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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.

May Day actions; change of Governor of Stavropol Territory; double terror act in Makhachkala; deadline for nominating presidential candidates of Nagorno-Karabakh; election of Armenian Parliament explosion of balloons at pre-election rally in Yerevan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 29-May 6, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out a Charter of a responsible blogger whose participants would take the responsibility to abstain from offence on ethnic, religious of race grounds. This motion was advanced at a meeting of the bloggers of Northern and Southern Caucasus.

About 50 people gathered at an oppositional meeting “For honest and legitimate authority” held on May, 6, in Rostov-on-Don. The main slogan of the action was “Freedom to political prisoners!”.

Russia must stop arbitrariness against journalists and investigate the murder of founder of “Chernovik” newspaper Hajimurad Kamalov committed in Dagestan, Mark Toner, official representative of the United States Department of State, declared at a press conference in Washington timed to World Press Freedom Day.

On May 4, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala upheld the demand of the Prosecutor's Office and recognized two Internet resources as extremist ones. According to the Office, they acted in the interests of the local bandit underground.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has helped two hospitals in Makhachkala, where the patients wounded at the double terror act take their treatment. We also know that two especially grave patients have been sent today from Dagestan into one of Moscow clinics by a special aircraft.