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Since 2001, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made over 250 decisions on complaints about violent disappearances of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia, the lawyers of the "Legal Initiative" Project and the Ingush branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have stated. The ECtHR's decision on the disappearance of 17 residents of these republics has already entered into force.

On March 7, the US Congress Committee approved a resolution calling for the investigation into the murder of the oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov and to impose sanctions against those who were involved in it. The congressmen also offered to study the foreign business assets of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Doctors assess the condition of a Russian serviceman of the Russian military base, who received a stab wound in Gyumri as stably grave.

Policemen prevented activists from marching in protest of violence against women. They explained their actions by the fact that the march was not sanctioned. Female activists argue stating that holiday actions require no sanctioning.

The units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire regime for 26 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

On March 7, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office (PO), the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya postponed the consideration of the complaint lodged by the "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny" Company against the demand to write off gas debts to residents of the republic.

Annagi Gadjibeili, the head of the Azerbaijan Bar Association, is still under the ban on leaving the country, although the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the ban to be a violation of his right to the freedom of travel. Mr Gadjibeili said that he could get the needed high quality treatment only abroad, as he was loosing his vision capacity.

The members of the public council and the Imam of the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala have complained about regular law enforcers' raids and detentions of parishioners. On March 12, they plan to meet the republic's prosecutor.

Akhmed Israfilov, detained within the case of the disruption of the anime festival and a concert of Yegor Kreed in Makhachkala, was released under recognizance not to leave, a source has reported. The festival organizers refuse to treat Israfilov as the main culprit in disrupting the event.

Russian authorities should immediately release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", experts of the UN Human Rights Council have stated.

Ingush activists have linked the seizure of documents from the "Tesham" Charity Fund with the participation of its leaders in protests. The police carried out a routine inspection; law enforcers have no claims to the work of the Fund, "Tesham" employees have stated.

Activists have launched a campaign in the social networks "Free all!" demanding that the President of Azerbaijan release all the political prisoners on the occasion of the Novruz holiday. Authorities are now monitoring the public opinion in social networks, initiators of the campaign believe.

The sapper, who has arrived in Syria as a member of the humanitarian contingent from Armenia, was wounded at demining.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Sharip Ismailov, who disappeared in January 1995, his relatives reported. Family members of the people disappeared during the military campaigns in Chechnya still hope to find their relatives.

The chief of the Transport Department at the Yerevan City Mayoralty convinced drivers on strike to return to the routes. The drivers who are not satisfied with the new working conditions may quit, states the Vice-Mayor of the Armenian capital.

A court decided to arrest Nidjat Abdullazade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), under the article on failure to obey to the police. PFPA members treat the charge as politically motivated.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized that the rights of Ilkin Rustamzade, a sentenced activist of the movement "Nida", to liberty and security of person were violated.

The criminal proceedings against an administrator of a Dagestani public account in a social network provoked discussions of social network users. Some of them criticized the decision to "imprison for threats," while their opponents pointed out that calls for violence against artists were unacceptable.

An 11-year-old son of a woman from Dagestan, who asked Ramzan Kadyrov to help find him, has been found in Syria, the Chechen authorities report.

The court running the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is frankly supporting the prosecution; however, the defence hopes for his release after sentencing, his advocates have stated. After Titiev's and the pressure on his colleagues, the office of the HRC "Memorial" in Chechnya was closed, Oleg Orlov, the head of the "Hot Spots" programme at the HRC, has stated.