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Sultan-Girei Khashagulgov, Ex-Deputy Minister of Construction of the Republic of Ingushetia, who was wounded in an attempt, recovered consciousness this morning, as told by his relative Pyatimat Khashagulgova, who is his younger brother's wife.

Today, law enforcers detained another supposed instigator of mass riots in Manege Square in Moscow on December 11, 2010, said a source from law enforcement bodies of the Russian capital.

As reported by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the persons killed in a special operation in Dagestan have been preliminarily identified as active participants in the so-called "Tsuntin" bandit grouping.

In the section on Armenia of its report "Human Rights-2010" published on April 8, the US Department of State criticizes the situation with human rights, election processes, and situation in the army, media, law enforcement bodies and courts.

The Day of Memory and Mourning of the residents of the republic will be established on May, 10, from now on in Chechnya. This was the decision taken by Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyhrov after his meeting with members of the organizing committee formed upon his instruction on April, 10. February, 23, and May, 9, which had formerly been mourning days in the republic will now become holidays as they are in the whole Russia. Local observers have a critical attitude towards this decision considering that such innovations will continue the course of establishing and strengthening cult of personality in Chechnya.

Militiamen detained over 50 people at a football match between "Spartk" (Moscow) and "Terek" (Grozny) which passed off on April, 10, in Moscow stadium "Luzhniki".

About 100 persons came on April 9 to the sanctioned rally in Tuapse in protest against the work of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Tuapse Bulk Terminal", which is reloading mineral fertilizers.

Archaeologists from Volgograd have detected, during their expedition, a burial of a Sarmatian mercenary, which was presented by a complete set of his arms. This allowed the researchers to reconstruct the appearance of an ancient warrior.

Ms Ameli, who was deported to Russia by Norwegian authorities in late January, has received a labour permit in Norway.

About 300 sportsmen from 30 countries, including the strongest teams from Spain, Venezuela, USA, Dominican Republic and Russia, will attend the Dominoes World Championship, which will be held on October 17-21 in Abkhazia. The Abkhaz team will consist of 25 athletes, the youngest being 20 and the oldest - 55 years old.

The cost and quality of services will be the determining factors in the competitive struggle of city-resort Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, with foreign resorts, said Anatoly Pakhomov, Mayor of Sochi.

Somalia pirates have released the tanker "Irene SL", sailing under the Greek flag, where a Georgian seaman Georgiy Chkadua was a crew member.

Within the Charity Film Festival "Stalker" held in Rostov-on-Don an exhibition of photographs "Homeless People" was launched.

The airports of the cities of Sochi and Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, are currently working under the actual weather because of strong wind and cannot receive the arriving aircrafts.

Imam Magomed Saiputdinov has been assassinated in the village of Yasnaya Polyana, Kizlyar District of Dagestan.

On April 8, mass marches of representatives of Kumyk communities and workers of the subscriber's gas service, who protested against the transfer of the service into subordination to Makhachkala, created huge traffic jams and caused panic moods among the population of the capital of Dagestan, which was not aware of the nature of the actions.

The count of the casualties of the major special operation conducted on March 28 in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia has gone up to 21, said a source from law enforcement bodies.

During the week from March 28 to April 3 at least 38 persons were lost in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus killing; at least three persons were injured, and one person was kidnapped. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The European Union (EU) has issued a statement expressing concern over the situation with fundamental human rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan. The EU urges the authorities of the country to immediately release all those arrested during the opposition protest action on April 2.

The World Cup football champion Zinedine Zidane has denied his arrival at the solemn opening ceremony of the sports complex named after Ahmad Kadyrov, built in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.