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As a reported by a spokesman of the press service of the MIA of Dagestan, in the Dagestan city of Kizlyar, as a result of a fight, which grew into shooting, three persons were shot dead.

Isa Yamadaev, brother of ex-MP Ruslan Yamadaev and ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev, said that he had known in advance about the attempt on him, which was planned in July 2009; and then operative agents replaced the cartridges in the pistol of the failed gunman Khavazh Yusupov for blanks.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized eligible two groups of complaints that arrived from the victims of the terror act in Theatrical Centre in Dubrovka in Moscow and united two claims into one proceeding.

The militants liquidated as a result of the operation conducted in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo have been identified. According to the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), they are Korigov, Adam Magomedovich and Tsaloev, Ahmed Alikovich.

Georgian doctors were stopped by Russian militaries at a block post and could not get into Perevi village, Sachkher District, where they wanted to conduct medical examination of the villagers; therefore, they were forced to do it and spread medicines in the neighbouring village of Dzhriya, controlled by the Georgian party.

Today, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, vice-speaker of the Russian State Duma from the faction of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and the group of MPs from this party brought into the State Duma draft amendments to the law "On Counteracting Terrorism", suggesting to impose legislative responsibility for the damage caused by terror acts on terrorists' family members who live together with them.

In the course of a special operation in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, a woman suicide-bomber rushed to the militia cordon and fatally wounded a militiaman from her pistol. This was reported by law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia.

Dictator regimes make use of war on terror as a pretext for neutralizing human rights activist and political opponents. Struggle against terrorism is used for destruction of democratic freedoms. This was a conclusion made by the participants of the Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) within the discussion on the topic of observance of human rights in the context of fighting terrorism.

Lawyer Ruslan Datsaev from the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt managed to meet Zakhar Labazangadjiev, a resident of settlement Novaya Tsoloda, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who was kidnapped on March 31 by unknown armed persons from his own house. The meeting took place at the temporary custody facility (the so-called "ISO") of the Shali ROVD in Chechnya. The "Caucasian Knot" was told today about it by Mr Datsaev.

As reported by an employee of one of the local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), engaged in human rights defence and legal aid to citizens, last week, two city dwellers of Shali were detained and taken away to some unknown location by employees of some unidentified power agency.

Today residents of Tbilisi came to the Memorial of April 9 casualties in the Rustaveli Avenue, erected in the place, where 21 years ago - in April 1989 - peaceful demonstrators perished at dispersal by Soviet authorities of a multi-thousand-strong rally.

As reported by a source in law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the evening on April 7, in the city of Baksan, unidentified persons shot dead two militiamen.

Some experts believe that Dokku Umarov, leader of North-Caucasian underground, has managed to unite Islamic rebels and organized their respective infrastructure; however, in the opinion of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Umarov is incapable and "dies from famine." Along with that, after the terror acts committed in the country with participation of suicide-bombers, opinions are expressed that because of the terrorist activity, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi located in the centre of the Caucasian Mountains are under threat; while sources in Chechnya report new traffic of military columns in various directions.

Today, the Moscow City Court has found the leaders of a skinhead grouping Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy guilty of new episodes of nationalism-motivated attacks; however, the court decided not to toughen the punishment appointed in the first verdict - 10 years of imprisonment. The verdict is based on the jurymen's conclusion.

The Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has sent the case about the attempt on July 28, 2009, on Isa Yamadaev, brother of ex-MP Ruslan Yamadaev and the ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev. This was reported by the ICPO. According to the investigation, the attempter on Yamadaev was Khavazh Yusupov, 24, a native of Chechnya.

Today in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, two clashes happened of the opposition united into the "National Council" with the police. Oppositionists, while asserting that the authorities exert pressure on printing houses, tried to enter the sealed up building of the printing house "Tbilisilebi" aiming to take their propaganda literature, which was prepared for the local elections appointed on May 30.

On March 31, activists of the United Civil Front (UCF), Left-Wing Front (LWF) and other public organizations went out to their pre-applied action held under the all-Russian "Strategy 31" campaign in defence of Article 31 of the Constitution that assumes the freedom of assembly.

Within the section "Role of regional systems of human rights defence in strengthening national justice systems" of the 37th Congress of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), which is now on in Yerevan, human rights activists from the "Memorial" shared their practical experience of defending human rights in Chechnya.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed a decision on the complaint "Abaeva et al versus Russia", having ruled that Russian government should pay compensation of moral damage of 60,000 euros to relatives of the kidnapped citizens of Chechnya Magomed-Ali Abaev and Anvar Shaipov.

Today, Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of ex-president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, was found guilty of illegal keeping of firearms and a murder attempt.