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Despite the attempts of the scientists of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia to generate some common scientific view on the history of the countries of Southern Caucasus, the idea remains non-realized yet. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent heard this opinion in the interview given by Aidyn Aslanov, deputy chair of the Society of Historians of Azerbaijan.

As a reported by a spokesman of the press service of the MIA of Dagestan, in the Dagestan city of Kizlyar, as a result of a fight, which grew into shooting, three persons were shot dead.

Isa Yamadaev, brother of ex-MP Ruslan Yamadaev and ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev, said that he had known in advance about the attempt on him, which was planned in July 2009; and then operative agents replaced the cartridges in the pistol of the failed gunman Khavazh Yusupov for blanks.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized eligible two groups of complaints that arrived from the victims of the terror act in Theatrical Centre in Dubrovka in Moscow and united two claims into one proceeding.

The militants liquidated as a result of the operation conducted in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo have been identified. According to the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), they are Korigov, Adam Magomedovich and Tsaloev, Ahmed Alikovich.

Georgian doctors were stopped by Russian militaries at a block post and could not get into Perevi village, Sachkher District, where they wanted to conduct medical examination of the villagers; therefore, they were forced to do it and spread medicines in the neighbouring village of Dzhriya, controlled by the Georgian party.

Today, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, vice-speaker of the Russian State Duma from the faction of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and the group of MPs from this party brought into the State Duma draft amendments to the law "On Counteracting Terrorism", suggesting to impose legislative responsibility for the damage caused by terror acts on terrorists' family members who live together with them.

In the course of a special operation in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, a woman suicide-bomber rushed to the militia cordon and fatally wounded a militiaman from her pistol. This was reported by law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia.

Lawyer Ruslan Datsaev from the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt managed to meet Zakhar Labazangadjiev, a resident of settlement Novaya Tsoloda, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who was kidnapped on March 31 by unknown armed persons from his own house. The meeting took place at the temporary custody facility (the so-called "ISO") of the Shali ROVD in Chechnya. The "Caucasian Knot" was told today about it by Mr Datsaev.

As reported by an employee of one of the local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), engaged in human rights defence and legal aid to citizens, last week, two city dwellers of Shali were detained and taken away to some unknown location by employees of some unidentified power agency.

Today residents of Tbilisi came to the Memorial of April 9 casualties in the Rustaveli Avenue, erected in the place, where 21 years ago - in April 1989 - peaceful demonstrators perished at dispersal by Soviet authorities of a multi-thousand-strong rally.

As reported by a source in law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the evening on April 7, in the city of Baksan, unidentified persons shot dead two militiamen.

Some experts believe that Dokku Umarov, leader of North-Caucasian underground, has managed to unite Islamic rebels and organized their respective infrastructure; however, in the opinion of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Umarov is incapable and "dies from famine." Along with that, after the terror acts committed in the country with participation of suicide-bombers, opinions are expressed that because of the terrorist activity, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi located in the centre of the Caucasian Mountains are under threat; while sources in Chechnya report new traffic of military columns in various directions.

Today, the Moscow City Court has found the leaders of a skinhead grouping Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy guilty of new episodes of nationalism-motivated attacks; however, the court decided not to toughen the punishment appointed in the first verdict - 10 years of imprisonment. The verdict is based on the jurymen's conclusion.