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In Sochi, the opening ceremony held at the Olympic stadium "Fisht" launched the 11th Paralympic Winter Games.The Paralympics will be performed by 575 athletes from 45 countries – the largest number of participating countries in the history of the Paralympic Games.

In Yerevan, the police have released three protesters against the pension reform earlier detained in front of the Ministry of Finance. They may be administratively fined.

Today, the advocate of Mardiros Demerchyan filed an appeal to the Adler Court against the handwriting examination appointed by the court, said a source from the court.

On March 5, at the court session at the Military Court of the Znamensky Garrison of the Astrakhan Region, the military prosecutor's office moved a petition to cancel the investigator's decision to stop the criminal case on the death of Private Vadim Mambetov; the case was sent for retrial.

On March 6, in Makhachkala, the international theological conference "Russian Muslims: Rights and Duties" completed its work. The participants called their fellow Muslims to moderation, rejection of fanaticism and non-admission of neglect of norms of Islam, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted the complaint lodged by Tofig Yagublu, the deputy chairman of the "Musavat" Party on violation of his right to freedom. The complaint was filed in connection with Yagublu's arrest in February 2013 under the criminal case on the riots in the Azerbaijani city of Ismailly.

Shamil Nurmagomedov, a native of the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, is accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in Syria. His advocate Sapiyat Magomedova treats the charge as illegal, stating that the confession was squeezed under pressure.

On the 22nd day of the strike held by workers of gold mines in Bolnisi, the number of protesters has reached fifteen hundred. Employers made some concessions, but the workers insist on reinstatement of all their earlier dismissed colleagues.

On February 24, Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), was convoyed from SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Krasnodar to serve his term in the Tambov Region; and he is now in colony-settlement No. 2 of the Department for the Tambov Region.

In Armenia residents of the villages of Ushi, Oganavan, Artashavan, Karbi, Sagmosavan, Erznka and Egvard, located in the Aragatsot Region, blocked the highway Ashtarak-Aparan. They demand to stop the construction of a new hydropower plant (HPP) on the water line Aparan-Yerevan.

The final stage of the Paralympic Torch Relay was held in Sochi today with a small number of spectators, unlike the Olympic Torch Relay, local residents report.

Rallies, declared as actions in support of Russian-speaking population of the Crimea and the entire Ukraine, were held today in Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk. The participants expressed their support for Russia's official position on the Crimean issue.

In Azerbaijan, Tyurkel Alisoy, a member of the Board of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was subjected to administrative detention for 20 days. This decision was made today by the Nasimi District Court of Baku, which found Alisoy guilty of disobeying lawful demands of policemen.

Sochi has launched the final stage of the Paralympic Winter Games Torch Relay. On March 5, the Central Square of the Ski Centre "Roza Khutor" in Krasnaya Polyana was the venue of the symbolic unification of the Paralympic Flame, which had visited – within 10 days – 46 cities in eight federal districts of Russia.

As reported on March 5 by a law enforcement source, two brothers from Dagestan – Arsen and Arthur Khabibulaev – were detained in the Svetloyarsky District of the Volgograd Region on suspicion of preparing a terror act.

Inquiry is underway in Geguti Prison No. 14 into the murder of the convict Gigi Pertanadze, committed at night on March 4 during a scuffle of five inmates, says the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia.

The publishing house of Maria and Victor Kotlyarov in Kabardino-Balkaria has published a book written by them – "Balkaria: Deportation. Eyewitnesses Evidence", dated to the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Balkar people.

Volgograd Communists have mailed more than 50 kilograms of small coins to the regional governor, which were collected during the campaign "Give your last kopeck to Bozhenov!"

The police have detained four activists who held a picket in front of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. In total, about 30 persons protested against Russia's actions in relation to Ukraine.

Today, opposite the Russian Embassy in Baku a picket was held in protest against the policy of Russian authorities in Ukraine. It was attended by about 10 young people.