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Adoption by UN Council of Armenia's resolution against justification of genocides; direction of main case of ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov to court; decision of Russian Supreme Court in case of resident of Chechnya, whose rights violation was recognized by ECtHR, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 23-29, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, Ovsep Andreasyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has got a fatal gunshot wound.

The tragedy in Gyumri could have been prevented if the Russian military base had not violated international treaties. This was stated by Daniel Ionnisyan, the manager of the programmes of the NGO "Union of Informed Citizens". Members of the NGO have prepared and posted on the Internet a video record, which describes the facts of violations of the Russian-Armenian treaties in connection with the tragedy in Gyumri.

The case against Valery Permyakov will be considered by a military tribunal in the territory of the Russian military base in Gyumri. This was reported by Leonid Slutsky, the head of the delegation of the Russian State Duma.

In their joint appeal to MPs of other countries, Armenian and Russian MPs called on to recognize and condemn the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

On March 28, starting from 2:00 till 4:00 p.m., Kudepsta hosted a sanctioned rally against the infill construction of Sochi. Participants of the protest action have signed a resolution demanding from the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory to conduct an audit of the activities of staff members of the Sochi administration.

In the higher educational institutions of Northern Caucasus, recruiters of the "Islamic State" (IS) focus on successful students from wealthy families. This was stated by a Russian Orientalist and economist Evgeny Satanovsky, the President of the independent scientific centre "Institute of the Middle East".

The Lenin District Court of Grozny has granted a claim to protect the honour and dignity filed by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the Committee against Torture and Murad Amriev, a resident of Chechnya, who complained about being tortured by policemen.

Today, the festive events dedicated to the revival of the Balkar people have taken place in Kabardino-Balkaria. Residents of the village of Khasanya paid tribute to victims of the deportation of the Balkars.

While inspecting a house in the village of Ali-Yurt, policemen found and seized a pistol and ammunition from a local resident. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ingushetia.

The Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled fired 44 times during one day. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

At its session, the United Nation's Council on Human Rights has adopted a resolution, initiated by Armenia and condemning attempts to justify or deny the cases of genocide.

The appeal filed against the verdict to Leyla Arkelova, a mother of many children from Cherkessk, found guilty of libel, has been dismissed, and the city court has upheld the decision of the first instance.

In Dagestan, school library funds are underfunded, and more than 400 educational institutions are in dangerous or dilapidated state. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan. Prosecutors demanded to punish officials from the Ministry of Education for violations.

In Rostov-on-Don, local political strategists do not expect verdict of acquittal in the case against Vladimir Bessonov, a deputy of the State Duma, which is under the consideration at the local court. According to Vladislav Volkov, involvement of law enforcers will be one of the reasons for the verdict of guilty.

In Georgia, twenty NGOs have challenged a draft resolution of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council) on the rules of pet care. The NGOs have filed a motion to the Chair of the Sakrebulo.

The access roads to the village of Djalka, where relatives of Ruslan Geremeev, a witness in Boris Nemtsov's murder case, live, are still guarded by power agents, after Geremeev was interrogated in the territory of Chechnya.

The custody of Murad Nurmagomedov, the author of the critical video about celebrating the New Year, has been extended for another month.

Muslim Bakhmudov, a resident of the village of Tatlyar, Derbent District, disappeared during his trip to Makhachkala, where he went to visit his sisters. The police deny any involvement in his disappearance.

Today, Zaur Tokhov, a man sentenced in the case on the attack on Nalchik, who needs back surgery, has been hospitalized to the Republican Clinical Hospital. This was reported by his advocate Ramzan Uzuev.