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May 22, 2013 10:00

• Five refugee families in Ingushetia did not get on the waiting list for receiving dwelling certificates

  On May, 21, five families from area of compact settlement of refugees “Sozidanie” (“Creation”) in Promzhilbaza district of the town of Karabulak appealed to Head of Ingushetia and Public Prosecutor’s office asking to find out why they were not put on the waiting list for receiving dwelling certificates.

May 22, 2013 07:00

• Builder Pavel Soloviev from Novosibirsk beaten up in Sochi delivered to his homeland

  Builder Pavel Soloviev from Novosibirsk who reported being beaten up by the police personnel in Sochi was moved to a clinic in Novosibirsk. The physicians are currently preparing him for one more operation, Pavel’s wife Veronica Solovieva informed.

May 22, 2013 02:00

• A charge of corruption-related crimes brought against ex-Prime Minister of Georgia Vano Merabishvili

  In the evening of May, 21, Prosecutor General’s office of Georgia brought charges against ex-Prime Minister, Secretary General of “United National Movement” party Vano Merabishvili and Governor of Kakhetia, ex-Minister of Public Health Zurab Chiaberashvili. Merabishvili and Chiaberashvili are accused of corruption, abuse of authority and embezzlement of state funds.

May 21, 2013 17:53

• Former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili detained in Georgia

  In Kutaisi, Vano Merabishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia and the present Secretary General of the "United National Movement" was detained after being questioned at the Prosecutor's Office of Western Georgia. Together with him, Zurab Chiaberashvili, the former Minister of Public Health, Labour and Social Welfare, was detained.

May 21, 2013 16:47

• A circle of suspects of committing terror act in Makhachkala defined

  The MIA of Dagestan has received orientation attributes on the suspects of committing the terror act in Makhachkala; however, the number of suspects and their attributes are not disclosed, said a source from the Ministry.

May 21, 2013 16:00

• Volgograd Region: defenders of historic unloading dock report suspension of its dismantling

  On May 20, the group of activists defending the unloading dock in the Volgograd Region took another attempt to protect the historic structure from demolition. The opposition of the activists with people who tried to perform the demolition on that day was stopped by the police, which intend to carry out its own check. At present, the demolition of the building is suspended, the activists reports. The fate of the structure, according to Alexei Volotskov, a Deputy of the Volgograd City Duma, is currently decided by the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

May 21, 2013 15:00

• Court on Taziev's case in Rostov questions witnesses of bus explosion in Nevinnomyssk

  Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court, where Ali Taziev, a native of Ingushetia and one of the leaders of "Imarat Kavkaz", is tried, questioned six witnesses. Their testimonies referred to the explosion of a passenger bus at the bus station of Nevinnomyssk in December 2007.

May 21, 2013 13:58

• Kotiev: Mutaliev's body identified in Nazran by attributes from search data

  This morning, in the municipality of Gamurzievo in the city of Nazran, power agents have blocked a house, where, according to their version, members of the armed underground were hiding, who opened fire in response to an offer to surrender. As a result of an armed clash two persons were killed – a wanted leader of Ingush militants Djamalele Mutaliev and a suspect of aiding militants Alikhan Ozdoev.

May 21, 2013 13:00

• Residents of a settlement damaged by hail in Georgia demand compensation of the damage

  On May, 20, residents of the settlement of Bakurtsikhe, Gurdjaani district of Georgia, came out with an action of protest demanding from the Government compensation of the damage inflicted on the agricultural lands by natural calamity.

May 21, 2013 12:00

• A founder of an oppositional newspaper in Azerbaijan sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally

  Founder of “Giundem Khabar” (“Daily News”) Shirin Djafari in Azerbaijan was sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally for accusation of nonpayment of tax, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

May 21, 2013 11:50

• Wife of an arrested resident of Buinaksk reports unlawful methods of investigation

  Relatives of resident of Buinaksk Zurabek Ashurov detained for accusation of illegal storage of arms report unlawful methods of investigation and forcing him to reject the attorneys’ aid. The investigative bodies produce no comment on the process of investigation of the case.

May 21, 2013 10:31

• Officials of Mayor’s office of Batumi detained for accusation of misappropriation of stare funds

  On May, 20, chief of a department and two experts of Mayor’s office of Batumi, Georgia, were detained by Committee of Inquiry of the Ministry of Finance for accusation of misappropriation of state funds on an especially large scale and negligence.

May 20, 2013 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 13-19

  Start of hearing in Rostov-on-Don of the case of Ali Taziev, a leader of North-Caucasian militants; trial of officials in connection with flood in Krymsk; death in Afghanistan of three Georgian servicemen and actions in defence and against sexual minorities in Tbilisi; self-explosion of a suspected militant in Ingushetia; pupils in Chechnya get poisoned with some unknown substance, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 13-19, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.

May 20, 2013 22:40

• Arbitration Court of Chechnya rejects tax inspectorate's claim to collect tax arrears from the "Union of NGOs"

  The Tax Inspectorate cannot claim to recover the arrears from the "Union of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)"; the decision was handed down today by the Arbitration Court of the Chechen Republic.

May 20, 2013 22:30

• Security Council of Ingushetia: 13 power agents wounded in suicide explosion in Ordzhonikidzevskya

  According to updated information, in Ingushetia as a result of self-explosion committed by Said-Hussein Atnazov in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, 13 law enforcers were injured. They were delivered to the Sunzha Central Republic's Hospital, the office of the Security Council has informed.

May 20, 2013 22:20

• In Stavropol, figurant in case of death of young men in pressure chamber sentenced to two years of freedom restriction

  The court has found Vladimir Poltarabatsko, a doctor of the Children Clinical Hospital of the Stavropol Territory, guilty of the death of a patient in a hyperbaric chamber, and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment, the ICRF reports today.

May 20, 2013 22:10

• Aircraft of Russia's MfE comes to Makhachkala to pick up terror act victims

  An IL-76 aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has flown from Moscow to Dagestan to evacuate the victims of two blasts triggered in Makhachkala.

May 20, 2013 22:00

• Protesters against ban on hijabs convicted in Baku

  Today, the Nariman District Court of Baku has announced the verdict to a group of believers, who were arrested in connection with the protest action on October 5, 2012, in front of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. The court sentenced the believers to prison terms ranging from one and a half to two years.

May 20, 2013 22:00

• MIA: suspect of spraying gas in school of Grozny established

  The police have established the identity of the infringer, involved in poisoning the pupils of School No. 17 of Grozny. It appeared to be a pupil of the same school, said the press service of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

May 20, 2013 21:00

• Azerbaijani writer Khalida Khalid and her assistant released in Iran

  The citizen of Azerbaijan, a writer Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamkhal Guseinov have been Release from detention in Iran, said Mohsen Pakayin, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan.