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So far, there is no confirmation of the death of Abu Umar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili), a native of Georgia and one of the leaders of the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS), said Tarkhan's relatives and residents of Georgia's Pankisi Gorge.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Derbent District of Dagestan has been in force for a week already, but so far, nobody was detained, said a law enforcement source.

In Shaumyan Square in Yerevan, about 50 Kurdish women and children organized a protest action demanding to "stop the genocide of the Kurdish people in Turkey."

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has begun considering the complaint against the verdict in the criminal case against Said Amirov. The Court has dismissed the petition asking for hospitalization of the former Mayor of Makhachkala.

Today, the Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko has pronounced her last plea at the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region.

Exercises of air defence units have been launched in the Krasnodar Territory and in the Astrakhan Region. More than 2500 servicemen are taking part in them.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named nine female journalists placed into custody for their professional activities. Among them, there is the Azerbaijani Khadija Ismayilova.

Shamil Kudiyamagomedov from Kizlyar District and Gadjimurad Rashidov from Karabudakhkent District became European champions in freestyle wrestling.

Statements in defence of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is tried in the Rostov Region, are attempts to put pressure on the court, said the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

The countries of Southern Caucasus are among the regions where women's rights are routinely violated; and the reaction to these violations by the authorities leaves much to be desired. This conclusion is contained in the statements made by the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) and the International Human Rights Federation (FIDH) dedicated to March 8.

The Georgian oppositionist Alexi Petriashvili has stated that the attack on him could not be of domestic character; thus, refuting the version of the defence of the suspect Levan Mekvabishvili.

Till present, the right of the Balkar people to land has not yet been restored, and residents of Kabardino-Balkaria still face very difficult economic situation. This was reported by participants of the rally held in memory of the Balkars repressed in 1944.

New top managers of the "Terek" Market have ignored the agreement with market traders on the price for the rent. This was claimed by participants of the protest action in Khasavyurt. According to the protestors, they are simply not able to rent commercial premises at the new price.

The project for rehabilitation of Beshumi, a mountain resort, provides the modernization of road infrastructure and water and sewage systems. This was reported by the Department of Tourism and Resorts of Adjaria.

In Nalchik, the Memorial complex to victims of political repression has become a centre of the mourning events held in memory of the events which took place 72 years ago.

Ukrainian diplomats have received the permission from the Russian side for the examination by Kiev physicians of Nadezhda Savchenko, who declared a hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Rostov Region.

In Chechnya, schools and secondary and higher educational institutions have started "spiritual and moral certification" of young people in the age from 14 to 35 years old. This was reported by local residents. According to teachers, no one refused to fill in a questionnaire.

In Dagestan, Magomed Akhmeddibirov, a resident of the village of Nizhnee Kazanische, whose disappearance after the release from the detention facility in Makhachkala was claimed by his relatives, was placed to the IVS (temporary detention facility) of Buynaksk.

Four residents of the Pankisi Gorge of Georgia, convicted for recruiting militants and belonging to the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS), decided to appeal against the verdict of the Tbilisi City Court, said the advocate Gela Nikolaishvili.

At the Azerbaijani colony, where the oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov is serving his term, the personnel demanded from his advocate Fuad Agaev a permit from the managers of the Penitentiary Service to meet his client. The lawyer has treated this demand as a violation of the law.