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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported that the issue on participation of Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiations was discussed during a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev. There is a need for holding trilateral negotiations to resolve the Karabakh conflict, agree Armenian politicians.

The parliament of Dagestan demanded from the Chechen Department of the "Rosreestr" (Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography) to cancel the registration of the right to a land plot as a part of the Kizlyar District.

The action demanding to protect workers' rights held in Tbilisi after the death of two builders at a construction site, ended in detention of six persons.

The wife of Minkail Malizaev, an active critic of Ramzan Kadyrov's regime, living in Germany, has posted a video clip, in which she publicly renounced her husband. Residents of Chechnya suggest that the clip was recorded video was shot under pressure in order to humiliate Malizaev.

Muslim Djambekov, arrested for a fatal road accident in Moscow, is the second Chechen lately, who has apologized to the people, not to the authorities of Chechnya. Kadyrov sees a threat to his image in any negative events involving Chechens, said Ruslan Kutaev, an activist, and Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst.

For the second time since July 2018, the "Roskomnadzor" has demanded to remove the page from the "Pravda Beslana" (Beslan Truth) website, which shows a copy terrorists' note from the school captured in 2004, Marina Litvinovich, the editor of the website dedicated to the inquiry into the terror act, has reported. She treats the demand as absurd and renamed the page with the letter.

A social café "Time for Change", which employs people with disabilities, has opened in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.

In Ingushetia, the second wave of mass protests within the last six months has undermined Yunus-Bek Evkurov's reputation in the eyes of the Russian federal authorities. The Kremlin is ready to replace the head of the republic in the near future, when it will not look like a concession to protesters' demands, political analysts believe.

In Yerevan, the participants of the memory action gathered in Freedom Square, and lit candles and torches to commemorate those who perished in the April 2016 war in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); then, they went to the military cemetery.

After a meeting with participants of the protest action, who expressed their indignation about the dismissal of Konstantin Orbelyan and demanded the resignation of the Armenian Minister of Culture, Nikol Pashinyan agreed not to appoint a new director of the Opera Theatre. The Prime Minister offered the artists to refute the arguments of the Minister of Culture, who dismissed Konstantin Orbelyan.

Advocate Elchin Sadygov complained that the prison administration did not allow him to visit Bairam Mamedov, an arrested member of the movement "Nida".

In the cases on the attempted assassination of the Ganja Mayor and on the killing of two policemen, defendants were tortured, while law enforcers had no evidence of their guilt, relatives of the arrested persons complained.

A resident of Makhachkala, whose relatives filed a complaint about his kidnapping, sought the help of medical officers in court. His relatives reported the man had been tortured. The man himself denied all charges.

Four activists were summoned to the police for questioning as witnesses, reported Ismail Nalgiev, the head of the "Elections of Ingushetia".

The sentence against Oyub Titiev entered into force, since the human rights defender refused to file an appeal against the verdict. He expects to return to his human rights activities after the conditional early relief (CER) in May, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The authorities and the opposition of Nagorno-Karabakh positively assessed the meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev in Vienna. Delegates of the "My Step" faction of the National Assembly of Armenia declared the protection of the unrecognized republic's interests.

The Genocide Day in connection with the events of March 1918 is marked on March 31 in Azerbaijan. On the eve of the tragic date, exhibitions and conferences were held across the country, and TV channels and radio stations cancelled entertainment programmes. According to politicians, the events of early 20th century have something in common with the Karabakh conflict.

Grozny has hosted the international conference "Islam – Message of Mercy and Peace", held with the participation of delegates from 43 countries. It was accompanied by enhanced security measures.

Students in Grozny told that they were forced to attend a football match of the local "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) versus "Spartak", which ended in favour of the Moscow team. Fans were unhappy with the play of local footballers.

After the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses* was considered to be an extremist one, and its activities were banned in Russia by the court, it became more difficult to defend them, rights defenders have stated. According to their version, the residents of Northern Caucasus, who have left the Islam, were especially suffering.