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According to the preliminary outcomes of the check conducted in SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. of Nalchik, the April 11 hunger strike of inmates was unjustified and unlawful, while the actions of the SIZO employees were legitimate, said Mukhamed Marzhokhov, the head of the Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

The case against Patimat Gadjieva, a native of Dagestan, accused of public justification of terrorism, has been returned to the Prosecutor's Office for correct determination of the jurisdiction. This was noted by the decision pronounced by the Moscow City Court (MCC).

The PACE Legal Affairs Committee has reported on "the climate of pervasive fear in the atmosphere of personalization of power" in the Chechen Republic. According to the PACE Committee, the recommendations voiced by the PACE for improvement of the human rights situation in Northern Caucasus remain unfulfilled.

The government commission has revealed no conflict of interests for Alexander Tkachov, Minister of Agriculture, whose relatives own large-scale complex of agricultural companies in the Krasnodar Territory.

Darya Polyudova, a public activist, sentenced to two years of imprisonment for extremism, has announced her departure to serve her sentence in a penal colony-settlement in the city of Novorossiysk.

Aznaur Adzhiev has been dismissed with the formulation "in connection with his transfer to another job." Ms Burliyat Tokbolatova has been appointed instead, said the spokesman of the Dagestani administration.

Two men injured by explosion in a passenger Gazel minivan in Stavropol were taken to city hospitals with burns.

In Chechnya, investigators have filed an indictment against a resident of Grozny, who stayed in the ranks of the Islamists in Syria during 11 months.

During the past day, the Armenian side shelled the Azerbaijani positions 114 times. This was stated by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh reported 50 cases of shelling from the Azerbaijani side. According to the both MoDs, the attacks were carried out also with the use of mortar launchers.

The resignation of Migran Pogosyan, the chief of the Armenian Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts, is connected with the authorities' unwillingness to spoil relations with the Western countries and the United States, which provide Armenia with financial assistance in the fight against corruption. This opinion was voiced by Armenian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The ratification by the Russian State Duma of the treaty on state border with South Ossetia has given a clear signal that Moscow sees the republic as an independent state. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Azerbaijani authorities must cancel the amendments to the law on NGOs, simplify registration of them, and remove restrictions on the work of foreign sponsors, said the participants of the civil society forum held in Baku.

The weapons were planted to defendants, the witnesses' testimonies were fabricated, and the accusations of extremism are unfounded. This was reported by advocates of the defendants, accused of plotting a terror act at the "Kirgizia" cinema.

When commenting on materials of the Chechen official media with refutation of the Ramazan Djalaldinov's statements, Internet users have expressed their fears that the life of Ramazan Djalaldinov may be endangered because of his video message addressed to the Russian President and describing corruption in the village of Kenkhi.

Today, during the conversation with her mother, sister, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Nadezhda Savchenko has agreed to stop her hunger strike.

The demand to disqualify the presiding judge is unjustified, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has ruled.

At night on April 19, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire for 18 times, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.

On April 18, during detention in the village of Sogratl, Ali Kveshov, a native of the village, who had been searched, was wounded, said a law enforcement source from the Gunib District of Dagestan. According to his version, Kveshov is the leader of local militants.

In Yerevan, the protest action in support of Levon Airapetyan has been completed. The activists handed over to the Russian Embassy a letter demanding to release the businessman, who was sentenced by the court in Moscow to four years of imprisonment in the case of a fraud.

The Azerbaijani authorities have let the seriously sick rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus, who are serving their conditional sentences, out of the country.