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Today, the Georgian MPs have approved – in the third and final reading – amendments to several legislative acts, according to which the racial, language, religious, national or ethnic intolerance becomes an aggravating circumstance of a crime.

A group of 17 Circassians has arrived from Syria to Kabardino-Balkaria, as reported by Beslan Khagazheev (Khagazhei), a board member of the public organization "Peryt" engaged in assisting compatriots to come back and settle in their homeland.

The City Court of Cherkessk has acquitted Rasul Adjiev, 35, who was accused of murdering one of the activists of the youth movement "Adyge-Khase" Aslan Zhukov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by a source from the City Court.

The authorities of Ingushetia have offered to introduce mandatory testing for HIV-infection for all young people of the republic wishing to enter into marriage.

Aslan Cherkesov convicted for murder of Moscow football fan Yegor Sviridov was not found in colony No 17 of Krasnoyarsk region where he was convoyed from investigative isolation ward No 1 of Krasnoyarsk, his mother Sonya Cherkesova states.

As reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Nalchik law enforcers have detained an accomplice of Alim Zankishiev, the leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants who was killed today in a special operation.

The Tuapse District Court has sentenced the participants of the mass brawl in the territory of the resort complex "Don".

Central Election Committee of South Ossetia signed the final protocol of the results of the first round of re-run of presidential election according to which Leonid Tibilov was acknowledged leader.

Young Circassians who came to study in the institute of higher education of Adygea from Syria initiated Circassian folk games among the youth which had not been held in the republic till autumn, 2011. On March, 24, the third game passed off on Maikop. The number of the participants is growing. In the young people’s opinion, the games integrate the youth, let them get acquainted with one another and come to know their history.

In the cities of Pyatigorsk and Yessentuki, a pre-investigation into the fact of death of two patients of medical institutions after injections of lidocaine was started. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Stavropol Territory.

The city of Volgograd held public hearings on return of the direct election of Mayor. City residents, who participated in the event, voted unanimously for making appropriate changes to the city charter.

The Prosecutor's Office has confirmed an indictment in the case against Islam Khashagulgov, the resident of the Republic of Ingushetia, suspected of manufacturing an explosive device, triggered in 2010 at the market in Vladikavkaz. This was reported by the Russian General Prosecutor's Office.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the public organization in the repatriation of compatriots and their settlement in the land of their ancestors "Peryt" announced the raising of funds to organize assistance to repatriates from Syria. This was reported by Beslan Khagazheev, the member of the Board of the public organization.

Status of health of Ilaishat Alieva, a woman-resident of the village of Tukita of the Akhvakh District of Dagestan, whose all four children perished in fire on March 17, remains extremely grave.

On April 1, in Volgograd, protest action against bad roads, entitled "Fools and Roads", will gather 200 vehicles. The protest action is coordinated with the authorities. This was reported by Armen Oganesyan, Chairman of the interregional public organization "Movement of Motorists".

In Yerevan, a new initiative, which opposes construction in the Mashtots Park, was formed. A group of public figures expressed their support to the activists, who demand to dismantle trade stalls transferred from Abovyan Street to the park.

Lawyers of the family members of Hrant Dink, the editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper "Agos", appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul, demanding to initiate a new investigation to clarify the unexplored details.

At least 14 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period of March 19-25: 9 persons were killed and 5 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on own materials and information from other public sources.

Information about the detention on March 24 in the suburbs of Makhachkala of the persons suspected of possessing weapons does not represent the real facts. This was stated by activists of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" and the public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

The second round of presidential election in South Ossetia; new voting on the parliamentary election in Abkhazia; attempt at an imam and bringing a big group of power-wielding structures to Dagestan; Alexander Tkachev’s reassignment Governor of Krasnodar region; nomination of candidates for the election of the Parliament of Armenia. Come to know about all these from a survey of the most significant events from March, 19, till March, 25, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.