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The authorities have nothing to do with the killing of a stray dog, which was committed by unidentified men, who introduced themselves as Mayoralty employees, the Mayoralty has stated.

The pupils of the Koran recitation school in the Ingush village of Dolakovo, where law enforcers came to conduct a check, became hostages in the conflict of the Muftiate with the republic's authorities, Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the "Mashr" organization, has stated.

During the week from February 26 to March 4, 2018, there were no casualties or wounded persons in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On March 4, the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan for the first time since February 4, 2017, when the previous CTO regime was lifted there.

On March 3, employees of state institutions in the cities of Grozny, Argun and Gudermes were forced to participate as spectators in the motor rally with an appeal to come to vote at the presidential election.

Alim Balkarov from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has won a gold medal in the weight category up to 66 kg at the All-Russian Judo Tournament. Turpal Tekpaev from Chechnya did the same in the weight category up to 81 kg.

Today, an unmanned aircraft (drone) of the Armenian Armed Forces tried to make a flight over positions of Azerbaijani army units and was destroyed, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

For the second day, 500 people hold their protest action at the gate of the sugar factory in the village of Agara with a demand to resume factory operation stopped in November 2017. The stop of the factory has paralyzed the life of the village, the trade union has stated.

In the period from February 25 to March 3, Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 3000 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

During a search conducted within a case of fraud, foreign currency and more than one million roubles were discovered in an office of the department chief of one of the customs checkpoints in Dagestan, investigators report.

A fine of 10,000 roubles was imposed by the court on Vyacheslav Kalmykov, who together with other residents of Astrakhan came to the ROVD (District Interior Division) building to support detained activists of the Navalny's local office. Like two other fined activists, Vyacheslav Kalmykov insists that their gathering was not a rally.

On March 2, Araik Papikyan, an advocate of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100th anniversary without regime", delivered a seven-hour speech at a hearing of the Yerevan court. According to the advocate, prosecutors are trying to hide the mitigating circumstances in the Zhirair Sefilyan's case, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

In 2018, in Azerbaijan, the expenses for a trip for the Hajj reached 4150 US dollars. That is 300 US dollars higher than in 2017. For those believers who commit the Hajj for the second or further time, the expenses increase by 535 US dollars.

Araz Galimov, the deputy chief of the Dagestani customs, has been detained after searches in his house on suspicion of smuggling. This has been reported today by a source from the law enforcement bodies for Dagestan.

When considering the Oyub Titiyev's statement that the drugs had been planted on him by law enforcers, the investigator interviewed the policemen in charge and found no reason for opening a criminal case, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

After a video appeal of Alexei Navalny, residents of at least five regions of Northern Caucasus have filed applications to be registered as observers during the presidential election. This was reported by an agent of the Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol.

A new investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgi Sanaya has been launched after one of the prisoners mentioned top-ranking officials as persons who ordered the crime, the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office reported on March 2.

The fight against corruption in Dagestan will not be curtailed after the presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised today.

The Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has left Pavel Grib, a Ukrainian citizen, accused of terrorism, in custody up to May 4. His father has stated that at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) his son is not given the vital medicines he needs.

Magomed Djelilov, the head of the Derbent District, suspected of abuse of power, was detained for two days, investigators have reported.