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The city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, is hosting the constituent assembly of a new public organization - the "Union of Repressed Nations of Russia". Representatives of six nations are taking part in the event.

A bill was submitted to the State Duma assuming to exempt victims of terror acts from paying taxes on the help that they receive in kind. Its appearance was caused by the scandal around children-victims of Beslan.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that 47 families, which were in the state of feud, reached reconciliation. According to the President, it brings hope for peace to be settled in the region.

At about 8:00 a.m. today, in Ingushetia, in the village of Verkhni Alkun and adjoining territory, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced. Power agents are searching militants.

Former commandant of Chechnya Sergey Kizyun, who was attacked in a car in central Moscow together with ex-deputy of State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev, has recognized the latter's killer by his eyes. Mr Kizyun has stated that they had been attacked by Aslanbek Dadaev, a native of Chechnya. Dadaev's advocates would not agree with Sergey Kizyun.

The events that took place almost simultaneously in Ingushetia on April 19 - attempts on Alikhan Geroev, head of the criminal investigation department of Sunzha OVD, and religious figure Musa Esmurziev - are not linked with each other. This is the opinion of human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Mashr" and a member of the Expert's Board of Russian Ombudsman's office.

The prosecutor asked the court to sentence Vladimir Bukreev, former deputy chair of the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court, who passed a verdict of guilty in 2003 to Yuri Budanov for killing a Chechen girl, to ten years of imprisonment.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov is sure that Ingushetia, which is bordering on the Chechen Republic, will not be negatively affected by cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Chechnya.

In Kurchaloy District of Chechnya, during the last two months, part of salary money of the medical personnel of the district hospital was deduced. The medical people are indignant but fear to complain.

In response to NATO's military exercises in Georgia, planned in the territory of Georgia from May 6 to June 1, 2009, Abkhazia will hold its own ones, as Republic's President Sergey Bagapsh has stated.

On May 4-5, a mission of observers of the Congress of the Council of Europe (CE) will come to Yerevan for observing local and territorial elections. The mission members will meet state officials and representatives of political forces who plan to take part in the elections of the Board of Elders of the Yerevan City Mayoralty.

In honour of the Easter, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has pardoned 390 prisoners, including 23 women and 6 minors.

Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, press secretary of Minister of Defence of Armenia, has announced today that Armenia will take part in the NATO's military exercises "Cooperative Longbow 2009" planned in the territory of Georgia from May 6 to June 1, 2009.

Rasul Kudaev and Azret Shavaev, defendants in the case dealing with events in Nalchik on October 13, 2005, and their advocates Magomed Abubakarov and Tatiana Psomiadi have addressed their complaint to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on violation of the defendants' constitutional rights.