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Under the order of Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor of Armenia, Aram Karapetyan, leader of the "New Times" opposition party, has been released from custody under recognizance not to leave.

The Ministry for Labour and Social Development of North Ossetia has designed, together with institutions of local self-government and public associations of invalids, a targeted programme on social support of invalids.

On May 26-27, Kabardino-Balkaria held public hearing on the topic "Youth and Radicalism", organized by the Commission for Interethnic Relations and Freedom of Worship of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Yesterday, on May 26, a complaint was sent to the European Court for Human Rights on behalf of Rovshan Kabirli, editor-in-chief of the "Mukalifate" newspaper, and Yashar Agazade, an employee of the edition.

Manana Nachkebiya, one of the leaders of the United Opposition and a member of the opposition party "New Right-Wingers" believes that the opposition of Georgia possesses all the necessary resources to launch the work of an alternative parliament.

Today, the Kuntsevo District Court of Moscow has suspended the operation of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru" until consideration on the merits during preliminary hearing to take place on June 5 under the application of the Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia.

The Moscow GUVD (City Department of Internal Affairs) has assured the public of Kabardino-Balkaria that it is counteracting any manifestations of xenophobia and interethnic extremism in Russian capital.

Muslim Khuchiev, Mayor of the capital of Chechnya has signed an order to rename the Communist Street in Grozny into the Solsa-Haji Yandarov Street, in memory of the well-known religious figure of the Republic of the beginning of the 20th century.

In Dagestan, the former editor-in-chief of the all-Russian independent newspaper "People's Opinion" was sentenced to 18 months of conditional deprivation of freedom for violation of the Federal Laws "On Mass Media" and "On Counteracting Extremist Activities".

It has become known today that Mayor of Kislovodsk Vitaly Biryukov was catcalled by his townspeople at celebrations on May 18 of the Kislovodsk City Day and the Day of the Stavropol Territory.

The United Opposition demands that the authorities of Georgia hold repeated parliamentary elections. It was declared by David Gamkrelidze at the oppositional rally held at the building of the Parliament of Georgia.

Another non-sanctioned flight of an aircraft has been registered over the conflict territories of Georgia. On May 23, at 7:45 a.m., the observation point of the peace-making forces from the Republic of South Ossetia-Alania (RSO-A) "Yoncha" registered an AN-2 aircraft of unidentified state belonging.

The international Human Rights Watch organization has called on the authorities of Armenia to investigate the attack on Michael Danielyan, Chairman of the Helsinki Association, and to find out if his human rights activities could have caused these illegal actions.

Yesterday, on May 23, the National Scientific Library situated in Vladikavkaz hosted a conference dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the first printed Ossetian book. In the cause of the event, a film about book-printing named "Creation of the Book" was shown to the audience.

The bodies of the Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office have conducted a number of inspections at social care enterprises and entities for the unimpeded access of invalids into their premises. A number of violations were detected.

According to Abdullah Duduev, chief-editor of the "Dosh" magazine, dissemination of his magazine was prohibited in the Republic because it had published an interview with the former Republic's leader Ruslan Aushev. Mr Duduev has informed his journalists about it today.

On May 30, a judicial session will take place in Azerbaijan on the case of a citizen of Saudi Arabia Nail Abdul Kerim al-Bedevi, also known as Abu-Jafar, and other 17 persons. All of them are accused of setting up an armed terrorist group.

The prosecutor's audits conducted at the establishments of medical-social examination (MSE) of the Volgograd Region have revealed numerous violations in their work related to rehabilitation of invalids and supply of rehabilitation means to invalids in the volume as established by the law.

The second finalist group of the "Eurovision" singers' contest has been decided. This year, Georgia is among countries-finalists, represented by Diana Gurtskaya with her song named "Peace Will Come".