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May 13, 2011 23:40

• Trial of journalists Nizovkina and Stetsura: new examinations appointed

  At the trial held in Ulan-Ude of journalists Tatiana Stetsura and Nadezhda Nizovkina, the court ordered to hold new examinations of the text on deportation of the Caucasian nations, for writing and distribution of which the journalists had been prosecuted on charges of inciting hatred and enmity towards employees of power structures.

May 13, 2011 23:30

• At match in Grozny on May 11 water cannons and truncheons were used against fans

  On May 11, in the course of the opening ceremony of the largest in Northern Caucasus sports complex named after Akhmad Kadyrov in Grozny, not all possible nuances were foreseen; and it resulted in a number of serious incidents outside the stadium, local observers and football fans assert.

May 13, 2011 23:20

• Frontier Troops Major lost in Dagestan

  According to updated information, a Major of the Frontier Department for Dagestan of the Russian FSB was lost in the armed clash, which occurred on May 12 in the Tsumandin District of Dagestan. This was announced by the press service of the Dagestani MIA.

May 13, 2011 23:10

• Russia's SC postpones consideration of cassation lodged by figurants in Ruslan Yamadaev's murder case

  Today in Moscow, the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has considered a complaint lodged by the advocates of Elim-Pashi Khatsuev, Aslanbek Dadaev and Timur Isaev, accused of murdering Ruslan Yamadaev. The court decided to postpone its session till May 25.

May 13, 2011 23:00

• Ex-senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan receives his CER

  As reported by a source from the penitentiary system, the former senator (deputy of the Russian Council of the Federation) from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan, sentenced in 2008 to 7.5 years in prison for an attempted fraud, has received his conditional early relief (CER).

May 13, 2011 22:50

• Defence of parents whose children drowned in Yeisk Spit complain against court

  Advocates of the parents of the schoolchildren, who drowned in the sea near Yeisk have filed a complaint against the court, which rejected their petition to attract teachers as co-respondents. On May 16, 2011, a preliminary court hearing will take place.

May 13, 2011 22:40

• Advocate and relatives of suspect of committing terror act in Vladikavkaz had no contact with him for two weeks

  On May 11, Batyr Akhilgov, advocate of Issa Khashagulgov, a resident of Ingushetia, had a meeting with his client, who is suspected of organizing the terror act in North Ossetia. The meeting was sanctioned after Akhilgov and Khashagulgov wife complained to rights defenders that since April 22 the advocate had no chance to meet his client.

May 13, 2011 22:20

• Press Secretary of Dagestani President rejects law violations at ordering wristwatches

  The wristwatches are intended not for bureaucrats but for awarding on special occasions and memorial dates of law enforcers, athletes and scientists for special merits to the republic, Rasul Khaibullaev, press secretary of the president of Dagestan, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

May 13, 2011 22:10

• Stavropol Territory: Sheikh Ismajlov suspects explosive was planted on him

  Currently, the family of Sheikh Kurman Ismajlov, whose house was searched, after which power agents stated confiscation "of substance looking like explosive", lives not at home but with his relatives, since advocates strongly advised his to stay among people and not live along as he had used to.

May 13, 2011 22:00

• HRC "Memorial": power agents question author of the book on war crimes in Chechnya

  The Centre for Combating Extremism is now checking the fact of dissemination of the book on war crimes in Chechnya, written by the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS). The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" considers it an attempt to suppress the freedom of speech and prevent human rights activities with the help of the anti-extremist legislation.

May 13, 2011 21:00

• Journalist Teplischev in Astrakhan compulsory evicted from his dwelling

  Journalist Oleg Teplischev reports that on May, 11, he and his mother were compulsory evicted from two flats belonging to them located in one of the houses in the center of Astrakhan.

May 13, 2011 20:00

• Ethics Committee for officials and deputies will be created in Armenia

  Armenian parliamentarians approved a legislative initiative of forming an Ethics Committee for officials and deputies in first reading. The Committee will control interrelations between the officials and deputies and correspondence between real officials' income and declarations submitted by them.

May 13, 2011 19:00

• Presidential Administration in Dagestan ordered a parcel of watches to a sum of 80 thousand dollars

  Administration of the President of Dagestan placed an order on purchasing a parcel of 100 silver watches at the web-site of Government Purchases. The starting price of the contract makes 2 215 thousand rubles (about 80 thousand dollars).

May 13, 2011 18:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs in Kabardino-Balkaria signed an agreement of collaboration with confessions of faith

  On May, 12, Head of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Kabardino-Balkaria Sergey Valiliev signed an agreement of collaboration with representatives of the three major confessions of the republic and the Ombudsman of KBR.

May 12, 2011 23:55

• South Ossetia hosts meeting on search of perished and missing persons

  Today, the village of Dvani was the venue of the fourth meeting of the special commission in charge of searching the dead and missing persons with participation of officials from Georgia, South Ossetia and Russia, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

May 12, 2011 23:55

• Krasnodar Territory: defendants cut their wrist veins at verdict announcement

  In the evening on May 11, in the village of Poltavskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in the building of the Krasnoarmeiskiy District Court, in the course of an open trial, four defendants cut their wrist veins, when their verdict was announced. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from the defendants' representatives.

May 12, 2011 23:55

• In Grozny, "Kavkaz" beats "Stars of World Football"

  At the end of the opening ceremony of the Akhmad-Hadji Kadyrov Stadium in Grozny, a football match was played by the "Stars of World Football" and the team named "Kavkaz". The match was played in two 30-minute halves. The hosts beat the visitors with the score 5:2.

May 12, 2011 23:50

• Civilian shot dead at Karabakh-Azerbaijani border

  On May 11, Araik Balasanyan, a tractor driver and a resident of Nagorno-Karabakh, died from a bullet at the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops. Nagorno-Karabakh blames Azerbaijani militaries for the murder of the civilian.

May 12, 2011 23:45

• Court of Appeal leaves rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov in custody

  On Tuesday, May 10, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) considered the appeal complaint lodged by rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov head of the NGO named "Assistance to Defence of Democracy", who challenged the legality of the decision of Nizami District Court of May 2 about his 2-month-long arrest. The judge left the appeal complaint without satisfaction.

May 12, 2011 23:40

• Head of Dagestani RUVD did not rule out involvement of officials in attempt on him

  Lieutenant-Colonel Abdurashid Bibulatov, head of the RUVD (District Police Department) of the Kaitag District, into whose yard a grenade was thrown at night on May 8 a grenade was thrown, did not exclude that local officials, whom be had accused of abuse, could back the attack.