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May 23, 2013 07:30

• 17 persons injured during the act of terror in Makhachkala are still staying in hospitals

  After the double act of terror that took place on May, 20, near the bailiffs’ office of Makhachkala, 14 persons, a child among them, are still staying in the hospitals of the republic, the Ministry of Public Health of Dagestan reports. Three persons with grave wounding are undergoing treatment in Moscow.

May 23, 2013 03:56

• Activists of civil community of Azerbaijan told the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe about violation of human rights and increase of the number of political prisoners

  On May, 22, Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, arrived in Azerbaijan. On the first day of his official visit he had a meeting with representatives of civil community.

May 23, 2013 02:51

• Azerbaijani human rights activist Leila Yunus rewarded with the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France

  Leila Yunus, famous Azerbaijani human rights activist and Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), was rewarded with the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France for her struggle for human rights. The ceremony of Yunus’ rewarding with the French Order was held in the Embassy of France in Baku, in the evening of May, 22, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

May 22, 2013 23:07

• Merabishvili remains in custody in Georgia; Chiaberashvili to be released on bail

  The Kutaisi Regional Court has chosen a two-month pre-trial detention as the freedom restriction measure for Vano Merabishvili, Secretary General of the "United National Movement" and ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Zurab Chiaberashvili, the former Minister of Public Health of Georgia and Governor of Kakheti, will be released on bail, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

May 22, 2013 22:37

• Ruslan Kostoev: Magas was actual customer of explosion in Nevinnomyssk

  The explosion at the bus station of Nevinnomyssk was carried out by means of an improvised explosive device (IED), delivered by the leaders of North-Caucasian militants Ali Taziev and Rustam Dzortov, the convicts on the case said today at the trial of Taziev. The actual customer of the explosion was Taziev, Ruslan Kostoev, a convict on the case, said today.

May 22, 2013 20:59

• Chitaya: shipments of "Borjomi" to Russia to scale up

  A test batch of mineral water "Borjomi" has passed the customs control, Olga Chitaya, a representative of the company "IDS Borjomi Russia", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

May 22, 2013 20:01

• Power agents reported liquidation of the leader of Gubden grouping of militants in Dagestan

  According to the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC), today, during an armed clash in the Karabudakhkent District, Magomed Abusaidov, a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) and the leader of the Gubden grouping, was killed.

May 22, 2013 16:00

• Baku: Hilal Mamedov challenges the court considering his case in open mode

  Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, which is trying Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of the Talysh), has began considering the defendant's charge of illegal possession and sale of drugs. The hearing was held in the open mode, unlike Mamedov's allegations of treason and inciting interethnic hatred, when the court sessions took place behind closed doors.

May 22, 2013 15:00

• Workers of Zestafoni ferroalloy plant in Georgia are on a hunger strike

  The workers of ferroalloy plant in the town of Zestafini, Georgia, are holding a strike demanding increase in wages and signing a trade union contract.

May 22, 2013 10:00

• Five refugee families in Ingushetia did not get on the waiting list for receiving dwelling certificates

  On May, 21, five families from area of compact settlement of refugees “Sozidanie” (“Creation”) in Promzhilbaza district of the town of Karabulak appealed to Head of Ingushetia and Public Prosecutor’s office asking to find out why they were not put on the waiting list for receiving dwelling certificates.

May 22, 2013 07:00

• Builder Pavel Soloviev from Novosibirsk beaten up in Sochi delivered to his homeland

  Builder Pavel Soloviev from Novosibirsk who reported being beaten up by the police personnel in Sochi was moved to a clinic in Novosibirsk. The physicians are currently preparing him for one more operation, Pavel’s wife Veronica Solovieva informed.

May 22, 2013 02:00

• A charge of corruption-related crimes brought against ex-Prime Minister of Georgia Vano Merabishvili

  In the evening of May, 21, Prosecutor General’s office of Georgia brought charges against ex-Prime Minister, Secretary General of “United National Movement” party Vano Merabishvili and Governor of Kakhetia, ex-Minister of Public Health Zurab Chiaberashvili. Merabishvili and Chiaberashvili are accused of corruption, abuse of authority and embezzlement of state funds.

May 21, 2013 17:53

• Former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili detained in Georgia

  In Kutaisi, Vano Merabishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia and the present Secretary General of the "United National Movement" was detained after being questioned at the Prosecutor's Office of Western Georgia. Together with him, Zurab Chiaberashvili, the former Minister of Public Health, Labour and Social Welfare, was detained.

May 21, 2013 16:47

• A circle of suspects of committing terror act in Makhachkala defined

  The MIA of Dagestan has received orientation attributes on the suspects of committing the terror act in Makhachkala; however, the number of suspects and their attributes are not disclosed, said a source from the Ministry.

May 21, 2013 16:00

• Volgograd Region: defenders of historic unloading dock report suspension of its dismantling

  On May 20, the group of activists defending the unloading dock in the Volgograd Region took another attempt to protect the historic structure from demolition. The opposition of the activists with people who tried to perform the demolition on that day was stopped by the police, which intend to carry out its own check. At present, the demolition of the building is suspended, the activists reports. The fate of the structure, according to Alexei Volotskov, a Deputy of the Volgograd City Duma, is currently decided by the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

May 21, 2013 15:00

• Court on Taziev's case in Rostov questions witnesses of bus explosion in Nevinnomyssk

  Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court, where Ali Taziev, a native of Ingushetia and one of the leaders of "Imarat Kavkaz", is tried, questioned six witnesses. Their testimonies referred to the explosion of a passenger bus at the bus station of Nevinnomyssk in December 2007.

May 21, 2013 13:58

• Kotiev: Mutaliev's body identified in Nazran by attributes from search data

  This morning, in the municipality of Gamurzievo in the city of Nazran, power agents have blocked a house, where, according to their version, members of the armed underground were hiding, who opened fire in response to an offer to surrender. As a result of an armed clash two persons were killed – a wanted leader of Ingush militants Djamalele Mutaliev and a suspect of aiding militants Alikhan Ozdoev.

May 21, 2013 13:00

• Residents of a settlement damaged by hail in Georgia demand compensation of the damage

  On May, 20, residents of the settlement of Bakurtsikhe, Gurdjaani district of Georgia, came out with an action of protest demanding from the Government compensation of the damage inflicted on the agricultural lands by natural calamity.

May 21, 2013 12:00

• A founder of an oppositional newspaper in Azerbaijan sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally

  Founder of “Giundem Khabar” (“Daily News”) Shirin Djafari in Azerbaijan was sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally for accusation of nonpayment of tax, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

May 21, 2013 11:50

• Wife of an arrested resident of Buinaksk reports unlawful methods of investigation

  Relatives of resident of Buinaksk Zurabek Ashurov detained for accusation of illegal storage of arms report unlawful methods of investigation and forcing him to reject the attorneys’ aid. The investigative bodies produce no comment on the process of investigation of the case.