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Karim (Alexei) Tarasenko, who was killed during a special operation on March 31 in Makhachkala, was guilty of nothing and had no relation to the armed underground, stated his wife, Khalida Badalova.

Sandro Bregadze, ex-Deputy of the Parliament of Georgia, sentenced to probation and fined for malicious hooliganism with use of impromptu means, intends to further engage in prisoners' rights and creation of a new party.

Leaders of the Boxing Federation of Russia and a number of famous Russian boxers have addressed President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan for his help in releasing an opposition activist Samson Khachatryan, five times the USSR champion, twice the European champion and prize-winner of the World Cup in boxing, from custody.

In the Belorechensk District of the Krasnodar Territory, the inter-district prosecutor's office has found out, while checking the enforcement of the legislation on state civil service and counteracting corruption, that 12 officials of the Department of Social Protection concealed part of their incomes. This was reported by the press service of the Territorial Prosecutor's Office.

One of the inmates of a boarding school in the town of Tsimlyansk, Rostov region, hospitalized with poisoning died in hospital. A correspondent of "Caucasian Knot" received this news from the regional Ministry of Public Health.

After the arrest of Bakhtiyar Gajiev, active user of the social network Facebook in Azerbaijan, last week criminal proceedings were started against Elnur Mejidli, blogger and journalist currently residing in France.

The Chechen refugees now living in Turkey, among whom there are members of the Chechen separatist wing, are visiting by envoys of the current Chechen authorities, in particular, Shaa Turlaev, a former fighter and now Kadyrov's adviser, who force them to return to Chechnya, reports the European journalist Mark Broad. The information about such visits was confirmed by one of the refugees living in Turkey, who asked to call him Ruslan for the reasons of personal safety. According to his story, the authorities of Turkey refuse to investigate murders of Chechen refugees.

Today, the Moscow City Court continues the hearing of the criminal case on the murders of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anastasia Baburova. The session with participation of the jury began with a resonant statement of the accused Nikita Tikhonov. According to his story, he received firearms in October 2009, that is, after Markelov's murder.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a Moscow student Ibragim Torshkhoev, a native of Krasnodar, who disappeared a few months ago and is now sought by relatives and law enforcement bodies, is considered, according to unofficial data, a possible suicide bomber.

In the village of Khasanya, a suburb of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, people in masks burned down a grocery store. Nobody was hurt.

Governors of Russian regions continue disclosing their financial statements. Within the period from January 1 to December 31, 2010, the total earnings of Arsen Kanokov, head of Kabardino-Balkaria, amounted to 87,034,831 roubles. In 2009, he managed to earn only 1,003, 762 roubles. The incomes of other regional leaders are significantly lower.

Sultan-Girei Khashagulgov, Ex-Deputy Minister of Construction of the Republic of Ingushetia, who was wounded in an attempt, recovered consciousness this morning, as told by his relative Pyatimat Khashagulgova, who is his younger brother's wife.