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At least 28 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period of April 2-8: 22 persons were killed and 6 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on own materials and information from other public sources.

Russian nationalists from Krasnodar, Slaviyansk-on-Kuban, Novorossiysk, the stanitsa of Dinskaya, Armavir and other places of Rostov and Stavropol regions came to take part in the "Russian jog". The action passed off without incidents.

Ex-Head of KGB Leonid Tibilov was elected President of South Ossetia after polling 56,12% or 15 786 votes of the electorate, Chairperson of Central Election Committee (CEC) Bella Plieva reported. David Sanakoev polled 42,65% or 12 439 votes. Turnout of voters made 71,26%.

The participants of the 10-thousand-strong rally in the capital of Azerbaijan have demanded to hold early parliamentary elections, release political prisoners, eliminate corruption and settle the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.

Today, a picket in support of the group of girls named "Pussy Riot" took place in Volgograd, where the picketers read verses and tried to communicate with the audience. Then they were attacked by some unknown persons, who were later detained by the police.

On April 6, the Stavropol Territorial Branch of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) held a rally against corruption in the road sector of the city of Stavropol. The picket was held outside the building of the city administration in Karl Marx Avenue and gathered over 30 participants.

The public debates on amendments to the Constitution have been initiated by the oppositional Christian-Democratic movement with the aim to make it possible for the leader of the coalition "Georgian Dream" Bidzina Ivanishvili to take part in the parliamentary elections.

The aim of the action launched in the republic is to prevent offences committed in the global network and increase users', first of all schoolchildren's, technical awareness.

The mothers' appeal of April 7 signed by twelve women, who are bringing up from four to twelve children, put forward a number of social and economic demands to President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

In the city of Gagra, Abkhazia, in the yard, where members of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses come for their prayer meetings, a grenade went up. There were no casualties, but the building was damaged. Believers say about recent increased pressure on them.

On April 6, in the village of Sulu-Tepe, located a few kilometres off Baku, the security service of the oil company SOCAR was using construction equipment to demolish the houses, which the company treats as illegally built. In protest against demolition, local residents took a fight with the workers.

Today, the Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov has met the tenants of the shabby house No. 3 in Petropavlovskaya Street and promised them to set up a commission for recognition of the house to be an emergency building and their resettlement to comfortable housing, the participants of the meeting with the Mayor said.

On April 6, in Lenin Square of Volgograd, activists of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) held an action "For Fair Elections". The action was attended by about 150 people.

As a result of a landslide in the mountainous Khuloy District of Adzharia highways and local roads and several houses were damaged.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia declined measures of control and transparency during the second round of election. The measures were proposed by presidential candidates.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, Mayoralty of the city of Cherkessk rejected relatives of Islam Krymshamkhalov, the assassinated deputy of the National Assembly, in opportunity to hold a rally in Lenin Square on April 12.

On March 29, in the city of Tyrnyauz in Kabardino-Balkaria, under unascertained circumstances, Alim Etezov, a 20-year local resident, disappeared. Till present, his relatives know nothing of his fate. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Maryam Etezova, the mother of the disappeared man.

Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for position of Mayor of Astrakhan, has persuaded five hunger-strikers to stop participating in the protest action on the recommendation of physician Elizaveta Glinka, the representative of the "League of Voters".

In the Volgograd Region, high water flooded villages in six districts; in general, flood situation in the region is improving. This was reported by the Regional Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

The Russian authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the attack on Elena Milashina, the well-known Russian journalist and human rights activist, who was severely beaten by unidentified persons. This appeal was delivered by the human rights organizations "Human Rights Watch" and "Committee to Protect Journalists".