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Relatives of Rashid Ismailov, who was kidnapped in May in Makhachkala, have picketed the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, demanding a meeting with Andrei Nazarov, the Public Prosecutor of the republic. They were supported by relatives of Timur Danilin and Magomed and Abdullah Murtuzaliev, who were kidnapped in March.

On May, 12, a downpour inflicted a damage on Lagodekh district (Eastern Georgia). Up to 300 dwelling houses were flooded in the settlements of Apeni, Leliani, Chabukiani and Ananuri.

During the final tour of the Championship of Russia "Anzhi" - "Zenit" members of riot squad had to interfere in the quarrel that emerged between the club fans in the tribunes of the stadium in Makhachkala. After the match several stones were thrown into the bus where members of "Zenit" were at the moment.

In the evening of Sunday, May, 13, an action in form of a concert and intercommunication of civil activists passed off opposite the building of Krasnodar regional administration. About 50 residents of the city took part in it, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On May, 13, "Environmental patrol of Stavropol region" held a three-hour picket within the framework of the action "Protection of the city forests". The action was authorized and passed without incidents, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The today's meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the South-Ossetian leader Leonid Tibilov has resulted in several agreements on the further development of South Ossetia, including Russia's increased financial support.

The total number of suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) killed in a special operation conducted in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, has reached seven persons.

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.