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Law enforcers of Volgograd have searched apartments of five civil society activists, said Leonid Makhinya, an activist of the regional branch of "The Other Russia".

Georgia will be able to export to Russia about a million bottles of wine already in 2013; while the annual country's output makes 10 million litres of wine, said Levan Davitashvili, the head of the Georgia's National Wine Agency.

Today, the city of Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Territory, is opening rehabilitation and adaptation centre for minor businesses intended for former prisoners and people who occurred in difficult life situations. As part of the project, the participants will be provided with psycho-social, legal and educational assistance.

The defence Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "Tolyshi Sado" newspaper, accused of inciting interethnic hatred, has petitioned about invitation to the trial of the experts, who had provided their linguistic conclusion. The court has satisfied the petition of the defence.

Marina Gridneva, the spokesperson of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Russian Federation has reported today that a criminal case was opened against Akhmed Bilalov, the ex-chairman of the board of directors of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus", under the article of abuse of power.

Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has continued the trial of the murder of former Colonel Yuri Budanov. Alexander Gaisin, an eyewitness of the crime, said during evidencing that he saw a silver Mitsubishi Lancer car at the scene, which was used, according to investigators, by the killer of Yuri Budanov to escape from the place.

Shikhveli Farkhad oglu Shikhsafiev, 19, a soldier of the Azerbaijani Army, was wounded as a result of a violation of the ceasefire regime in the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, reports the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

Many Salafi Muslim who lived in the village of Khadjalmakhi, Levashin District of Dagestan, who found themselves in the so-called "execution list", have left the village, said a local resident.

In Tbilisi, about 50 people came to hold their protest at the Turkish Embassy with the slogan "Stop Islamization of Adzharia!"

Today, supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan have held an action in Freedom Square named "Inauguration of New Armenia" as an alternative to the inauguration ceremony of Serzh Sargsyan, the official winner of the presidential election.

Shakhriyar Bahramgulu oglu Mamedov, a lieutenant of the Azerbaijani Army, was killed on April 8 in the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

Yakub Mankiev, who was killed in the special operation in the Ingush village of Dolakovo, was not a militant, says his uncle Magomed Darsigov. According to his story, Yakub Mankiev was the son of the former Minister of Agriculture of Ingushetia Bamat-Girey Mankiev.

Protocols about violations at registration were drawn up in relation to the Association "Golos" (Vote) and its executive director Lilia Shibanova. According to the Russian Ministry of Justice, the association acts as a foreign agent, but not registered in the appropriate registry. The "Golos" denies receipt of any foreign funds.

Today, the Baku Appeal Court (BAC) has rejected a complaint lodged by Zaur Gurbanly, an activist of the civil movement "Nida", against his arrest for three months. His advocates find the court's decision unreasonable.

The wife and two children of a policeman from Buinaksk, in whose car an improvised explosive device (IED) was triggered, were discharged from hospital after receiving medical care. The policeman himself is in grave condition, said the Dagestani MIA.

Today, the Krymsk District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has held a preliminary hearing on the criminal case of the flood in Krymsk in July 2012. The court granted the prosecution's motion for disqualification of all the judges of this court composition. Now, the Territorial Court will make a decision to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case.

Today, Yerevan hosted – against the official inauguration of President Serzh Sargsyan – an oppositional rally named "Inauguration of New Armenia". In the course of the action, Raffi Ovannisyan, the runner-up in the presidential election, read out the "Oath to New Armenia"; then his supporters organized a spontaneous march.

Today, at the Moscow City Court, which is considering the murder case of former Colonel Yuri Budanov, the prosecutor questioned the eyewitness of a crime, which confirmed that the killer fled away from the scene in a Mitsubishi Lancer car.

Four general contractors have begun repair works of the highest building in the complex "Grozny City", burned out on April 3 in the centre of the capital of Chechnya. A source from the organization named "Genstroy" reported about the shortage of special technical means for working at height; such means have been ordered in Turkey.

On April 8, the Department of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) for the Krasnodar Territory questioned Elena Shablo, the director general of the non-profit public organization "Levados" Information Centre, said her mother Nina Shablo.