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April 16, 2013 21:00

• North Ossetia: doctor accused of selling baby sent to SIZO

  As reported by Eduard Gusov, senior assistant to the head of the Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for North Ossetia, Valentina Tedeeva, the chief doctor of the maternity ward of the Republic's Hospital, was placed into the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in connection with the official indictment of selling a human.

April 16, 2013 20:00

• Chechnya marks four years after lift of CTO regime

  The Chechen Republic has held festivities to mark the fourth anniversary of the cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. The main events took place in Grozny, where security measures were essentially strengthened on this occasion; and the centre of the city was blocked for motor traffic.

April 16, 2013 19:00

• FSB confiscates documents from SRRC office in Krasnodar

  In Krasnodar, agents of the territorial department of the FSB (Russia's Federal Security Bureau) have made another search of the office of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC) and seized documents and electronic data carriers, said the employees of the Centre.

April 16, 2013 18:00

• In Georgia, 70 Gldani prisoners go on hunger strike

  On April 15, the hunger strike was announced by 70 inmates of Gldani Prison No. 8 in Georgia, who demand reconsideration of their cases.

April 15, 2013 23:00

• World War II veteran killed in Nalchik

  The police of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are seeking the criminals who killed Georgy Mogilko, a World War II veteran this morning in Nalchik. The murder has caused a broad resonance in the city.

April 15, 2013 22:00

• MIA of Dagestan is under large-scale check

  Employees of the central office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia are inspecting the MIA of Dagestan in the context of the criminal case opened against high-ranking law enforcement officials, said a source from the local MIA.

April 15, 2013 20:00

• Armenia: questioning of defendants is over at trial on fight at "Harsnaqar" Restaurant

  Today, the defendants Arman Bagdasaryan and Norair Airapetyan, accused of beating military doctors in the parking lot of the Yerevan "Harsnaqar" Restaurant, presented their evidence to the court; therefore, the interrogation of the defendants was over.

April 15, 2013 19:00

• Series of pickets in support of Alexei Navalny held in Astrakhan

  A series of pickets in support of the oppositional leader Alexei Navalny, who is accused of a large-scale embezzlement, was held today in Astrakhan.

April 15, 2013 18:00

• Woman from Shamilkala detained during searches arrested by magistrate court

  Djanetta Selivanova, who was detained during searches in the Dagestani village of Shamilkala, was today sentenced to ten days of administrative arrest, said a villager Raisa Ismailova.

April 15, 2013 17:00

• Natives of Shyky in KBR decide to restore the village

  Natives of the village of Shyky, Cherek District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have decided to restore their village. At a meeting on April 14 in Nalchik they elected the organizing committee of five members, and instructed them to draft the charter of the future village Shyky.

April 15, 2013 16:00

• Parties in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict accuse each other of shelling

  The Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire in the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh, said the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan. According to the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, on April 7-13, they registered 250 cases of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan at the contact line of the troops.

April 15, 2013 15:00

• Some 50 Sochi residents campaign against commercial development of the park

  Yesterday, on April 14, in the park opposite the marine station in Sochi, about 50 local residents held a rally against the build-up by traders of the resort land occupied by parks, mini-parks and green areas for general use.

April 15, 2013 14:00

• Facade of damaged high-rise in Grozny cleared of burnt skin

  Builders are completing the cleaning of the facade of the high-rise building in the complex "Grozny-City" damaged by fire on April 3. The works were carried out with the help of the technical means brought from Turkey.

April 15, 2013 13:00

• On April 8-14, 20 persons suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during

  During the week of April 8-14, 2013, at least 20 people suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, including 11 casualties and nine wounded persons. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 15, 2013 12:00

• In Nalchik, children of Syrian Circassians present 40 drawings at charity show

  On April 14, Nalchik hosted a charity exhibition-sale, where 40 drawings of children of Syrian immigrants living in the republic were presented.

April 15, 2013 08:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 8-14

  Inauguration of Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by protest action of supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan; bankruptcy of "Express" Bank and dispute about the order of electing head of the republic in Dagestan; termination of inquiry into GIBDD bribery case in Volgograd; disqualification of judges of Krymsk District Court on the flood case; funeral of the first president of North Ossetia; sentence and arrest of figurant in resonant crimes in Stavropol Territory, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 8-14, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".

April 13, 2013 23:00

• Cleansings launched in Gimry, local resident reports

  The village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, has been invaded by plenty of law enforcers and soldiers; tanks are deployed in the vicinity; and shooting is heard, one of the locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 13, 2013 22:00

• Picket against inhumane treatment of animals held in Sochi

  In Sochi, animal lovers, ecologists and members of the public charitable organization "Dobromir" held a rally in support of homeless animals. The action brought together about 50 people.

April 13, 2013 21:00

• About 10 people detained in Rostov-on-Don at attempt to hold "Day of Russian Wrath"

  On April 13, an attempt to hold the "Day of Russian Wrath" in Rostov-on-Don resulted in detention of about 10 people. All of them were released from the police after check of documents, said a source from the OVD (Interior Division).

April 13, 2013 20:00

• 200 people rally against closure of hospital in Volgograd Region

  The village of Bereslavka, Kalachov District of Volgograd Region, hosted a rally against the closure of the inpatient ward of the district hospital and reduction of day-and-night and day beds.