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Nadyr Aliyev, an Azerbaijan businessman and leader of the Organization of National Unity, has decided to grant a scholarship to Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijan officer who killed his Armenian colleague, Gurgen Margarian, in Budapest on February 19, 2004.

On March 15, the trial in the case of Artashes Bakhshian, a member of the Armenian State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition, versus the Business Express weekly started at the court of first instance of Yerevan's Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun Communes.

On March 17, officers of Akhmad Kadyrov's security service opened fire in the center of Grozny, near the Fashion House. Two people - a teenager and a woman - who turned out to be near the scene were killed as a result.

The secretary of the North Osetian regional branch of the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) and envoy of Communist presidential contender Nikolay Kharitonov, Nataliya Mikhaylenko, told in her telephone interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent that the March 14 presidential election in North Osetia had bee held with gross violations.

Timur Yandiyev, 25, was abducted at 5 p.m. on March 16 in the center of Nazran, Ingushetia. According to eyewitnesses, unknown armed men forcibly bundled Yandiyev into a white Niva car as he was leaving the building of Ingushenergo Company and drove off to an unknown destination.

The hunger strikers are protesting against the pressure on the Yeni Musavat, appearing in demands to pay court fines, the total sum of which comes to 733 million manats (about $150 thousand), reminded Gabil Abbasoglu, deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

"It is really undesirable to damage relations with Russia, but one shouldn't yield to the recommendations by Russian authorities not to hold the festival if there were any," Yuri Samodurov, director of the Andrey Sakharov Museum and Public Center, said.

The festival is arranged by the organization Estonian War Memorial with the assistance of the Sakharov Public Center.

The Caucasian Knot correspondent learnt about it at the Sunzha district migration department.

26 people were released, 35 are missing, and 2 were found dead, said Dmitry Grushkin, Memorial's activist.

An express survey conducted within the framework of the Rikoshet program via interactive phones has revealed that 68% of the respondents find Russian authorities to be responsible for the safety of aid workers, including those in the North Caucasus.

Locals reported on several men detained by security officers during the actions.

In line with a decree issued by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, all economic sanctions, introduced against the Adjarian autonomy on March 15, were lifted during the night of March 18-19.

"The main thing is that democratic system and peace have been maintained. There is no conflict between Adjaria and Georgia," the Georgian president emphasized after his talks with Aslan Abashidze.

We call your attention to the statement issued by a number of Georgian civil society activists concerning the developments in Adjaria.