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The Moscow GUVD (City Department of Internal Affairs) has assured the public of Kabardino-Balkaria that it is counteracting any manifestations of xenophobia and interethnic extremism in Russian capital.

Muslim Khuchiev, Mayor of the capital of Chechnya has signed an order to rename the Communist Street in Grozny into the Solsa-Haji Yandarov Street, in memory of the well-known religious figure of the Republic of the beginning of the 20th century.

In Dagestan, the former editor-in-chief of the all-Russian independent newspaper "People's Opinion" was sentenced to 18 months of conditional deprivation of freedom for violation of the Federal Laws "On Mass Media" and "On Counteracting Extremist Activities".

It has become known today that Mayor of Kislovodsk Vitaly Biryukov was catcalled by his townspeople at celebrations on May 18 of the Kislovodsk City Day and the Day of the Stavropol Territory.

The United Opposition demands that the authorities of Georgia hold repeated parliamentary elections. It was declared by David Gamkrelidze at the oppositional rally held at the building of the Parliament of Georgia.

Another non-sanctioned flight of an aircraft has been registered over the conflict territories of Georgia. On May 23, at 7:45 a.m., the observation point of the peace-making forces from the Republic of South Ossetia-Alania (RSO-A) "Yoncha" registered an AN-2 aircraft of unidentified state belonging.

The international Human Rights Watch organization has called on the authorities of Armenia to investigate the attack on Michael Danielyan, Chairman of the Helsinki Association, and to find out if his human rights activities could have caused these illegal actions.

Yesterday, on May 23, the National Scientific Library situated in Vladikavkaz hosted a conference dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the first printed Ossetian book. In the cause of the event, a film about book-printing named "Creation of the Book" was shown to the audience.

The bodies of the Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office have conducted a number of inspections at social care enterprises and entities for the unimpeded access of invalids into their premises. A number of violations were detected.

According to Abdullah Duduev, chief-editor of the "Dosh" magazine, dissemination of his magazine was prohibited in the Republic because it had published an interview with the former Republic's leader Ruslan Aushev. Mr Duduev has informed his journalists about it today.

On May 30, a judicial session will take place in Azerbaijan on the case of a citizen of Saudi Arabia Nail Abdul Kerim al-Bedevi, also known as Abu-Jafar, and other 17 persons. All of them are accused of setting up an armed terrorist group.

The prosecutor's audits conducted at the establishments of medical-social examination (MSE) of the Volgograd Region have revealed numerous violations in their work related to rehabilitation of invalids and supply of rehabilitation means to invalids in the volume as established by the law.

The second finalist group of the "Eurovision" singers' contest has been decided. This year, Georgia is among countries-finalists, represented by Diana Gurtskaya with her song named "Peace Will Come".

Human rights activist assert that the attack on Michael Danielyan, Chairman of the Helsinki Association, was targeted against all human rights activities in Armenia.

By the outcomes of the elections, the Georgian party in power named the United National Movement has won 120 seats in the new Parliament out of the total number of 150.

The proposal of Nafigulla Ashirov, co-chairman of the Board of Muftis of Russia, to make separate Muslim districts in Russian megalopolises was ambiguously treated by people in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the Conservative Party (member of the United Opposition), has stated that the Opposition will file a suit demanding to cancel the election outcomes.

The mission of CIS observers has assessed the parliamentary elections in Georgia as democratic, having noted that the revealed violations can in no way affect the outcomes of the voting.

Yesterday, on May 21, the press service of the State Office of Public Prosecutor made a statement, which refutes the data about beating Agil Halil, journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, on February 22, 2008, in Maslinovaya Grove and rendering pressure on him during the investigation.

According to Giya Tortladze, one of the leaders of the United Opposition, should the total of the Central Electoral Commission on the outcomes of the parliamentary elections be the same as the results of the exit polls, "the authorities will surely have a nationwide uprising." Mr Tortladze made this statement late at night yesterday, on May 21.