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On April 8, at the trial in the case against journalist Boris Stomakhin accused of public justification of the terror acts in Volgograd, the court questioned two people. A former cellmate of the defendant told the court that the journalist expresses his joy about the terror act in Volgograd.

Asya Khandokhova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has claimed being subjected to pressure by power agents during the incident with blocking of a shop in Baksan. The young woman has also added that she fears provocations in her address.

Shamsudin Tsakaev, an advocate of Zaur Dadaev, one of the defendants accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has sent a complaint to the Basmanny District Court of Moscow about the barriers in the defence of his client.

In Chechnya, Sultan Daurbekov, a defendant in the case of "honour killing", has told the court that he had killed his daughter in the heat of passion. When justifying the crime, one of the witnesses referred to the statements of Ramzan Kadyrov, the HRC "Memorial" reports.

The Krasnodar Court has dismissed the appeal filed by an advocate of Khaiser Djemilev about the decision to extend the period of detention of his client. The Court has also formed a jury.

Three versions of the murder of Boris Nemtsov originally voiced by investigators and officials have been reduced to the arrest of natives of Chechnya and the search for the organizers of the crime in the territory of the region.

The trial in the case against the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (BORN), which takes place in the Moscow Regional Court, has been postponed. The Court decided to wait for characteristics for the three defendants to be received from the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

In the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, policemen found a policeman shot dead and a wounded resident of the republic.

In the capital of Armenia, about 200 members of the "Founding Parliament" carry out a protest action with the demand to stop the prosecution of activists of the opposition movement.

The Moscow Regional Court has started discussing the jury's verdict in the case of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN). The psychiatric examination has found out that two defendants are healthy and aware of their own actions.

The Stavropol Regional Court has granted the motion filed by the defence of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov to attach to the case materials the results of the psycho-linguistic examination of the testimonies given by prosecution witnesses.

In the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, investigators attempt to reveal the connection between Ruslan Geremeev, the ex-officer of the Chechen battalion "Sever" (North), and the suspected perpetrators of the crime. This has been reported today by the "Kommersant".

The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has sent to the court a criminal case against a Makhachkala resident accused of posting in one of the social networks a video record and texts calling for extremist actions.

Today, on the International Romani Day, the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) "Memorial" presents its report "Romani and war. Romani residents of eastern Ukraine affected by war: refugees, migrants, and victims of violence." The report has been prepared by ADC experts on the basis of field investigations and interviews with dozens of Romani refugees held in the Rostov Region and other regions.

A resident of Nalchik has become involved in the case of the transfer of clothing, money, and food to militants.

The Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has declared a hunger strike to protest against the refusal of the Supreme Court (SC) to consider his appeal.

In Baksan, power agents have unblocked a shop and let Asya Khandokhova out of it. This was reported by Ibragim Sultigov, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In Krasnodar and Sochi, local activists held an action in memory of Boris Nemtsov by joining the all-Russian action "One Minute of Non-silence".

A public prosecutor has asked the court to sentence to life imprisonment three defendants in the case of the terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi in Dagestan. Besides, the public prosecutor has asked the court to sentence the fourth defendant to 15 years of imprisonment.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has acquitted Ibragim Askhabaliev, a resident of the Khasavyurt District, a defendant in the case of murder, involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and illegal possession of weapons.