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For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the law enforcement agencies of "Kadyrov's" Chechnya are responsible for kidnapping of a person. This was emphasized by the experts when they commented on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights pronounced on the case of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov kidnapped in Chechnya.

Leonid Korzhinek, Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory, has inspected the conditions of detention of persons suspected of committing crimes in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 2 in the city of Armavir. The inspection has revealed material and living, health care and other discrepancies with the legislation that infringe upon the rights of persons in custody. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office.

A man killed today in Dagestan was involved in massacre in the Karabudakhkent District in March 2011, when five hunters were killed. This was reported by a representative of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

One of the possible reasons for decrease in the number of casualties of the conflict in North Caucasus was the change in the tactics of the armed underground. Militants quitted organizing terror acts in crowded places and started committing point attacks on representatives of law enforcement agencies and authorities. This was stated by political analyst Emil Panin.

On April 23 and 24, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh paid tribute to memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire by torchlight marching and laying wreaths at the memorial in Stepanakert.

On April 23, in Moscow, the Central House of Writers hosted the evening dedicated to the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

On the Day of Memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia and foreign countries hold mourning events, and the central event among them was the large mourning march in Yerevan to the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Tsitsernakaberd.

Today, Astrakhan activists held another series of solo pickets in support of opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny, the case against whom in connection with "Kirovles" is under consideration in Kirov.

The strike of advocates of Kabardino-Balkaria will not be started, since, during the meeting of the leaders of the Advocates' Chamber with representatives of the law enforcement agencies, it was agreed to respect the rights of representative of the advocate profession in exercising their professional activities.

Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talyshes), has made a demand to disqualify and punish the judge in his case. According to Hilal Mamedov's version, the judge openly supports prosecutors, advocate Khalid Bagirov reports.

In Azerbaijan, the Committee to protect the rights of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talyshes) held a picket in front of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, timed to the next court session on the Hilal Mamedov's case. The protest action was attended by about 30 persons.

At night on April 23, staff members of the prison No. 16 held a protest action in front of the Department of Corrections in Tbilisi.

Residents of the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, who returned to their houses after the special operation carried out by power agents, claimed disappearance of their personal belongings and damaged property. At present, the curfew has been introduced in the village, representatives of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Untsukul District report.

Johar Tsarnaev accused in committing the terror act in Boston told the police that he had no money for a private advocate and that his brother Tamerlan was the direct initiator of the explosions. This was reported by the US sources.

Two soldiers from the military units of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, who were wounded in the evening of April 21 as a result of landmine explosion in the mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya, are still in the hospital. The condition of one of them is estimated as grave.

The Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia search for persons suspected of beating a prisoner on February 24, 2012, in the penitentiary institution No. 15. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Khatuna Paichadze, Head of the Press Service of the Chief Prosecutor's Office.

In the morning of April 22, in Volgograd, at the solemn rally on the occasion of the 143rd birthday of Vladimir Lenin, more than 200 children became members of the Pioneer organization. In the evening, the city hosted a picket to demolish the mausoleum, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On April 22, in Tbilisi and Telavi, rural residents held protest actions, demanding to give promised compensations for the damage inflicted to their farms by natural disasters in the summer of 2012.

At least 282 persons suffered as a result of the terror act, which was committed on April 15 in Boston and which was allegedly initiated by Tsarnaev brothers, natives of Chechnya. This was reported by Nick Martin, a spokesman for the Boston Public Health Commission.

In the city of Szeged in southern Hungary, in the park of the Cathedral, a memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire was opened. The memorial represents a khachkar (a stone cross), and its opening was welcomed by Levon Sargsyan, Goodwill Ambassador of Armenia, and Janos Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary.