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As noted by Tatiana Pshenisnova, representative of the press service of the administration of the city of Anapa, Anatoly Pakhomov, former Anapa Mayor, elected on April 26 to the post of the Mayor of Sochi, has "A pupil syndrome"; while Galina Snimschikova, head of the information department of the administration of Sochi, asserts that Pakhomov, being acting Mayor, made "a lot of good things for Sochi."

On April 30, 14 residents of Novy Sulak village, Kizil-Yurt District of Dagestan, including five children, were hospitalized with a preliminary diagnosis "food poisoning by potable water".

In the Shali District of the Chechen Republic, when two ATCs (armoured troop-carriers) of the Internal Troops of Russia's MIA were moving along the bridge, a powerful self-made land mine (fougasse) was blown up. As a result of the explosion, one of the soldiers was wounded and hospitalized.

In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a mass students' action under the motto "No to terror!" was held. Young people have also demanded to announce mourning in the country in memory of the victims of the bloody massacre in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA).

In the village of Troitskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons shot dead point-blank Said-Ibragim Kalimatov, 32, a religious figure, near the gate of his house.

If the state fails to promptly settle a range of problems, which have arisen in recent months in the social and economic sphere, spontaneous discontent of certain layers of population can grow into a serious disruption. This was stated at a rally on May 1 by Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first president of Armenia and leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC).

Leaders of the opposition parties of Georgia have submitted an application to the Mayoralty of Tbilisi notifying that the actions demanding resignation of Mikhail Saakashvili will go on from May 8 till May 15.

In a suburb of Dagestan city of Khasavyurt, unidentified persons undermined an armoured special vehicle, which transported employees of local SIZO (investigatory prison). Fortunately, there were no casualties and victims.

In Georgia, the opposition has set up a special group, which will have everyday contacts with the diplomatic corps - embassies and the international organizations.

On April 29 in the evening, unidentified persons tried to attack Shalva Natelashvili, leader of the Labour Party of Georgia.

The ruling party in Georgia - the "United National Movement", where President Mikhail Saakashvili is the leader, was left by 150 members who decided to join the opposition. This was stated by Mamuka Katsitadze, one of oppositional leaders on Wednesday, April 29, at the rally held in front of the building of the Parliament.

Today, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, unidentified persons attacked Vyacheslav Yaroshenko, editor-in-chief of the local newspaper "Corruption and Crime". In a grave condition with a skull trauma, the journalist was hospitalized.

A special commission will study the reasons of the incident that happened in Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, where two persons were wounded in a skirmish that burst out among MIA servicemen.

The pupils of the children's house for mentally retarded children in Nalchik are not able to live independently in individual apartments. This was stated by Albert Tyubeev, Minister of Labour and Social Development of Kabardino-Balkaria, in reply to results of the check of observance of housing rights of children-orphans.

During the bloody massacre in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy in Baku 13 persons were killed and 13 more wounded. At present, 11 casualties have been identified, as spoken in a joint statement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

The state of health of Argishti Kiviryan is very grave, but his life is out of danger. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Armenika Kiviryan, sister of Argishti, coordinator of the Internet edition "Armenia Today", who was attacked today in the morning.

Half a year ago, on October 31, 2008, Yunus-Bek Evkurov was appointed President of Ingushetia and replaced Murat Zyazikov, who had headed the Republic since March 2002 and was dismissed before term after mass protests and unrests flooded Ingushetia.

On April 28, the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow returned to the Investigatory Department for Moscow of the RF's ICPO the petition on arrest in absentia of advocate Boris Kuznetsov, accused of disclosing state secrets. Earlier, Mr Kuznetsov had presented the interests of Levon Chakhmakhchyan, ex-senator from Kalmykia, convicted to nine years of imprisonment.

The Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre (HRC) has sent a letter to the Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement on illegal convoying of prisoner Aslanbek Mutsolgov to Omsk from a corrective colony in Kabardino-Balkaria, while his case on conditional early relief (CER) was under consideration.

The forced migrants from the Chechen Republic, now temporarily living in the so-called "compact residence centres" (CRCs) in the territory of Ingushetia, are offered to go home before May 1. As reported by Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus and Chairman of the NGO named "Committee in Defence of Forced Migrants' Rights", the people are exposed to pressure.