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Magomed Taisumov, former deputy of Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the special-purpose GRU battalion "Vostok" (East), assassinated two years ago in Dubai, was beaten at kidnapping.

Elmira Suleimanova, Ombudsperson in Azerbaijan, has appealed to the Minister of Justice in the context of the alleged threat to journalist Einullah Fatullaev and asked to consider - within the legislation - a possibility to move him to Colony No. 9. However, according to information from the Ministry of Justice, there is no threat to Fatullaev within the local penitentiary system.

The state of health of the leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party Raffi Ovannisyan, who is holding, starting from March 15, his hunger strike right in Freedom Square of Yerevan, is causing some concern in doctors; they are persistently urging the protester to stop his action.

Lithuanian prosecutor Justas Lautsis, witness for the prosecution of Egle Kusaite accused of preparing an act of terror in the territory of Russia, demanded custody for the defendant for the period of trial because according to him, she has threatened him by means of SMS messages. "Caucasian Knot" correspondent received this information from Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas.

The Moslems of North Osetia expressed their readiness to help Japan which has suffered from the earthquakes and tsunami in recovery works. This was reported by Ibrahim Dzagurov, mufti's assistant.

On March, 28, Supyan Abdulaev, invariable companion of Dokku Umarov, leader of armed underground, was killed as a result of a special operation carried out by the personnel of enforcement agencies in the mountains of Ingushetia, a source in Ingush law enforcement bodies reported.

The personnel of law enforcement bodies of Dagestan found two girls residents of Kizlyar district of the republic, Patimat Ramazanova and Zeinal Magomedova, who were suspected of involvement in the gunmen's activities and, according to some mass media, had been in search as suicide bombers, a source in law enforcement bodies of the district reported.

Oleg Teplischev, a local journalist, was discharged from the hospital, despite the earlier set diagnosis of brain concussion. He claims that he was discharged without due treatment; and this has to do with the upcoming journalist's trial on alleged charges of assaulting Rifkat Shabanov, a local deputy from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party.

In the city of Novocherkassk, the Union "Women of the Don" is holding, with the help of the partner organization "Sintem" (Harmony), operating in the Chechen Republic, a workshop for Chechen women with the aim of their psycho-social rehabilitation. The participants of the event note that they would use the new knowledge in their professional activities and daily life.

The project of the European Union (EU) "Support of reintegration of Georgian migrants-returnees and of readmission agreement concluded between Georgia and EU" is aimed at the legislative and political improvement of the Georgian migration system. This was stated by the Czech Ambassador to Georgia Ivan Jestrab at a press conference dedicated to the project.

The participants of the conference "Circassian issue: historical memory, historiographic discourse and political strategy", held in Moscow at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (known as MGIMO), agreed to set up a working group of Caucasian scientists, "which will consider all approaches to the 'muhajirun' problem, offer ways to address it and formulate concrete proposals that could contribute to decreased acuteness of political tension around the Circassian issue."

Participants of the picket held in front of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) building for the Krasnodar Territory have been detained. The claimed aim of the action, which was organized by local activists of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), was in the demand that the police should respect human rights.

Today, the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow tried to continue the litigation "Ramzan Kadyrov versus Oleg Orlov". However, after Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya, failed to appear in the courtroom, the trial was postponed till April 18.

Sergey Chizh, a former law enforcement officer of Stavropol, was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to three years of conditional imprisonment.

The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced a search of two women-residents of the Kizlyar District on suspicion of involvement in terror activities; according to some sources, they could have left for Moscow, the MIA has reported today.

The Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh" held a social poll in Ingushetia, asking the population about their attitude to the former and current heads of the republic. The question was worded as follows: "Who do you trust more: Ruslan Aushev, Murat Zyazikov or Yunus-Bek Evkurov?"

The regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) showed the greatest increase in population in the period from 2002 to 2010. As indicated in the preliminary results of Census-2010, published by the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistic Service), the number of residents here has increased up to 9.49 million, or by 6.3 percent under the overall decline of the population of the Russian Federation within this period by 1.6 percent (by 2.2 million).

The preliminary investigation of the case of oppositionist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, who was arrested on March 4 in the city of Gandzha, is over. Although the investigation has accused the young man of evasion from military service, his lawyers and human rights activists believe that Bakhtiyar is persecuted for political reasons. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) refused to open a criminal investigation into his beating by the police.

The Nobel Prize Laureate, novelist Orhan Pamuk, who raised the issue of Armenians' genocide in his speeches, was found guilty of insulting the Turkish nation and will have to pay a serious fine.

According to preliminary estimates, 17 persons have been killed in an air attack on the militants' base in Ingushetia. As reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), after the operation power agents accused two detainees of preparing the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport.