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The "Esquire" magazine has published a list of Russian regions ranked by the number of extremist materials, included in the federal list of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation by decisions of the local courts. In this rating, Caucasus does not look the most extremist part of Russia. Experts believe that the rating does not reflect the real state of things and sooner indicates the problems in the work of law enforcement bodies than the level of prevalence of extremist moods and publications.

The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has sent the criminal case against five defendants accused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya to the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) for confirmation of the indictment and transfer to the court.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of the kidnapping in 2009 of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov, a resident of Chechnya. The ECtHR has stated that Russian authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into the incident and obliged them to pay 60,000 euros to victim's relatives.

Professor Moshe Gammer, a prominent expert on religious and political history of Northern Caucasus, died in Israel on April 16. The funeral took place on April 17.

The Chechen Republic has held festivities to mark the fourth anniversary of the cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. The main events took place in Grozny, where security measures were essentially strengthened on this occasion; and the centre of the city was blocked for motor traffic.

In January-March 2013, at least 199 people suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them 124 people were killed, and at least 75 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Builders are completing the cleaning of the facade of the high-rise building in the complex "Grozny-City" damaged by fire on April 3. The works were carried out with the help of the technical means brought from Turkey.

During the week of April 8-14, 2013, at least 20 people suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, including 11 casualties and nine wounded persons. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

At least 72 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in March 2013; of them 47 persons perished, and 25 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In Chechnya, in the period from January 1 to March 31, 2012, at least 37 persons fell victim to the armed conflict, including 20 killed and 17 wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The US government has published the so-called "Magnitsky List" – the people banned from entering the United States; and their accounts in American banks are frozen. The list includes the natives of Chechnya Lecha Bogatyryov and Kazbek Dukuzov.

Svetlana Budanova has stated at the trial that she saw in the place of the crime a light-coloured car with a young driver inside in a cap with a big peak.