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March 09, 2013 19:13

• Mukhamed Khabilov: I jumped from the third floor of the MIA in fear of torture

  Mukhamed Khabilov, a resident of the city of Terek, Kabardino-Balkaria, said that he jumped out of the window of the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) not because of his suicidal moods or fear of going to jail, but after policemen threatened to torture him.

March 09, 2013 19:00

• Sochi: residents of Tunnelnaya Street demand to close erotic massage parlour

  On March 8, about 50 residents of Tunnelnaya Street in Sochi held a gathering with a demand to close the places of entertainment, working in close proximity to residential houses.

March 09, 2013 18:00

• Lack of information about the fate of detained Novosasitli villagers gave rise to tense situation in the village, locals say

  Residents of the village of Novosasitli, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, have no information on the fate of four of their fellow villagers, detained by power agents on March 7. The situation in the village is strained, as the head of the village told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 09, 2013 17:14

• Picketers Nevinnomyssk demand Stavropol Territory's exit from NCFD

  Today, the city of Nevinnomyssk hosted a picket of the unregistered nationalist party "Novaya Sila" (New Force) with a demand to withdraw the Stavropol Territory out of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and introduction of a special migration regime.

March 09, 2013 14:00

• Georgia: law "On Amnesty" released 8503 prisoners

  As of March 9, based on the law "On Amnesty", 8503 prisoners have left their jails, the Ministry of Corrections has reported.

March 09, 2013 13:00

• Death of 8-year-old causes check of guardianship bodies in Novocherkassk

  The guardianship authorities of Novocherkassk are suspected that they had failed to take proper measures in the situation with the 8-year-old Amalia Novikova, who died of meningitis. According to investigators, the girl lived with her mother, who had been deprived of parental rights.

March 09, 2013 12:00

• In Azerbaijan, 15-year-old girl commits act of self-immolation against land confiscation

  Almaz Kerimova, born in 1998, a resident of the township of Gyulyustan of the city of Gandzha, made an attempt of self-immolation. With third-degree burns she was taken to hospital.

March 08, 2013 22:00

• Georgian Parliament adopts resolution on priority of integration into EU and NATO

  The Parliament of Georgia has passed – by majority of votes – a resolution, under which the country will continue its way towards integration into the EU and NATO and will not have diplomatic relations with the countries that have recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

March 08, 2013 21:58

• Feminists hold march in Tbilisi

  Today, Tbilisi has hosted a march of feminists dated to the International Women's Day. The action was attended by about 40 persons.

March 08, 2013 21:00

• Author of video about torture in prison goes on hunger strike in Georgia

  Vladimir Bedukadze, the author of the video showing acts of torture applied to inmates of a Georgian prison, has announced a hunger strike demanding a fair trial of his case by the court, which runs from March 4 in the closed regime.

March 08, 2013 20:00

• Defence of Vardan Sedrakyan challenges his arrest at the Appellate Court of Armenia

  The defence of the ex-presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan, arrested on suspicion of an attempt during the election on another presidential candidate Paruir Airikyan, has filed a complaint to the Court of Appeal against his arrest.

March 08, 2013 19:00

• Today, ambulance drivers went on strike in Vladikavkaz

  This morning in Vladikavkaz, about 50 ambulance drivers gathered at the station and demanded a meeting with the leadership of the regional branch of the Medical Insurance Fund and the city health department. They said that they would not go to work because of wage payment delays. Representatives of the city administration came to meet the strikers and promised to solve the problem.

March 08, 2013 18:00

• Ataman of Mingrelskaya killed in Krasnodar Territory

  In the evening on March 7, in the village of Mingrelskaya, the Abinsk District of the Krasnodar Territory, an armed conflict burst out, resulting in the death of the village ataman Sergey Osminin, and another Cossack injured his leg, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 08, 2013 17:14

• Four oppositionists detained in Azerbaijan

  In Baku, on the eve of the protest action against the non-combat losses in the army scheduled for March 10, the members of the civil movement "Nida" Bakhtiyar Guliev, Mohammed Azizov and Shakhin Novruzov. This was reported stated by Uzeir Mamedli, a member of the board of the movement. In Gandzha, the police have detained Makhir Bairamly, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, said his wife Gyulbeniz Ulutyurk.

March 08, 2013 15:00

• First graduates finish hafiz schools in Chechnya

  The two Chechen hafiz schools (of experts who know the Koran by heart) made the first release of graduates. The hafiz schools in Tsentaroy and Gudermes were finished by 61 young residents of Chechnya.

March 08, 2013 14:00

• Abkhazian Prime Minister refuses to resign at request of opposition

  Leonid Lakerbaya, Prime Minister of Abkhazia, said he would not accept the opposition's demand for his resignation. In his turn, Raul Khajimba, the chairman of the oppositional "Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia" has stated that the country needs reforms.

March 08, 2013 13:00

• South Ossetia: refugees complain about exorbitant pricing for electricity

  In South Ossetia, refugees from Georgia – families of fire victims and families with many children, who moved in 2012 to new apartments of the neighbourhood "Solnechny", may be left without electric power because of their rising debts for electricity.

March 08, 2013 12:00

• KBR commemorates victims of political repressions against Balkar people

  Today, the population of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) commemorates victims of political repressions against the Balkar people.

March 08, 2013 11:00

• Azerbaijan: convicted journalist Allakhverdiev is on hunger strike

  The journalist Faramaz Allakhverdiev, sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, has gone on hunger strike and sewed up his mouth. His protest is against rejection of his petition to hold repeated hearings on his case.

March 07, 2013 23:00

• Building of Armenian MFA to be bought by Argentine businessman

  The governmental building now housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia is being sold to Eduardo Ernekyan, an Argentine businessman of Armenian origin. According to his programme, the building will house a five-star hotel.