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Defendant Zaur Tokhov will participate in the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik in a lying position for one month and a half. A special trestle bed was set in the courtroom for this purpose.

In the city of Kaspiisk, relatives of Sedritdin Khalibekov, a local resident, seek help from rights defenders in searching for him. They believe that Makhachkala policemen had to do with Sedritdin's disappearance. However, law enforcers fail to confirm this information.

On May 13, in the city of Derbent, an attempt was undertaken to kidnap Ramil Yarmagomedov, a resident of the city of Dagestanskie Ogni. He suspects that Dagestani special agents and law enforcers were involved and fears further provocations against him. The on duty unit of the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Department) said that on that day no special actions were conducted in the city.

Today, the Supreme Court of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) has completed considering the appeal lodged by the oppositional activist Zeynal Bagirzade accused of falsifying documents and illegally receiving pension. Judge Ilgar Mirzoev has amended the verdict of first instance court and replaced a significant term of imprisonment for a suspended (conditional) sentence. Bagirzade was released in the courtroom.

This evening, the city of Tuapse, Krasnodar Territory, was the venue of a series of pickets in support of Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko, the activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" and "Yabloko" Party, who are under a threat of five years of colony imprisonment.

During the today's attempt of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) to hold an unauthorized protest action the police detained 18 people. They were released after warning, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

According to Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance" and a member of the Board of the HRC "Memorial", the custody of Malkho Bisultanov, a native of Chechnya, who was detained in the territory of the "Mosfilm" Studio and accused of trying to sell drugs, was extended for the fifth time; and this was done without the presence of a lawyer.

Five persons injured by the explosion of balloons on May 4 are still treated at resuscitation wards of Yerevan hospitals.

Relatives of Rashid Ismailov, who was kidnapped in May in Makhachkala, have picketed the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, demanding a meeting with Andrei Nazarov, the Public Prosecutor of the republic. They were supported by relatives of Timur Danilin and Magomed and Abdullah Murtuzaliev, who were kidnapped in March.

On May, 12, a downpour inflicted a damage on Lagodekh district (Eastern Georgia). Up to 300 dwelling houses were flooded in the settlements of Apeni, Leliani, Chabukiani and Ananuri.

During the final tour of the Championship of Russia "Anzhi" - "Zenit" members of riot squad had to interfere in the quarrel that emerged between the club fans in the tribunes of the stadium in Makhachkala. After the match several stones were thrown into the bus where members of "Zenit" were at the moment.

In the evening of Sunday, May, 13, an action in form of a concert and intercommunication of civil activists passed off opposite the building of Krasnodar regional administration. About 50 residents of the city took part in it, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On May, 13, "Environmental patrol of Stavropol region" held a three-hour picket within the framework of the action "Protection of the city forests". The action was authorized and passed without incidents, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The today's meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the South-Ossetian leader Leonid Tibilov has resulted in several agreements on the further development of South Ossetia, including Russia's increased financial support.

The total number of suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) killed in a special operation conducted in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, has reached seven persons.

Today, residents of the Alagir District of North Ossetia have expressed their concern – at a rally against construction of a cement factory – regarding possible negative impacts on the environment and health of local residents from the would-be factory.

In Sochi, in the evening of May 11, a landslide smashed a wall of a residential house in Ternovaya Street in the village of Chereshnya. There is no information about the victims.

Today, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan, where the claim of Oleg Shein, a former candidate for the Mayor of the city on cancellation of March 4 election, is considered, two claimants' witnesses were interviewed, who were members of the territorial election commission (TEC) of the Kirov District. Also, ten respondent's and interested persons' witnesses were also interrogated – they were chairpersons of election commissions.

Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" have fixed a mass death of fish in the pond and air pollution in the Maikop District of Adygea, near the local distillery; however, the Prosecutor's Office has not confirmed the death of fish.

On May 10, an intoxicated man, who was hospitalized with traumas from the on duty unit of the local department of the Russian MIA, died in an Elista hospital, said a source from law enforcement bodies of Kalmykia.