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In Baku, on March 14, Gabil Veliev, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Gyundelik Baku", was attacked.

In Georgia, the drivers of fixed-route taxis have decided to refrain from striking for as long as the Parliament of Georgia accepts amendments to the new labour code, said Lavrenti Alaniya, the leader of the trade union of transport workers.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from the Russia's Government to answer – before July 4 – all the questions on the case of Akhmed Buzurtanov, said the lawyer Musa Pliev.

Mikhail Savva, Deputy Chairman of the Public Council under the Governor of Krasnodar Territory for Development of Civil Society Institutes and the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre, has stated an incorrect behaviour of law enforcers during inspections of non-profit organizations (NPOs) of the Krasnodar Territory.

The Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh has begun constructing apartment buildings and individual houses for the Armenian families who came from Syria. First apartments will be handed over to tenants already in mid-April, said the spokesman of the district administration.

In Yerevan, in Freedom Square, supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan, the leader of the faction "Heritage" have held a rally and announced collection of signatures in support of the ex-presidential candidate.

As decided by the government of South Ossetia, the electricity debts of the inhabitants of the township "Solnechny" in Tskhinvali will be imposed on the Mayoralty of the country's capital, as Vadim Gabaraev, the Acting Mayor of Tskhinvali told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, the Khachmaz District Court of Azerbaijan has announced a verdict at the trial of a group of six persons accused of organizing public disorders (riots) in the city of Guba. Four defendants will be imprisoned, and two others were sentenced conditionally.

Residents of the Dagestani city of Izberbash reported that as a result of damaging the pipeline during excavation by builders, the gas supply was switched off.

Today, the court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan communities Nor Nork and Avan, chaired by Judge David Arutyunyan and considering the case about the brawl in the "Harsnaqar" restaurant, has entered the phase of defendants' questioning.

Today, near the cinema "Druzhba" (Friendship) in Vladikavkaz, a flash mob was organized demanding to keep wrestling in the Olympic programme. The participants were public activists, athletes and journalists. Volunteers from among current and former athletes were collecting signatures.

According to Andrei Khegai, the spokesman of the Investigatory Department for the Astrakhan Region, the girlfriend of Alexander Kuptsov, suspected of hostage-taking, figures in the case only as a victim; there are no claims against her. She continues her training at the college, said Polina Epifanova, the pro-rector of the college.

Today, in the city of Tkibuli, about 150 miners from the mine named after Dzidziguri announced a strike; so far, trade unions have not supported the action.

At the trial of the case of the death of the contract officer Artak Nazaryan, the prosecutor has demanded 13 years of imprisonment for the main suspect Captain Akop Manukyan.

Today, the capital of Adygea hosted a picket in support of the initiative of the "Labour Party of Russia" (LPR) on amending the federal law on the maternity capital. The action organized by the regional branch of the party was attended by 49 persons.

Rashad Gasanov, a board member of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), who was detained in Baku, was accused with illegal possession of weapons. The Nasimi District Court has ruled to restrict the activist's freedom by a three-month arrest.

On March 14, Tbilisi hosted an action "Happy Georgia", aimed at improving the demographic situation. Forty girls dressed in wedding gowns, marched along the central Rustaveli Avenue.

Relatives of Aslan Cherkesov claim that they are unaware of his whereabouts. He is no longer at the Federal State Institution "Penal Colony" (FKU IK) No. 17, where Cherkesov was serving his term, his sister Anna asserts.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dismissed the complaint of Kalmyks, who had demanded compensation from Russian authorities for the moral harm experienced in connection with the deportation that they were subjected because of their nationality in the years of Stalinist repressions. This was stated in the message issued by the ECtHR on March 14.

According to different sources, in the cities of Krasnodar and Novorossiysk, a number of premises of some non-profit organizations (NPOs) have been searched; and computers, documents and personal belongings were confiscated.