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The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has refused to change the freedom restraint measure of journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, who had challenged his arrest on charges of treason. The journalist's lawyer has treated the CoA's ruling as illegal.

On Friday, in Azerbaijan, an unidentified person attacked Faraim Ilgaroglu, a reporter of the oppositional newspaper "Yeni Musavat". It happened at the entrance of the house, where the journalist lives, in the Nizami District of Baku. Ilgaroglu himself says he does not know the reasons for the attack; policemen began investigating the incident.

Last night, in the village of Shamilkala of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, a private car owned by an inspector of the Dagestani road police (known as GIBBD), was blown up. This was reported by a local resident. According to a source in the Untsukul ROVD (Interior Division), no one was injured in the explosion.

On April 24, the Simonovo District Court of Moscow started to consider the claim on protection of honour and dignity filed by Shamil Isaev, a deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan, against journalist Orkhan Djemal.

In Georgia, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused a surge of pro-Russian statements. In March, pro-Russian NGOs held several actions. Every time, those activities were opposed by local forces that expressed their support to the new Ukrainian authorities.

After 99 years passed since the Genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey still "eschews an important step in the recognition of historical truth." The official Ankara's position has nothing in common with the reality, and Armenia should continue to seek recognition of the genocide by the international community. This opinion was expressed by Armenian experts.

The resolution issued by senior investigator of the Investigating Division for the city of Cherkessk of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) refuses to open a criminal case against the policemen who detained Arthur Aidinov and carried out investigative actions in his case. The reason is lack of evidence.

In Dagestan, the Buynaksk City Court has postponed from April 25 for indefinite period the court session on the case against Zarema Bagavutdinova, a member of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), who is accused of promoting terrorist activities.

In the Rostov Region that borders with Ukraine, two road accident involving armoured vehicles occurred. As a result, four persons were killed and one was injured. Meanwhile, the Russian Minister of Defence has announced the military manoeuvres in the areas bordering with Ukraine because of the situation in the south-east of the country.

Advocate Aralbek Dumanishev has filed to the Investigating Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Prosecutor's Office for Kabardino-Balkaria a complain about the actions of staff members of the Baksan OVD (Interior Division).

Saigidpasha Umakhanov, Mayor of Khasavyurt, has stated he used to be a close friend of Akhmat Kadyrov, and therefore, he refuses to start polemics with his son, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who claims Saigidpasha Umakhanov has relationship with Dagestani militants.

In Khasavyurt, an owner of a blocked house with his wife and two militants were killed. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies. According to the source, one of the alleged members of the underground was suspected in the assassination of Musa Islavov, a people's deputy of Dagestan.

On Thursday, the Baku Court on Grave Crimes chaired by Judge Akhmed Guliev has started court hearings on the case against Abdul Abilov, a 32-year-old active user of Facebook, a creator of the group "Stop Sycophants!", who is accused of drug trafficking. At the court hearing, the Court has pronounced the indictment and listened to the testimonies of eight witnesses for prosecution.

In the Stavropol Territory, a district police inspector, who, according to investigators, failed to respond to a report on armed men, who later killed six taxi drivers, was found guilty of negligence. This was reported in the Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Stavropol Territory.

At the trial in Rostov-on-Don, Said Amirov, a former Mayor of Makhachkala, and Yusup Djaparov, Deputy Mayor of Kaspiysk, refused to plead guilty for the crimes they allegedly committed. The charge was based on the testimonies of witnesses, who were subjected to pressure. This was reported by advocate Vladimir Postanyuk.

In Chechnya, investigators have refused to institute a criminal case to investigate the report of the human right defenders: they have reported that Ruslan Kutaev, President of the "Assembly of Peoples of Caucasus" who is kept in custody on charges of illegal possession of drugs, was subjected to torture.

Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), has expressed his concern over the deterioration of the situation with democratic freedoms in Azerbaijan. He has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to comply with their international obligations in the sphere of human rights, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On April 23, Yerevan hosted a torchlight procession to pay tribute to the memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Participants of the torch procession demanded to withdraw the Armenian-Turkish protocols of 2009.

As reported by the Baku Military Court, Vice Admiral Shakhin Sultanov, the former Commander of the Navy of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, has been arrested for three months.

On April 22, the local ethnographic expedition "Native Landscape", headed by Victor Kotlyarov and Maria Kotlyarova, found a hideout with a large number of grenades and shells of the Russian Civil War in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).