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At least 133 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the first quarter of this year; of them, 84 people were killed and at least 49 more wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In Azerbaijan, the defence has challenged the arrest of Rauf Mirkadyrov, accused of treason. International human rights organizations and public activists of the country expressed their doubts about the grounds for charges against the journalist and called to release him.

On April 22, the frigate "USS Taylor" of the US Navy entered the Black Sea. This was reported by an official from the General Staff of the Russian Navy Forces. Meanwhile, military men of the Southern Military District (SMD) report on their intention to show the public for the first time the samples of equipment at disposal of the SMD navy units: the system designed to destroy surface vessels.

In Chechnya, starting from the beginning of the year, law enforcers detained five suspected accomplices of militants. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya. According to the source, the armed underground in the territory of Chechnya has been almost completely destroyed.

Nagorno-Karabakh demonstrates progress in constructing state and strengthening democratic values. This progress may be encouraged by a more active position of the European Union towards the unrecognized state. This was stated by Frank Engel, a member of European Parliament (MEP).

On Wednesday morning, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) was introduced in the Derbent and Tabasaran Districts of Dagestan. This was reported by the operational headquarters of Dagestan.

The Kuschevskaya District Court found four local residents, members of an organized criminal grouping, guilty of serious crimes. They were sentenced to 7-14 years of imprisonment.

Persons, who have organized discharge of construction waste in the Tsanyk Creek in Sochi, will be brought to administrative and criminal responsibility. This was reported by the police. The protocol against persons guilty of breaking rules of improvement and sanitary maintenance was transferred to the administrative commission. This was reported by the Khosta administration.

In South Ossetia, members of NGOs speak out against the use of the term "foreign agent" in the laws. People will find it difficult to understand the difference between an "agent" and a "spy". This opinion was expressed by Dina Alborova, the leader of the Agency for Socio-Economic and Cultural Development.

In the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, a special operation took place aimed to find supporters of members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), said the head of the village Arslanali Alikhanov.

Boris Stomakhin, a founder of the newsletter "Radical Politics", who had served a sentence for providing informational help to websites supporting militants in Chechnya, has been sentenced by the Court to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security colony. Upon completion of his sentence, Boris Stomakhin will be prohibited from working as a journalist.

In Dagestan, a new director of the Kizlyar Cognac Factory has been appointed. This was reported by Nikolai Spirin, Cossack Chieftain of the Kizlyar Special Near-Border District of the Lower Terek Cossack Army. According to his story, Oleg Artukhov became the company's director.

In Yessentuki, policemen have detained ex-military man, in whose car they found an improvised explosive device (IED) with electric detonator. According to the preliminary information, the bomb power was about one kilogram of TNT (trotyl) equivalent.

The investigating authorities of Dagestan have identified a suspected assassinator of Musa Islavov, a Deputy (MP) of the People's Assembly of Dagestan. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

On Tuesday, in the capital of Azerbaijan, policemen have dispersed a group of supporters of the arrested activists of the movement "Nida", who gathered near the building of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. The Court has listened to the final speeches delivered by advocates in the case against the activists.

About 160 workers involved in the construction of the Gotsatlin Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) on the Avar Koisu River in Dagestan went on strike demanding payment of their 2-month wage debts.

On the eve of May holidays, the authorities of the Chechen capital organized weekly Saturday works (subbotniks) to clean the city streets of garbage. Local entrepreneurs complain that the responsibilities of public utilities were shifted to their shoulders, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

At night of April 22, in a Moscow metro train, a native of Northern Caucasus opened fire from a traumatic pistol on four citizens of Belarus. This was reported by the press service of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Moscow. As a result of the incident, one of the Belarusian citizens was heavily wounded in his head.

In Northern Caucasus, the earthquake was felt in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and North Ossetia. This was reported by the Departments for the KBR and North Ossetia of the Ministries for Emergencies (MfE).

The blame for the conflict in Syria is on the country's government; and the Syrian Free Army fights against both Bashar Assad's troops and radicals, while the population Kesab left their homes, fearing bombings of Syrian aviation. This was stated by the participants of the roundtable "Syria's Road Map in Transition Period" held on April 17 in Moscow.