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May 05, 2012 11:00

• 25 victims of gas explosion in Armenia are still under intensive care

  As reported by the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), 25 victims of the explosion in Republic Square of Yerevan are still treated at intensive care units of local medical centres. The exploded balloons could be filled with hydrogen or methane, which have the lifting force and are explosives at the same time, said Vladimir Fedotov, Deputy Director of the Scientific and Production Association (SPA) "Geliymash". He denies that the balloons could be filled with helium, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

May 04, 2012 23:00

• Trial on cancellation of election of Astrakhan Mayor listens to 16 witnesses

  The court session in Astrakhan on the lawsuit initiated by Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the Mayor of the city and organizer of a hunger strike for cancellation of the election outcome, has interrogated 16 witnesses of the claimant.

May 04, 2012 22:00

• 144 people suffered from explosion in Yerevan

  The explosion occurred on May 4 in Republic Square during a pre-election rally-concert of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. The number of victims was 144, said the spokesman of the Armenia's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

May 04, 2012 21:00

• Prosecutor's Office takes control over inquiry into the quarrel of "StopHAM" activists with relatives of Chechen official

  The Moscow Prosecutor's Office will supervise the investigation into the brawl near the "Evropeiskiy" Trading Centre between activists of the movement "Nashi" and relatives of Tamerlan Mingaev, Deputy Representative of the Chechen Republic at the President of the Russian Federation, the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) reports.

May 04, 2012 20:00

• "Memorial" prepares materials on power agents' crimes in Dagestan for ICRF

  Materials on the crimes committed by employees of law enforcement bodies in Dagestan will be transferred to the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation additionally, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported. The crimes are rapes, murders, acts of torture and kidnappings.

May 04, 2012 18:00

• Kidnapped resident of Dagestan was earlier detained by police, says his wife

  Kamil Mutaev, a resident of the village of Zubutli-Miatli, Kizilyurt District, who was kidnapped in Dagestan, had been earlier detained several times by the police, said his wife Zukhra Mutaeva.

May 04, 2012 17:00

• In context of double terror act Dagestan announces mourning on May 5

  President of Dagestan Магомедсалам Магомедов has visited the victims of the double terror act, who were taken to City Hospital No. 2 of Makhachkala. According to his decision, May 5 was announced to be the day of mourning.

May 04, 2012 15:00

• At least six double terror acts committed in Northern Caucasus since start of 2011

  The double explosion in Makhachkala at night on May 3 was the sixth such incident in Northern Caucasus since the beginning of 2011.

May 04, 2012 14:00

• Azerbaijan starts website for journalists-investigators

  On May 3 in Baku, the celebrations of the World Press Freedom Day were accompanied by the presentation of the website of the Regional School of Investigative Journalism (RSIJ). The website investigator.az, operated in three languages (Azerbaijani, Russian and English) will be the first and the only in Azerbaijan special resource for investigative journalists.

May 04, 2012 10:00

• The family of deceased convict in Georgia demands inquiry on the cause of his death

  Zurab Delianidze aged 39 died in hospital of Gland prison of Tbilisi. According to the official version, the convict who was serving a six-years term of imprisonment for storage of drugs died from a serious disease, however, his people dispute this version. Delianidze’s wife Ketino Beridze states that her husband was quite healthy. She also said that the officials of the correctional facility informed her about her husband’s death too late.

May 04, 2012 09:00

• Public prosecutor’s office offers the defendants on the acts of terror in Georgia a procedural agreement

  Pronouncement of a verdict on the case of acts of terror in Georgia in 2009-2010 was deferred. The defendants’ attorneys are negotiating with Public prosecutor’s office on the conditions of procedural agreement.

May 04, 2012 08:00

• The Day of Renaissance of the Karachay people was celebrated in Karachay-Cherkessia

  On the day of the 55th anniversary of return of the Karachay people to their historic homeland after forcible deportation, ceremonies of celebration were held in the towns and districts of the republic.

May 04, 2012 06:00

• The court in Astrakhan on Sein’s lawsuit started interrogating the witnesses

  Interrogation of the witnesses on the lawsuit of ex-candidate for Mayor’s Office of Astrakhan Oleg Shein started in court. At the trial of May, 3, the witnesses invited by the plaintiff stated violations in the polling stations during the election of Mayor.

May 03, 2012 23:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh youngsters clean Shusha of garbage

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, about 60 young men held a subbotnik to clean the Dzhdrduz Meadow and the territory around the Church Gazanchetsots in the city of Shusha. The action was dated to the Workers' International Solidarity Day and May 9.

May 03, 2012 22:00

• Yerevan hosts many-thousand-strong oppositional rally

  Today, the Freedom Square in Yerevanhas hosted the final pre-election rally of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC). The elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will take place on May 6.

May 03, 2012 21:00

• HRC "Memorial" gives materials on power agents' crimes to ICRF

  Today, the materials gathered by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"on the crimes committed, according to human rights defenders, by law enforcement officials in Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Chechnya, were sent to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to be investigated by the special unit of the ICRF.

May 03, 2012 19:00

• North Ossetia opens computer training centrefor pensioners

  A training centre aimed to teach old people in the basics of computer and IT skills has been opened today in Vladikavkaz.

May 03, 2012 17:00

• ECtHR: Russian authorities failed to properly investigate disappearance of Dagestani Shafiev

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found no proofs of involvement of power agents in Sirazhudin Shafiev's kidnapping in September 2009. However, the decision of the ECtHR states the guilt of Russian authorities of a failure to properly investigate the case.

May 03, 2012 16:00

• Gataevs from Chechnya receive asylum in Finland

  Khadizhat and Malik Gataev, the founders of the family children's home in Chechnya, have received political asylum in Finland; the same protection was also granted to three of their children. This was reported by Oksana Chelysheva, ahuman rights activist and Vice-Chair of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

May 03, 2012 15:00

• In Georgia, rights activists hold action on World Press Freedom Day

  Georgian human rights organizations have held a staged action – in Tbilisi, inRustaveli Avenue– under the motto "I am a reporter, not a spy!" dated to the World Press Freedom Day.