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Today, the Moscow Regional Court continued the trial of the terror attack committed at the "Domodedovo" Airport. The court session has interrogated – via a video conference – a witness for the prosecution, who is serving his sentence in prison.

The Nasimi District Court of Baku has satisfied the presentation of the investigation department of grave crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan to extend for further two months the arrest of Ilgar Mamedov, the head of the civil movement "Republic's Alternative" (ReAl).

Law enforcement bodies have identified the man who captured hostages in the building of the Volga-Caspian Fishery College.

The Constitutional Court of Armenia has dismissed the claims lodged by ex-presidential candidates Raffi Ovannisyan and Andreas Gukasyan on non-recognition of the results of the presidential election in Armenia.

As stated by the spokesman of the Department for Dagestan of the ICRF in his interview the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the main suspect of murdering Fazina Ibragimova, a teacher of the Kurakh secondary school No. 2 is her 25-year-old neighbour.

On March 14, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its decision, recognizing a violation of the rights of Ali Insanov, the former Minister of Public Health, who is serving his prison term on charges of economic crimes.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the complaint submitted by relatives of Vakhit Avkhadov, a resident of Urus-Martan, the Chechen Republic, who disappeared in 2001, after being detained by power agents. According to the court, Russian authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the incident.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld the verdict passed by the Moscow City Court, which had found the former policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty of the murder of the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya.

The hunger strike of six pensioners from the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, who demand revision of tariffs for housing services, was suspended. The regional authorities have set up a working group to check the rates on housing services in the city.

One of the residents of the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, who was injured on March 10 while gathering ramson in the woods by militaries' shelling, died in hospital.

In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, after a special operation conducted there, the forest is still on fire, said Rasul Yakubov, the head of the village of Balakhani. Local residents fear that the fire might soon approach the settlements.

Today, the Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia dismissed the petition lodged by the representative of the ex-presidential candidate Raffi Ovannisyan to summon the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan to the session.

The Sunzha District Court has sentenced Usman Albakov, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), to eighteen months' of conditional imprisonment.

Today, the capital of Azerbaijan has held a protest action demanding to stop prosecuting Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado". The action took place in front of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, where Mamedov's trial continued today.

The prosecutor's office has appealed against the decision of the top managers of the Volgograd State University to take money from students for taking re-examination and repeated tests. The corresponding Rector's order violates students' rights, prosecutors have stated.

A regular direct bus service between Chechnya and Germany was opened from March 12, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Ministry of Transports of the republic.

Residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, have decided to resume their hunger strike with a demand to revise housing and municipal tariffs, since they were unhappy with the outcome of negotiations with the authorities and insist on presenting of a detailed calculation of the consumption standards on water and heating.

The special operation in a forest near the village of Balakhani, Untsukul District of Dagestan is over, according to local residents. They report that last night militaries left the area; however, the forest, ignited by shelling, is still on fire.

The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has topped the citation rating of bloggers-governors this February; the rating is based on the study conducted by the "Medialogy" Company. The top ten positions also include the heads of two more regions of Southern Russia – Alexander Tkachov, the governor of the Krasnodar Territory; and Alexander Zhilkin, the governor of the Astrakhan Region.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been informed by South-Ossetian entrepreneurs that the import of foodstuffs to their country has been blocked again.