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Today, the Vilnius Court has postponed its session, which was to consider the action of the prosecutor's office asking to change Egle Kusaite's freedom restriction measure from recognizance not to leave for the custody. The adjudication was reappointed on April 21.

Today in the evening, the Sabail District Court of Baku have ruled to arrest the four oppositionists detained during the protest action on April 2 in the centre of the Azerbaijani capital.

Today in Tbilisi, after the rally "Justice is coming", organized by the public movement "Resistance", about ten participants were arrested.

On April 8, Beslan will host the action "Grove of Angels" in memory of the victims of the tragedy of 2004. It will bring together young people from Kabardino-Balkaria.

Within the programme "Complex Management of State Borders in Southern Caucasus", Armenia will receive 7.7 million euros from the European Union (EU) on modernization of three border checkpoints. This was announced today by Arthur Bagdasaryan, Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC) of Armenia.

Dokku Umarov, leader of Chechen gunmen, is safe and sound, he could not have been injured during the special operation in Sunzha district of Ingushetia because he was not there at that moment. This is the news from informational resources supporting gunmen. According to them, there is no doubt only about Supyan Abdullaev's death.

A book on kidnapping in Chechen Republic and the lives of kidnapped people's relatives and families of victims of tortures is going to be published in England. Its author is Mantas Kvedaravichius, Lithuanian producer who has shot the documentary "Barzakh".

A verdict of Astrakhan court to a local journalist Alexander Tokarev who was acknowledged guilty of insult to a representative of authority came into effect. Tokarev, in his turn, declares himself aggrieved.

Today, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria policemen shot dead a local resident who rendered resistance, as reported by the Investigatory Department (ID) of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the republic.

The spring session of the European School was held in Stavropol from March 31 to April 2 with participation of activists from the republics of Northern Caucasus, Volgograd and Rostov Regions, and Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories.

The Court of Appeal of Armenia has dismissed the petition lodged by the defence of Samson Khachatryan, a multiple USSR champion in boxing and an opposition activist, asking to change his freedom restriction measure, and upheld the decision of the first instance to arrest Khachatryan for two months.

According to preliminary data, more than 50 oppositionists were detained during a rally in the capital of Azerbaijan. The opposition rally turned into clashes with law enforcers.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan, at today's rally in downtown Baku five persons were detained as suspects of criminal activities; 70 more were punished administratively.

Today, a rally of defrauded housing shareholders was held in Rostov-on-Don. The action was about one hundred persons strong.

Following Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the "Heritage" Party, Armenian intellectuals plan to hold a hunger strike in Freedom Square in central Yerevan.

As reported by Sergey Khamitsaev, the investigator running the case, Soslan Abaev, suspected of murdering Khetag Kozaev, a youth world champion in boxing, made a confession.

Yakhya Aslanov, who was killed in a shootout in Dagestan, was the leader of the armed underground and was involved in several terror acts and attacks committed in the territory of the republic. This was announced by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

The Court of the Astrakhan Region has passed a verdict of guilty to residents of Chechnya Aina Sidgalieva and Bekmagomed Saigatov, detained in Astrakhan in November 2009. They were accused of an attempt on MIA employees and sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison accordingly.

From April 1 on, more than 160 kindergartens in the capital of Armenia, which are under the jurisdiction of the Mayoralty, became free of charge for children's parents. The decision was made by the city Board of Elders at the sitting held on March 15.

On April 1, in Astrakhan, activists of oppositional parties and movements held an action named "Monstration".