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The investigation into the criminal case against Ivan Gerter, ex-Chairman of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of fraud, has been completed. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The family members of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was shot dead by the police at detention after the terror act committed on April 15 in Boston, face problems in finding a place for his burial. This was reported by Peter Stefan, the funeral home director in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. After the protest actions held by city residents, it is unknown when and where the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspect of terrorism, will be buried.

The trial of Degi Dudaev, the son of the first head of the Chechen Republic Johar Dudaev, began in Lithuania. He is accused of participating in a criminal grouping, engaged in forging passports.

Voting to the Board of Elders; verdict of guilty passed by jury to Yusup Temerkhanov, accused of killing Yuri Budanov; distribution of quotas allocation for Hajj-2013 by Hajj Mission of Russia; legitimization of Mikhail Savva's arrest in Krasnodar and clash of locals with securities at construction site of TPP in Sochi; explosion in Makhachkala killing two children; start of discussing amendments to the law "On Occupied Territories" and Georgia's decision to take part in Sochi Olympics, - see the review of major events in the Caucasus during the week of April 29-May 5, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

A native of Azerbaijan Ramil Ismailov died of a gunshot wound during a mass brawl in the south-west of Moscow. Two other participants of the fight, also natives of Southern Caucasus, were hospitalized with stab wounds.

Kamal Shagabutdinov and his son Shamil, in whose household, according to the police of Buinaksk, some ammunition was found, were detained. The ammunition had been planted on Kamal Shagabutdinov during the search, his daughter-in-law Aisha asserts.

The religious community of Muslims "Darul-Arqam" in Moscow, in the mosque of which 140 parishioners had been detained on suspicion of belonging to extremist religious organizations, has suspended its operation for an indefinite period, said one of the believers; however, so far there is no official confirmation of the information from the leadership of the community.

Today, employees of law enforcement bodies blew up three private houses belonging to suspects of having links with militants in the Dagestani city of Buinaksk, as local residents told the "Caucasian Knot". The local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has confirmed only one explosion.

The cases of life-long prisoners will be reviewed; the issue will be considered by the Parliament of Georgia, said Eka Beseliya, the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, after visiting Gldani Prison No. 8.

The Russian Federation was ranked the ninth among the worst ones in the "Impunity Index" compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In recent years, journalists in North Caucasus were protected less of all, the organization reports.

Representatives of the State Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Mechanic" and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Georgia, detained on the case of corruption in the MoA, are charged of embezzlement and misuse of funds. This was reported by advocate David Khazhaliya.

Today, the challenge to the panel of judges of the Court of Appeal in the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for tax evasion and receiving a large bribe, was rejected. On May 13, the consideration of the appeal against the sentence will be continued by the current composition of the panel of judges.

In Nalchik, participants of the today's rally spoke against tyranny of law enforcement agents and human rights violations in Kabardino-Balkaria. The protest action was attended by about twenty persons, not including journalists and policemen on duty.

The British Foreign Office recommended British citizens not to go in the near future to Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan, and some Districts of the Stavropol Territory because of high terrorist activity.