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May 10, 2013 18:00

• Dagestani MIA: there was no marauding committed by power agents in Gimry

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has refuted the information that in the course of the special operation conducted in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan power agents were looting the village. So far, there is no reliable information on whether the local residents had suffered from the marauding, said the spokesman of the MIA.

May 10, 2013 17:00

• District head: Gimry residents filed 420 claims on their damage sustained during special operation

  In the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, the local hospital does not work; only some of the pupils attend the local school; and villagers prefer not to appear in the streets, local residents report. The authorities, in their turn, assert that life is slowly returning to the normal way; and the commission to assess the damage suffered by locals, has completed its work.

May 09, 2013 22:40

• In Shushi, 200 monuments of history and architecture protected by authorities, Georgy Airapetyan asserts

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh celebrate the 21st anniversary of the liberation of the city of Shushi (Shusha). In recent years, the reconstruction works in the city were intensified, and the historic buildings and monuments are protected by the authorities. This was stated by Georgy Airapetyan, Chief Architect of the Shushi District.

May 09, 2013 22:30

• Number of victims in railway accident in Belaya Kalitva increases to 44 persons

  The number of victims suffered in the emergency situation arising because of the railway accident, which occurred at the station Belaya Kalitva in the Rostov Region, reached 44 persons, and 17 persons were hospitalized. This updated information was reported by the Chief Department of the Regional Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

May 09, 2013 22:20

• Beslan opens memorial plate in memory of policeman perished at "Chermen" checkpoint

  In Beslan, the school No. 6, where Zaur Djibilov, the inspector of the GBDD (road traffic police), who perished at the "Chermen" checkpoint during the terror act committed in October 2012, held the solemn opening of the memorial plate in the form of a stone bas-relief on the wall in the hall.

May 09, 2013 22:10

• Wife of man sentenced in case of attack on Ingushetia reports his disappearance during his transfer from SIZO to prison

  Temur Pareulidze, who was sentenced in the "case of twelve" in 2011, did not arrive to the prison of Minusinsk where he was sent from the Krasnoyarsk SIZO (pre-trial prison). This was reported by his wife Alexandra Zhivaeva. She expresses her concern over the life and health of her husband and asks human rights defenders to take part in the search for him.

May 09, 2013 22:00

• In Volgograd, parents of large families postpone date of hunger strike

  Today, in Volgograd, at the Marshal Chuikov's tomb at Mamaev Kurgan, parents of large families announced that they postpone the beginning of a hunger strike and that they would report the start date of the protest action later.

May 09, 2013 21:00

• Azerbaijani GPO: police put no pressure on blogger Magerramova

  Law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan refute the reports that the blogger Nilufer Magerramova, who died after falling down from the balcony, had been subjected to pressure by the police because of her publications. According to prosecutors, she often quarrelled with her parents and underwent medical examination.

May 09, 2013 20:30

• Grozny holds Victory Day military parade and march with participation of war veterans

  The Chechen capital has held celebrations on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. In the afternoon on May 8 the central Grozny saw a solemn procession, whose participants carried a symbolic 68-meter-long "St George Ribbon". The celebration ended with a today's military parade.

May 09, 2013 20:00

• Aslan Ismajlov's lawyer license suspended in Azerbaijan; he intends to fight for his status

  Azerbaijani authorities have stopped the authorities of the well-known lawyer Aslan Ismajlov. On May 8, the Presidium of the Bar of Azerbaijan decided to suspend his advocacy and the law firm "Aslan Ismajlov and Partners" founded by him. It was also decided to file a lawsuit on termination Ismajlov's advocacy practice and expel him from the Bar. Ismajlov himself has treated these decisions as illegal and politically motivated.

May 09, 2013 19:00

• Supporters of Azerbaijan's European integration hold flash mob to remind about European values

  On the occasion of the Day of Europe, the Azerbaijani European Movement (AEM) has chosen the form of a flash mob, held in Baku within the campaign "European Construction", for promoting the European values. The action was not sanctioned, but the police did not prevent it.

May 09, 2013 17:00

• Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in the USA

  Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect of committing the Boston Marathon terror act was buried at night on May 9 in the United States; the place of burial is not disclosed.

May 08, 2013 22:30

• Armenian MP withdraws his lawsuit against blogger

  Tigran Urikhanyan, an Armenian MP from the "Prosperous Armenia", withdrew his lawsuit from the court on the case of insulting filed against Armenian blogger Edgar Barsegyan.

May 08, 2013 22:20

• In Chechnya, school lessons to be started with anthems, Chechen Ministry of Education reports

  At present, the academic week in Chechen schools will begin with the Russian and Chechen anthems. This was reported by the Republic's Ministry of Education. Officials emphasize that the innovation is aimed at increasing patriotism among school children and educating them in respect to the state attributes. Principals of Chechen schools express ambivalent attitudes towards the new direction of the leaders.

May 08, 2013 22:10

• In Armenia, court sentences main defendant in case of Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan's death to 10 years of imprisonment

  The court sentenced Captain Akop Manukyan, the main defendant in the case of the death of Officer Artak Nazaryan, to 10 years of imprisonment. Three other defendants in the case Senior Lieutenant Vaagn Airapetyan, soldiers Adibek Ovannisyan and Mkhitar Mkhitaryan were sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment, and soldier Arutik Kirakosyan to 3 years of imprisonment.

May 08, 2013 22:00

• Chief architect of Pyatigorsk suspected of bribe-taking

  Yuri Ushkov, the chief architect of the Architecture and City Planning Department of the Administration of Pyatigorsk, and his son are suspected of taking and mediation in taking bribes, the Investigatory Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

May 08, 2013 22:00

• Investigators reveal embezzlement of more than 270 million roubles at "Resorts of Northern Caucasus"

  In the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus", investigators revealed an embezzlement of budget funds in the amount of 275.3 million roubles, and in connection with that fact, a criminal case was instituted on the grounds of fraud. This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

May 08, 2013 21:00

• Krasnodar Territory: police reveals theft of 5.5 billion roubles from "Rosselkhozbank"

  The Russia's MIA has documented - in the course of the audit 25 episodes of stealing money from the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Rosselkhozbank" (Russian Agricultural Bank) in the sum of over 5.5 billion roubles; the thefts were committed by two bosses of a major agro-industrial complex of the Krasnodar Territory; a criminal case on the fact of a fraud has been opened against them, the Russia's MIA reports.

May 08, 2013 20:00

• Cassation Court of Armenia returns the case of ANC activists for re-investigation

  Today, the Cassation Court of Armenia has cancelled earlier decision to the court on the claim of the advocates of four young activists of the oppositional party "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), sentenced to imprisonment for hooliganism, and returned the case to the Court of Appeal for a new investigation.

May 08, 2013 19:00

• Blogger Nilufer Magerramova dies in Azerbaijan

  At night on May 7, an opposition activist and blogger Nilufer Magerramova fell down from the balcony of an apartment in the Azerbaijani city of Mingachevir, where she lived with her parents.