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20:59, 22 May 2013

Chitaya: shipments of "Borjomi" to Russia to scale up

A test batch of mineral water "Borjomi" has passed the customs control, Olga Chitaya, a representative of the company "IDS Borjomi Russia", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

20:01, 22 May 2013

Power agents reported liquidation of the leader of Gubden grouping of militants in Dagestan

According to the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC), today, during an armed clash in the Karabudakhkent District, Magomed Abusaidov, a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) and the leader of the Gubden grouping, was killed.

16:00, 22 May 2013

Baku: Hilal Mamedov challenges the court considering his case in open mode

Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, which is trying Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of the Talysh), has began considering the defendant's charge of illegal possession and sale of drugs. The hearing was held in the open mode, unlike Mamedov's allegations of treason and inciting interethnic hatred, when the court sessions took place behind closed doors.

15:00, 22 May 2013

Workers of Zestafoni ferroalloy plant in Georgia are on a hunger strike

The workers of ferroalloy plant in the town of Zestafini, Georgia, are holding a strike demanding increase in wages and signing a trade union contract.

10:00, 22 May 2013

Five refugee families in Ingushetia did not get on the waiting list for receiving dwelling certificates

On May, 21, five families from area of compact settlement of refugees “Sozidanie” (“Creation”) in Promzhilbaza district of the town of Karabulak appealed to Head of Ingushetia and Public Prosecutor’s office asking to find out why they were not put on the waiting list for receiving dwelling certificates.

07:00, 22 May 2013

Builder Pavel Soloviev from Novosibirsk beaten up in Sochi delivered to his homeland

Builder Pavel Soloviev from Novosibirsk who reported being beaten up by the police personnel in Sochi was moved to a clinic in Novosibirsk. The physicians are currently preparing him for one more operation, Pavel’s wife Veronica Solovieva informed.

02:00, 22 May 2013

A charge of corruption-related crimes brought against ex-Prime Minister of Georgia Vano Merabishvili

In the evening of May, 21, Prosecutor General’s office of Georgia brought charges against ex-Prime Minister, Secretary General of “United National Movement” party Vano Merabishvili and Governor of Kakhetia, ex-Minister of Public Health Zurab Chiaberashvili. Merabishvili and Chiaberashvili are accused of corruption, abuse of authority and embezzlement of state funds.

17:53, 21 May 2013

Former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili detained in Georgia

In Kutaisi, Vano Merabishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia and the present Secretary General of the "United National Movement" was detained after being questioned at the Prosecutor's Office of Western Georgia. Together with him, Zurab Chiaberashvili, the former Minister of Public Health, Labour and Social Welfare, was detained.

16:47, 21 May 2013

A circle of suspects of committing terror act in Makhachkala defined

The MIA of Dagestan has received orientation attributes on the suspects of committing the terror act in Makhachkala; however, the number of suspects and their attributes are not disclosed, said a source from the Ministry.

16:00, 21 May 2013

Volgograd Region: defenders of historic unloading dock report suspension of its dismantling

On May 20, the group of activists defending the unloading dock in the Volgograd Region took another attempt to protect the historic structure from demolition. The opposition of the activists with people who tried to perform the demolition on that day was stopped by the police, which intend to carry out its own check. At present, the demolition of the building is suspended, the activists reports. The fate of the structure, according to Alexei Volotskov, a Deputy of the Volgograd City Duma, is currently decided by the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

15:00, 21 May 2013

Court on Taziev's case in Rostov questions witnesses of bus explosion in Nevinnomyssk

Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court, where Ali Taziev, a native of Ingushetia and one of the leaders of "Imarat Kavkaz", is tried, questioned six witnesses. Their testimonies referred to the explosion of a passenger bus at the bus station of Nevinnomyssk in December 2007.

13:58, 21 May 2013

Kotiev: Mutaliev's body identified in Nazran by attributes from search data

This morning, in the municipality of Gamurzievo in the city of Nazran, power agents have blocked a house, where, according to their version, members of the armed underground were hiding, who opened fire in response to an offer to surrender. As a result of an armed clash two persons were killed – a wanted leader of Ingush militants Djamalele Mutaliev and a suspect of aiding militants Alikhan Ozdoev.

13:00, 21 May 2013

Residents of a settlement damaged by hail in Georgia demand compensation of the damage

On May, 20, residents of the settlement of Bakurtsikhe, Gurdjaani district of Georgia, came out with an action of protest demanding from the Government compensation of the damage inflicted on the agricultural lands by natural calamity.

12:00, 21 May 2013

A founder of an oppositional newspaper in Azerbaijan sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally

Founder of “Giundem Khabar” (“Daily News”) Shirin Djafari in Azerbaijan was sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally for accusation of nonpayment of tax, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

11:50, 21 May 2013

Wife of an arrested resident of Buinaksk reports unlawful methods of investigation

Relatives of resident of Buinaksk Zurabek Ashurov detained for accusation of illegal storage of arms report unlawful methods of investigation and forcing him to reject the attorneys’ aid. The investigative bodies produce no comment on the process of investigation of the case.

10:31, 21 May 2013

Officials of Mayor’s office of Batumi detained for accusation of misappropriation of stare funds

On May, 20, chief of a department and two experts of Mayor’s office of Batumi, Georgia, were detained by Committee of Inquiry of the Ministry of Finance for accusation of misappropriation of state funds on an especially large scale and negligence.

22:40, 20 May 2013

Arbitration Court of Chechnya rejects tax inspectorate's claim to collect tax arrears from the "Union of NGOs"

The Tax Inspectorate cannot claim to recover the arrears from the "Union of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)"; the decision was handed down today by the Arbitration Court of the Chechen Republic.

22:30, 20 May 2013

Security Council of Ingushetia: 13 power agents wounded in suicide explosion in Ordzhonikidzevskya

According to updated information, in Ingushetia as a result of self-explosion committed by Said-Hussein Atnazov in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, 13 law enforcers were injured. They were delivered to the Sunzha Central Republic's Hospital, the office of the Security Council has informed.

22:20, 20 May 2013

In Stavropol, figurant in case of death of young men in pressure chamber sentenced to two years of freedom restriction

The court has found Vladimir Poltarabatsko, a doctor of the Children Clinical Hospital of the Stavropol Territory, guilty of the death of a patient in a hyperbaric chamber, and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment, the ICRF reports today.

Aircraft IL-76 of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies that arrived to pick up the victims of the terror act at the airport of Makhachkala; May 20, 2013. Courtesy of the press service of the MfE of Dagestan, http://www.05.mchs.gov.ru

22:10, 20 May 2013

Aircraft of Russia's MfE comes to Makhachkala to pick up terror act victims

An IL-76 aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has flown from Moscow to Dagestan to evacuate the victims of two blasts triggered in Makhachkala.

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