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The Adygea Regional Office of Trade Unions of Russia "Sotsprof" has launched to implement in the territory of the republic the social programme "Grandma-online" "Grandpa-online", which is aimed to teach elderly and disabled persons computer literacy free of charge.

Today in front of the building, housing the Volgograd Regional Public Health Committee, a picket was held by relatives of those who fell victim to doctors' mistakes.

The car of the missing Akav Khalidov, 28, was found in a special car park of the city of Khasavyurt. His relatives have informed a member of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) about it.

The Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has sent a request to the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) asking to clarify the new procedure for accreditation of journalists. Armenian media have already expressed dissatisfaction with the new accreditation procedure established by the CEC.

Law enforcers have illegally detained and then beat Inal Berov, 29, a resident of Nalchik, asserts his father Muradin Berov. Now, Inal is at large; and his father wants to appeal on the fact to the President of Russia and the head of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The first round of parliamentary elections in Abkhazia resulted in the victory of one nominee from the pro-government party "United Abkhazia" and the oppositional "People's Unity Forum of Abkhazia" each, while six oppositional candidates and three from the pro-government party have proceeded into the second round. All the Communist Party's nominees have failed.

Today, after a short break, the trial on an armed attack on Nalchik in October 2005, which is taking place at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, was resumed.

During the special operation in the village of Mir of the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria, power agents killed six militants, who rendered armed resistance. This was informed by a source at the law enforcement bodies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Last night, in the village of Semender in Dagestan, a search was conducted at the house of Makhach Guchachliev, the head of the Bar Association "Kavkaz". This was reported the lawyer himself.

On March 9, Mikhail Saakashvili signed decrees, according to which Georgia quits several agreements concluded within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The annulled documents include the agreement of CIS countries on protection of consumers' rights.

Before the assault of the house in Makhachkala, as a result of negotiations, one of the women with two children was convinced to leave the blocked building. The second woman refused to leave. This was reported by Gyulnara Rustamova, co-Chair of the human rights organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

The lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova reports on stopping of the criminal case initiated against police officers from the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division) accused of beating her. The investigation into the case initiated against the lawyer herself with charges of using violence against the police officers was also terminated.

Outcomes of presidential election in South of Russia questioned by some observers and the opposition; Medvedev offers to reappoint Tkachov as Governor of Krasnodar Territory; explosion of female suicide bomber in Dagestan kills five policemen; Armenia's decision to skip "Eurovision-2012" in Baku; parliamentary elections in Abkhazia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of March 5-11, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The defence of Evgenia Khasis convicted on charges of participation in the murder of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov filed a complaint against the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was reported by the lawyer Dmitry Agranovskiy.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya sentenced Khamidulla Yapov and Kemal Ebzeev to 14 years of imprisonment, and Rashid Atuov to 13 years of imprisonment on charges of destruction of 84 Pskov soldiers of airborne troops in battles near the village of Ulus-Kert in the Argun Gorge in Chechnya in 2000. This was reported today by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Chechnya.

At least 15 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period of March 5-11: 13 persons were killed and 2 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on own materials and information from other public sources.

On March 11, an extraordinary session of the Elista City Council (ECC) will be held, which is supposed to consider cancellation of the decision to appoint Nikolai Andreev to the post of City manager of the capital of Kalmykia.

Alexander Pochinok and Igor Matveev, the observers from the Russia's Council of Federation, and Anton Belyakov, Russia's State Duma Deputy, have fixed no violations at the elections in Abkhazia and noted the absence of drops-in of ballot papers and "round-robins".

On March 10, residents of several houses in Alpijskaya Street of Sochi told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they had stayed for a week without electricity. Officials from the Mayoralty and the energy grid cannot tell exactly when the problem will be solved.

At its today's sitting in Baku, the "Public Chamber" has decided to hold a nationwide rally on April 8 in the capital of Azerbaijan with a demand to release political prisoners. The action is dated to the first anniversary of the rally on April 2, 2011.