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In Moscow, at the Schukinskaya metro station, Larissa Abdulaeva, a resident of Dagestan, was detained. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the police department of the Schukinskaya station that passengers of the metro train called the police and said that they saw a suspicious woman in their train.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to consider the case of the opposition activist of Armenia and well-known journalist Nikol Pashinyan in accelerated manner. This was reported by Vage Grigoryan, one of Pashinyan's advocates.

Today, the Moscow City Court has continued considering the criminal case on the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov. The defence of the accused Tikhonov and Khasis has presented to the court the witness Olga Mukhachova, who confirmed that at the moment of the murder Evgenia Khasis was with Alexei Baranovskiy.

The Nikulin Court of Moscow has arrested Magomed Aliev, who was detained on April 6 in the west of Moscow with a self-made explosive device.

The court of general jurisdiction of the communities Centre and Nork-Marash has imposed arrest on the property of the newspaper "Erkir" in performance of the suit filed by Deputy Tigran Arzakantsyan on insult and slander. The newspaper received the notification today by mail.

The famous boxer Samson Khachatryan, an activist of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), who is kept in custody, has serious health problems.

A conference called "War and Peace" devoted to problems of tolerance in Northern Caucasus is opening in Italy today. Problems of Beslan, attitude of the veterans of wars in Chechnya towards today's Caucasus and its residents will be discussed at the conference.

Mayor's Office of Yerevan once again prohibited the oppositional party Armenian National Movement (ANM) holding everyday meetings of the opposition in Svobody square for the period from April, 20, till April, 24.

Control Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union fined Petersburg "Zenit" club to 300 thousand rubles in connection with an incident with Brazilian Roberto Carlos, captain of "Anzhi" team, to whom one of "Zenit's" fans offered a peeled banana before the match on March, 21.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved five new sport events in the programme of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, namely: women's ski jumping; mixed relay in biathlon; half-pipe in snowboarding; and team competitions in figure skating and sleigh racing.

Vasif Miralamov, 15, a son of Tazakhan Miralamli, head of the local branch of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was detained in the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan, located 220 km to the south of Baku, on suspicion of a murder. The oppositionist himself is in hospital with bodily injuries received at the Yasamal District Police Division, where he was brought after being detained during oppositional protests on April 2.