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In Chechnya, Christian cemeteries are in poor condition - cattle graze in the territory of some of them, rubbish is dumped there, and fences are absent. This is reported by staff members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The Cheryomushki District Court of Moscow has extended the measure of restraint in the form of the arrest by one month till April 9 to Alexander Sokolov, a 23-year-old resident of the Tver Region, who is suspected of hooliganism and burning of the Koran in the capital at night of January 1, 2014.

The accusation against Tigran Petrosyan, a participant of the protest action "Million Mask March" is unlawful, and the investigation team does nothing for the fourth month already and unjustly holds the protestor in custody. This was reported by Ara Zakaryan, the advocate of the arrested protestor.

On March 10, near the city administration of the Armenian town of Vardenis, a rally was held against the police actions. The rally was attended by a few dozen of people.

Sochi has greatly improved the situation with a barrier-free environment in preparation for the Paralympic Games. However, there are still public places inaccessible to people with disabilities. This was stated by people with disabilities interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Lali Antiya, the leader of the Georgian NGO "Women for Peace", has been detained by the decision of the court. This was reported by an official from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Gyulyaga Aslanly, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani "Musavat" Party, and Arif Gadjily, the head of the organization staff, who were detained in Makhachkala, were released. This was reported by Arzu Samedbeili, the head of the Supreme Majlis of the "Musavat" Party. According to him, the activists "are being forcibly returned to Azerbaijan."

In Grozny, the exhibition of photographers from Ufa called "Material evidence. Syria" about the acts of war in the territory of Syria will last till March 17. Visitors of the exhibition say it can affect young people who sympathize with rebels and fail to understand what war really is.

Orthodox priests, who live and work in the territory of Chechnya, will be provided assistance in solving their personal problems, and they will be paid monthly salaries. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader.

Start of Winter Paralympics in Sochi; rallies in Southern Russia in support of citizens of Ukraine and rallies in the countries of Southern Caucasus against the actions of the Russian authorities; mass poisoning of residents of the village near Baku with household gas; cancellation of the investigators' decision to close the case against the deputy in the Stavropol Territory who knocked down a pedestrian; another decision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to revoke the license of a Dagestani bank, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 3-9, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of March 3-9, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least five human lives, while there was no data about any wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

For the first time, the village of Khantsk of the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh hosted the festival of Karabakh bread. The festival was attended by about 300 guests, including tourists from Denmark and Belgium, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Karachay-Cherkessia has initiated checking of the complaint filed by advocate Elvira Aidinova about torture used against accused Arthur Aidinov.

Tyurkel Alisoy, a member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is under arrest, claims policemen use violence against him to force him to make a confession. This was stated in a Tyurkel Alisoy's letter from the Binagadi detention facility for holding persons arrested on administrative cases.

Sadiyat Arslanova, a resident of the village of Novokayakent of the Kayakent District of Dagestan, has filed a complaint to the public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). She states that law enforcers have included her data in the list of potential female terrorists.

In Baku, rally against demolition of houses scheduled for Sunday did not take place: for fear of the dispersal of the rally, about 100 protesters failed to gather at the site in front of the school, since all the surrounding streets were patrolled by reinforced police squads, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On Sunday, two trucks with humanitarian aid went to Sevastopol from Fallen Fighters Square in Volgograd. Prior to the departure, a rally was held on the square, and it was attended by about 100 persons.

The criminal charges against Parviz Gashimli were fabricated and politically motivated, his relatives and human rights activists are confident. In their opinion, Gashimli is persecuted for his journalistic and political activities.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Republic of Dagestan has decided to cancel the ruling to arrest Magomedrasul Magomedov, a resident of Khasavyurt, detained on suspicion of a rape and sent the case back for retrial, said the lawyer Rustam Yunusov.

The police have stopped the protest of residents of the village of Gurta, Adzharia, who protested against the construction of an HPP in their district.