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About 1050 families whose houses were destroyed as a result of the earthquake in Zagatal district of Azerbaijan were accommodated in tents. According to more precise data, over 2000 buildings are in an emergency state, Elman Ramazanov, First Deputy Head of the district, Chairman of regional Emergency Situations Committee, informed.

Over one thousand foreign tourists, a delegation from Armenia headed by President of the republic Serzh Sargsyan and representatives of Armenian diaspora abroad came to Nagorno-Karabakh to take part in celebrations timed to May, 9.

At night of May, 9, about 50 residents of “Gagarinsky” micro-district came out to Chaikovskiy street demanding to stop night works on construction of a dubbing roadway which is being carried out near apartment houses.

Elections of MPs of the Armenian Parliament held on May 6 show a continuing distrust of citizens in the electoral process, since the information about violations has not received adequate response even during the pre-election campaign. This was stated by Artur Sakunts, the head of the Vanadzdor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, at a press conference.

At present, 10 persons injured in explosion of balloons at the meeting of the Republican Party of Armenia held on May 4 are still at resuscitation wards of Yerevan hospitals.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia's first President, the leader of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), waives the parliamentary mandate in favour of Grant Bagratyan, ex-Prime Minister of Armenia. This was announced by the leader of the ANC at today's rally in Yerevan.

Today, the Georgian Parliament has adopted in the first reading the amendments to the Constitution, which involve the provision to EU citizens residing in Georgia for last 10 years, electoral rights.

In Makhachkala, in the territory of the Press House, a monument will be erected to honour memory of the Dagestani journalists, who perished while performing their civic duties. On May 5, the appropriate decree was signed by Dagestani President Magomedsalam Magomedov.

The Turkish city of Kayseri hosted a demonstration and a rally of representatives of the Circassian Diaspora. The protesters demanded that the government should create the conditions for learning Circassian language at comprehensive schools in Turkey and to establish broadcasting in Circassian language on public TV channels.

According to recent information, the earthquake in Azerbaijan destroyed about 1360 houses and damaged 20 social facilities. This was reported by Kyamaleddin Geidarov, Minister for Emergencies of the republic. According to the authorities of the Zagatala District, 36 persons sought medical treatment.

Tenants of the old house located in Petropavlovskaya Street in the Adler District of Sochi, who face problems with electricity since February, report that the authorities failed to fulfil their promises voiced at the audience with the Mayor to solve their housing problems.

At least 13 persons perished and over 100 got wounded during the period from April, 30, till May, 6, as a result of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Law enforcers have drawn up administrative protocols against participants of the sit-in strike "We didn't elect him!" – members of the local branch of the "Yabloko" Party Alexei Mandrigel and Dmitry Shestochenko. At first, the activists were several times poured with water by means of special equipment, and then they were accused of deliberate damaging their passports with water.

At night on May 7, in Sochi, at the intersection of Pervomayskaya Streets and Kurortny Avenue, trees were cut down trees in the public green area. They plan to build a multi-story apartment building instead.

As a result of the earthquake that happened this morning in the Zagatala District of Azerbaijan, 15 persons asked for medical care, said Mamedrasul Teyubov, the head of the outpatient department of the central district hospital. According to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), about 60 houses were ruined in the villages of Mukhakh, Zeyem and Bazar.

The elections held in Armenia were in line with international standards; and minor violations that occurred during the voting had no effect on the outcomes, said the members of the observation mission of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the ICES.

Gadjimurad Saidov, an investigator of the Botlikh Inter-District Investigatory Committee, protracts the criminal investigation into the death of the 16-year-old Imadibir Makhiev, who was shot at by Zaur Djalilov, a policeman of the Akhvakh ROVD (District Interior Division), said Denga Makhiev, the casualty's uncle. The investigator referred to overload with work, but promised to investigate the case in full.

Zarema Balabekova, a resident of the Dagestani city of Derbent, fears that law enforcers try to fabricate a criminal case against kidnapped husband Zhafar Khanmagomedov. This was stated by activists of the Dagestani Regional Organization (DRO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). She addressed the DRO on May 6.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has checked retail outlets located in the territory of the republic, which resulted in suspension of more than one hundred such entities only in Grozny. It was found that many entrepreneurs failed to officially hire their staff; and some shops were built without official permission of the authorities.

About 150 supporters of the opposition tried to hold a protest action against violations of the freedom of assembly in front of the Baku Mayoralty. The police squeezed the protesters away from the building and forced them to disperse.