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Movsar Kuntalov, the administration head of the Achkhoy-Martan village of the Chechen Republic is suspected of illegal transfer of agricultural land into the category of residential land with subsequent delivery of the land to individuals, the republic's prosecutor's office reports.

In Makhachkala airport "Uytash" power agents have detained five natives of the village of Novosasitli, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who had spent more than two months in Egypt, said Rasul Maazov, a relative of one of the detainees. Today, he has turned to the HRC "Memorial" with an application about their detention.

In Yerevan, on Tuesday, a rally-march was held in support of the arrested Retired Colonel Volodya Avetisyan and other political prisoners. The event was joined by supporters of Shant Arutyunyan, who was arrested along with 13 protesters on November 5, 2013.

Under the pretext of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced in the Untsukul District of Dagestan on March 8, searches were conducted by power agents in the village of Kharachi. Locals associate the introduction of the regime with the protest actions held in the area of the Irganai reservoir.

The Cheryomushki District Court of Moscow has extended the measure of restraint in the form of the arrest by one month till April 9 to Alexander Sokolov, a 23-year-old resident of the Tver Region, who is suspected of hooliganism and burning of the Koran in the capital at night of January 1, 2014.

The accusation against Tigran Petrosyan, a participant of the protest action "Million Mask March" is unlawful, and the investigation team does nothing for the fourth month already and unjustly holds the protestor in custody. This was reported by Ara Zakaryan, the advocate of the arrested protestor.

Lali Antiya, the leader of the Georgian NGO "Women for Peace", has been detained by the decision of the court. This was reported by an official from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Start of Winter Paralympics in Sochi; rallies in Southern Russia in support of citizens of Ukraine and rallies in the countries of Southern Caucasus against the actions of the Russian authorities; mass poisoning of residents of the village near Baku with household gas; cancellation of the investigators' decision to close the case against the deputy in the Stavropol Territory who knocked down a pedestrian; another decision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to revoke the license of a Dagestani bank, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 3-9, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Karachay-Cherkessia has initiated checking of the complaint filed by advocate Elvira Aidinova about torture used against accused Arthur Aidinov.

Sadiyat Arslanova, a resident of the village of Novokayakent of the Kayakent District of Dagestan, has filed a complaint to the public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). She states that law enforcers have included her data in the list of potential female terrorists.

The criminal charges against Parviz Gashimli were fabricated and politically motivated, his relatives and human rights activists are confident. In their opinion, Gashimli is persecuted for his journalistic and political activities.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Republic of Dagestan has decided to cancel the ruling to arrest Magomedrasul Magomedov, a resident of Khasavyurt, detained on suspicion of a rape and sent the case back for retrial, said the lawyer Rustam Yunusov.

Andzor Akhokhov, the organizer of the action against the Olympic Games, held in Nalchik, has stated that law enforcement bodies demanded from him to refute his earlier allegations that he was tortured at the police station.