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A new treaty on strategic partnership and alliance has not become a document to secure the absorption of South Ossetia by Russia, and at present, it excludes the possibility of the "Crimean example." This opinion has been expressed by Russian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Politicians of North Ossetia believe that the both parties will benefit from the treaty.

On March 18, Makhachkala hosted an All-Dagestani rally devoted to the 1st anniversary of the Crimea's joining to Russia. The event was also attended by delegations from Kaspiysk, Buynaksk, and Kizlyar. Most of the participants of the rally were students and staff members of the public institutions of Makhachkala.

In Chechnya, the case against Vizir Zaurbekov, a resident of the Shatoy District, accused of aiding and abetting members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) has been submitted to the court.

On March 18, Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, disseminated the text of his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning the case against Intigam Aliev and continuing harassment of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

In Dagestan, an 83-year-old participant of the hunger strike in the village of Shushiya of the Novolak District has stopped her hunger strike at the request of other protestors. According to the hunger-strikers, their health state is normal.

As stated by Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, the cooperation treaty, signed by Russia and South Ossetia, undermines security in the region.

The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has treated the verdict to Siraj Kerimli, a brother of the oppositional activist Faraj Kerimli, as just another nail into the coffin of the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan.

An initiative group of parishioners of the central mosque of Buynaksk has urged shop and bar owners to stop selling alcohol. As a result of this work, four beer bars have been already closed; and several stores have stopped selling alcohol.

Murad Khiriyasulaev, whose detention by law enforcers was reported by eyewitnesses, is kept at the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, one of his friends said.

Not all the necessary equipment has been purchased for the reconstruction of the school No. 20 in Grozny, which suffered in an attack of militants. This was found out by the inspection carried out under the supervision of the leader of Chechnya. As a result, the Chief of the Department of Education, the Deputy Mayor of Grozny, was dismissed.

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.