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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).

Today Moscow city court heard the evidence of employees of the notary's office near which ex-colonel Yuri Budanov was killed.

Representatives of the aggrieved party on the case of death of Artak Nazaryan, Armenian officer of contact service, his sister and successor Tsovinar Nazaryan and human rights activist Ruben Martirosyan spoke at the trial today. They demanded to find real criminals and bring in an acquittal to the defendants.

Head of Khasavyurt Service department of “Kavkazregiongaz” Yusup Gadjiev was killed as a result of a conflict with two local residents in whose house gas was cut off for debt, representatives of Committee of Inquiry reported.

144 housing estates got damaged as a result of a storm that fell upon the coastal zone of Batumi on March, 24. Houses located in Khelvachauri district underwent the greatest damage, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

Representatives of law enforcement bodies are carrying out inspections in non-governmental organization “Environmental Watch on North Caucasus” whose central office is located in Maikop.

Ganimat Zahid, Editor of oppositional newspaper “Azadlyg”, called to hold an action “Day of solidarity of all those opposing the authorities’ repression against youth” on the Facebook.