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May 26, 2012 17:00

• PFPA leader Ali Kerimli questioned by the police

  Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was kept for 4.5 hours at the Chief Police Department of Baku and then released, after receiving an oral warning about the inadmissibility of organizing uncoordinated protest actions.

May 26, 2012 16:00

• Friends of Gadji Mustafaev kidnapped in Makhachkala block federal highway for two hours

  At night on May 26, friends and acquaintances of Gadji Mustafaev, who had been kidnapped in Makhachkala, blocked the Federal Highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan for two hours. In total, the action involved over 300 persons.

May 26, 2012 15:00

• Contest of social entrepreneurship in Kalmykia had three winners

  Larissa Emchenova, Sanal Namruev and Naran Ulanov have won the contest of social business projects held in Kalmykia. The best ideas were the proposals to open a private kindergarten; to launch buses on Elista routes adapted for people with disabilities, and organize the collection points for recycling old tires.

May 26, 2012 13:00

• Brovkina claims illegal counteraction to her solo pickets for Sochi Mayor's resignation

  Irina Brovkina, who is holding in Sochi a series of pickets demanding resignation of the city Mayor, said that she interrupted her action because of threats from the police.

May 26, 2012 12:00

• Condition of two girls from Tyrnyauz hurt in road accident in Stavropol Territory is better

  Malika Aishaeva and Yulianna Khasieva, who were transferred to the Moscow Speransky Children's Clinical Hospital after the road accident near the village of Inozemtsevo, are on the way to recovery. The condition of two other girls – Irina Geiko and Alexandra Samakovskaya – is assessed as grave, said the Department of Paediatrics and Surgery of the Hospital.

May 25, 2012 23:40

• Investigation into Anna Politkovskaya's murder extended till September

  The period of investigation into the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", has been prolonged till September. This was reported by Karen Nersisyan, the lawyer of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, one of the defendants in the case.

May 25, 2012 23:10

• MoD: nobody was hurt by explosions at training ground in Astrakhan Region

  According to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), at the training ground of Ashuluk in the Astrakhan Region, no one was injured in explosions of boxes with grenade launcher rounds. This was reported by Colonel Andrei Bobrun, Chief of the press service of the Western Military District.

May 25, 2012 23:00

• Khasavyurt ex-policemen fail to receive due payments, lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova asserts

  On May 24, lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova appealed to the Khasavyurt City Court to recognize inactivity of the Chief and the Chief Accountant of the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division), who failed to respond to her requests about cash payments to ex-policemen, dismissed from the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for health reasons, as unlawful. The lawyer believes that the ex-policemen do not receive due compensations in full.

May 25, 2012 23:00

• In Sochi, employees of Dendrology Park stop hunger strike

  Employees of the "Southern Plants" Park in Sochi, who on May 22 went on hunger strike, demanding payment of wage arrears, stopped their protest action after the meeting with the city authorities and the deputies. They agreed to a compromise to temporary become workers of the Sochi National Park, which should merge the "Southern Plants" Park after the official transfer procedure.

May 25, 2012 22:40

• In Georgia, journalists hold protest action against pressure on media

  Today, in Tbilisi, at the building of the Ministry of Justice, a group of journalists held the action "Be in Solidarity", expressing the protest against cases of pressure on the media.

May 25, 2012 22:20

• In Baku, police prevents opposition's promenade

  Tonight, in Baku, police prevented the action in support of democratic reforms, which was planned by the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC). The police detained more than 50 persons. This was stated by Gasan Kerimov, the head of the Supreme Mejlis of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

May 25, 2012 22:10

• In Azerbaijan, Court of Appeal releases "NIDA" activist

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) partially granted the complaint filed by Anar Geraily, the activist of the civil movement "NIDA" (Exclamation) and the correspondent of the website "gunxeber.com" and released him from custody.

May 25, 2012 22:00

• Makhachkala hosts spontaneous rally against kidnapping of Gadji Mustafaev

  In the rural settlement of Krasnoarmeisk of the Kirov District of Makhachkala, local residents gathered near the mosque building to protest against kidnapping of Gadji Mustafaev, a local resident.

May 25, 2012 21:00

• All the people detained during an action of protest in front of the building of Public TV in Baku released

  All the people detained on May, 24, during an action of protest of Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) in front of the building of Public TV of Azerbaijan and before its beginning were released by evening. Several activists were fined, Informational Center of CMDPC reported.

May 25, 2012 21:00

• 3500 residents of Krasnodar came to Cross Procession in honour of Cyril and Methodius

  Yesterday evening, May, 24, a Cross Procession passed off in Krasnodar. About 3500 residents of the city, Orthodox Christians, celebrated Twelve Great Feasts, one of the main holydays, the Day of the Ascension of Christ and Day of memory of Cyril and Methodius equal to the apostles.

May 25, 2012 20:00

• A soldier wounded as a result of an explosion in Ashuluk firing range, Astrakhan region

  An explosion of ammunition prepared for utilization happened on May, 24, in Ashuluk firing range of the Ministry of Defense of Russia located in Khabarli district of Astrakhan region. A serviceman got injured, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.

May 25, 2012 18:00

• At the trial on Shein's lawsuit the court completed consideration of the evidence from Divisional Election Committee of Lenin district

  Viewing the video records from Divisional Election Committee (DEC) of Lenin district of Astrakhan was accomplished at the trial on the lawsuit of ex-candidate for Mayor's Office of the city Oleg Shein.

May 24, 2012 23:50

• Amnesty International: Northern Caucasus fails to meet basic laws

  On May 23, in Moscow, representatives of the worldwide movement for human rights "Amnesty International" (AI) presented the report "Human Rights in Modern World", containing information about the situation with human rights in 2011 in 155 countries. The Russian version of the report provides information on 50 countries. The Russian part is largely devoted to the republics of Northern Caucasus, where the human rights defenders characterize the situation as unstable and uneven.

May 24, 2012 23:30

• Police officer involved in road accident with death of woman in Stavropol Territory sacked from police

  Valery Kopchuk, Lieutenant of Justice, who was detained within the criminal investigation into the criminal case on death of a woman in a road traffic accident in the Stavropol Territory, was dismissed from the structures of internal affairs. This was announced by the Investigatory Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation. The MIA considers intolerable the fact that a car with the law enforcement agent had disappeared from the place of the road traffic accident and that no assistance had been rendered to the victim. Meanwhile, the driver has not yet been identified.

May 24, 2012 23:10

• RWB urges Iranian government to shed light on fate of Azerbaijani poets

  The international non-governmental organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has expressed its concern over the fate of Farid Gusein and Shakhriyar Gadjizade, two poets from Azerbaijan, who disappeared in Iran.