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April 27, 2013 13:00

• NAC: Bagir Agabaev and Albert Yarov killed in Dagestan at night

  As reported today by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), this night in the Khiv District of Dagestan, Bagir Agabaev, the leader of "Khiv" militant grouping, born in 1979, and his accomplice Albert Yarov, born in 1982, were killed.

April 27, 2013 12:00

• Mikhalkina: jury passed fair verdict on fight at SC "Europeiskiy"

  Oksana Mikhalkina, the victim's representative, has treated the jury's verdict in the case of the fight near the Shopping Centre (SC) "Europeiskiy" as lawful and fair. However, Darya Trenina, the advocate for the defendant, does not agree with her.

April 26, 2013 23:10

• Oppositionists cancel their action in Baku scheduled for April 28

  The executive authorities of Baku said NO to the notification of the Advisory Majlis of Democratic Forces (AMDF) about the action on April 28 with a demand to hold free presidential election, which was scheduled in one of three places offered by this oppositional association; instead it was offered to hold the event in the outskirts of the city. Activists of the AMDF have regarded the refusal as a violation of the freedom of assembly and postponed the rally.

April 26, 2013 23:10

• Johar Tsarnaev stops testifying, a source from American authorities report

  Johar Tsarnaev, a suspect of committing the terror act in Boston, was read a statement of his rights; after which he ceased testifying. His defence will be headed by the lawyer Miriam Conrad, who earlier defended in court the Briton, who had tried to blow up a Paris-Miami aircraft. According to sources from US authorities, the bombs in Boston could be triggered remotely, while Tsarnaev brothers had planned a terror act in New York.

April 26, 2013 23:00

• Nakhchivan SC mitigates penalty to businessman Gurbanov and his assistant down to conditional sentence

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) has partially granted the appeal complaint filed by businessman Mukhammed Gurbanov and Nadir Mamedov, the husband of his daughter and his assistant, who were arrested on charges of rendering resistance to representatives of power. The SC has mitigated their sentence and replaced their imprisonment for the conditional sentence. Today, Mukhammed Gurbanov and Nadir Mamedov were released in the courtroom.

April 26, 2013 22:40

• In Georgia, two former staff members of Rustavi Prison No. 16 detained on charges of torturing prisoners

  The District Prosecutor's Office of the Kvemo Kartli Region has detained former inspectors of the Security Division of the Rustavi Prison No. 16 on charges of beating and torturing prisoners.

April 26, 2013 22:30

• In Azerbaijan, Tofiq Yagublu, Deputy Chairman of "Musavat" Party, faces more serious charge

  Investigators filed a new charge against the Deputy Chairman of the "Musavat" Party, who was arrested in connection with the riots in Ismailly. At present, he faces charges not of organizing actions aimed at disturbing public order, but of organizing mass riots accompanied by violence and pogroms.

April 26, 2013 22:00

• Jury finds Bekkhan Rizvanov guilty in case of fight at SC "Evropeisky" in Moscow

  The jury has found Bekkhan Rizvanov, the defendant in the case of the fight near the Shopping Centre (SC) "Evropeisky" (European) in Moscow, guilty of attempted murder and not deserving of leniency.

April 26, 2013 21:00

• In Dagestan, policeman wounds two colleagues

  Today, in Dagestan, two policemen were injured as a result of careless handling of weapons, the press service of the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

April 26, 2013 21:00

• In Adygea, events on Day of Circassian Flag attended by 1700 residents

  On April 25, Adygea held events dedicated to celebration of the Day of Circassian Flag. Most events were held on Lenin Square in Maikop.

April 26, 2013 19:00

• In Yerevan, pilots of "Armenian Airlines" hold picket in front of Presidential Administration

  Today, pilots and engineers-servicemen of the bankrupt company "Armenian Airlines" that got disabilities as a result of their professional activities, held a protest action near the residence of Armenian President of Serzh Sargsyan.

April 26, 2013 18:00

• In Volgograd Region, Bereslavka residents demand to preserve rural hospital

  At a picket held in Volgograd, residents of the Volgograd Region have stated the need to keep the hospital in the village of Bereslavka and demanded to expand access to health care. In his turn, the head of the rural settlement of Bereslavka assures that the in-patient department of the hospital will not be closed, and "the April protest actions are not necessary".

April 25, 2013 23:40

• In Karachay-Cherkessia, about 100 persons take part in "Adyghe Djegu" on Day of Circassian Flag

  In Cherkessk, about 100 persons took part in the dance event "Adyghe Djegu", dedicated to the Day of Circassian Flag, which is celebrated today.

April 25, 2013 23:20

• Prisoners are consulted in Rostov Region

  Today, the Rostov Region has launched the action called "Legal Train". Within the action, lawyers of different legal spheres will provide consultations to prisoners in all prisons in the Rostov Region.

April 25, 2013 23:10

• Former Chief Architect of Sochi sentenced to 20 months of imprisonment

  Today, the Central District Court of Sochi has pronounced the verdict to Oleg Sheveiko, the former Chief Architect. The Court has sentenced the former official to 1 year and 8 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of settlement for abuse of power. The defence did not agree with the verdict.

April 25, 2013 23:00

• Three Georgian citizens released in South Ossetia

  The authorities of South Ossetia have released three residents of the Georgian villages, who were arrested for crossing the administrative border. This was reported today by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia.

April 25, 2013 22:20

• In Pyatigorsk, former FSB officer sentenced for death of four persons in road traffic accident

  The Pyatigorsk Garrison Military Court has found Maxim Svensky, a former FSB officer, guilty of a road traffic accident that killed four persons and sentenced him to 5 years and 7 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of settlement.

April 25, 2013 22:10

• In Azerbaijan, regular soldier suspected of killing his colleague

  In Azerbaijan, Khayam Asif oglu Bairamov, an 18-year-old soldier, is suspected of stabbing with a knife Kamran Firdovsi oglu Mamedov, his 19-year-old colleague, who died from the injury.

April 25, 2013 22:00

• "Golos" and Liliya Shibanova fined by 400,000 roubles

  Today, the Magistrate Court of the Presnya District of Moscow fined the Association "Golos" (Vote) 300,000 roubles for refusing to get registered as a "foreign agent". Liliya Shibanova, Executive Director of the Association "Golos", was fined 100,000 roubles.

April 25, 2013 21:00

• In Georgia, prisoners of Gldani Prison No. 8 stop hunger strike

  Today, in the Gldani Prison No. 8, a hunger strike was stopped, the participants of which demanded to reconsider their cases and conditions of detention.