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Stephen Silva, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of the organization of the terror act during the Boston Marathon, has testified against his friend in exchange for a reduced sentence to himself. The witness has confirmed that he gave Tsarnaev his pistol.

More than 100 questions were asked to Russian representatives at the session of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) in Geneva. The number of questions raised by experts also included those related to special operations in Northern Caucasus and investigations into resonant murders.

Investigators have completed the investigation into the main criminal case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, and submitted it to the Prosecutor's Office for approval. In addition to the organization of the investigator's murder, Said Amirov is charged with terrorism.

The fact that Valery Permyakov is still under Russian jurisdiction impedes the investigation into the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri. This opinion has been expressed by representatives of the successors and relatives of the killed persons.

In Sochi, the Road Department "Chernomorye" (Black Sea) has filed a claim to evict members of the Saveliev family of a vacant cottage occupied by them. The Saveliev family has lost the housing after their house was demolished in the interests of the Olympic construction, and the family members have announced their intention to file a counterclaim.

On March 17, members of the Moscow Public Oversight Commission (POC) visited the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), where Khamzat Bakhaev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, accused of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov, are kept. Tamerlan Eskerkhanov complained about abuses and threats from the IVS staff.

Zaur Dadaev was promised five million roubles for killing the politician Boris Nemtsov, says the article by Svetlana Reiter and Anastasia Mikhailova, published by the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting).

Today, Maxim Baklagin, Vyacheslav Isaev, Mikhail Volkov and Yuri Tikhomirov, the defendants in the case of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN), announced their last plea; and Yuri Tikhomirov declared his complete innocence.

The advocate of the Azerbaijani human rights activist Intigam Aliev, accused of illegal entrepreneurship, has presented to the court the screenshots of the pages, deleted from the website of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). They show that the grants, which were implemented by the Aliev's organization, had been duly registered by the MoJ.

Murad Khiriyasulaev was detained by power agents in Makhachkala, said his friends; however, the police had not yet confirmed his detention.

Eyewitnesses have reported that power agents detained more than ten parishioners of the mosque located in the settlement of Semender in the outskirt of Makhachkala, adding that later all the detainees were released.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has not allowed members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to visit defendants in Boris Nemtsov murder case. The ICRF has treated the visit as inappropriate; however, investigators promised to check the information about the unlawful use of force against the suspects.

Till present, investigators have not yet changed the motive in Boris Nemtsov murder case. This was reported by advocates of Zaur Dadaev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov.

In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the court is to consider a criminal case against a resident of Nalchik, accused of unauthorized blocking of the access to the website of the Kabardino-Balkarian Government.

In the village of Leninkent on the outskirts of the capital of Dagestan, mass detentions of mosque-goers took place. According to eyewitnesses, all the detainees were released.

Ingush opposition activist Magomed Khazbiev has been put on the international wanted list, while he remains under public protection in Chechnya. This was reported by advocate Khedy Ibrieva. According to investigators, the activist went to Kiev.

As stated today by Ivan Gerasimov, the advocate of Zaur Dadaev, who is accused of killing the oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov, his client has an alibi.

Today, the Baku court has sentenced Siraj Kerimli, who was recognized to be a "prisoner of conscience" by the "Amnesty International", to six years in prison.

Locals report that the introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Novolak and Kazbek Districts of Dagestan has not told negatively on their life; and they don't see any accumulation of military machines on the highway Khasavyurt-Makhachkala.

Today, ten residents of the village of Shushiya in the Novolak District of Dagestan have resumed their hunger strike with a demand to allocate land plots to them.