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May 07, 2012 10:00

• About 50 people gathered at an oppositional meeting in Rostov-on-Don

  About 50 people gathered at an oppositional meeting “For honest and legitimate authority” held on May, 6, in Rostov-on-Don. The main slogan of the action was “Freedom to political prisoners!”.

May 07, 2012 08:00

• The United States Department of State called for the Russian Federation to investigate the murder of founder of “Chernovik” newspaper Hajimurad Kamalov

  Russia must stop arbitrariness against journalists and investigate the murder of founder of “Chernovik” newspaper Hajimurad Kamalov committed in Dagestan, Mark Toner, official representative of the United States Department of State, declared at a press conference in Washington timed to World Press Freedom Day.

May 05, 2012 23:00

• In Dagestan, court finds two information websites as extremist

  On May 4, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala upheld the demand of the Prosecutor's Office and recognized two Internet resources as extremist ones. According to the Office, they acted in the interests of the local bandit underground.

May 05, 2012 22:40

• ICRC helps victims of double terror act in Makhachkala

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has helped two hospitals in Makhachkala, where the patients wounded at the double terror act take their treatment. We also know that two especially grave patients have been sent today from Dagestan into one of Moscow clinics by a special aircraft.

May 05, 2012 22:00

• Armenian Constitutional Court dismisses MPs' claim to abolish ban on publication of lists of voters who voted

  Today, the Constitutional Court of Armenia has denied the claim lodged by Deputies of the National Assembly to abolish the prohibition stipulated by the Electoral Code to disclose the list of those voters, who have actually cast their ballot papers.

May 05, 2012 21:00

• Dagestan: court decides to liquidate books of the follower of Turkish theologian

  Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has upheld the decision of the Lenin Magistrate Court of Makhachkala, prescribing to liquidate the religious books confiscated from Ziyavdin Dapaev, a follower of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, who had been earlier convicted of organizing an extremist organization.

May 05, 2012 20:13

• Three teens injured by terror act are still in Dagestani hospitals

  As a result of the double terror act committed in Makhachkala, five teenagers were injured – three are in local medical institutions; and two kids were let home after first aid. In total, 62 victims were hospitalized in Makhachkala.

May 05, 2012 19:00

• Picket in defence of pensioner accused of extremism dispersed in Stavropol

  The police have dispersed a picket held in Stavropol on May 4 at midday in front of the House of Justice in defence of pensioner Valentina Prasolova, who was accused of extremism. According to the police, the action was illegal.

May 05, 2012 18:00

• In Yerevan, Armenian environmental activists stand in defence of Tsagov Forest

  On May 4, in Yerevan, the "Civil Movement of Tegut Defenders" organized a protest against felling the Tsagov Forest in the town of Zhukovsky, Moscow Region. Activists marched from the Mashtots Park to the Embassy of Russia in Armenia and expressed their support for Russian ecologists.

May 05, 2012 16:00

• Mingaev dismissed from his post after scandal at "Evropieskiy" Trading Centre

  The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has dismissed Tamerlan Mingaev from his post of Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Chechen Republic under the Russian President. The dismissal has to do with the improper conduct of his wife Madina Mingaeva, said Ramzan Kadyrov.

May 05, 2012 13:00

• Alleged perpetrators of terror act in Makhachkala are searched on suspicion of preparing explosions on May 9

  Today, the head of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov has told reporters that the alleged executors of the double terror act on May 3 in Makhachkala were brother and sister Rizvan Aliev and Muslimat Alieva. On the eve of the terror act, a law enforcement source cited their names as searched suspects of preparing terror acts on May 9.

May 05, 2012 12:00

• Chechnya: houses of relatives of Bantaev, killed in special operation, burnt down, locals say

  Shortly after the April 22 special operation in the village of Komsomolskoe, Gudermes District of Chechnya, armed men in camouflage burned down the houses belonging to relatives of Akhmed Bantaev, one of those killed in the special operation. This was reported by local residents to human rights defenders.

May 05, 2012 11:00

• 25 victims of gas explosion in Armenia are still under intensive care

  As reported by the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), 25 victims of the explosion in Republic Square of Yerevan are still treated at intensive care units of local medical centres. The exploded balloons could be filled with hydrogen or methane, which have the lifting force and are explosives at the same time, said Vladimir Fedotov, Deputy Director of the Scientific and Production Association (SPA) "Geliymash". He denies that the balloons could be filled with helium, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

May 04, 2012 23:00

• Trial on cancellation of election of Astrakhan Mayor listens to 16 witnesses

  The court session in Astrakhan on the lawsuit initiated by Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the Mayor of the city and organizer of a hunger strike for cancellation of the election outcome, has interrogated 16 witnesses of the claimant.

May 04, 2012 22:00

• 144 people suffered from explosion in Yerevan

  The explosion occurred on May 4 in Republic Square during a pre-election rally-concert of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. The number of victims was 144, said the spokesman of the Armenia's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

May 04, 2012 21:00

• Prosecutor's Office takes control over inquiry into the quarrel of "StopHAM" activists with relatives of Chechen official

  The Moscow Prosecutor's Office will supervise the investigation into the brawl near the "Evropeiskiy" Trading Centre between activists of the movement "Nashi" and relatives of Tamerlan Mingaev, Deputy Representative of the Chechen Republic at the President of the Russian Federation, the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) reports.

May 04, 2012 20:00

• "Memorial" prepares materials on power agents' crimes in Dagestan for ICRF

  Materials on the crimes committed by employees of law enforcement bodies in Dagestan will be transferred to the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation additionally, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported. The crimes are rapes, murders, acts of torture and kidnappings.

May 04, 2012 18:00

• Kidnapped resident of Dagestan was earlier detained by police, says his wife

  Kamil Mutaev, a resident of the village of Zubutli-Miatli, Kizilyurt District, who was kidnapped in Dagestan, had been earlier detained several times by the police, said his wife Zukhra Mutaeva.

May 04, 2012 17:00

• In context of double terror act Dagestan announces mourning on May 5

  President of Dagestan Магомедсалам Магомедов has visited the victims of the double terror act, who were taken to City Hospital No. 2 of Makhachkala. According to his decision, May 5 was announced to be the day of mourning.

May 04, 2012 15:00

• At least six double terror acts committed in Northern Caucasus since start of 2011

  The double explosion in Makhachkala at night on May 3 was the sixth such incident in Northern Caucasus since the beginning of 2011.