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The world economic crisis will tell negatively on Armenia, first of all, in such areas like reduction of money transfers and return to Armenia of a part of seasonal construction labour force from Russia. This was stated to journalists by Gagik Eganyan, head of the Migratory Service at the Ministry for Territorial Management of Armenia.

The murder of Magomed Albogachiev, former head of Ali-Yurt village, Ingushetia, differs from other murders of officials, from time to time committed in the Republic. This was stated by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "Mashr"

For the second day in a row, Russian helicopters are intruding into the Georgian air space and making photos of police posts in the territory of the Zugdidi District (Western Georgia), runs the statement of Georgian MIA disseminated today. However, the Command of the Russian Military Air Forces refutes this statement.

The Federal Agency of Air Transport ("Rosaviatsiya") has published a list of national airlines, notable for their delayed flights in 2008. Among the leaders - the "Dagestan Airlines".

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced financial amnesty for those corrupted officials who will voluntarily return all the stolen assets back to the state. According to Mr Evkurov, all the remaining bureaucrats and their helpers criminated of corruption will be punished most severely.

Hydi Tagliavini, head of the International Mission of European Union (IMEU) for investigating the reasons of Georgia-South Ossetia conflict, has visited Abkhazia.

A group of advocates who participate in the process on the attack on power structures of Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, 2005, plan to appeal to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation against the law adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation to cancel trials by jury on cases related to terrorism and other anti-state crimes.

The person who shelled last night the house of Murat Zyazikov, ex-president of Ingushetia, could be his blood avenger; this idea was expressed by local public figure Magomed Khazbiev.

At the trial on the "Case of Seven" that has resumed in Armenia after a week break the defence party has again lodged a petition on self-challenge of Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan who is presiding the trial.

The capital of South Ossetia, the city of Tskhinvali, was by 80 percent disconnected from gas supply, as Alan Gabaraev, Director of the "Energy" Association, has reported.

Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov has signed an order to allocate one billion roubles for rebuilding the city of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.

The decision of the Central Bank of Armenia to give up the policy of the fixed exchange rate of the dram has led to the fall of the dram rate against dollar also in Nagorno-Karabakh, where the dram is also the national currency. Essential foodstuffs have disappeared from groceries, and those on sale are now some 20-25 percent more expensive. US dollars are in deficit in banks and exchange booths.

In Adygea, Vladimir Karataev, former editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Zakubanye", has been charged with fulfilment of actions aimed at kindling hatred and enmity, and at humiliating dignity of a group of persons on the basis of a nationality, accomplished with use of mass media.

On March 3, at about 8:45 p.m., in Nazran, at the house belonging to Murat Zyazikov, former president of Ingushetia, a car blew up, killing one person.

In the majority of currency exchange booths of the capital of Armenia dollars and euros are bought but not sold. Presently, foreign currencies can be bought in banks only. The main reason is the decision of the Central Bank to restrict its interventions into the currency exchange house and return to the policy of floating exchange rate.

The city of Sochi (Krasnodar Territory) has launched its electoral campaign of the Mayor, towards the election to take place on April 26. The City Electoral Commission (CEC) will stop receiving documents from candidates for the Mayor of Sochi on March 26, as Yuri Rykov, chairman of the Commission has explained.

The NGO named "Mashr" has published a list of casualties in Ingushetia in 2008 and is going to present, till the end of this month, its report on violations of human rights and freedoms in the Republic in 2008. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the "Mashr".

The body of Magomed Albogachiev, former head of Ali-Yurt village, Ingushetia, kidnapped at night on March 3 in Nazran District, was found today in the morning in the highway Ali-Yurt - Surkhakhi. Now, the culprits who had kidnapped Albogachiev are searched.

The international journalists' organization "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) has made a statement in the context of the fourth anniversary from the date of murder of Elmar Guseinov. The document notes that during this whole time the killers of the well-known Azerbaijani journalist were not found, while the independent press is still persecuted in the country.

Today, Anastasiya Volochkova, a famous Russian ballerina, is coming to North Ossetia. She plans to hold negotiations on setting up a programme under her patronage in the Republic aimed at revealing and developing talents in children.