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May 24, 2010 21:00

• Bagapsh: Abkhazia to extract Black Sea oil

  As stated today in Sukhumi at a press conference by local President Sergey Bagapsh, Abkhazia, like other countries of the Black Sea region, would develop sea oil fields.

May 24, 2010 19:21

• Free Motherland Party leads in Nagorno-Karabakh election

  Karabakh central electoral commission (CEC) has published the results of the parliamentary election held on 23 May. They show that Free Fatherland party received the 41 percent of the votes (29252 voters).

May 24, 2010 18:00

• Widow of Georgia's late president Gamsakhurdia threatens self-immolation in front of Parliament

  Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, the widow of Georgia`s late president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, announced intention to commit a suicide for attracting the public attention to her son Tsotne Gamsakhurdia who was sentenced to 9,5 years prison on charges of attempted murder, illegal possession and carrying of firearms.

May 24, 2010 17:00

• Fraud suspects arrested in Rostov

  In Rostov, the board chairman of "Mutual loan" cooperative society Alexander Hevelev and his ex-wife, Natalya Samokhina, who are suspected of defrauding nearly 3500 shareholders for over 347 million rubles, were arrested, the Rostov regional prosecutor's office reports.

May 24, 2010 16:00

• In Azerbaijan, three villages more went under water

  In Azerbaijan, the three villages more were flooded in Gadzhygabulsky district - Meiniman, Khilya and Alatli. Meiniman alone numbers 1,500 residents and about 500 houses.

May 24, 2010 13:00

• Bomb triggered in Nalchik, a militiaman wounded

  Today in the morning in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, an explosive device was triggered and wounded an employee of the militia post-and-patrol service (PPS), as reported by the Investigatory Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russian ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office).

May 24, 2010 11:00

• Schoolchildren in Chechnya to study Koran at special courses

  During summer school vacations Chechen mosques plan to open classes for reading the Koran. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the republic's Muftiat.

May 24, 2010 09:00

• Suspect of organizing Kizlyar terror act detained in Dagestan

  On May 22 in Dagestan, law enforcers detained a car with a suspected organizer of the terror act committed in Kizlyar on March 31.

May 22, 2010 23:00

• Two explosions triggered in Dagestan - one casualty

  Tonight, explosions happened in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, and in Kasumkent village, Suleimanstal District of the republic. A suspected suicide bomber perished, and three militiamen were injured.

May 22, 2010 19:00

• In Georgia, lawyers suspend their protest action in front of parliament

  Georgian lawyers have suspended their protest action held in front of the building of the parliament of Georgia for ten days. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by lawyer Shalva Khachapuridze, the organizer of the action.

May 22, 2010 17:00

• Three employees of women's colony shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Three employees of the Department of the Federal Correction Service (known as "UFSIN") for Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in a shell, one more was wounded.

May 22, 2010 16:00

• Azeri MoD holds press conference in contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops

  Last Friday, on May 21, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan organized the first tour of a group of local journalists to the contact line of armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Terter direction.

May 22, 2010 15:00

• Ahmet Palankoev elected to be Senator from Ingushetia at the Council of Federation

  Ingushetia has elected its new representative of its legislative body to the Council of Federation - Ahmet Palankoev, 47, an entrepreneur and patron of arts.

May 22, 2010 14:00

• Human rights activists worry of the fate of the blogger arrested in Moscow

  Russian rights defenders are concerned of the state of health of blogger Alaudin Dudko, known in the Internet under nickname ingushetiya_ru, who was arrested in Moscow.

May 22, 2010 13:00

• Kalmykia proclaims Buddha's Birthday to be a national holiday

  President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has signed a decree announcing May 27 to be the national holiday "Birthday of Buddha Sakya-Muni".

May 22, 2010 11:00

• Explosive devices detected under oil pipeline in Azerbaijan

  On May 21, two bombs were found under the oil pipeline "Shirvan-Beyukshor" in Garadag District of Baku.

May 22, 2010 10:00

• Adygea marks Memory Day of Caucasian War casualties

  On May 21, Adygea held actions dedicated to the 146th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War.

May 22, 2010 08:00

• Krasnodar Territory: grenade kills female seller and wounds two more

  It is supposed that an RGD grenade was blown up in the evening on May 21 in a grocery shop located in Ladozhskaya village, Ust-Labinsk District, Krasnodar Territory. As a result, a woman-shop assistant was killed, and two more persons were wounded.

May 22, 2010 07:00

• In Dagestan, jurymen ask indulgence for suspected Babayev's killer

  On May 21, at the session of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, where the murder case of Farid Babayev, a public figure, a human rights activist and the leader of the regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party, is considered, the jurymen found Rasil Mamedrizaev guilty and at the same time asked for indulgence for him.

May 21, 2010 23:00

• In Nalchik, Astakhov announces suspension of adoption of Russian children by foreigners

  Currently, the process of adoption of Russian children by foreign citizens is de facto suspended until conclusion of bilateral international contracts. This was stated to journalists on May 20 by Pavel Astakhov, Plenipotentiary (Ombudsman) for Children's rights at the President of Russia, who paid a working visit to Nalchik.