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May 19, 2011 20:00

• A disabled man in Armenia started a hunger strike near the Embassy of France

  Yesterday, May, 18, disabled Samvel Mikaelyan started an open-ended hunger strike near the Embassy of France in Armenia. The participant of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh is indignant with the fact that his social and domestic problems have not yet been solved.

May 19, 2011 19:00

• The Georgian opposition reports detention of an ex-deputy in Kutaisi

  Gogi Tsulaya, ex-deputy of the Georgian Parliament, Chairman of regional organization of oppositional movement "Free Georgia", was detained in Kutaisi, Press service of the movement reports.

May 19, 2011 18:00

• The court obliged the Ministry of Defense to pay half a million rubles for the loss of a woman soldier in Chechnya

  Urus-Martan city court in Chechnya obliged the Ministry of Defense to pay 500 thousand rubles for the loss of a woman soldier in Chechnya. According to the judgment, the victim's mother will receive the money as a compensation for moral damage.

May 18, 2011 23:50

• Chechnya: teenager warned for false report about terror act

  On May 17 in Chechnya, a sentence was passed to the 15-year-old boy, who last summer reported false data to the "MegaFon" mobile operator about an impending major terror act.

May 18, 2011 23:40

• Georgian citizens detained on Georgian-South-Ossetian border

  Four citizens of Georgia have been detained for illegal crossing of the state borders of South Ossetia, said the KGB (State Security Committee) of South Ossetia. According to the Georgian MIA, the young people were gathering edible herbs near the border, when Russian frontier guards tried to arrest them. According to the Georgian party, two of the Georgians were wounded.

May 18, 2011 23:30

• Dagestan: journalists have last statement at "Chernovik" trial

  The Lenin Federal Court of Makhachkala held another session on the case of journalists from the newspaper "Chernovik" accused of "inciting extremism" and "kindling hatred" to law enforcement bodies. In their last statement the journalists refused to plead guilty. The sentence will be announced on May 19.

May 18, 2011 23:20

• In Armenia, court extends arrest of high-ranking police officer

  The court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron and Nork-Marash of Yerevan has ruled to extend by two more months the custody of Major-General Ovannes Tamamyan, ex-head of the Chief Department of Criminal Investigation of the Police of Armenia.

May 18, 2011 23:10

• Residents of Khrakh-Uba to hold new protest action in capital of Dagestan

  Residents of the Dagestani enclave in Azerbaijan - the village of Khrakh-Uba - have announced their plans to hold a new rally on May 23 in Makhachkala, where they intend to demand again from the authorities of Dagestan and Russia to protect their interests.

May 18, 2011 23:00

• In Chechnya, court adjudges 30,000 roubles in favour of woman who lost daughter in shelling

  The Lenin District Court of Grozny has partially satisfied the claim lodged by Ruman Kosumova, a resident of the village of Kharachoi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, on compensation for her moral sufferings caused to her by actions of prosecutors from the Vedeno District and Shali Inter-District Investigatory Division of the Investigatory Department for Chechnya of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

May 18, 2011 23:00

• Chechen authorities deny budget spending on expensive gifts to "Stars of World Football"

  Following the information about the intention of the administration of the head of Dagestan to buy a batch of silver watches worth about 80,000 US dollars, the data appeared in the press that the high-ranking guests of the May 11 opening ceremony of the sports complex in Grozny were generously presented with watches with diamonds. As stated now in the Chechen administration, the guests did not receive any gifts bought for the budget money.

May 18, 2011 23:00

• "Mashr" reports double reduction in murders committed in 2010 in Ingushetia

  The human rights organization named "Mashr" has presented its annual report "Illusion of Law" about human rights violations in Ingushetia in 2010. According to the organization, in 2010, 13 residents of Ingushetia were kidnapped, 9 of them outside the republic; in 2009, the respective figures were 14 and 7.

May 18, 2011 22:50

• In Astrakhan, court fines journalist for critical article about city mayor

  On May 16, the Sovietskiy District Court of Astrakhan put a full stop in considering the lawsuit filed by the Mayor of Astrakhan Sergey Bozhenov on protection of their honour and dignity and compensation of his moral harm against the newspaper named "Revival of the State". The court ruled to fine Vladimir Anikin, the paper's founder and editor, by 10,000 roubles.

May 18, 2011 22:40

• Volgograd Court leaves ex-deputy of regional Duma accused of paedophile in custody

  The Tsentralny District Court of Volgograd has extended the detention of Nikolai Volkov, a former deputy of the Regional Duma, accused of a series of sexual crimes against children, the press service of the court said.

May 18, 2011 22:30

• Azerbaijan: Bakhtiyar Gadjiev sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

  Today, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, chaired by Emin Akhundov, finalized the trial of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev.

May 18, 2011 22:10

• Georgia: lawyers to continue hunger strike till May 21

  The hunger strike of Georgian lawyers near the parliament's building in Tbilisi continues.

May 18, 2011 21:00

• Sixty museums of Armenia will take part in the "Night of Museums"

  Today from 18:00 (17:00 Moscow time) till midnight (23:00 Moscow time) sixty museums of Armenia will receive visitors for free within the framework of the international action the "Night of Museums". This year the slogan of the "Night of Museums" the world over is "Museum and memory".

May 18, 2011 20:00

• One person perished in a mass scuffle between natives of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow region

  A mass scuffle occurred in Lubertsi district of Moscow region, one person perished as a result and seven got injured, a source in law enforcement bodies of the district reported.

May 18, 2011 19:00

• Rosprirodnadzor found no corroboration of mass fall of dolphins at the coast of Anapa

  Department of Rosprirodnadzor in Krasnodar region and Adygeia inspected an area in the neighbourhood of Anapa, questioned the divers and found no corroboration of the information received that three tens dead dolphins were found in the water area.

May 18, 2011 18:00

• A churchman fired upon in Dagestan, his daughter got wounded

  An attempt at deputy imam of the local mosque was committed in the settlement of Sultanyangi-Yurt, Kizilyurt district of Dagestan, his fourteen-year-old daughter got wounded.

May 17, 2011 23:30

• Moscow Court extends detention of suspect of murdering football fan Sviridov

  The Presnya Court of Moscow has extended - until July 6 - the custody of Aslan Cherkesov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of murdering in Moscow Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC. This was announced today by Olga Sutyapova, press secretary of the court.