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The voting at the second round of parliamentary elections in Abkhazia, scheduled for March 26, will have low turnout, the Abkhaz journalists Anton Krivenyuk and Ibragim Chkadua believe. There is no mandatory turnout threshold in the second round; so, it will not affect the outcome of the elections, the chairman of the CEC of Abkhazia has noted.

In case of an increase of Anatoly Bibilov's chances to win, the incumbent Leonid Tibilov will try to disrupt or falsify the election of the president of South Ossetia, said the Russian and South-Ossetian political analysts and politicians, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The actions of Varvara Karaulova are not under the definition of participation in a terrorist community, which was given by the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia, said her advocate Ilya Novikov. According to her defence, the result of the trial will be parents’ attempts to hide information about their children’s the contacts with militants.

The proposal to elect President of Georgia by electoral collegium is considered by the State Constitutional Commission. The ruling party supports the project; however, oppositionists insist to preserve the presidential election by direct vote.

Today, investigators in Stavropol presented Kirill Bobro, an activist of the "Yabloko" Party, a charge of a large-scale possession of drugs. Vitaly Zubenko, his advocate, said that the custody of his client has been appealed against.

Ilgar Mamedov, the imprisoned leader of the “Republican Alternative” (ReAl) movement, has asked for examination by foreign doctors, the ReAl has reported.

The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has approved the indictment against Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the "Yardyam" mosque, accused of public justification of terrorism, his advocate has reported.

A video has appeared on the Internet about a gay parade, allegedly held in Nalchik. The "Life" TV Channel, whose logo stands on the video, asks residents of Kabardino-Balkaria not to react to the video, treating it as a fake. Most of the comments under the video indicate that people did not believe that it is true.

The employees of the special-purpose division of the criminal-executive system (known as OSN UIS) of Kalmykia had failed to report to their bosses the use of physical force and special means when conducting an off-schedule "unified regime day" in the territory of IK-1 on September 20, 2012. This was stated by Sergey Makalzurov, the head of the above division.

For more than a year in Sochi, a 90-year veteran of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) cannot return the money, withdrawn by unidentified culprits from his bank account. The police refuse to open a theft case; and even the intervention of the prosecutor's office, which cancelled the refusal, did not help the veteran.

Today, at a rally in Tskhinvali, Alla Djioeva, whose victory at the presidential election in South Ossetia in 2011 was declared invalid, has expressed her support for Leonid Tibilov. Employees of the republic’s agencies and ministries said that they were obliged to come to the rally.

The information about the radioactive cargo, which was transported by the Belarusian airline, was in the accompanying documents; and the permit to transport it was duly received, the Ministry of Energy of Armenia has informed. The statement of the President of Belarus regarding the aircraft is an attack against Russia, Armenian political analysts believe.

The activist Sofia Rusova has left the police station in Moscow, where she was delivered after the picket. According to her story, she wrote an application about the damage to her personal property during the picket.

The rights of the victims of the terror act in Dubrovka were not observed during the sentencing of Khasan Zakaev, said the advocates, adding that Zakaev would not be able to pay compensation to the victims in the total amount of 37.5 million roubles.

Sofia Rusova, a board member of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), was detained during her solo picket in Moscow against the construction of ski resorts in the Caucasian Reserve.

The activists Sofia Rusova and Atsamaz Khadikov have held solo pickets at the building hosting the Eighth International Environmental Forum, protesting against the operation of the “Electrozink” Factory and the construction of a resort in the territory of the Caucasian Reserve.

The bodies of the militants, killed on January 11 in the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya and on January 30 in the city of Shali, have been buried into unmarked graves in the cemetery near Grozny, local residents report. Power agents followed the law on burial of terrorists.

The advocates of Abdurakhman Usmanov, accused of links with the “Islamic State” (IS), have submitted five motions asking to check his reports of torture, applied to him during the preliminary investigation. Four motions were rejected. The court agreed only to interrogate the Usmanov’s cellmate, who could see traces of torture on his body.

Among the visitors of the courses in Stavropol there are 15 children, for whom, according to organizers, studying the Circassian language is free of charge. The announcement of the opening of the courses arrived at the SMS-service of the "Caucasian Knot" on March 15.

The "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has initiated the drafting an appeal to the international community, in which, according to the party, it is necessary to declare "the Russia’s annexation in Georgia." The party's initiative is ill-conceived and populist, Georgian political analysts believe.