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175 fires with four victims happened in the first quarter of 2012 in the territory of Chechen Republic.

A non-governmental movement "We do care!" held an action in Stachki prospect of Rostov-on-Don demanding construction of interchanges near the new bridge in Siversa prospect.

On April, 19, the court of Lenin district of Rostov-on-Don brought a judgment of prolongation of custody term to publisher Alexander Tolmachev suspected of extortion.

The violations detected in the videos from polling stations in Astrakhan have to do mainly with the procedure of vote tabulation, said a source from the working group, engaged in watching the videos.

Under the order of Rovnag Abdulaev, President of the SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan), a commission was set up at the company to investigate the events of April 18 in Sulu-Tepe residential area, where clashes between the company's securities and local residents took place. During the conflict journalists suffered, in particular, Idrak Abbasov, an employee of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and the "Aina" (Mirror) newspaper, was beaten.

Coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" Sergey Udaltsov said that he would temporarily suspend his hunger strike held in solidarity with oppositionists in Astrakhan, who failed to admit the outcomes of the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan.

Today, the Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov and a State Duma Deputy Rizvan Kurbanov have held a sitting of the commission for adaptation of militants to peaceful life. Three petitions were satisfied, while the repeated petition of Mirzamagomedov was denied.

Relatives of the 16-year-old boy from the village of Karata, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who was wounded by a policeman on 16 March and who is in coma since, do not believe in the proper objectivity at the investigation into the crime by local authorities. They report about attempts of pressure on the investigators, participants and witnesses to the incident and ask the leadership of Dagestan and Russia's power bosses to take the inquiry of the case under their control.

Resident of Krasnodar Ludmila Kablukova has been on a hunger strike near the White House in Moscow stating that she became victim of swindlers who took away her house and homestead which had been her private property. According to her, neither the courts nor her appeals to bodies of power yielded any results.

Natives of Ingushetia who are serving penalty in correctional facilities (CF) of Irkutsk and Kirov regions of the Russian Federation are asking Head of the republic Yunus-bek Evkurov to find an opportunity of building a colony in the territory of Ingushetia. They explain that they undergo oppression on ethnic grounds and seldom see their relatives because of financial problems.

Yesterday, April, 18, public actions of supporters and opponents of ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Shein were held simultaneously in the town of Volzhsky, Volgograd region.

The Russian fishing ship "Tyulen-6" (Seal-6), which has anchored at the port of the Democratic Republic of Congo and which crew is seeking payment of wage arrears from the ship owner, faces running out of reserve of food.

Yaqub Shakhin oglu Nasrullazade, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, shot himself dead from his service weapon. This was reported by Teimur Abdullaev, Deputy Chief of the press service of the Defence Ministry of the country.

Today, in Baku, Idrak Abbasov, a staff member of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and of the newspaper "Aina" (Mirror) was severely beaten. The incident happened at about 12:00 a.m. in a residential area of Sulu-Tepe in the village of Khodjasan of Binagadi District of Baku.

The trial on the case of the attack on power agencies located in Nalchik, which was committed by militants on October 13, 2005, partially read off the records of interrogation of defendant Ruslan Khanov. The defendant argues that he gave his testimony under physical and psychological pressure.

On Tuesday, April 17, in Baku, two police officers tried to inspect the apartment of Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), where the new office of the organization is located. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the very human rights activist.

Department for Combating Corruption under General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan has completed the criminal investigation against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who was arrested last October on charges of bribery.

Vladimir Churov, Chairman of the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC), said that, when watching videos from polling stations in Astrakhan, he saw no falsification; however, he found out violations of procedural nature.

On April, 17, two meetings were held in Volgograd simultaneously: one of them was that of the supporters of ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Seiyn, the other was organized by opponents of the politician who is currently on a hunger strike.

Alexander Vasiliev, attorney of Yury Tikhomirov acknowledged guilty of murder of anti-fascist Ilya Dzhaparidze and sentenced to ten years of custody in a strict regime colony declared that he would appeal against the verdict of guilty concerning his client as unlawful and unjustified.