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June 01, 2012 11:00

• Ex-Chief of Untsukul District Department of Interior Affairs killed in Dagestan

  In the evening of May, 1, ex-Chief of Untsukul District Department of Interior Affairs Magomed Abdulmalikov was killed near his house in Buinaksk, Dagestan.

June 01, 2012 10:00

• A canteen in Stavropol region was fined for infecting people with salmonellosis

  Lermontov city court of Stavropol region acknowledged Canteen “Déjà Vu" limited company where employees of “Tander” close corporation were infected with salmonellosis guilty of violation of sanitary and epidemiological standards.

June 01, 2012 09:00

• Speaker of Chechen Parliament spoke against limiting the term of office of Head of the region

  The term of office of Head of the region must not be limited to two terms as stipulated by model bill in draft, Head of the Parliament of Chechnya Dukuvakha Abdurahmanov declared.

June 01, 2012 08:00

• An action in support of clause 31 of the Constitution passed off in Astrakhan

  On May, 31, a traditional meeting of supporters of “Strategy-31” was held in Bratsky garden of Astrakhan. About 30 people all in all took part in it, the police did not impede holding the action.

June 01, 2012 07:00

• Residents of Volgograd region took part in an “anti-nickel” rally

  An “anti-nickel” rally Uriupinsk – Novokhopersk passed off in Volgograd and Voronezh regions and ended with a meeting in the city which continued a series of protest actions against development of a nickel deposit in Voronezh region neighbouring to Volgograd one.

May 31, 2012 23:50

• In Astrakhan, two officials suspected of falsifying USE results

  In Astrakhan, pre-investigatory check is carried out on suspicion of substitution of the test results and filling out forms on behalf of pupils during the Unified State Exam (USE) in biology. Two officials are suspected of misconduct, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

May 31, 2012 23:30

• In Rostov-on-Don, court fines City Duma deputy for fake education diploma

  The Magistrate Court of the Proletarsky District of Rostov-on-Don fined Valery Levin, the Deputy of the City Duma, for 70,000 roubles for presenting to the election commission prior the elections a fake certificate on higher education.

May 31, 2012 23:10

• Policeman arrested in case of road accident with death of cyclist near Astrakhan

  Today, the Narimanov District Court in the Astrakhan Region granted the motion of investigators to arrest a police officer, detained on charges of fatal car-bicycle road traffic accident.

May 31, 2012 23:00

• In Abkhazia, 37 returnees receive keys of apartments near Sukhumi

  In the village of Machara of the Gulripsh District of Abkhazia, 37 returnees obtained apartments in a five-storey building. Most of them returned from Turkey. The others are the Abkhazians, who returned from Syria and Adzharia, and the Abazins, who came back from Karachay-Cherkessia.

May 31, 2012 22:40

• In Georgia, "Civil Front" activists convicted for disobeying police

  The Tbilisi City Court found 8 members of the NGO "Civil Front" guilty of disobeying the police; 5 of them were sentenced to arrest, and three of them to fines.

May 31, 2012 22:10

• In Baku, at trial on case against journalist Avaz Zeinalov, court dismisses all defence motions

  Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva, continued court hearings on the criminal case against Avaz Zeinalov, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Khural". The Judge dismissed all defence motions, including motions on audio recording of the court session and on release of Avaz Zeinalov from custody.

May 31, 2012 22:00

• Dagestani Prosecutor's Office checks reports on kidnappings of local residents: 6 persons found

  As a result of checking the reports, including ones of the "Caucasian Knot", about kidnappings of Dagestani residents in the period of January 1-May 18, which involved armed men in camouflage and masks, whereabouts of 6 persons were revealed. Fate of 14 persons remains unknown. This was reported by the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office.

May 31, 2012 21:00

• Shein: trial on annulment of the election of Mayor of Astrakhan will finish on June, 5

  A judgment within the framework of the trial on acknowledgment of the results of the election of Mayor of the city invalid may be passed already on June, 5, ex-candidate for Mayor's office Oleg Shein considers.

May 31, 2012 20:00

• An imam who broke a memorial on a policeman's grave detained in Dagestan

  Suleiman Gadjiev, imam of the local mosque in the settlement of Guni, Kazbek district, who broke a portrait on the headstone of a police officer killed by gunmen was detained, law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

May 31, 2012 19:00

• The court released Dmitry Pavliuchenkov involved in Politkovskaya's murder from custody

  Basmanny court of Moscow released from custody Dmitry Pavliuchenkov involved in the murder of observer on "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya. The defendant will now be under house arrest.

May 31, 2012 18:00

• A deputy in Krasnodar region suspected of taking a bribe of two million rubles

  A deputy in Krasnodar region was detained for suspicion of getting a bribe of two million rubles from a local businessman, Chief Directorate of Economic Security and Struggle against Corruption (CDES and SC) of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation reported.

May 30, 2012 23:50

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, resident of Lechinkai village reports on kidnapping of her husband

  This morning, Aslan Afaunov, born in 1978, was kidnapped by unidentified men in masks from his house in the village of Lechinkai of the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by his wife.

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May 30, 2012 23:10

• Constructors of Kudepsta TPP accuse Sochi residents of damaging vehicles

  "Gazenergostroi" Company Group, the developer of the construction of the Kudepsta Thermal Power Plant (TPP), claims damaging of construction vehicles, committed by local residents, who try to stop the construction works. The Sochi residents called the accusations a provocation and organized day-and-night watch at the construction site.

May 30, 2012 23:00

• Svetlana Gannushkina intends to leave Presidential Council for Human Rights

  On May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin reassigned his advisers, including Mikhail Fedotov, who would continue to lead the Presidential Council for Human Rights. Three of its members, including Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, think about leaving the Council. According to Svetlana Gannushkina, she is not satisfied with the outcome of the Council's meeting held on April 28, 2012, since it failed to give any instructions on Northern Caucasus.

May 30, 2012 22:40

• Dagestan: Branch Director of "Bronnitsky" Trading House, released from captivity, refuses to testify against kidnappers

  Alexander Misrikhanov, Branch Director of the "Bronnitsky" Jewellery Trading House, who was kidnapped on last December 15 in Makhachkala and, according to him, voluntarily released, by kidnappers, declined to give investigators the information about the kidnappers and about the place, where he had been kept.