Bakhaev.

The police have resumed the search for the militants who shelled a police patrol near the village of Nakazukh, Gunib District.

The successors of the Avetisyan family, assassinated in Gyumri, as well as their legal representatives, took part in the ballistic, forensic-chemical and complex examinations appointed within the criminal case.

The City Court of Budyonnovsk has rejected the motion of the investigation, asking to restrict the time allocated for Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the chair of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Prikumye Mothers", for studying the materials of the criminal case initiated against her.

Sergey Mitrokhin, the leader of the Russian "Yabloko" Party, said in his appeal to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the head of the Russian MIA, that there are no grounds for police surveillance of Arthur Babaev, the leader of the Dagestani branch of the "Yabloko" Party, and putting him on the police registry.

Power agents have detained a brother of Imangazali Magomedov, who is accused of aiding militants, as well as possession of weapons and drugs, said the advocate Elena Denisenko.