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On April 12, in the south of Chechnya, in the mountain Shatoy District, a contract soldier of the federal forces shot dead an officer and two soldiers, also on contract service, then, he tried to commit suicide. He was hospitalized in a grave condition.

In the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, four young men aged 20-25 disappeared in one day in unclear circumstances.

The death of Lemka Batyrova, 54, a resident of Chermen village in North Ossetia, on April 7, when militiamen chased the persons suspected of hijacking a car, was caused by a gunshot wound in the breast area, and not by a road accident. This was reported by a source in the Investigatory Department (ID) of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation for Ingushetia.

The advocates who take part in the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, think that the law that cancels the trial by jury on certain articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation violates the rights of their clients and contradicts the Russian Constitution. In this context, they declared their intention to appeal against this law to the Constitutional Court of Russia. The prosecution finds the claims of the defence to be unreasonable.

Some residents of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, where on March 30 six villages were announced under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, did not know about it. According to local residents, the CTO regime passed without any restrictions on civilians' rights.

Today in the morning, two explosive devices were detected in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, on the main gas line "Mozdok-Kazimagomed". During demining one of them, a sapper was lost.

On April 9, Estonian MP Andres Herkel, co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and Veronica Kotek, special representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Azerbaijan, had a meeting with Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, who is serving his term in high security Colony No. 15.

Residents of Ingushetia Madina Ozdoeva and Patimat Mutalieva, detained in the course of the special operation conducted by power agents on March 26 in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of the republic, are at large. The investigation regards them as witnesses.

According to Georgian sources, on April 7, a Georgian named Gvandzhi Kuprava, 65, was kidnapped from Sida village, Gali District. The kidnappers asked for a ransom, and then took Kuprava in an unknown direction.

A Chechen militiaman was wounded by explosion of a fougasse (land mine) planted under the bottom of his car. It happened in the evening on April 7 in the foothill Urus-Martan District of the republic. The victim was hospitalized.

The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has reported about detention of suspects of committing a number of resonant crimes, including assassination of Ruslan Yamadaev, former deputy of the State Duma of Russia, and an attempt on the former military commandant of Chechnya General-Colonel Sergey Kizyun.

Yesterday, on April 7, journalists of the "Chernovik" (Blueprint) newspaper, including its editor-in-chief, accused of kindling hatred or enmity, or humiliation of human dignity, were acquainted with the indictment, which they refused to sign. Meanwhile, back on April 5, Public Prosecutor of Dagestan Yuri Tkachov approved the indictment under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and sent the case to the court.