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The number of victims of the road accident involving a bus with Russian officers has reached 22 people. Of them, six were killed, and 16 others stay in hospitals. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Investigators are trying to initiate the Russia's first criminal case on wilful evasion of submitting documents for putting into the registry of foreign agents against Valentina Cherevatenko, the head of the Union "Don Women", said activists from the non-governmental sector.

The third international marathon run "From Heart to Heart" in Chechnya has attracted about 2,000 participants – significantly less than in previous years. Due to active participation of professional athletes in the marathon, it becomes less interesting for amateur runners.

Sochi will open its resort season in May 28 with a carnival procession. The Sochi City Tourism Office predicts that the entire hotel fund and the private sector will have enough tourists throughout the season.

The administration of the Krasnodar Territory has created a commission to consider complaints about misuse of apartment houses and cottage settlements, built in Sochi in preparation for the Olympic Games.

In Makhachkala, the National Library named after Rasul Gamzatov has presented the book about Gaidar Bammat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mountainous Republic the Union of United Mountain Peoples of Northern Caucasus and Dagestan.

On May 15, at the exit of a mosque in the Tsumada District of Dagestan, unidentified people attempted to kidnap Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, who had filed a complaint to the Russian President. This was reported by eyewitnesses.

Participants of the "roundtable" held at the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies (known as KBIGI) did not come to a consensus regarding the monument to Joseph Stalin erected in the village of Ozrek.

The family of the Circassian activist Adnan Khuade has received a notification from the Investigating Department (ID) Adygea of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about a start of inquiry into the criminal case.

The Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko can be returned to Ukraine within six months, said her advocates. Russian authorities will take the right decision by returning Savchenko, a political prisoner, to Ukraine, said Alexander Cherkasov, the chairman of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The Moscow City Court has upheld the decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow to extend until July 28 the house arrest of Dmitry Kamenschik, a defendant in the criminal case on the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport.

During searches in the house of the former Mayor of Derbent Imam Yaraliev, weapons were found, said law enforcement sources. Information was also received from Derbent about the assault on one of the apartments, during which, according to some sources, two power agents were killed.

The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeal against the verdict passed to Sochi pensioner Pyotr Parpulov, convicted for treason.

The Investigating Department of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has rejected the motion lodged by Rashid Evloev, a native of the village of Maiskoye, accused of links with Syrian militants, who asked to conduct a number of investigatory actions, and sent his case to the prosecutor's office.

Zhanna Nemtsova has filed an appeal against the refusal of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to question Victor Zolotov, the head of the National Guard, in the course of the investigation into the murder of her father, politician Boris Nemtsov. This was reported by advocate Vadim Prokhorov.

Residents of the city of Martakert, who left home after the April escalation of the Karabakh conflict, start to return to their houses. According to an official from the City Mayoralty, the damaged buildings are being repaired at the expense of the authorities.

In Moscow, the mass fight at the Khovanskoye cemetery could be caused by a domestic conflict initiated by one of the defendants in the criminal case and natives of Tajikistan, who illegally worked there. This version was voiced by advocates of the suspects.

The meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan has formed the basis for a return to the negotiating table; however, no radical improvement of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone should be expected, said the Armenian political experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Upon receipt of compensations for the harm suffered at the 2011 terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, the victims would recall their complaints from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said their advocate Igor Trunov.

The Vienna meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has become neither a breakthrough nor a failure in attempts to resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. However, the meeting can become a basis for advancing the peace process and achievement of the political settlement of the conflict.