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Before her sentence comes into force, Nadezhda Savchenko, a convicted Ukrainian aviator, will be kept at one of the detention facilities of the Rostov Region, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has extended until May 27 the detention in custody for Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), accused of attempting to join the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS).

The North-Caucasian Military District Court has found Temirzhan Eslimesov, a 37-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, guilty of an attempt to join illegal armed formations (IAFs) in Syria and sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.

In the village of Ashaga-Stal, the house of the Lezgin poet is burned down as a result of arson, local residents believe.

In Brussels, three citizens of Belarus, including Marat Yunusov, a native of Dagestan, are detained on suspicion of involvement in a series of terror acts, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies of Belarus.

The Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region has sentenced Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony and a fine of 30,000 roubles.

While reading out the verdict, the judge has pronounced that Nadezhda Savchenko is guilty under all paragraphs of the indictment and is to be isolated from the society.

Last night, in Dagestan, an explosion occurred in the vicinity of the village of Mutsalaul of the Khasavyurt District. As a result, a man was killed. The police believe that he was a militant, blown up by his own bomb, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies.

According to advocate Mark Feighin, the appeals for help to release Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko have been sent to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.

Vaan Shirkhanyan, the former Armenian Deputy Minister of Defence, suspected of involvement in an armed criminal grouping, has been transferred from the hospital to the penitentiary institution "Yerevan-Kentron". This was reported by the advocate.

In Sochi, in the course of the trial, the defence of Sergey Fetisov, accused in the case of fraud with land of the Adler Cossack Association, has noted to violations of the terms of the preliminary investigation into the case. The advocate has filed a motion to withdraw the relevant procedural documents from the case materials; however, the court has dismissed the motion.

The court session room and video conference rooms have failed to accommodate all journalists, diplomats, and activists, who came to the Donetsk City Court to listen to the pronouncement of the verdict against Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko.

Nazim Gadjiev, the leader of the Lezgin movement "Sadval", could be murdered for the purpose of a political provocation. This opinion was expressed by Amirkhan Babaev, the deputy chairman of the movement. Shamil Khadulaev, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, who cooperated with Nazim Gadjiev, notes that for the second year in a row, activists of the movement are killed during the celebration of Nowruz holiday.