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A continuing hunger strike began in Astrakhan. The number of its participants includes six persons, who, in particular, demand cancellation of the results of the elections of the Mayor and the Astrakhan City Duma, the of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The 57-year-old Olga Kolodtseva, injured at collapse of the residential building in Astrakhan on February 27, died at the Alexander and Mary Hospital after sharp deterioration of health. This was announced today by Nadezhda Larina, Deputy Chief Physician. Thus, the death toll in the collapse of the building has increased to 11 persons.

Chechen athletes, who came to the city of Nizhny Novgorod to participate in the Russian Championship on Karate, were refused to stay at a hotel because of their nationality. This was reported by Magomed Nadaev, the honoured coach of the republic on karate.

In the city of Nazran, unidentified men in camouflage and masks kidnapped Akhmed Chumakov, a 21-year-old local resident. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Republic of Ingushetia.

In Imishli District of Azerbaijan, 10 local residents went on hunger strike, demanding fair compensation for the consequences of flooding.

The Savyolovo District Court of Moscow arrested Mairbek Umaev, a 42-year-old unemployed native of Chechnya, accused of the murder of Ruslan Akhtakhanov, the prominent Chechen poet and social activist.

At the Azerbaijani Gobustan closed prison, three prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment went on a hunger strike. The prisoners demand to reconsider their criminal cases.

In Azerbaijan, persons, who earlier blackmailed Khadidja Ismailova, the staff member of the Azerbaijani Office of the Radio Station "Radio Freedom", threatening to disseminate her intimate filming, executed their threats on March 14.

The "Caucasian Knot" has won a prestigious award – the Geuzenpenning Medal. The presentation ceremony of the Medal, awarded to the edition for its human rights activities, was held on March 13 in the Netherlands.

In the park near Mashtots Avenue, police disperses the participants of the sitting day-and-night picket. This was reported by the activist Mariam Sukhudyan.

The electricity supply to the houses of the inhabitants of the Imereti Lowland in Sochi, which was interrupted as a result of rupture of power cable, was restored.

The activity of the religious organization of the North-Caucasian militants "Imarat Kavkaz" in one of the correctional facilities of the Volga District was suppressed. This was reported by the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). About 30 persons were detained on the case.

Today, the Tuapse District Court held two trials against Suren Gazaryan, the member of the Board of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the member of the "Yabloko" Party, his lawyer, and Viktor Dutlov, the member of the "Yabloko" Party.

Relatives of the state bodyguards of ex-South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, perished in the nightclub "Retro", do not agree with the sentence to Albert Tsgoev, accused of the murder, and intend to challenge it. This was announced by the sister of deceased Oleg Ikaev.

In 2011, investors allocated to the economy of Dagestan 135 billion roubles. To monitor qualitatively the investment projects, the "Centre for Investment Promotion" will be established in the republic. This was announced by Magomedsalam Magomedov, the leader of Dagestan.

In the new school year, schools of the Rostov Region start testing for drugs of pupils of ninth grade. This was announced by Tatiana Bykovskaya, Health Minister of the Region. To perform the testing, the Region has purchased high-tech mobile laboratories.

Lawyers of Oleg Gagiev, who was sentenced by the North-Caucasian District Military Court to life imprisonment on charges of resonant murders in North Ossetia, treat the verdict pronounced on March 13 as unjustified and intend to challenge it. In his turn, the prosecutor in the criminal case stated that only such a sentence would be lawful.

On March 13, officials from the apartment and legal service of the city of Sochi gave the 75-year-old Nadezhda Chubenko the resolution of the City Mayor on allocation to her a room in a social house.

On March 13, people from the office of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan visited five detainees in the context of events in Guba on March 1, currently kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), situated in the village of Kyurdakhany.