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May 13, 2013 22:50

• Three soldiers from Georgia lost in Afghanistan

  Three soldiers from Georgia were killed, and 20 others were wounded in the Afghan province of Helmand in a terrorists' attack on the military base, said today Irakli Alasaniya, the Georgian Defence Minister.

May 13, 2013 22:30

• Eleven natives of Northern Caucasus detained in Moscow

  In the park of the December Uprising in the Presnya District of the Central Administrative District of Moscow, 11 natives of Northern Caucasus were detained. The police suspect them of robbery.

May 13, 2013 22:20

• Charges against former KBR officials of abusing power are unlawful

  Today, the Nalchik City Court has declared illegal the charges of abuse of power of the figurants of the case of trying to sell the building of the Philharmonic Society, said the lawyer Ruslan Koblev.

May 13, 2013 22:10

• Interpol treats Russia's request to seek Targamadze as political

  The Interpol has stopped searching for the Georgian MP Givi Targamadze, who had been put on the international wanted list by the Russian MIA, by regarding the request of the Russian party as politically motivated. As of May 12, Targamadze is still being wanted in Russia.

May 13, 2013 22:00

• Suspects involved in killing Markelov detained in Serbia and Ukraine

  Ilya Goryachev and Mikhail Volkov, members of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN), suspected of involvement in the murders of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the judge Eduard Chuvashov, have been detained in the territory of Serbia and Ukraine, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

May 13, 2013 22:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 6-12

  Crash of freight train in the Rostov Region; adoption of law on large-scale amnesty in Azerbaijan; verdict on 15 years in colony to native of Chechnya Temerkhanov for killing Budanov in Moscow; cancellation of direct election of the head of Ingushetia; announcement of candidate for President of Georgia from the "Georgian Dream" at the autumn presidential election, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 6-12, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.

May 13, 2013 21:00

• In Armenia, farmers block road demanding compensations for damage from hail

  Today, the highway Armavir-Margara was blocked by farmers from the Armavir Region, who demanded compensations for the damage caused by heavy hail.

May 13, 2013 20:00

• Azerbaijan: court dismissed complaint against extension of arrest of "Nida" activist Mamed Azizov

  Today, the court has dismissed the appeal against the two-month extension of the arrest of Mamed Azizov, a civil activist of the movement "Nida" (Shout), accused of drug possession.

May 13, 2013 19:00

• In Azerbaijan, court upholds conviction of "Khural" editor-in-chief

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", and upheld the decision of the First Instance Court, which had sentenced the journalist to 9 years in prison.

May 13, 2013 18:00

• Power agents drove away Buynaksk resident, his relatives assert

  In Dagestan, policemen have detained Zaurbek Ashurov, 25, a resident of Buynaksk, and took him to some unknown place, said his brother Shamsudin Ashurov. In its turn, the press service of the Dagestani MIA has reported that they know nothing about the detention.

May 13, 2013 17:00

• Nasimov: Dagestani Prosecutor's Office to check information about kidnapping of Makhach Gamzatov

  A check of the information about the kidnapping in Makhachkala of a resident of the republic Makhach Gamzatov will be undertaken by a special unit of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, said Shamil Nasimov, Senior Assistant of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic for contacts with media and public relations, a Senior Adviser of Justice. Gamzatov was detained by the police, said a source from the Lenin ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala.

May 11, 2013 23:59

• Car shelling in Dagestan results in two casualties

  According to the spokesman of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in Buynaksk unidentified gunmen opened fire at a car and killed a policeman and a civilian who was with him in the car.

May 11, 2013 23:00

• Armenian authorities ready to pay 112,000 euros to Jehovah's Witnesses under ECtHR's decision

  The Armenian government has decided to pay 112,000 euros to members of the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses, who had won the case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

May 11, 2013 22:00

• Armenian CEC refuses to annul results of elections in Yerevan

  At its sitting on May 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia rejected all the claims lodged by the "Heritage" Party with a demand to nullify the outcomes of the elections to the Board of Elders of Yerevan.

May 11, 2013 21:00

• Explosion in Belaya Kalitva could be caused by locomotive malfunction, investigators believe

  The reason for the train crash and subsequent explosion at the station Belaya Kalitva in the Rostov Region could be in a violation by the locomotive crew of the operating rules for the rolling stock; while the explosion could be caused by some technical failure of the rolling stock, according to investigators.

May 11, 2013 19:00

• Ruling coalition wins midterm parliamentary elections in Georgia

  At the midterm elections to the Parliament of Georgia, held under the majority system in three constituencies, the winners were the candidates nominated by the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream".

May 11, 2013 18:00

• Retired Armenian Army Colonel goes on picket demanding social guarantees to veterans

  Volodya Avetisyan, a retired Colonel of the Armenian Army, has started his sitting picket in Liberty Square in Yerevan, demanding from the government to revise the procedure for the calculation of military pensions. A group of veterans of the Karabakh War has joined the protest.

May 11, 2013 17:00

• Radio Liberty reporter fined in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Imishli District Court has sentenced Azer Ali, a regional correspondent of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty to an administrative fine in the amount of 200 manats (about 255 US dollars). He was found guilty of disobeying the police.

May 11, 2013 16:00

• Activists disrupt another attempt to demolish unloading dock in Volgograd Region

  On May 11, activists of the informal movement in defence of the unloading dock prevented the destruction of the historic building, located in the farmyard of Bobry near the city of Krasnoslobodsk.

May 11, 2013 15:00

• MP Targamadze arrested in absentia in Russia returns to Georgia

  Givi Targamadze, a Georgian MP, who is wanted under a request of Russian law enforcement bodies, has returned today from Vilnius to Tbilisi.