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Journalist Einullah Fatullaev, who is kept in custody in Azerbaijan, has sent a letter of gratitude to US President Barrak Obama in the context of his statement on the World Day of Freedom of Press on May 3.

In the Gali District of Abkhazia, a car with "Siemens" specialists who work to recover the Inguri HPP, the biggest in Transcaucasia, got blown up by a trip wire explosive.

Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the Independent Non-Commercial Organization "Mashr", expressed his doubts to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the data about an attempt of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, to declare by phone his blood feud to President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and State Duma Deputy Adam Delimkhanov, as this method is not in the customs of blood feud.

More than two weeks have expired after the Interpol had announced search of Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma deputy, a figurant in the case about the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion. In the meantime, Mr Delimkhanov is working in his usual way.

The topic of "the start of interethnic war" that appeared in the context of the recent murder of an Azerbaijani and shooting at a Dagestanian in the Russian capital is nothing more than another "mobilization horror story" for law enforcement bodies and "a pleasant topic of informational hysteria" for mass media. This is the opinion of Dmitri Berkut, a former employee of special subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation.

Today, on the inauguration day of the Sochi Mayor elect, his rival in the election race Yuri Dzaganiya has stated continuation of his litigation against legality of registration of Anatoly Pakhomov as a candidate at the election.

The Armenian Assembly of Europe (AAE) (Brussels) and the Armenian National Cultural Centre (ANCC) (Berlin) have demanded from the authorities of Armenia to promulgate the text of the Armenian-Turkish "roadmap". The activists of these entities are sure that the signed document is an evidence of a failure of the foreign policy of Armenia.

Today, the Nalchik City Court, presided by Federal Judge Aslanbek Zhigunov, has started consideration of the suit of 84 militiamen of the Terek District of Kabardino-Balkaria against the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) on collection from the latter of salaried for overtime work, work on weekends and holidays and other mandatory payments stipulated by Russian legislation.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has reported his incomes. His tax declaration was published in the official website of the Republic of Ingushetia.

The gas main Iran-Armenia will start operating quite soon. With the aim to clarify all the details of the agreements reached earlier by the two countries, Armenia will be visited by Seed Reza Kasaizade, Director of the Iran National Gas Company, as reported by the local Ministry of Energy.

At the inauguration ceremony, Anatoly Pakhomov, the newly elected Mayor of Sochi has taken an oath of commitment to city dwellers.

The defendants on the case of the mass murder on April 30 at the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) have no complaints of their custody conditions and any pressure exerted on, two of them have pled guilty. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Elchin Bekhbudov, head of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the authorities of Georgia to hold investigation into the facts of attacks on supporters of the opposition in the course of the protest actions held in Tbilisi with the demand of President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation.

On May 12, the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) arrived to Sochi with the aim to assess the preparation process of 2014 Winter Olympiad. From the moment of awarding Sochi with the title of Olympic capital it is already the second visit of the IOC commission to the Black Sea resort; and it will last till May 14.

On April 28, in the centre of the capital of Chechnya, armed persons in black uniform kidnapped a young man and violently took him away in an unknown direction.

The Georgian opposition, which demands Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation, plans to declare the general disobedience all over the country. This was stated by Gubaz Sanikidze, one of the leaders of the National Forum, at the rally near the building of the Parliament of Georgia.

The Special Investigatory Service of Armenia denies the conclusions of the fact-finding group on the events in Yerevan on March 1, 2008, in the part of the death of Police Major Hamlet Tadevosyan. Inspectors assert that the group has distorted the results of their work. It was stated by the head of the Service Vaagn Arutyunyan.

On May 11, the Tbilisi suburb of Vasiani, where the base of Ministry of Defence of Georgia is located, hosted a solemn opening of the NATO exercises named "Cooperative Lancer/Cooperative Longbow-2009", held under the NATO Programme "Partnership for Peace".

Isa Yamadaev has expressed his confidence that President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov stood behind the attempt on his brother, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev, and the murder of his other brother, ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Ruslan Yamadaev. Now Isa is afraid for his life too.

President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili asserts that the starting day of negotiations with the opposition is the victory day of Georgian democracy. In his opinion, today a step to civilized relations was made.