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On Tuesday, a major fire occurred in the centre of Astrakhan. Fire-fighters rescued seven persons, including two young mothers with newborn children. This was reported by Irina Gogoleva, an official from the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

Azerbaijani native Tural Ataev, the leader of Khasavyurt militants, was killed during the special operation held on Tuesday in Dagestan. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). In total, six persons were killed and two others were wounded during the battle.

On Tuesday, March 25, four members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and one special troops agent were killed during a special operation conducted in the village of Pervomaiskoe, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, said a local law enforcement source.

As reported by the press service of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who underwent training at the commando training camp of the international terrorist grouping in Syria, was detained in the Krasnodar Airport.

On March 24, a Moscow hospital discharged a resident of Udmurtia who was injured in the terror act committed in the bus in Volgograd. This was reported by a source from the emergency services of the city. According to the source, all victims, who were receiving medical treatment after the terror acts committed in Volgograd on the New Year's Eve, were discharged from Moscow hospitals.

Alexander Muzychko, the coordinator of the "Right-Wing Sector" in Western Ukraine, who was put by Russian law enforcers on wanted list on charges of banditry in Chechnya, was fatally wounded at detention in the course of a special operation conducted by employees of the Ukrainian MIA.

The criminal case against members of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (CORN), accused of involvement in crimes motivated by ethnic hatred and, in particular, the murder of Muslim Abdulaev, a resident of Dagestan, Judge Eduard Chuvashov, and advocate Stanislav Markelov, were sent to the court. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

In one of the Moscow restaurants, 25 young men from Kalmykia and Dagestan took part in a brawl accompanied by stabbing; 10 of them were injured.

On March 22, the Ingush branch of the International Society "Memorial" presented, at the Moscow State Museum of Gulag History, the book by Alexander Bozhedomov "Eviction of Ingushes and Chechens. Archive Chronicle: January 1943-January 1944".

On March 22, the Dagestani village of Krasnopartizansk hosted a protest rally. The demands voiced by the protesters are also relevant for 100 villages established on transhumance lands by migrants from mountainous regions. However, representatives of the authorities and experts believe the demands voiced at the rally in Krasnopartizansk are still cannot be solved.

On Monday, March 24, the ruling took effect of the Sochi Tsentralny District Court, which stated that the inaction of the Mayoralty in reviewing the notification about a rally against discrimination of Sochi residents was illegal.

As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in the course of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt four militants were killed; one of them was identified as Idris Akavov, the leader of the "Babayurt" militant grouping.

According to preliminary information, the hideout belonged to a local resident who was killed in a special operation in Bylym in December 2013.

Power agents have given the body of Tengiz Guketlov, killed on March 14 during the assault of a household in Nalchik, out to his relatives, said a source from the Investigating Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Investigators regard the official duties of Ibragim Tuchalov, an employee of the Dagestani Department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), to be the main reason for the attempt on him, said a source from the local law enforcement bodies. According to the MfE, Tuchalov is now in Saint Petersburg; his condition is grave but stable.

Yessentuki investigators ask locals who know anything about the circumstances of disappearance of Shamil Khubiev, the Imam of the settlement of Mirny, to come and report to law enforcement bodies.

The avalanche covered a group of six skiers, who were descended down the "Labyrinth" ski route. As a result, two women perished, said the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

The health status of Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who is serving his term in the Tambov Region, causes no concern, said Olga Romanova, the executive director of the movement "Imprisoned Russia", after meeting the convict. According to her story, Vitishko has good relations with other inmates and colony administration.

Hurricane causing numerous accidents in Southern Russia; scandal in Georgia with inquiry materials on the death of Zurab Zhvaniya posted on the Internet, which do not exclude his murder; completion of inquiry into the case of former Astrakhan Mayor Mikhail Stolyarov, accused of bribe-taking; appointment of parliamentary elections in South Ossetia; sentences in Volgograd in cases of explosion in "Bellagio" Café, and of riots in Ismailly; confirmation by North-Caucasian militants of death of Doku Umarov, leader of "Imarat Kavkaz", – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 17-23, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from March 17 to March 23, 2014, at least seven people suffered, including four killed and three wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.