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The press service of the administration of the city of Anapa reports that as a result of illegal construction of a cafe on the beach area of the Utrish Reserve dozens of relict trees listed in the Red Book were damaged. The Prosecutor's Office has begun searching for the customer.

As reported by activists from the courtroom, on April 2, the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar plans to announce the verdict to Professor Mikhail Savva, the Director of Grant Programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre.

In Chechnya, relatives of Alvi Abdurakhmanov report his disappearance after detention by law enforcers. Earlier the jury acquitted him on charges of robbery and attack on power officials. However, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov stated the illegality of the acquittal.

In Georgia, politicians, including the oppositionists, declare their readiness to support the proposal announced by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to constitutionally secure the definition of a family as a union of a man and a woman. Members of the State Commission of Georgia have already prepared an appropriate statement to change the Constitution Article on equality of spouses in marriage.

Four residents of Bashkiria, who are, according to prosecutors, members of the "Imarat Kavkaz", have been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunitions and explosives. This was reported on March 31 by the local Prosecutor's Office.

During the week of March 24-30, 2014, at least 14 persons suffered in the armed conflict in North Caucasus. Of them, 11 persons were killed and 3 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Investigation in the case on the murder of Dakhir Djankezov unreasonably rejects all defence motions. This was reported by Evgeny Kuzyur, an advocate from the Stavropol Regional Advocates' Chamber. Evgeny Kuzyur represents the interests of defendant Ruslan Rakhaev, the former deputy head of the Cherkessk GOVD (City Interior Division).

The Azerbaijani opposition appreciates the official Baku's position to support the UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine's territorial integrity. This was stated by Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who on March 29 spoke at the session of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF).

Georgia should seek to Eurasian integration. However, the conflict around Abkhazia and South Ossetia significantly hinders that tendency. This was stated by Georgian experts at the videoconference "Eurasian Choice of 2014".

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a defendant in the case on the terror act committed during the marathon in Boston, acted under pressure of his elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev. This was stated by advocates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

During the period from January to March 2014, 27 persons who served in the armed forces of Azerbaijan perished. This was stated by the report prepared by the "Doctrine" Journalists' Military Research Centre.

Events in Ukraine have little impact on relations between Russia and Georgia, which remain quite complicated, said the experts who participated in the roundtable on the topic "Russian-Georgian Relations in Context of Ukrainian Crisis".

On Saturday, March 29, Moscow hosted mourning ceremonies in commemoration of the casualties of the terror acts committed in Moscow metro in 2010.

Alikhan Kulbuzhev, a resident of the village of Dolakovo, Nazran District of Ingushetia, whose kidnapping on March 28 was reported by his wife, tried to commit suicide after being questioned by the police, and is now in the intensive care unit, his brother told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Forensic experts have revealed bodily injuries, qualified as moderate, in Andzor Akhokhov, the organizer of the dispersed February protest held in Nalchik against the Sochi Olympics. According to forensic experts, the harm could have been caused to Akhokhov on February 7-8.

The situation with observance of women's rights in Russia and Armenia remains very difficult; while women-rights defenders, who raise this issue, lack support from the state and media. This was stated by the participants of the debates "Ways to strengthen and protect women-rights defenders" held on March 27 in Yerevan.

The new accumulative pension system in Armenia has its flaws, but it is a must; otherwise the country will have to raise taxes or increase the retirement age, Akop Akopyan, an MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), told the Constitutional Court, which considers the claim asking to treat the new pension system as unconstitutional.

On March 28, in Tbilisi, about 100 people took part in the action held in front of the house, where the press-centre of the RIA "Novosti" is located, under the slogan "Putin, don't touch me!" The action was aimed to disrupt the TV Bridge Tbilisi-Moscow.

In Yerevan, on March 28, a rally was held of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, where the official Armenian's position on the territorial integrity of Ukraine was criticized.

At the trial in Baku of activists of the "Nida" Movement, Shakheen Novruzlu, one of the defendants, said that in the first days after detention he was subjected to physical and psychological pressure in the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Another defendant – Bakhtiyar Guliev also spoke about beatings at the police.