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Coloured precipitation fell today in Southern Russia, users of social networks and residents of Sochi have reported. A sandstorm in Africa and an accident at some factory were named among the versions of the strange natural phenomenon. However, meteorologists have assured that the precipitations that fell down in the Krasnodar the Stavropol Territories pose no threat to people.

The Kazan staircase, the repair of which for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, took from the budget 44 million roubles, is damaged by vandals, who torn away granite shells and lamps, reports the head of the Rostov-on-Don administration.

A resolution of the Georgian Parliament on the creation of an "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List", similar in its meaning to the "Magnitsky List", can get a support of the international community. This is to result in toughening of sanctions against Russia, Georgian political analysts report.

In Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia, observers videoed much more violations at the presidential election than those in Chechnya, said Vitaly Averin, the coordinator of the "Golos" (Vote) movement in the regions of Southern Russia.

Experts in Georgia have found traces of "cruel torture" on the body of Archil Tatunashvili, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, Sozar Subari, Minister for Displaced Persons' Matters, has stated. Georgia should sue Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with Tatunashvili's death, the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has added.

Russian border guards have detained two Georgian citizens in the villages through which the demarcation line passes, reports the Georgian State Security Service.

As a result of the clashes, 10 people were killed and more than 250 others were injured. Out of 73 participants in the Armenian Parliament's meeting, only 10 voted in favour of the draft statement condemning the killing of demonstrators in Yerevan in 2008. The authorities will not benefit from any investigation into those events. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Grozny, a policeman was wounded after he had tried to verify an ID of a local resident, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

In the course of a special operation, Aslambek Aleroev, Khavazh-Bagauddin Kottoev and Akhmed Medov, natives of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, as well as Dagestani native Nazim Taibov were killed in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

On March 21 and at night on March 22, the Armenian armed forces 98 times violated the ceasefire on the border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

On March 21, members of the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution with the demand to introduce sanctions against persons accused of crimes against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document was adopted in connection with the death of Georgia citizen Archil Tatunashvuili.

In the capital of Adygea, people celebrated the Circassian New Year with festivities on Square of Unity and Harmony. Some families celebrated the holiday from times when public institutions did not pay attention to it. However, the Circassian New Year did not become widely celebrated as a family holiday.

Officials failed to settle the dispute over the water spring; and the residents of the village of Chuni intend to seek their village's exit from the Levashi District, Talkhat Khaibulaev, the head of Chuni, has stated. The authorities refused to admit their mistake made when delineating the territory; and villagers of Tsukhta intend to go to court, Abdulkhalik Abdulkhalikov, the head of the village, has stated.

The political forces making up the "Elk" bloc have failed to draft any unified strategy against a possible nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the head of the "Elk" faction in the Parliament and the leader of the "Civil Agreement" Party, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today, the NGO SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the activity of terrorist groupings on the Internet, has referred to an agency affiliated with militants and published on its website the information that the "Islamic State" (IS)* claims responsibility for an attack on a policeman in the capital of Chechnya.

Today, in Yerevan, six persons have come out to a protest action with the demand to release political prisoners and to remove Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan from power. Their protest has been provoked by the verdict pronounced by the court to Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the Armenian movement "100 years without regime".

Ii is forbidden to disclose information about the shootout in the "Grozny-City" complex, which occurred on March 18, in order not to scare away tourists, a source told the "Caucasian Knot".

During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan were killed, the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported today.

During a day, the Armenian armed forces 101 times violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and used large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Law enforcers discovered weapons and ammunition at the place of a special operation conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, where four men were killed.