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Today, Makhachkala has hosted the ceremony of awarding prizes in memory of Dagestani journalist Khadjimurad Kamalov. The first place in the nomination "Journalist of the Year" went to Pavel Kanygin, a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".

Relatives of Zamir Pashaev, a resident of Derbent, a staff member of the "RZhD" (Russian Railways), have reported on his kidnapping. According to the police, Zamir Pashaev was never brought to the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Division).

Darya Polyudova, a Krasnodar activist, has served her administrative arrest. When she left the detention facility in the Cossack village of Poltavskaya, the woman claimed she had not been given a certificate of discharge.

In Dagestani Izberbash, a man suspected of opening fire on policeman is killed.

A policeman, who was found with four gunshot wounds on the Makhachkala-Buynaksk road, died at the Makhachkala hospital.

In the village of Ikra of the Kurakh District of Dagestan, law enforcers inspect some houses. This was reported by a local resident. According to the head of the village administration, no one has been detained, and the situation remains calm.

Ruslan Gadjibekov, the victim in the case against Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, has claimed at the trial that he remembers the defendant's threats voiced against his brother, investigator Arsen Gadjibekov, who was killed in Dagestan.

At the State Duma, MPs debate on the introduction of responsibility for polygamy, and the authorities of Chechnya talk of the possibility of the legalization of such a family order as polygamy within the framework of Sharia. The topic has become urgent as a result of the recent sensational weddings of the police chief in Grozny.

A shepherd from the Georgian village of Adzvi disappeared not far from the dividing line between the Gori District of Georgia and South Ossetia. According to the Georgian side, the man has been detained by Russian border guards.

In North Ossetia, the court has recognized four residents of the Alagir District guilty of smuggling and selling weapons to Kabardino-Balkaria. According to investigators, the men sold grenade launchers, submachine guns, pistols, and ammunition.

In the town of Buynaksk, witnesses report on mass detention of mosque-goers. According to a source in the GOVD (City Interior Division), all the detainees will be released after verification of their IDs.

The police have detained a resident of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan on suspicion of aiding and abetting members of the armed underground.

The appeal made by MP Dmitry Gudkov with a request to initiate a parliamentary investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov cannot be considered an official request, since signatures of 90 MPs were not collected. This was stated by the Duma Committee on Constitutional Law and State Construction.

Investigators still do not plan to question Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, the "Interfax" reports with reference to a source. According to an advocate of the Boris Nemtsov's family members, no official response has been received yet from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Members of the armed underground were not involved in the murder of a forester, after which law enforcers initiated a special operation in the two districts of Dagestan. This was announced by supporters of militants.

During the week of May 11-17, 2015, at least one person was killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Journalist Elena Milashina has become well-known due to her highlighting of the situation with the wedding of the chief of the Nozhai-Yurt ROVD (District Interior Division) and a 17-year-old girl. The calls of the Chechen authorities to prosecute journalist Elena Milashina have no sufficient grounds. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Dmitry Gudkov, an MP of the State Duma, who initiated a parliamentary investigation into the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, announced he received a letter on refusal to carry out the investigation.

Death sentence passed in the USA to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that caused resonance in Chechnya; wedding of police boss with a minor girl; two-day sit-in of ex-workers of Yerevan "Nairit" Factory; conviction of Rostov activist; oppositionists' hunger strike in Azerbaijan demanding to release political prisoners; start of consideration of Ali Taziev's case in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Heinrich Böll Foundation has announced the results of the comprehensive study on the status of women in Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Dagestan. Respondents mentioned high rate of unemployment, low wages, and poor quality of health services as their main problems.