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At the trial on the lawsuit, lodged by the Agricultural Holding "Kiev-Zhuraki APC" against the ecologist Valery Brinikh on protection of honour and business reputation, the Maikop City Court listened to testimonies of the former ecologist of the company and a linguist.

The Khasavyurt City Court has sentenced Sabir Ibragimov, a local resident, to two years and six months of imprisonment on charges of aiding and abetting illegal armed formations (IAFs). This was reported by the website of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.

In Chechnya, law enforcers have identified other nine Chechen residents fighting in Syria. Besides, two former participants of the armed conflict in Syria have been detained in Grozny.

Zaur Dadaev, a defendant in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, has not rejected confession, since he had not been re-interrogated yet. This was reported by Ivan Gerasimov, an advocate of the defendant. At present, the defence checks possible alibi of Zaur Dadaev.

In the Rostov Region, the local authorities claim the impossibility to solve at the local level the problems of residents of the village of Chertkovo, who have every day to illegally cross the border with Ukraine to get to school, hospital, shops, and administration.

The Stavropol Territory has organized events to mark the 14th anniversary of the terror acts committed in the cities of Yessentuki and Mineralnye Vody in 2001.

About 30 journalists took part in a three-day tour to Nagorno-Karabakh within the media forum "At the Foot of Mount Ararat" devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

In Volgograd, 1574 former workers of the plant "Khimprom" are registered at the employment centre, and only 70 former employees of the plant found new jobs. According to former factory workers, to find a job is the most difficult for "employees close to retirement age."

Ruslan Magomedragimov, an activist of the movement "Sadval" found dead today, used to defend the rights of residents of the village of Samur and oppose renaming of streets in Derbent. A pathologist has pointed to signs of a violent death of Ruslan Magomedragimov. This was reported by Albert Esedov, the leader of the movement "Sadval".

An inmate of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 3 of Khasavyurt needs an urgent surgery. This was reported by Ummupazil Omarova, the Ombudsperson for Dagestan, to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) after her visit to the SIZO.

Rashid Isaev detained in Kizilyurt on March 22 is suspected of illegal possession of weapons. He has been transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

The body of Ruslan Magomedragimov, an activist of the movement "Sadval", was found in Kaspiysk. Albert Esedov, the leader of the movement "Sadval", supposed that Ruslan Magomedragimov was killed.

A regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) introduced this morning has been cancelled in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan.

For the first time after her detention in Azerbaijan, journalist Khadija Ismayilova had a chance to meet her family members: a sister visited Khadija Ismayilova at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

In the village Shushiya, participants of the hunger strike demanding to return them the land plots were phoned by the head of the Novolak District and urged them to stop their protest action. Besides, the hunger-strikers were also visited by a member of the National Council of the Lak People.

On April 1, the Moscow City Court (MCC) will consider appeals filed about the decision to arrest five defendants in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO), which has been started in the morning in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, is underway in the village of Kvanada and its surroundings. According to local residents, during the special operation, law enforcers carried out searches and burned an empty barn.

The fate of five persons detained in connection with the investigation into the case of explosion at the dam in Chechnya remains unknown, two persons died. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Investigators in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder believe that the defendants committed the crime not by their belief, but they were hired by an unknown person, who promised to pay them 5 million roubles, the "Kommersant" reports. The newspaper also reports on the linguistic expertise to determine whether the letters received by the victim contained death threats.

Zarema Magomedova, a wife of sentenced resident of Izberbash, has reported being visited by policemen, who insist on the registration at the police station of her 3- and 4-year-old children. Officials from the local police station claim they know nothing about that.