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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.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has questioned the experts who conducted medical examination of Nikolai Karpyuk. The experts have announced the impossibility to confirm whether Nikolai Karpyuk was subjected to torture with electric current.

The police still have not started the search at the complaint of kidnapping in Grozny of bard Hussein Betelgeriev, his wife reports. On the day of his kidnapping, the bard wrote in a social network about the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, reports journalist Anastasia Kirilenko.

According to the UN report, at least 33 people were killed and more than 200 others were injured as a result of escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, which occurred on April 2 and 3.

Zakharya Amirov has been unanimously elected the head of the Buynaksk administration. This was reported by Marat Djankhaev, a deputy of the Buynaksk City Council. According to him, out of 21, 14 deputies voted for Zakharya Amirov.

During the last 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Armenia violated the ceasefire for 121 times, reports the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), adding that Azerbaijan "retains control over all liberated territories." In is turn, the Armenian party said about today's the morning fights, in which three Azerbaijani tanks were destroyed.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has sent back for reconsideration the criminal case against Saidi Sultanov, a local resident, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment on the charge of aiding and abetting militants.

Idris Cherkhigov, the 27-year-old head of the administration of the Kurchaloi District, has been transferred to the post of the head of the secretariat of the leader of Chechnya. By taking his new post, Idris Cherkhigov has replaced another nephew of Ramzan Kadyrov.

During the week from March 28 to April 3, 2016, seven people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: four persons perished and three others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources

Last night, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces continued shelling the combat positions of the Defence Army and dwelling settlements of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), said the press service of the MoD of the NKR.

Relatives of Hussein Betelgeriev, a poet and singer, cannot be established his whereabouts since March 31. According to their version, Betelgeriev was taken away from home by "two unidentified men dressed in black uniform."

On the second day of the warfare in Karabakh conflict zone, the key question of what part of the unrecognized republic is under Azerbaijan control. The parties in conflict intend to take control over the key heights in the area of the village of Talysh, according to the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) of the conflicting parties.

The recording of men for military operations against Azerbaijan is being held around the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); at least six buses with volunteers have been sent from the square in Stepanakert to the conflict area.

The Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has announced that during the armed clashes on the border, over 200 soldiers of Azerbaijan were killed.

The statements of the parties of the Karabakh conflict on the current escalation are contradictory and do not allow defining the party, whose actions have resulted in aggravation of the situation. There is a real war in the border area, believe bloggers of the "Caucasian Knot".

Residents of Northern Caucasus have a demand for a democratic modernization of the region and its inclusion into the all-Russian legal environment, says the report "Northern Caucasus and Modern Model of Democratic Development".

As a result of shelling by Azerbaijan of Karabakh positions, a boy born in 2004 was killed, an two other kids were wounded by a shell rupture, said the MoD of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). There are victims on both sides of the conflict, said Artsruni Ovannisyan, the head of the press service of the Armenian Army.

Tonight, the air defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has brought down a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan; there are casualties, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic. The Azerbaijani party denies it.