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During the week of March 9-15, 2015, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In the Krasnooktiabrskiy District of Volgograd, nationalists held a rally demanding to abolish articles of the Criminal Code, which, according to them, could be used for political persecution.

Investigators have recognized the Committee against Torture (CAT) a victim in the criminal case of arson committed in the Grozny office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of human rights defenders in December 2014. The human rights defenders have posted a copy of the resolution on the page of the CAT in the social network Facebook.

Activities of journalists in Northern Caucasus remain a dangerous course in the profession, which is closely connected with pressure and repressions, and often with opposition to the power. This opinion has been expressed by Russian journalists who took part in the selection of laureates and presentation of the prize named after Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has upheld the verdict in the case against Khamzat Aldiev, despite the fact that the defendant left the ranks of militants, surrendered under guarantees of the Ingush leaders and was pardoned. The fate of Khamzat Aldiev is unlikely to be a convincing example for militants who want to "go out of the woods." This opinion was expressed by the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Supporters of Volodya Avetisyan, a Karabakh war veteran, an active participant of the protest actions, sentenced to six years of imprisonment on charges of fraud, have begun raising money to cover the amount that the court ordered him to pay to the state budget.

Azerbaijani authorities must comply with international demands and immediate release the leader of the ReAl Ilgar Mamedov, who had been convicted on falsified charges, said the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

Zaurbek Sadakhanov, the advocate of Khamzat Bakhaev, detained in connection with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, reports that he was not allowed to see his client.

As stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), during the week of March 8-14, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime at the contact line for about 1200 times.

An action in support of residents of South-Eastern Ukraine was held in Vladikavkaz. Prior to the event, activists raised 153,700 roubles for sending humanitarian convoy to South-Eastern Ukraine.

The workers of the "Nairit" Factory found their meeting with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources useless, and went out to a new protest action with a demand to pay their salary debts.

The Narimanov District Court of Baku has ruled to arrest for two months four Azerbaijani citizens suspected of recruiting people to war in Syria. They were charged not of recruiting mercenaries, but of illegal possession of weapons, said their advocate.

Azerbaijani position in the area of the Karabakh conflict have been shelled for 52 times within the last 24 hours, said this country's Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The explosion occurred in one of the apartments of multi-story building that is being constructed in Khasavyurt. Nobody has suffered in the accident.

The United Transport Directorate (UTD) has decided to resume, since April 30, transportation of passengers from the Krasnodar Territory to the Crimea under the so-called "single ticket".

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), obliging Russia to pay 120,000 euros to relatives of Zaur Dadaev, a former power agent from Chechnya, who is now accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, will be appealed against before April 15, said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia.

The verdict to Patimat Nasibova, a resident of Dagestan, who was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of aiding militants, is too strict, and her defence intends to appeal against it, said her advocate.

Today, the Tbilisi City Court has acquitted Parnavaz Chkadua, an activist of the NGO "Free Zone", who had been detained by the patrol police during a mass brawl in front of the Parliament of Georgia.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondents Svetlana Kravchenko, Fayik Medjid and Magomed Tuaev have been awarded with special diplomas of the contest held in honour of the Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev.

The applicant in the case "Dadaeva at al vs. Russia" was the aunt (mother's sister) mother of Zaur Dadaev, now accused in killing Boris Nemtsov, the newspaper "Kommersant" reports. This information is in line with earlier materials of the "Caucasian Knot" about the case won by Dadaev and Shavanov families at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).