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At the conference of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), which was held on March 1 inKrasnodar, the members of the organization declared the campaign against the development of the SochiNational Park and the Caucasian Reserve, which had been awarded a special status, to be their priority for the next six months.

Participants of a picket held in Astrakhan as a part of the all-Russian campaign "Vesna" (Spring), have paid tribute to Boris Nemtsov. They have also expressed their hope that his death will cause the oppositionists to stick together, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

During the week from February 23 to March 1, 2015, at least 23 people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 17 people were killed and six others wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Relatives of Djabu Magomedov, a resident of the Kizilyurt District, cannot get official information about his whereabouts since February 26. According to a source in the Kizilyurt GOVD (City Interior Department), Djabu Magomedov is suspected of aiding and abetting members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), and he is in Makhachkala.

Today, in Moscow, the mourning procession in memory of murdered politician Boris Nemtsov has gathered 50,000-70,000 people, organizers of the action report. One of the key attributes in the hands of participants of the action was represented by the Russian flag. In this particular case, it symbolized the people of Russia and not the President, said Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Committee "Civil Assistance".

On March 1, members of the opposition movements in Rostov-on-Don held a rally in the Sedov city square to pay tribute to the memory of politician Boris Nemtsov murdered a day before. Following the event, the resolution was adopted with the demand for an independent investigation into the murder and the immediate cessation of the war in Ukraine.

Today, Anatoly Boltykhov, an organizer of the march "Vesna" (Spring) in Volgograd, has been released from the police station after two days of administrative arrest. He intends to appeal against the court's decision.

In Yerevan, Freedom Square hosted a rally dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the tragic events of March 1, 2008. According to organizers, the rally was attended by about 10,000 people.

In Chechnya, Nikolai Mordvin, an officer of the Interior Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), died from injuries he got in an explosion that occurred on February 28.

In Azerbaijan, oppositional activists and experts have condemned the murder of the prominent Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, stating that his death is "a blow to democratic forces not only in Russia, but throughout the world."

The situation along the entire perimeter of the border with Georgia is satisfactory, the South-Ossetian party said during a meeting in Ergneti. At the same time, South Ossetia continues defending its right on the disputed section along the border, Khokh Gagloity, the head of the South-Ossetian delegation, said after the meeting in Ergneti.

The experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent treat the version of Boris Nemtsov's murder for the reasons of religious extremism least likely. Nemtsov was killed for his oppositional activities, said the politicians Vladimir Ryzhkov and Konstantin Merzlikin.

As stated by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the investigators, who run the inquiry into Boris Nemtsov's murder, consider an Islamic-extremist trace as a version of the crime. The investigators suggest that the reason for the murder could be in Nemtsov's position with respect to the execution of the staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Today, about 100 residents of Sochi have left for Moscow to attend the funeral of Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in the Russian capital. The politician was an honest and open person, say the residents of Sochi, who personally knew Nemtsov.

Soldier Albert Safaryan was fatally wounded on his combat duty post in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

The NKR is hosting mourning events in memory of the victims of the pogroms in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait. Today, 27 years after the massacre, at least 924 refugee families from Sumgait are still in Armenia on the waiting list of especially needy persons.

The Russian oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead last night in Moscow, had systematically sharply criticized the actions of the Chechen leadership. He stressed that Ramzan Kadyrov's power in the region is violent in nature and is supported by huge financial subsidies.

Russian border guards, stationed in South Ossetia, have detained a Georgian citizen Vasily Kobakhidze in the pre-border territory.

The highway that is connecting six villages of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan with Kizilyurt – the district centre – is blocked, because of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), creating a number of inconveniences for the population, local residents report.

The protesters, who rallied in Yerevan in front of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia, have demanded to hand Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family, out to the Armenian party.