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Relatives of Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, whose body was found on May 20 in a burnt-out car in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, identified him and took him to be buried in his native village. This was reported by journalist Fatima Tarasova, the staff member of the Dagestani organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Relatives believe that power agents are involved in the death of Magomedkhan.

Attempt of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) to hold today a protest action, demanding to ensure freedom of assembly and release of convicted oppositionists, resulted in clashes between opposition supporters and police, and detention of protesters.

Days of Ingushetia in the State Duma; approval of Prime Minister of South Ossetia; new phase of considering Oleg Shein's lawsuit in Astrakhan court; attack on a Muslim activist and the formation by new governor of government of the Stavropol Territory; murder of administration head and injuring of two civilians in shelling in Kabardino-Balkaria; start of "Eurovision" and hunger strike of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; special operation in Makhachkala, which caused protests, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 14-20, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya will carry out special operations against participants of paramilitary groups (PMG) in the area of administrative borders with the neighbouring republics and adjoining territories. According to members of power ministries, the majority of the Chechen underground are hiding themselves in the mountains and forestlands near the administrative borders with Dagestan and Ingushetia.

On May, 20, a discussion of the mass scuffle between the Dagestanies and the Armenians as a result of which a person perished was held in the hall of Adler music school of Sochi. About 400 persons took part in the meeting.

On May, 20, a citizens’ group “Protect David Garedji” organized a procession in Tbilisi. Several thousand citizens, generally young people, took part in the action marching from Vake park to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

The official opening ceremony of the 57th international song contest "Eurovision-2012" took place in Baku at 9:00 p.m. local time on May 19. Delegations of all 42 countries participating in the contest were invited to the ceremony.

In the capital of Dagestan, policemen have dispersed an assembly of about 100 relatives and friends of the persons detained in a special operation in Yubileinaya Street.

The topic of the "United Caucasian Forum" that has opened today in Makhachkala is formulated as "Xenophobia in Russian Society: Implications for Russia and the Caucasus".

Employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" assert that FSB agents were extremely unwilling to contact human rights defenders during a special operation in Dagestan, where Makhmud Mansur, Abdurakhman Magomedov and their relatives were blocked in one of the houses in Makhachkala.

In the evening on May 18, in the village of Oktiabrskoe, Zernograd District of the Rostov Region, a dog bit a girl of two to death.

On May 21, the drivers of fixed-route taxis of Vladikavkaz plan to go on an endless strike in protest against the scheduled optimization of urban routes and increase of travel tariffs.

On May 18, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) addressed the Constitutional Court asking to annul the official results of the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on May 6.

As a result of a heavy rain, which fell in the evening on May 17 in the eastern part of Georgia, a bridge was destroyed, crops were damaged and ground floors of houses were flooded. Three thousand people have power outage. There are no casualties and victims.

On May 18, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva, began considering on the merits the criminal case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper.