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In Chechnya, a criminal case was opened against a local resident, who, as investigators believe, persuaded his acquaintance to take part in the warfare in Syria for the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia.

The journalist Khadija Ismayilova, convicted in Azerbaijan, was awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Award for her contribution to the cause of the freedom of press.

At night on April 9, Azerbaijani troops shelled the Karabakh positions from mortars, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

A young girl-resident of Dagestan, who was kept on the chain by her relatives, has received medical and psychological care. She was placed into a social-rehabilitation centre for minors in Makhachkala. The mockeries on the girl are broadly discussed in social networks among residents of the republic.

The killings of civilians in the village of Talysh in the course of exacerbation of the Karabakh conflict were committed with special cruelty, the eyewitnesses said. The International Court of Justice will have problems in classifying these crimes as war crimes or crimes against humanity, said Karina Moskalenko, a well-known Russian lawyer.

On April 8, at the trial of Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family, the court showed material exhibits and the video footage from the scene of the crime. The Russian party failed to ensure the presence of Permyakov's colleagues at the trial.

The visits of high-ranking Russian officials – the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev – to Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate the seriousness of Moscow's intentions to break the deadlock in the Karabakh settlement, Baku experts assert.

Magomednabi Magomedov, Imam of the "Vostochnaya" (Eastern) mosque, was detained today in Khasavyurt. According to eyewitnesses, it happened, when he came to the ROVD and demanded to release the detained parishioners.

Russia's supplies of weapons to Azerbaijan fail to respond Armenia's interests and jeopardize the Russian-Armenian relations, said political analysts from Yerevan.

For 22 years of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani Armed Forces losses amounted to about two thousand soldiers killed and wounded. Of these, 785 were killed, 125 were killed by blasting mines, said the Caspian Defence Studies Institute (CDSI).

The Prosecutor's Office suspects the principal of the Makhachkala boarding school "Zabota" (Care) of abuse of power.

Sirazhudin Biyarslanov, a 47-year-old taxi driver, was hospitalized as a result of a gunshot wound received during the preventive activities carried out by the police in Khasavyurt.

Idris Yusupov, a correspondent of the newspaper "Novoye Delo" (New Business), and Sirazhutdin Datsiev, an activist of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" were detained by policemen at their exit from a mosque. Currently, they have been released from the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala.

The Appellate Board of the Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the decision of the court to extend the term of arrest of the defendants in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov until May 28.

The Khasavyurt City Court has found Mamadkhan Mamadkhanov, an inhabitant of Dagestan, guilty of financing the armed underground. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.

Four activists of the "Stavropol Union of Voters" planned to testify in favour of Igor Stenin at the court hearing to be held in Astrakhan on April 7. According to the activists, on their way to Astrakhan, the police repeatedly stopped them on far-fetched pretexts, and then the activists decided to return home.

Parties to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed to the ceasefire and the search for the bodies of victims to be carried out today starting from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Moscow time. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

By the results of the online voting of the contest "Miss Russia", Nazima Goova from Nalchik is among the top ten contenders for participation in the next round. According to organizers of the beauty contests in Kabardino-Balkaria, some local residents criticize their countrywoman for the participation in the All-Russian contest.

In Sochi, during the seven months passed since the announcement of the auction for the sale of "Olympic" cottages, two houses out of 51 put up for sale were sold. Residents of Sochi, who occupied the village for the "Olympic settlers", complain about too high prices and poor quality of cottages.

In the course of the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan violated its commitments to the Council of Europe, said Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman.