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In Sochi, court marshals have arrested an apartment in a house in Pasechnaya Street, in which two minor children live, in order to collect a debt of the former husband of the owner of the apartment.

The circumstances of an explosion of a grenade activated in front of the house of Magomed Khashtyrov, an employee of the Ingush Muftiate, prove that the attack was not aimed at the owner of the house or members of his family. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The cassation appeal filed by journalist Marina Khachatryan is not accepted by the court to the proceedings. The defence has announced the intention to file a complaint in the case to the ECtHR.

Two suspected militants’ helpers and Aslan Konov, a resident of the Terek District, have lodged their applications to the Adaptation Commission of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR); the latter was detained after his attempt to go to Syria.

The loss of the NKR’s Defence Army in the Karabakh conflict zone made 32 servicemen, other 25 are considered missing.

On April 5 and 6, 18 soldiers and volunteers injured in Nagorno-Karabakh were brought to the Yerevan military hospital "Muratsan".

According to Azerbaijani experts, the consolidation of their troops at Lele Tepe height will enable the Azerbaijani Army to develop the offensive on the flat terrain of the NKR, while the capture of the heights near the villages of Talysh and Seisulan has weakened the positions of the Armenian party on the Agdere direction.

The investigating bodies have put forward a petition to the court asking to place the husband of Marem Alieva, a disappeared resident of Ingushetia, into custody. This was announced by Vitaly Zubenko, a lawyer from the project "Legal Initiative in Russia", who is representing the victims’ interests.

The militants put on the wanted list are accused of participating in the banned terrorist organization "Islamic State” (IS). Also, the Kuban (Krasnodar Territorial) power agents are searching for a helper to the "Jabhat al-Nusra".

At a search, Ekaterina Lukyanenko, the Minister of Social Development of the Astrakhan Region, herself gave away the money; and later she felt bad and an ambulance was called to her, Vartan Simonyan, a witness, said at the court session.

The Dagestani Ministry for Sports and Youth Affairs has planned to hold a series of educational meetings with local residents in connection with the incident of desecration of a Buddha statue in Elista.

The works of Chechen publicists Rizvan Ibragimov and Aslambek Didiev can be recognized as extremist literature and banned in the territory of Russia. This was reported by an official from the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.

At present, more than 130 residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, including 28 women, are in Syria in the ranks of the terrorist organizations. This was reported by Kazbek Tatuev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria.

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.