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Zhanna, the daughter of Boris Nemtsov, has addressed the investigating authorities asking them to resume the inquiry into the murder of the politician and to issue formal charges to law enforcement officer Ruslan Geremeev.

69 of them will be released from their jails after the pardon decree; the remaining will have their terms reduced.

Last night Martakert was shelled from the Azerbaijani side, said the head of the city. According to his version, the shells damaged the power line and two houses.

The second person killed by the explosion in a Yerevan bus was the 55-year-old Ruden Balyan, said the Investigating Committee of Armenia. Investigators believe that Balyan was the culprit of the explosion. Six victims of the explosion are still treated at medical centres.

Starting late evening of April 26 and throughout the whole last night, the city of Terter and front-line village were again shelled, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Terter district administration.

From April 28 to May 1, the participants and guests of the motor race "Grand Prix Russia Formula 1" in Sochi will use the "Lastochka" (Swallow) trains free of charge.

At night of April 27, as a result of Azerbaijan's shelling, a serviceman was killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported today, adding that last night the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shelled Martakert and other dwelling settlements.

Yerevan has hosted a protest action against territorial concessions and deployment of peacemakers in the Karabakh conflict zone. According to organizers, about 50 persons took part in it. Their march in Yerevan passed without incidents, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Armenia's Investigating Committee has suggested that the explosion in the bus in Yerevan had an occasional and domestic character. The version of a terror act is no longer considered, the National Security Service (NSS) has confirmed.

Searches were conducted in the houses of all the passengers of the Yerevan bus, in which the explosion occurred; and in the apartment of one of them explosives were found, a source from the Investigating Committee of Armenia told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April has marked 95 years since the time Soviet power was established in Georgia. This was preceded by invasion of the Red Army in 1921, treated by Georgian historians as an occupation of the country.

This year, Karachay-Cherkessia has celebrated the Day of Circassian Flag with larger-scale events as compared with the past years. This was stated by public activists of Karachay-Cherkessia.

The President of Armenia has announced that the country will not resume peace negotiations without guarantees of security. According to Serzh Sargsyan, he is also sceptical about the possibility of deploying Russian peacekeepers in the Karabakh conflict zone. The above was declared by him in his interview to Bloomberg given on April 25.

Border guards opened fire on an off-roader driven by a Russian citizen who tried to break into the territory of Ukraine. The Russian citizen is detained, and the question of his prosecution is under consideration, reports the FSB Department.

This morning, one more woman injured in an explosion inside a bus in Yerevan has been brought to the medical centre in serious condition.

Relatives of the Armenian soldiers killed and beheaded during the escalation of the Karabakh conflict filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Artak Zeinalyan, an advocate representing the interests of the family members of the deceased soldiers.

The authorities have agreed with the owners of the "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz to close the environmentally harmful production facility, said Vyacheslav Bitarov, the acting head of the republic. The production of lead will be stopped this summer.

In Yerevan, an explosive device was activated inside a passenger bus. This was reported by the police. The law enforcement bodies are instructed to enhance the patrol-and-post service in the streets of the Armenian capital.

The video record, depicting the intrusion of drunken policemen into the Salafi mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street in Makhachkala, which was handed over by the mosque staff to the Prosecutor's Office, has been registered and is under study, said a source from the Office.

An explosion in a bus occurred in Alabyan Street in Yerevan at 9:51 p.m. local time. According to the latest data of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Armenia, one person was killed, and six others wounded.