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The house in the village of Novy Agachaul in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, which was blown up by power agents on May 4, had belonged to a local resident who was killed in a special operation in 2013, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has reported.

The Volgograd Regional Court has ruled to collect 50,000 roubles from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) in favour of the former conscript, who was abused by his commander during his military service.

Today, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has acquitted the doctor Marat Gunashev, who had been accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs).

Nika Gvaramiya, Director General of the TV Company "Rustavi-2", said today at a briefing in Georgia, that secret surveillance was conducted in their office. He managed to get a CD with records of conversations that took place in the offices of the company top managers.

On May 6, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes announced the verdict to eight activists of the movement "Nida", accused of organizing mass riots. Judge Djavid Guseinov handed down a guilty verdict and sentenced the young people to real prison terms ranging from 6 to 8 years. After the announcement of the verdict, a support group of more than a hundred people who gathered close to the courthouse began chanting "Freedom!"

The Moscow Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on the completion of the investigation into the criminal case against Orkhan Zeinalov, an Azerbaijani citizen, accused of the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a Moscow resident. In the nearest future, the case will be sent to the court.

In Azerbaijan, Arif Yunus, Director of the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies and Migration Processes of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), has been called for questioning to the Investigating Department of Grave Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) as a witness in the case against journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, accused of treason.

The defence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of organizing a terror act in Boston, has filed a motion to establish restrictions for FBI agents, attending the meetings of the native of Chechnya with his advocates. This was reported today by The Boston Globe newspaper.

On May 9, Chechnya will hold a military parade on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, and on May 10, on the Day of Memory and Grief, the republic will hold events of religious nature. This was reported by the Grozny city administration.

This year, the authorities of North Ossetia plan to purchase ten special motor vehicles to transport persons with disabilities. The national budget is to allocate 14.5 million roubles for purchasing of new motor vehicles under the programme "Accessible Environment". The federal budget is to allocate the same amount.

Law enforcers have damaged a number of houses in a special operation conducted in Khasavyurt, a local told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Townspeople also argue that during the special operation only two militants were killed, while the third one managed to escape, despite the tight encirclement.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by the theologian Talekh Bagirzade, who had been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of illegal drug possession. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

As stated by Anzor Aramisov, the head of the Department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS), the Syrian student Ponezh Nauras should leave Russia for some time; however, it is not a deportation case.

During the period from April 28 to May 4, 2014, at least seven people suffered from the armed conflict in North Caucasus; of them five were killed and two wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has stated that terror acts were prevented in Dagestan during the May Day holidays, namely, during the last two days, operative actions resulted in detection of two hideouts with improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Today, three persons were killed during a special operation held in Khasavyurt. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan.

The condition of a staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who was wounded on May 4 in Khasavyurt, is extremely grave; and he is in the resuscitation ward. At night, he underwent a series of surgeries. This was reported by Zaur Isaev, the chief physician of the Khasavyurt Central Hospital.

Prior to his death, the resident of Ingushetia, who threw a grenade at policemen in the Chechen Cossack village of Pervomaiskaya, entered a conflict and a fight with policemen. This was reported by local residents. According to their version, the body of the deceased man was given out to his relatives.

Detention and long interrogation of rights defender Leyla Yunus in Azerbaijan; armed clash in Stavropol Territory; festivities in KChR in honour of 57th anniversary of return of deported Karachay nationals to their historic homeland, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 28-May 4, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Azamat Tseboev, a resident of North Ossetia, who is serving his sentence in the high-security penal colony No. 1 in Vladikavkaz and who claimed being unlawfully held in custody after having served his sentence, was placed into the dungeon. His relatives told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.