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June 01, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 23-29

  Dispersal of oppositional protest in Tbilisi; amnesty announced in Armenia covering political prisoners; disaster was caused by torrential rains in Southern Russia; Russian Nogais hold their congress in Dagestan ", - look these and other events in the review of the week of May 23-29, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 01, 2011 22:50

• Residents of Dagestan report kidnapping of young man

  Today at 11 a.m. in Dagestan, unidentified assailants in civilian clothes kidnapped Magomedov, Magomed Muslimovich, born in 1990, a resident of the village of Cheryomushki, Kizlyar District. It was reported by the young man's neighbours. According to recent reports, he is kept at the GOVD (City Interior Department) of Kizlyar.

June 01, 2011 22:40

• Dmitry Medvedev meets "Beslan Mothers"

  As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a meeting took place in Moscow of Susanna Dudieva and Elvira Tuaeva, members of the Association of Victims of Terror Acts "Beslan Mothers", with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

June 01, 2011 22:30

• North-Ossetian Muftiate states detention of Muslim activists in Vladikavkaz

  In the evening on May 31, after the special operation, which resulted in liquidation of David Murashev, suspected of murdering Shamil Dzhigkaev, a famous Ossetian writer and dean of the philology department of the local university, the Ossetian police arrested 15 Muslims, said Ibrahim Dzagurov, assistant Mufti of North Ossetia.

June 01, 2011 22:20

• Journalists detained at rally in Dagestan released

  The journalists, who were taken to the OVD (Interior Division) from the today's rally in central Makhachkala, were set free a couple of hours later. This was reported by one of the detainees - Abubakar Rizvanov, Director of the "Khuda Media" Centre.

June 01, 2011 22:10

• Beslan and Moscow commemorate Beslan victims

  On June 1, the International Children's Day, a rally "Take Care of Children" was held by the "Beslan Mothers" Association of Victims of Terror Acts in the yard of Beslan School No. 1, which was hit by a terror act in September 2004.

June 01, 2011 22:00

• Two alleged organizers of explosion in marketplace of Vladikavkaz surrender in Ingushetia

  A supposed militant has surrendered and pled guilty of organizing the terror act in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010.

June 01, 2011 21:00

• Rostov-on-Don holds flash mob urging to quit smoking

  On May 31 - the World No Tobacco Day - a flash mob was held by Rostov activists of the public organization "Molodaya Gvardiya" (Young Guard) with the support of the Russian Ministry for Public Health and Social Development.

June 01, 2011 20:00

• Free kindergartens will be opened in the beaches of Anapa this summer

  This summer the authorities of Anapa will open free kindergartens in the beaches of Anapa where the holidaymakers will be able to leave their children under the tutors' care for some space of time.

June 01, 2011 19:00

• Association "For Advocacy of Media" demands investigation of the cases of violence to the journalists on May, 26

  The Georgian Association "For Advocacy of Media" sent a statement to the Minister of Interior Affairs of Georgia Vano Merebishvili asking for investigation of all the cases of beating and detention of journalists and destroying there devices during dispersal of the oppositional meeting in Rustaveli avenue on May, 26.

June 01, 2011 18:00

• Human rights activist Basmanov held a one-person picket in Sochi within the framework of the action "Strategy-31"

  On May, 31, human rights activist Sergey Basmanov held a one-person picket in Sochi within the framework of the action "Strategy-31" in protection of clause 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. According to him, the action passed off without incidents.

May 31, 2011 23:20

• FSIN to choose prisons for extremism convicts in any region of Russia

  The State Duma has adopted amendments to the Criminal-Executive Code of the Russian Federation, under which those convicted for involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and extremism may be sent to serve their terms to any region of Russia, regardless of where the crime was committed. Human rights defenders were against the amendments.

May 31, 2011 23:00

• Yerevan hosts protest against trial of Tigran Postanjyan

  On May 30, several dozens of protesters rallied in Yerevan in front of the courthouse against the trial of Tigran Postanjyan.

May 31, 2011 22:50

• In Ingushetia, policeman occasionally wounds woman

  On May 30, during a quarrel in a cafe in the city of Karabulak, a policeman accidentally wounded a woman, the owner of the entity from his pistol.

May 31, 2011 22:40

• Georgia: imprisoned Tsotne Gamsakhurdia is on hunger strike again

  The son of first Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia - Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, who is serving his sentence on charges of a premeditated murder attempt, has gone on hunger strike after the prison authorities did not allow him to receive medication from his relatives. This was reported by Keti Bekauri, his advocate.

May 31, 2011 22:30

• Deputy Dagestani MIA head promises to find Shamil Omarov

  The relatives of Shamil Omarov, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who was kidnapped on May 28, who have organized today a spontaneous rally, had a meeting with a representative of the administration of the head of Dagestan. He received the relatives' application to the name of Magomedsalam Magomedov, where they ask to clarify Shamil's whereabouts and give him out to his family. Sergey Trofimov, Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan, instructed his subordinates to inform him about the results of searching Omarov.

May 31, 2011 22:20

• Oppositional rally is on in Yerevan

  Today, at 6:20 p.m. Moscow time, in Freedom Square a several thousand strong rally of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) began.

May 31, 2011 22:20

• Said Gereikhanov: mosque closed in Dagestan under pressure of ROVD boss

  Parishioners cannot pray in the mosque of the village of Sovietskoe, Magaramkent District, because it was closed at the insistence of Shakir Omarov, head of the ROVD (District Interior Division). This was reported by the mosque imam Said Gereikhanov.

May 31, 2011 22:10

• In Vladikavkaz, suspect of murdering poet Dzhigkaev shot dead

  In the course of a special operation in Vladikavkaz, the supposed killer of the Ossetian national poet Shamil Dzhigkaev was liquidated. In the shootout a SWAT officer was wounded.

May 31, 2011 22:00

• Georgian television journalist to be deported from Russia

  The Meschansky District Court of Moscow has decided to deport the Georgian journalist from the First Information Caucasian Channel (PIK-Channel) Natiya Poladashvili.