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Events in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and other countries dated to centenary of Armenian Genocide; conviction of rights defender Intigam Aliev in Azerbaijan; death of leader of "Imarat Kavkaz" Aliaskhab Kebekov in Dagestan, –see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 20-26, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On April 25, on the Day of the Circassian flag, the Tbilisi State University opened an exhibition of masterpieces created by Circassian artists. Besides, Tbilisi hosted a presentation of the book "Cherkessia My Pain". The events were organized by the "Circassian Cultural Centre".

Arslan Khairullin, a resident of Dagestan, has filed a complaint about inaction of investigators. He complains to the Prosecutor's Office about being beating by policemen and unlawful prosecution.

The interrogation of Vladimir Kimaev, which was held on April 24, lasted about two hours. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Alexander Popkov, an advocate of the activist. The activist is suspected of inciting hatred against the police in his articles published in 2013.

The Chechen law enforcement bodies managed to identify seven more residents of Chechnya involved in the combat actions in Syria. According to the law enforcers, they have also identified a native of the Vedeno District killed in Syria.

The decision on the extension of the arrest of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov will be challenged. This was announced by advocate Roza Magomedova.

In Yerevan, about 50 members of the opposition movement took part in the action demanding to release the arrested members of the "Founding Parliament", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The fire brigade of Sochi believes the burned house in Vinogradnaya Street in Sochi was deliberately set on fire. According to local residents, it is not the first time in Sochi, when fires start in the houses that are subjected to demolition.

The "REN TV" TV Channel has made public a video record of the attack on Dagestani businessman Magomed Tazirov in Stavropol. After that incident, Djambulat Dadaev was put on the wanted list, and later, he was killed by the Stavropol police in Grozny.

Khachik Avetisyan, a Karabakh War veteran, has resumed his hunger strike at the office of the Armenian Ombudsman.

The advocates of Zaur Dadaev have appealed against the court ruling to extend his custody until August 28.

For the second day, residents and guests of Armenia continue to lay flowers at the "Tsitsernakaberd" memorial in Yerevan and pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Builder Mardiros Demerchyan is accused of stealing a cable from the Olympic construction site in Sochi. The accused man signed a recognizance not to leave.

The growth of the number of victims of terrorism and counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Chechnya in 2014 as compared with 2013; the special operation carried out by power agents from the Stavropol Territory in the territory of Chechnya, which provoked an exasperated statement of Ramzan Kadyrov about the possibility of opening fire on law enforcers from other regions; the problems associated with attempts detain and question the suspects in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's case – all these events are destroying the existing myth of Ramzan Kadyrov's total control over the Chechen Republic.

The court has summoned the investigator and the chief of the Budennovsk Criminal Investigation Department for questioning in the case against Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area".

After the conflict between Ramzan Kadyrov and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the central office of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) intends to conduct an inspection with regard of officials of the Investigating Department for Chechnya, the "Kommersant" reports.

Islam Kubanov, a detained a resident of the city of Cherkessk, was tortured by power agents, after which he was urgently hospitalized and underwent surgery, said his relatives. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched a service investigation of the relatives' application.

The murder of Djambulat Dadaev in the course of a special operation in Grozny has directly touched on the issue of the monopoly on the power and use of violence in Chechnya. This was the comment of Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the head of the Russian Office of the International Crisis Group, on Ramzan Kadyrov's statement that militants had used the uniform of law enforcers.

In North Ossetia, the special operation in the village of Novy of the Prigorodny District has been completed, and the regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been cancelled.

In the course of the special operation carried out in the Dagestani village of Novy Paraul, law enforcers found a workshop arranged for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and more than 140 kg of explosive substances.