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Vitaly Votanovsky, a blogger and an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), said that he had left Russia. Earlier, he received threats after filming the graves of the militaries, who perished in Ukraine, and posting them in his Telegram channel entitled "Titushki in Krasnodar".

The court of appeal has increased from 500,000 to 1,000,000 roubles the compensation awarded for moral harm suffered by Djuliet Kardanova, a farmer from the city of Nartan, who was acquitted within the fraud case when receiving subsidies. Kardanova has treated the court's decision as fair.

The court of cassation reduced from 100,000 to 30,000 roubles the fine imposed on Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

The second of six residents of Ingushetia, whom the law enforcement bodies consider involved in an attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint, has been found dead today. Presumably, this is Movsar Kottoev, sources report.

A resident of Krasnodar has parked his car stylized as an American patrol police car near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. The court arrested him for seven days having treated his action as an unsanctioned rally.

Akhmad Kottoev has promised not to avenge the death of his son Movsar, who is wanted in Ingushetia as a militant.

A mentally unhealthy person can be used for illegal purposes, an expert has noted in his comment on the information that one of those killed by law enforcers in Gudermes had suffered from a mental illness.

The announcement of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia was preceded by two CTOs in the Sunzha and Malgobek Districts conducted in August 2020.

Law enforcers have found the alleged attackers on the DPS (road-and-patrol service) traffic police post in a farm in Malgobek; the suspects opened fire on law enforcers; they wounded one of them and managed to escape, a law enforcement source has informed.

Leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov responded with insults to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the imposition of sanctions against his daughter Tabarik Kadyrova.

In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

In North Ossetia, a court fined Ruslan Reshidov, a pensioner from Chechnya, to a fine of 30,000 roubles, recognizing his words about the special military operation in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Ruslan Elkhadjiev, who was killed by law enforcers in Gudermes, had suffered from a mental illness, many people in the city know about this, a source of the "Caucasian Knot" has reported. The information about the mental disorder of the eldest of the two killed Elkhadjievs was confirmed by the authors of the report of the Chechen state TV channel.

Alexander Shinkorenko, an Astrakhan resident, has been fined for his comments posted in the social network; the court has also imposed a fine on Ksenia Tsulimova, a local resident. According to law enforcers, the above Astrakhan residents have discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

Islam Bambetov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been fined for discrediting the Russian Army.

Armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 27-April 2, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Imangazali Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who was detained in Ukraine, has asked to be deported to a third country, treating it unsafe to return to Russia.

Idris Arsamikov is in the Chechen village of Starogladovskaya; his advocates wanted to visit him, but his fellow villagers did not allow them to do so.

After law enforcers have stated that Mikail Moshkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, was put on the wanted list within the case of planning a terror act, his relatives excluded him from their teip (family clan).

Five residents of Ingushetia are wanted on suspicion of planning terror acts, the local branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed and gave their names, although earlier the Service named four wanted persons.