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March 04, 2013 16:37

• Murzaev: I was beaten before presenting the report on corruption in Northern Caucasus

  Absalitdin Murzaev, the head of the Board of Elders of the Kumyk Nation, who was beaten on March 3 in Dagestan, was to make a report, on March 18, at the administration of the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Russian Federation to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), on corruption in land issues in Northern Caucasus. The attack could have to do with the presentation of the report, Mr Murzaev has supposed.

March 04, 2013 16:36

• Court extends arrest of figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case till June 7

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has extended till July 7 the arrest of the ex-militiaman Sergey Khadjikurbanov, a figurant of the murder case of the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, said the press service of the MCC.

March 04, 2013 15:15

• One of the attackers of Ruslan Dakhkilgov dies in Ingushetia

  Today at night, Islam Shakhtamarov, one of the suspects of the armed attack on Ruslan Dakhkilgov, the head of the department of the Rosselkhoznadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Agricultural Supervision) for Ingushetia, died at the Central Republic's Hospital of Nazran.

March 04, 2013 09:00

• Nine persons suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus from February 25 to March 3

  During the week from February 25 to March 3, 2013, at least nine persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: one of them died and eight were wounded. These are the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 04, 2013 08:00

• Residents hold rally opposite "Magnit" in Sochi

  On March 3, over fifty activists of the Makarenko dwelling district in Sochi 3 held a rally of citizens, where they collected signatures against construction of a "Magnit" network store and authorities' commanding the territory of dwelling districts through disregarding public opinion.

March 04, 2013 07:00

• Azerbaijan: soldier Allakhverdiev was buried without re-examination

  In Azerbaijan, the demand of the parents of the Private Seimur Allakhverdiev, who perished while at his military service, to hold a repeated forensic examination was not satisfied.

March 02, 2013 20:00

• "Social March" held in Rostov-on-Don

  The "Social March" in Rostov-on-Don with a demand to decrease the utility tariffs was 20 persons strong.

March 02, 2013 19:16

• Nationalist-picketer detained in Nevinnomyssk

  Today, the non-registered nationalistic political party "Novaya Sila" (New Force) has held a picket opposite the building of the administration of the city of Nevinnomyssk with a demand that the Stavropol Territory leaves the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). The police gave detained one of the picketers.

March 02, 2013 17:00

• Double Olympic Champion from Armenia goes on hunger strike

  Armen Nazaryan, a winner of the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000, has announced a hunger strike in protest against the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to recommend wrestling into the programme of the Olympiad-2020.

March 02, 2013 15:00

• Azerbaijan commemorates journalist Elmar Guseinov

  Today, Baku hosted actions in memory of journalist Elmar Guseinov who was assassinated eight years ago.

March 02, 2013 14:00

• Vasadze: Saakashvili is not interested to dissolve Georgian parliament

  President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili can dissolve the parliament in April 2013; however, this is not within his interests, Gela Vasadze, the editor-in-chief of the Agency "Black Sea Press", believes. In his turn, Irakly Menagarishvili, the head of the Centre of Strategic Studies, asserts that dissolution of the parliament by Saakashvili can be quite well expected.

March 02, 2013 13:00

• Sochi residents report collapse of attachment of trade gallery

  An extension to the trade gallery has collapsed in central Sochi. The construction turned into garbage covering the whole territory, which had earlier been a greenery zone and a park, townspeople assert.

March 02, 2013 12:00

• Officers of MIA of Dagestan demand comprehensive audit of the ministry

  Officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan came to Moscow to tell about the problems of their ministry. A group of officers is seeking an appointment with the Russia's Interior Minister and asks to hold a broad-scale audit of the MIA, City and District Interior Divisions of Dagestan.

March 02, 2013 11:00

• Onischenko: Russian experts reveal faults in operation of Georgia's wineries

  The first stage of inspection of Georgia's wineries and mineral water factories by the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) is over; in total, 44 factories were inspected. According to Gennady Onischenko, the head of the above agency, there were some drawbacks revealed at the factories; however, they can be easily eliminated.

March 02, 2013 10:00

• Action against non-combat losses initiated in Baku

  In Azerbaijan, a group in the Facebook "Stop soldiers' deaths!" is inviting people to a protest action associated with the death of Private Seimur Allakhverdiev.

March 02, 2013 09:00

• Book "There Was a City..." presented in Makhachkala

  A book about Makhachkala "There Was a City..." was published in Dagestan; it is a collection of memoirs of 83 residents of Makhachkala recorded by journalists Svetlana Anokhina and Polina Sanaeva and illustrated by photographs – views of the city and portraits of the authors and memoir heroes.

March 02, 2013 08:00

• Yerevan commemorates March 2008 casualties

  On February 28, the capital of Armenia hosted a mourning march and a prayer in memory of the ten persons who perished on March 2008, when the police dispersed a peaceful rally demanding to nullify the election totals.

March 01, 2013 18:00

• Sochi: case of journalist Kravchenko sent to reconsideration

  The Tsentralny District Court of Sochi has considered the appeal lodged by Svetlana Kravchenko, a journalist of the "Caucasian Knot" against the verdict on the case of beating Vladimir Krivosheev, a guard of the Private Guarding Enterprise (known as "ChOP") "Region-3". The court has sent the case to reconsideration.

March 01, 2013 17:14

• Students boycott lessons in protest against election outcomes in Armenia

  The emotions of the students' strike in Armenia are getting beyond borders, said Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Sciences, and called the organizers to admit that their action has failed.

March 01, 2013 17:00

• Rapper who posted clip criticising road police on YouTube arrested in Azerbaijan

  The rapper Said Aliev, more broadly known as Dado, was arrested in Baku. His relatives believe that the young singer is persecuted for his video clip YPX, in which he criticises the practice of bribe-taking among road police.