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At night on May 21, in the Southwest District of Yerevan another clash took place between the members of pre-election offices of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and the Party "Prospering Armenia" (PA).

The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case on the fact of death of a newborn in one of the hospitals in the Stavropol Territory.

The broad-scale special operation against members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), launched by power agents on May 16 in villages of the pre-border Sunzha District of Ingushetia and then extended to the whole territory of the republic, continues. Residents assert that no rights of civilians are broken in the course of actions.

Beslan Chagiev, the terrorist-suicide-bomber who blew himself up on May 15 near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic in Grozny, some time ago was a well-known wrestler. The reasons on Chagiev's suicide are still unclear.

Mosque "Ilakhiyat", located in the Yasamal District of Baku, which was closed on May 20 for visitors, has reopened for visitors. However, the access for believers will be restricted. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that today the traditional Friday namaz took place there, attended by more than one thousand persons.

Movladi Atlangeriev who was kidnapped in Moscow more than a year ago paid by this for his friendship with the Yamadaevs and for his intractability with the present authorities of Chechnya. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by a member of Yamadaev's clan in his interview.

On May 20, in the course of special operations conducted in Chechnya against members of armed formations employees of law enforcement bodies detained three suspected militants' helpers. Four helpers and one former militant were detained on the previous day, on May 19, as asserted by law enforcement bodies of the republic.

The health condition of two militaries Koba Otanadze and Levan Amiridze, suspected of organizing a mutiny, wounded today during a special operation, is currently stable; they are in hospital, as reported by an advocate of one of the officers.

On May 20, the oppositional newspaper named "Chorrord Ishkhanutyun" (Fourth Power) reported with reference to its sources that President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who was in Nagorno-Karabakh at celebration of the Victory Day, said during one of his meetings in a narrow audience that in the near future he would announce amnesty for the imprisoned oppositional activists.

Seifudin Kaziahmedov who was killed today in Makhachkala was once the head of the investigatory group in charge of the criminal case about the terror act committed in Kaspiisk on May 9, 2002. In the end of 2008, he was appointed deputy head of the Investigatory Department for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia.

In Stavropol, two students were knifed to death. The militia puts forward a number of versions of the incident, saying that it could be a domestic crime or motivated by interethnic relations.

Activists of the opposition and their supporters have started their march from the city of Batumi (Adzharia, Georgia) towards Tbilisi, the capitals of Georgia. They plan to make their first stop for the night in Kutaisi.