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March 18, 2013 18:00

• Gagloity: Georgia sets new post on border with South Ossetia

  The village of Zemo-Nikozi, near the border with South Ossetia, is now housing a police station set up there by the Georgian party. Khokh Gagloity, the head of the delegation of South-Ossetian, said today at the meeting in Ergneti within the MPRI, that such Georgia's actions go against international agreements.

March 18, 2013 17:00

• Residents of Dakhadayevsky District of Dagestan seek to change district authorities

  On March 17, in Makhachkala, residents of the Dakhadayevsky District of Dagestan held a rally stating falsification at the election of the head of the district and demanded a new early election.

March 18, 2013 15:00

• In Armenia, court dismissed complaint against arrest of Vardan Sedrakyan

  Today, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the petition of the defence of the former presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan, who was arrested for two months, asking to change his freedom restriction measure, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 18, 2013 13:00

• In Azerbaijan, court extends arrest of Tofig Yagublu, deputy chairman of "Musavat" Party

  Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku has considered a motion to extend the detention in the form of arrest of Tofig Yagublu, a deputy chairman of the "Musavat" Party. Court granted the motion of the prosecutor's office and left the oppositionist behind bars for two months more.

March 18, 2013 12:00

• "Terek" FC from Chechnya may hold five matches without spectators

  The "Terek" Football Club (FC) can be fined and punished by match without spectators for publicly insulting the referee Michail Vilkov from Nizhny Novgorod during the match with the "Rubin" FC from Kazan.

March 18, 2013 11:00

• 22 persons suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus on March 11-17

  During the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 11 to March 17, 2013, at least 22 persons fell victim. Of them, 21 people were killed and one was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 18, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 11-17

  Hostage-taking using a toy pistol and fake bomb in Astrakhan; decision of ECtHR on of a Chechen's disappearance; Russian SC's uphold of verdict to Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case; relegation of Dagestani "Anji" FC out of Europa League; tougher punishment of ex –policeman who knocked down woman in the Stavropol Territory; conviction of editor of "Khural" newspaper Avaz Zeinalov in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of March 11-17, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 16, 2013 23:58

• "Russian Jogging" in Krasnodar gathered about 100 participants

  On March 16, the central Krasnodar hosted an action called "Russian Jogging" against holding the rock festival "Cubana" on the Black Sea coast. The action was attended by about a hundred Russian nationalists, members of the Kuban Cossacks Army and Cossack detachments, as well as activists of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).

March 16, 2013 23:00

• Seven persons killed in special operation in Chechen-Ingush border

  As reported by the spokesman of the Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC), in the course of a special operation conducted by the power agents on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, seven militants were killed.

March 16, 2013 22:00

• Blown-up car with three bodies found in Dagestan

  Today, in the Buinaksk District, policemen found a burned car with three human bodies inside.

March 16, 2013 21:00

• The person accused of hostage-taking arrested in Astrakhan

  Today, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has ruled to arrest Alexander Kuptsov accused of taking hostages at the Fishery College. The defendant believes that the court had no reason to arrest him.

March 16, 2013 20:00

• Volgograd: Communists state provocations at rally for Governor's resignation

  According to Nikolai Parshin, the first secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), at a rally in Volgograd with a demand of resignation of the Governor of the Volgograd Region Sergey Bozhenov, there were detentions and provocations.

March 16, 2013 19:00

• Editor-in-chief of city paper attacked in Baku

  In Baku, on March 14, Gabil Veliev, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Gyundelik Baku", was attacked.

March 16, 2013 18:00

• Tbilisi: taxi drivers refuse to strike

  In Georgia, the drivers of fixed-route taxis have decided to refrain from striking for as long as the Parliament of Georgia accepts amendments to the new labour code, said Lavrenti Alaniya, the leader of the trade union of transport workers.

March 16, 2013 17:16

• ECtHR asks to present documents on Buzurtanov's case before July 4

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from the Russia's Government to answer – before July 4 – all the questions on the case of Akhmed Buzurtanov, said the lawyer Musa Pliev.

March 16, 2013 16:00

• Mikhail Savva: behaviour of power agents at checking NPOs of Krasnodar Territory was incorrect

  Mikhail Savva, Deputy Chairman of the Public Council under the Governor of Krasnodar Territory for Development of Civil Society Institutes and the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre, has stated an incorrect behaviour of law enforcers during inspections of non-profit organizations (NPOs) of the Krasnodar Territory.

March 16, 2013 15:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh starts building houses for Armenian families from Syria

  The Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh has begun constructing apartment buildings and individual houses for the Armenian families who came from Syria. First apartments will be handed over to tenants already in mid-April, said the spokesman of the district administration.

March 16, 2013 13:00

• Ovannisyan's supporters collect signatures in his support

  In Yerevan, in Freedom Square, supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan, the leader of the faction "Heritage" have held a rally and announced collection of signatures in support of the ex-presidential candidate.

March 16, 2013 12:00

• Tskhinvali Mayoralty to pay electricity debts of "Solnechny" residents

  As decided by the government of South Ossetia, the electricity debts of the inhabitants of the township "Solnechny" in Tskhinvali will be imposed on the Mayoralty of the country's capital, as Vadim Gabaraev, the Acting Mayor of Tskhinvali told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 15, 2013 23:00

• Group accused of riots in Guba sentenced in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Khachmaz District Court of Azerbaijan has announced a verdict at the trial of a group of six persons accused of organizing public disorders (riots) in the city of Guba. Four defendants will be imprisoned, and two others were sentenced conditionally.