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May 24, 2011 23:10

• Public organizations of Chechnya join All-Russian People's Front

  The Association of Chechen Public and Cultural Associations of Russia and the Union of Chechen Student Youth have announced their accession to the All-Russian People's Front. The former includes the organizations registered in Moscow and other Russian regions; the latter unites students and postgraduates studying in Russia's major cities.

May 24, 2011 23:00

• Khachapuridze: demands of Georgian hunger-striking lawyers were ignored

  The Georgian lawyers, who stopped on May 21 their hunger strike in front of the Parliament of Georgia, claim that the authorities failed to satisfy any of their demands.

May 24, 2011 22:50

• ECtHR orders Russia to compensate two kidnappings in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Russia should pay a fine of 122,724 euros for two lawsuits of Chechen residents.

May 24, 2011 22:40

• Bortnikov: FSB knows Dokku Umarov's whereabouts

  The location of the leader of the armed underground of North Caucasus Dokku Umarov is known to the Russia's secret services, Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB, has announced today.

May 24, 2011 22:30

• Witness in Politkovskaya's murder case disappears

  The citizen of the Republic of Belarus, who had earlier evidenced in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", has disappeared somewhere outside Russia.

May 24, 2011 22:00

• Oppositionists from Batumi joined the action of protest in Tbilisi

  On Tuesday night a group of oppositionists who arrived from Batumi joined the action of protest going on in Tbilisi, in front of the building of the Public TV.

May 24, 2011 21:00

• The prosecution appealed against the verdict to ex-Mayor of Georgievsk fined for bribery

  State prosecution disagreed with the judgment of Stavropol territorial court concerning ex-Mayor of Georgievsk Victor Gubanov fined for bribery. The public prosecutor appealed against the judgment insisting on imprisonment for the convict.

May 24, 2011 20:00

• A drug policeman in Volgograd condemned for drug traffic

  A verdict concerning Igor Chetvertukhin, senior operative officer of Uriupinsk Inter-regional department of Federal Service of Drug Control, came into effect. He was acknowledged guilty of an attempt of illegal drug traffic and abuse of authority.

May 24, 2011 19:00

• Two illegal pipelines for pumping inflammable lubricant materials to Ukraine found in Rostov region

  Two illegal pipelines for pumping inflammable lubricant materials from Russia to Ukraine were found in the city of Donetsk, Rostov region. Smugglers built a three kilometer long pipe under the earthroad between the settlements of Tsof and Shevyrev and fit out an area for pumping in one of the garages of Donetsk.

May 24, 2011 18:00

• Mortar shells found near a nuclear power plant in Armenia

  Two mortar shells were found in 800 meters distance from Metsamor nuclear power plant in a field neighbouring to the settlement of Akhnalich, Armavir district of Armenia.

May 23, 2011 23:30

• In The Hague, rights defenders to complain about non-investigated crimes in Georgia during the August 2008 conflict

  Today in The Hague, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) will publish a report on Georgia entitled "Unable or Unwilling?" In the opinion of the NHC, for various reasons the Georgian authorities are "braking" efficient inquiry of the crimes that fall into jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

May 23, 2011 23:20

• In Volgograd, police officer suspected of drug dealing

  An employee of the Russian MIA's Chief Department for the Southern Federal District (SFD) is accused of planting a kilo of heroin into the car of Alexander Afanasiev, Director of the OBI Supermarket, against whom a criminal proceeding was later instituted on drug dealing.

May 23, 2011 23:10

• Satirical play on Putin admitted in Rostov-on-Don

  The bosses of the Rostov Youth Theatre have apologized for the situation around cancellation of several plays of the festival "Rostov Readings" and cancelled their earlier decision not to admit them to performance.

May 23, 2011 23:00

• Residents of Khrakh-Uba demand removal of Dagestani Minister Bekmurzaev from enclave resettlement

  Today, Makhachkala hosted a rally of residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba, located in the territory of Azerbaijan. The participants of the action told about threats of deportation from Azerbaijan and harassment of enclave villagers. The protest rally was about 60 persons strong. The action was sanctioned by the administration of Makhachkala.

May 23, 2011 22:50

• "Echo Moskvy" journalist denied entry to Azerbaijan for his trip to Nagorno-Karabakh

  As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan, Sergey Buntman, deputy editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy" radio station, was put on the list of persons, whose visit to the country is highly undesirable.

May 23, 2011 22:40

• Ecologists manage to stop build-up of Mamay Forest in Stavropol

  The Stavropol Interregional Ecological Prosecutor's Office has dismissed the decision of the Administration of Stavropol to cut and build up the Mamay Forest, which was defended by the city public.

May 23, 2011 22:30

• EU official urges Azerbaijani authorities to revise sentences passed to oppositionists

  Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has resolutely condemned conviction in Azerbaijan of young oppositionists Jabbar Savalan and Bakhtiyar Gadjiev.

May 23, 2011 22:10

• Officials of KBR to use public transport for a week

  Starting from today, senior officials of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are forbidden to use their service cars. Such order was issued by the head of the republic Arsen Kanokov with the aim to acquaint the top managers of Kabardino-Balkaria with the problems of public transport.

May 23, 2011 22:00

• Kumaritov: special troops of Georgian MIA block border with South Ossetia

  The Georgian authorities have blocked the road across the border between the villages of the Sinagur District of South Ossetia and Georgia and stopped passing villagers through the checkpoint. This was reported by Pavel Kumaritov, Head of the Administration of the Dzaus District of South Ossetia.

May 23, 2011 21:00

• Abramyan: amnesty in Armenia will last till September 21

  Journalists were told by Ovik Abramyan, Speaker of the Parliament, that the Armenian National Assembly would consider the amnesty issue at its extraordinary session on May 25. According to his story, this is the ninth amnesty campaign in the history of independent Armenia; and it will be completed before the 20th anniversary of Independence - on September 21.