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Today, residents of the Alagir District of North Ossetia have expressed their concern – at a rally against construction of a cement factory – regarding possible negative impacts on the environment and health of local residents from the would-be factory.

In Sochi, in the evening of May 11, a landslide smashed a wall of a residential house in Ternovaya Street in the village of Chereshnya. There is no information about the victims.

Today, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan, where the claim of Oleg Shein, a former candidate for the Mayor of the city on cancellation of March 4 election, is considered, two claimants' witnesses were interviewed, who were members of the territorial election commission (TEC) of the Kirov District. Also, ten respondent's and interested persons' witnesses were also interrogated – they were chairpersons of election commissions.

Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" have fixed a mass death of fish in the pond and air pollution in the Maikop District of Adygea, near the local distillery; however, the Prosecutor's Office has not confirmed the death of fish.

On May 10, an intoxicated man, who was hospitalized with traumas from the on duty unit of the local department of the Russian MIA, died in an Elista hospital, said a source from law enforcement bodies of Kalmykia.

The investigation asks to extend till July the custody of the athlete Rasul Mirzaev, who punched a Muscovite Ivan Agafonov, who later died. This was stated by Oksana Mikhalkina, who represents the victims; according to her story, on May 16, the Khamovniki Court of Moscow will consider this petition.

In Makhachkala, on May 11, after the Friday prayer, in the township of Shamkhal, Kirov District, unidentified armed men in masks and camouflage and civilian clothes tried to kidnap Ali Magomedov, a resident of the township.

On May 11, at consideration of the appeal, filed by the oppositional activist Zeinal Bagirzade, at the Supreme Court (SC) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), NGO representatives reported about complete payment of fines imposed on the oppositional activist by the court. However, the Prosecutor's Office saw no grounds in it for revising the verdict.

Artur Dashyan, the husband of Elena Spasskaya, Director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "Directorate of Shopping Mall Service", has sent an appeal to the office of Vladimir Putin against the actions of the investigatory authorities in Sochi.

On May 10, in Astrakhan, the Kirov District Court granted the motion of the FSB Department for extension of period of detention in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Natalia Kolachevskaya, who was suspected of fraud, till July 16.

On May 10, in Dagestan, Zagalav Samoev and Gamid Gamidov, representatives of the newspaper "Nastoyaschee Vremya" (Real time), filed an appeal to the Kirov District Court of Makhachkala against the decision of the magistrate court of holding Milrad Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, administratively liable for failure to prevent defamation of Magomedsalam Magomedov, President of Dagestan.

In Astrakhan, at the court session on the lawsuit filed by Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for the position of Mayor of the city, to cancel the results of Mayor election, plaintiff witnesses have been questioned.

Armenian police instituted criminal case against a number of ecological activists, who for more than two months conducted rallies against the construction of the Mashtots Park in Yerevan and attempted to dismantle trade stalls on April 29.

The Moscow City Military Prosecutor's Office is accusing employees of the Unified Settlement Centre (USC) of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of embezzling 6.3 million roubles, which were transferred as wages to non-existent militaries of the Southern Military District.

Three young men were detained in Rostov region for suspicion of murder of a nineteen-years-old Meskhetian Turk on national hatred grounds.

Resident of Ingushetia Magomed Gorchkhanov appealed to Head of the republic reporting a long-term hunger strike of his brother, citizen of the Russian Federation, in the investigative isolation ward of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, as a sign of protest against arbitrary court trials and asking Yunus-Bek Evkurov for help in protection of his interests outside the country.

Denga Makhiev, resident of the settlement of Karata, Akhvah district of Dagestan, asks Head of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Dagestan Alexey Savrulin, Public prosecutor of Dagestan Andrey Nazarov and the Minister of Interior Affairs of Dagestan Abdurashid Magomedov to take over personal control of investigation of the death his nephew, Imadibar Makhiev aged 16.

On May 9, peasants of the village of Zemo Alvani of the Akhmeta District of Georgia held a protest action, demanding to take measures against locusts, which destroy their crops.

On May 9, about 150 young people took part in the "European March" in Baku, which was organized by Azerbaijani European Movement (AEM). Unsanctioned action took place without incidents.

Residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Federation celebrated the day of May 9 Day of Victory in World War II with holiday festivities and parades. Major cities held military parades, and many towns organized "Memory Watches". The festivities ended with salutes and fireworks.