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Four residents of Bashkiria, who are, according to prosecutors, members of the "Imarat Kavkaz", have been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunitions and explosives. This was reported on March 31 by the local Prosecutor's Office.

During the week of March 24-30, 2014, at least 14 persons suffered in the armed conflict in North Caucasus. Of them, 11 persons were killed and 3 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Investigation in the case on the murder of Dakhir Djankezov unreasonably rejects all defence motions. This was reported by Evgeny Kuzyur, an advocate from the Stavropol Regional Advocates' Chamber. Evgeny Kuzyur represents the interests of defendant Ruslan Rakhaev, the former deputy head of the Cherkessk GOVD (City Interior Division).

The Azerbaijani opposition appreciates the official Baku's position to support the UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine's territorial integrity. This was stated by Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who on March 29 spoke at the session of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF).

Georgia should seek to Eurasian integration. However, the conflict around Abkhazia and South Ossetia significantly hinders that tendency. This was stated by Georgian experts at the videoconference "Eurasian Choice of 2014".

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a defendant in the case on the terror act committed during the marathon in Boston, acted under pressure of his elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev. This was stated by advocates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

During the period from January to March 2014, 27 persons who served in the armed forces of Azerbaijan perished. This was stated by the report prepared by the "Doctrine" Journalists' Military Research Centre.

Events in Ukraine have little impact on relations between Russia and Georgia, which remain quite complicated, said the experts who participated in the roundtable on the topic "Russian-Georgian Relations in Context of Ukrainian Crisis".

On Saturday, March 29, Moscow hosted mourning ceremonies in commemoration of the casualties of the terror acts committed in Moscow metro in 2010.

Alikhan Kulbuzhev, a resident of the village of Dolakovo, Nazran District of Ingushetia, whose kidnapping on March 28 was reported by his wife, tried to commit suicide after being questioned by the police, and is now in the intensive care unit, his brother told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Forensic experts have revealed bodily injuries, qualified as moderate, in Andzor Akhokhov, the organizer of the dispersed February protest held in Nalchik against the Sochi Olympics. According to forensic experts, the harm could have been caused to Akhokhov on February 7-8.

The situation with observance of women's rights in Russia and Armenia remains very difficult; while women-rights defenders, who raise this issue, lack support from the state and media. This was stated by the participants of the debates "Ways to strengthen and protect women-rights defenders" held on March 27 in Yerevan.

The new accumulative pension system in Armenia has its flaws, but it is a must; otherwise the country will have to raise taxes or increase the retirement age, Akop Akopyan, an MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), told the Constitutional Court, which considers the claim asking to treat the new pension system as unconstitutional.

On March 28, in Tbilisi, about 100 people took part in the action held in front of the house, where the press-centre of the RIA "Novosti" is located, under the slogan "Putin, don't touch me!" The action was aimed to disrupt the TV Bridge Tbilisi-Moscow.

In Yerevan, on March 28, a rally was held of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, where the official Armenian's position on the territorial integrity of Ukraine was criticized.

At the trial in Baku of activists of the "Nida" Movement, Shakheen Novruzlu, one of the defendants, said that in the first days after detention he was subjected to physical and psychological pressure in the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Another defendant – Bakhtiyar Guliev also spoke about beatings at the police.

On Friday, March 28, in Yerevan, opponents of the mandatory accumulative pension system held an action blindfolded near the building of the Constitutional Court.

The court in Ingushetia has found Yunadi Shakhtamirov, a Chechen resident, guilty of an attempted murder of Ruslan Dakhkilgov, the head of the "Rosselkhoznadzor" (Russian Federal Agriculture Supervising Agency) for Ingushetia, and murder of his driver, says the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

In today's world, the appearance of a Muslim may not always correspond to those trends of Islam that he/she professes; while close control over appearance of parishioners is a specific practice for Northern Caucasus – this is the comment of Islam scientists on the new instruction of the Kadi of Grozny, who obliged Chechen Imams to present weekly report on the appearance of their parishioners.

The positions of the countries of Southern Caucasus on the legitimacy of the Crimea's accession to Russia after the March 16 referendum were different. During the voting at the session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Azerbaijan and Georgia supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine, while Armenia voted against the resolution on recognizing the Crimean referendum illegal.