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Representatives of the management of colony No 12 in Azerbaijan who acted as witnesses during the trial of previously convicted journalist Einulla Fatullayev, accused of keeping drugs, made statements which, according to the defense lawyers, fully proves the innocence of the defendant.

Officers of the law enforcement agencies in North Caucasus have no special training, they are corrupt, while unresolved crimes are often attributed to killed militants - such conclusions are contained in the report of Yuri Chaika, RF Prosecutor General, on law and order in Russia in 2009, which he delivered to the Federation Council on April 28.

The annual number of kidnappings in Chechnya, cited by the Human Rights Center "Memorial", does not correspond to reality, states Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, but promises to check the information of the human rights activists if they provide him with a list of victims of kidnappings.

The law enforcement agencies have obtained a confirmation of the data on the involvement of Akhmet Rabadanov, resident of the village of Novy Kostek killed in Dagestan, in the terrorist acts in the Moscow metro on March 29.

The explosion of a suicide bomber near the traffic militia post in Kazbek district of Dagestan has resulted in two casualties, 17 people have been wounded, scores of cars damaged. These are the corrected data of the Investigation Committee under the RF prosecutor's office.

The Austrian state board on protecting the constitution and fighting terrorism (LVT) has recognized Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov responsible for the organization of kidnapping and murder of his former body-guard Umar Israilov, runs the agency report made public by the Vienna prosecutor's office on April 27.

The weapons found in the house of Akhmed Rabadanov, killed on April 26 and subsequently announced militant, were planted by militiamen, claims Rabadangadzhi Rabadanov, uncle of the diseased, resident of the village of Novy Kostek, Khasaviurt district, Dagestan, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Ashot Arutiunian, chief of Charentsavan criminal investigation department, and police detective Moris Airapetian, suspected of involvement in the death of Vaan Khalafian who died on April 13, have been arrested in Armenia.

The public in Sochi is very concerned about the attack on Arkadi Lander, chief editor of the "Mestnaya" newspaper which took place on April 26. Some supporters of the victim, who do not trust the investigation, have involved private investigators, former militia officers, into the search for the crime organizers and executors. The Sochi communists' leader and part of Lander's colleagues claim his beating to be politically motivated.

On Monday, April 26, at 3:00 p.m., in the entrance of No. 34 in the Pirogova Street in Sochi, an attack was committed on Arkadi Lander, editor-in-chief of the Sochi-based newspaper "Mestnaya" (Local); he was severely beaten. The journalist is sure that it was an attempt to kill him because of his professional activities.

Relatives of the persons accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in autumn 2009 report facts of torture and psychological pressure applied to their relatives for almost two months.

In Moscow, a suspected killer of Dolgan Nikeev, a student from Kalmykia, was placed in custody. His name is not disclosed.

Khizar Bokov, 24, a resident of Karabulak, who was taken away from his house by power agents on April 21 and released on April 25, is not going to complain of his illegal detention. He is sure, same as his relatives, that for four days he was kept in Division 6 of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) engaged in fighting extremism.

In the near future, a claim will be lodged to the Basmanny Court of Moscow by a child, who remained orphan after the death of his parents in the terror act in Moscow metro on March 29.