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During the search conducted at home of preacher Vagif Nurbaev, a native of Dagestan, law enforcers found components for manufacture of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to a staff member of the investigating authorities, Vagif Nurbaev himself could be blown up on a similar IED.

Azerbaijan has achieved nothing from the escalation of the conflict; and official Baku should agree to talks with the participation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), said the Armenian political experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The detention of Rizvan Ibragimov and Abubakar Didiev has to do with their publicist activities, for public criticism of which they organized a meeting of the head of Chechnya with scientific intellectuals, and public and religious figures of the republic.

On April 28, the Astrakhan Regional Court will consider a complaint against the refusal of conditional early relief (CER) for Khaiser Djemilev.

As a result of hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone, the front line has undergone insignificant changes; however, Azerbaijan has managed to take strategic heights and prove combat readiness of its troops. This was stated by Azerbaijani analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The information on the parties to the Karabakh conflict about the establishment of a new contact line of armed forces is contradictory; however, a change of the status quo lays down a shaky foundation for ceasefire agreements, since the latter are beneficial for the party, which committed territorial conquests.

The traders of city marketplaces have refused to hold protest actions against confiscations from them of Turkish vegetables and fruits in Khasavyurt. Actions are senseless, since Turkish goods have been liquidated already; and officials are not going to pay any compensation, the traders said.

On April 4, the Salafi preacher was blown up in his own car near the village of Kazachya Sloboda not far from the city of Nizhnevartovsk.

Members of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" believe that the Russian Federation has violated the right to life of Hussein Badurgov, who disappeared in 2012, and the right of his mother to effective investigation.

In the period of 2004-2006, Senator Suleiman Geremeev owned an offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands. This was announced in the report prepared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

The sentence for Gadji Magomedov, found guilty of involvement in mass riot in Dagestan, training in camps of Syrian militants and fights in the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization, has been reduced from 17 to 14 years of imprisonment.

The special operation, announced by law enforcers in the Kurakh District of Dagestan, was preceded by three counterterrorist operations (CTO) in the southern regions of the republic. In 2015, the CTO legal regime was twice introduced in the Kurakh District.

In Chechnya, the Prosecutor's Office has demanded from the law enforcement agencies to intensify the investigation into the report on the kidnapping of Hussein Betelgeriev in Grozny. According to residents of Chechnya, the songs created by Hussein Betelgeriev are very popular in the republic.

The data about offshore accounts of members of the Aliev family, disseminated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is no news for the Azeri public. Investigations on this subject were conducted by the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who was put in jail for them.

According to David Babayan, the chief of the Central Information Department of the Nagorno-Karabakh Presidential Administration, Azerbaijan has expressed its readiness to commit an act of terrorism by declaring its intention to shell Stepanakert.

The international community is interested in preventing the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh from the intervention of the military-political blocs, since it will mark the beginning of a full-scale war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

On April 1-5, the losses of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) at the contact line with Azerbaijan made 29 dead and 72 wounded persons; and 28 servicemen are considered missing, said the spokesman of the NKR's Defence Army.

The referendum on merger of South Ossetia with Russia will be held earlier than in six months. This was reported by Leonid Tibilov, President of South Ossetia. He has emphasized that the issue was discussed at the meeting with the President of Russia.

The guilt for the death of a 12-year-old resident of the village of Zoravan is on Azerbaijani servicemen, who deliver a targeted fire at civilians, said residents of the NKR.

Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian aviator, sentenced for involvement in the killing of Russian journalists, has informed her defence of her final refusal to file a complaint against the verdict. This was reported by her advocate Mark Feigin.