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A photo of Alexander Zhilkin, Governor of Astrakhan Region, dressed in the uniform of the Nazi army, caused resonance in the Russian blogosphere. There are no official comments; however, the governor's friends assert that the photo was made at a revue-sketch comedy 20 years ago.

During three days, on March 27-29, law enforcement officials of South Ossetia delivered to the Georgian party five persons detained on suspicion of illegally crossing the border.

On March 17-28, the Yerevan's Freedom Square hosted an open civil forum, organized by supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan, the runner-up in the February 18 presidential election and the leader of the "Heritage" Party. Representatives of the political forces, activists and ordinary citizens were invited to speak there.

Today in Yerevan, a number of environmental organizations and activists held am action in support of the ecologist Egiya Nersisyan, who is sued by a mining company.

Marina Nasirova, a resident of Ingushetia and a Chechen by her origin, said she was beaten because of her nationality.

In Azerbaijan, Hilal Mamedov, the detained editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", has become the first laureate of the award named after the lawyer Isakhan Ashurov. A Themis statuette was given to Ramiz Mamedov, the inmate's lawyer on March 29.

The international "Liakhvi" Group, set up by the initiative of the Georgian party, will deal with the issues of rational management of water resources in the South-Ossetian conflict zone.

At a briefing on March 28, Christian Bzhaniya, the official representative of the president of Abkhazia, voiced out the position of his boss in relation to the demands of the opposition expressed on March 11 at a rally in Sukhumi. The president has rejected all the points of the resolution adopted by the rally.

On March 28, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) celebrated the Revival Day of the Balkar people with a motor rally, folk festivals, literary parties and sporting events.

The residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who suffer from diabetes mellitus complain about the absence of insulin in all the pharmacies of the republic. Those in Stepanakert have confirmed that there were no shipments of insulin for sale since the beginning of January.

In Sochi, the storm has destroyed the shore-stabilization structures built in the Imereti Lowland. According to local residents, the reason is in design errors and poor work quality.

National air carrier of Armenia “Armavia” suspended flights from April, 1, and initiated a bankruptcy procedure, Press service of the company reported.

The investigation considers that mass disturbances on May, 6, 2012, in Bolotnaya square of Moscow were organized by leader of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov, Russian oppositionists Leonid Razvozzhaev and Konstantin Lebedev and Georgian politician Givi Targamadze.

Today Muscovites and guests of the capital are bringing flowers to the metro stations “Lubiyanka” and “Park Kultiri” where acts of terror with the participation of women suicide bombers were committed three years ago. The investigators are going on with their work to establish persons involved in this terror.

During the hurricane that fell upon Adzharia several days ago one man perished. It was David Geladze, fisherman from the settlement of Sarpi, who was washed down by a wave. Over 300 houses got damaged. The Government of Georgia decided to help the owners of the damaged houses to restore them but many local residents are still doing it at their own expense.

Paruir Airikyan, a former presidential candidate in Armenia, has received 20.5 million drams (about 50,000 US dollars) from the government for taking his treatment after the suffered attack and has left for Holland.

According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Georgia, more than a thousand servicemen, illegally dismissed from the Ministry, have been reinstated.

Arthur Dalgatov, Acting Minister of Education of Dagestan, has signed an order to increase the pay of teachers and employees of the primary and secondary vocational education.

The "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russia's Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) has allowed the two Georgian producers "Kindzmarauli Marani" and "Wine House Dugladze" to import their wines to the Russian market.

Today, employees from the inspecting bodies – the Prosecutor's Offices and the Ministry of Justice – appeared at the office of Russia's oldest human rights organization – the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).