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On May 15, the Tuapse District Court held preliminary court session on the criminal case against Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko, the activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" and the "Yabloko" Party. At the court session, the court considered 3 out of 14 motions of the defence. The next court session was appointed for May 22.

Death of a 16-year-old teenager in Volgograd was caused by explosion of a World War II shell. This was reported by representative of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Today, in the city of Derbent, unidentified armed men in masks beat and kidnapped Tagir Gudjaev, born in 1984, and Rezvan Firzaliev, born in 1985, two Derbent residents. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ali Gadjiev, a resident of Derbent, a friend of the disappeared men, with reference to eyewitnesses.

In Dagestan, Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, a 34-year-old resident of Makhachkala, a native of the village of Kharachi of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, was kidnapped. This was reported by his relatives.

Today, Djamilya Feitullaeva, the resident of Makhachkala, reported that her husband disappeared on May 11 and till that moment, his whereabouts were unknown.

Policemen on duty at the check point in Makhachkala, where, on May 3, a double terror act was committed, refused to check a Gazel car, which had been pointed out as suspicious prior to explosion by local residents. This is stated by witnesses of the terror act, who are quoted by Timur Gusaev, the Dagestani blogger. The Investigatory Committee (IC) in Dagestan promises to verify the information.

Participants of the protest action, which was held today in front of the Iranian Embassy in Baku, demanded to stop anti-Azerbaijani provocations in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). The picket, organized by the World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) and the International Centre of Azerbaijani Diaspora, was attended by more than 100 persons.

Today, near the building of the State Duma in Moscow, members of the Ingush regional social movement "Mekhk-Kkhel" (People's Parliament) held single pickets under slogans sounding: "Stop extrajudicial killings and kidnappings in Ingushetia!" and "Evkurov to resign!".

Igor Popov (Russia), Robert Bradtke (USA), and Jacques Faure (France), the co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, who visited Yerevan and Baku on May 11-14, expressed their concern over incidents on the contact line in the conflict zone.

State of health of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-officer of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Division), the figurant of the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", has deteriorated during the May holidays, in SIZO (pre-trial prison), he had four epileptic attacks. This was stated by a source in the secret services.

Today, in Azerbaijan, at penal institutions, convicted oppositional activists recognized by the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" as "prisoners of conscience", went on a hunger strike demanding their release. This was reported by Gyulaga Aslanly, Secretary of the Coordinating Council (CC) of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC).

In Kaspiisk, officers of the local OVD (Interior Division) do not hamper parishioners of the mosque, located in Aeroflotskaya Street, to perform prayers in the building, although yet on April 21, they asked parishioners not to do that. This was reported by Timur Emirbekov, the leader of local Muslims. The incident was resolved after interference of a top-ranking official.

Today, in Makhachkala, relatives of people kidnapped in Dagestan again gathered near the Republic's Prosecutor's Office. They claimed that they planned to hold a large-scale protest action in Makhachkala.

Vyusal Nabiev, a soldier of the Azerbaijani National Army, shot dead his colleague Medjnun Garazade from service weapon and then committed suicide.

Police detained 10 persons for taking part in an unsanctioned protest action against holding in Krasnodar the exhibitions "Icons", brought by gallerist Marat Gelman.

Today, near the building of the Tuapse District Court, during the trial on the case against Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko, a man pierced wheels of the car, in which Krasnodar activists had arrived. While escaping in a car, he hit Igor Kharchenko, the activist of the "Yabloko" Party, who tried to detain him, eyewitnesses report.

In the Soviet District of Volgograd, in one of the private houses, an explosion of unidentified device occurred. As a result, a 16-year-old teenager got serious injuries and died in hospital.

In the evening of May 15, in Baku, Elnur Medjidli, the activist of the youth organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was released from prison.

During a gathering on May, 14, tenants of house No 2, 20th Gornostrelkovaya division street, declared violations of their right for safe dwelling by the constructors of a roadway.

The families of the lost people and those who got injured in the road accident with the participation of buses in the settlement of Inozemtsevo, Stavropol region, will get financial aid, Ivan Gerter, Chairman of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria, said at a session of the Government on May, 14.