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Should Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and Russian peacemakers provide security guarantees, the evacuated residents of the Khramort community plan to return to the village in order to engage in farming without fear of being shelled by Azerbaijani militaries.

At the request of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the “International Memorial”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) was excluded from the list of legal entities, although the liquidation of the organization has not been completed, human rights defenders report.

The authorities of France expelled Chechen natives to Russia at the slightest suspicion, and the mass deportation was stopped only with the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, says Pascal Chaudot, the head of the “Chechen Committee” in France.

A court cancelled the sentence of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, convicted in 2010 on the charge of riots.

Vitaly Dedyushko from the Prigorodny District and Ruslan Kozaev from the Alagir District perished in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special military operation, the authorities have reported about at least 31 perished natives of North Ossetia.

By stating that US biologists are developing biological weapons in Georgia, Moscow is trying to put pressure not on Washington, but on Tbilisi, analysts assert.

Masked law enforcers broke into the home of Leyla Chemurzieva, a resident of the city of Nazran, and took her away to some unknown place. An improvised explosive device (IED) was planted on Leyla, her sister insists.

A court in Krasnodar has raised the preferential category for the parents of the militaries who perished during the first Chechen war, giving them the right to receive increased payments; the court has also ruled to pay them the underpayment for previous years.

The meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Brussels was an attempt to avoid the conflict escalation, but the agreements reached there will give no guarantee of the end to provocations on the border, Akop Badalyan and Ovsep Khurshudyan believe.

The administration staff of the town of Krasny Sulin has to work without breaks and days off documenting refugees from the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics (LPR and DPR).

It is high time for South Ossetia to join Russia, as this will increase residents' security and improve their living conditions. However, in economic terms, this will entail the loss of possible benefits of the republic's statehood, residents of Vladikavkaz have noted.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov got the Lieutenant General shoulder marks. The solemn ceremony took place in Grozny.

Grenade launcher operator Shamil Shikhshabekov perished in Ukraine during the special military operation. Since its beginning, the authorities have confirmed that at least 71 militaries from Dagestan perished in Ukraine.

Senior Sergeants Nazim Aliev and Abdul-Madjit Ismailov from the villages of the Rutul District perished in Ukraine in the special military operation. Since its beginning, the authorities have confirmed that at least 71 militaries from Dagestan perished in Ukraine.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced a decision in the case of “Eynulla Fatullaev vs. Azerbaijan” and recognized the violation of the journalist’s rights to a fair trial. The ECtHR obliged the Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay to Eynulla Fatullaev the compensation in the amount of 4000 euros.

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have declared an indefinite sit-in protest action in front of the UN Office in Yerevan. The protestors claim that the authorities of Armenia and Karabakh are not making enough efforts to resolve the Karabakh problem and also call for the creation of conditions for the Karabakh refugees to live in Armenia.

A resident of the town of Kalach-on-Don had to transport the body of her son, who had served in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and perished during the special operation in Ukraine, by her own.

As a result of the talks, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, and Ilham Aliev, the Azerbaijani President, have agreed to set up a commission on delimitation of the countries' borders by the end of April, and start drafting a peace agreement.

The decision of the Baku Court on the case of the oppositionist and athlete, Said Mamedzade, was upheld by the country's Supreme Court (SC). His advocate believes that the complaint was considered formally. Mamedzade himself treats the verdict as politically motivated.

Vyacheslav Chistoserdov, a Sochi resident, has stated that he disagrees with the protocol drawn up against him by policemen under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of the leaflets condemning the special operation in Ukraine.