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Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has rejected an appeal lodged by the defence of the suspects in the murder case of former Colonel Yuri Budanov against the dismissal of the jury.

Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has continued the trial of the murder of former Colonel Yuri Budanov. Alexander Gaisin, an eyewitness of the crime, said during evidencing that he saw a silver Mitsubishi Lancer car at the scene, which was used, according to investigators, by the killer of Yuri Budanov to escape from the place.

Today, at the Moscow City Court, which is considering the murder case of former Colonel Yuri Budanov, the prosecutor questioned the eyewitness of a crime, which confirmed that the killer fled away from the scene in a Mitsubishi Lancer car.

Four general contractors have begun repair works of the highest building in the complex "Grozny City", burned out on April 3 in the centre of the capital of Chechnya. A source from the organization named "Genstroy" reported about the shortage of special technical means for working at height; such means have been ordered in Turkey.

Two residents of Chechnya, who had placed on the Internet a video of the fire in a skyscraper in the complex "Grozny City", have been sent for repairs of the building for their comments on the accident.

In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from April 1 to April 7, 2013, at least 17 people suffered; of them four persons were killed and 13 more were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Fire in "Grozny City" complex of high-rise buildings in the Chechen capital; over a dozen injured in mine explosions in Ingushetia and Chechnya; negotiations of Agrarian Ministries of Georgia result in agreement on supply of Georgian foodstuffs to Russian market; arrest on suspicion of involvement in murder of Deputy of Krasnodar Territory Legislative Assembly; three mass brawls in the Stavropol Territory, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 1-7, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.

The version that the fire of a skyscraper in the territory of "Grozny City" was caused by carelessness is the inspectors' priority. They also study the version of an arson and non-compliance of the building with fire safety requirements.

Law enforcers of Chechnya are conducting a special operation against militants in the mountains and forests of the Achkhoi-Martan District, near the administrative border with Ingushetia.

At the Moscow City Court (MCC), the witness Anatoly Zatsarenko has identified the defendant in Yuri Budanov's murder case as "the man running away from the scene of the crime."

Today, the judicial board on criminal cases of the appeal instance of the Moscow City Court (MCC) has left Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of murdering the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in custody.

From the morning on April 4, the work to clear the area around the complex "Grozny City", where in the evening on April 3 the tower named "Olymp" was on fire. The building was not inhabited; and there were no victims.

Because of the combustible part of insulation, the fire has spread across all the levels of the 40-storey building of the complex "Grozny City". The building will be restored, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

Today, the Board of Appeal of the Moscow City Court (MCC) has recognized the rejection by the investigator to initiate a criminal proceeding against the officials who commanded the storming of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in 2002, where hostages were taken by terrorists. The complaint was lodged to the MCC after a similar refusal by the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow.

Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma Deputy from Chechnya, has sent a request to the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika asking to check the information about payment of large sums of money to the armed underground by the head of the Ingush government, as it was stated on air of Channel One by the surrendered militant Ibragim Torzhkhoev. In Ingushetia, the situation was treated as a provocation on the eve of the presidential election in the republic.