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February 13, 2013 15:00

• An ex-police officer wounded at the moment of blasting of a car in Derbent

  An ex-officer of local police got wounded at the moment of blasting of a car in Derbent. He was taken to hospital in a grave state, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.

February 13, 2013 14:00

• An explosive device activated in Buinaksk on the line of march of a motorcade of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

  A home-made explosive device was activated in the evening of February, 12, on the line of march of a motorcade of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in the town of Buinaksk, Dagestan.

February 12, 2013 23:00

• A bill draught of criminalization of genocide of the Armenians introduced to the Parliament of France

  A bill draught stipulating criminal liability for denial of genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 was introduced to the Bureau of National Assembly of France.

February 12, 2013 22:00

• One of the leaders of local armed underground Kurban Guseinov killed in Dagestan

  One of the leaders of “Southern” group Kurban Guseinov was among those killed in a special operation at the border of Tabasaran and Derbent districts of Dagestan today, National Anti-Terrorist Committee reports.

February 12, 2013 21:00

• Magomed Gaitukiev earlier convicted for aid to gunmen killed in Ingushetia

  Today during search in one of the houses of Sunzha district of Ingushetia officers of Federal Security Service killed a local resident who according to National Anti-Terrorist Committee’s version, opened fire at them.

February 12, 2013 20:00

• Bus drivers went on a strike in Batumi

  Today 350 drivers of municipal buses in Batumi, Adzharia, went on a strike. Their main demand is wage rise.

February 12, 2013 19:00

• An action in protection of historic monuments passed off in Yerevan

  On February, 11, on the initiative of “Trkchan Defenders” group an action of protest connected with construction of a hotel complex near the building of the Armenian Cultural Relations Society (ACRS) was held in Yerevan.

February 12, 2013 18:00

• During trial on Yuri Budanov’s case the defendant’s attorney asked the court to protect a witness from pressure

  During trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder the defense introduced witness Fataliev’s statement submitted to Public Prosecutor’s office and Committee of Inquiry in which he reported undergoing pressure.

February 12, 2013 17:00

• Mines and plants in Chiatura, Western Georgia, stopped work because of a strike

  All the mines and plants stopped work because of a strike of miners and workers in Chiatura, Western Georgia, majority Deputy Malkaz Tsereteli reported today.

February 12, 2013 16:00

• The court acknowledged two policemen guilty of negligence on the case of disturbances in Sagra

  Upon the verdict of Verkhnepyshminsky city court, policemen Vadim Zainiev and Sergey Zinoviev in Sverdlovsky region were acknowledged guilty of negligence while carrying out their service duties during disturbances in Sagra that carried away the life of a native of Azerbaijan.

February 12, 2013 15:00

• Over ten persons detained during investigation of murder of children in Dagestan

  Law enforcement bodies of Dagestan inspected over 40 persons for suspicion of murder of two children in Dagestan and over 10 were detained, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

February 12, 2013 14:00

• State University of Kabardino-Balkaria admitted 90 students from Syria

  90 students from Syria were admitted to the State University of Kabardino-Balkaria. 12 more persons are expected to arrive to enter the University until February, 20.

February 11, 2013 22:00

• Organizers of unsanctioned rally in Stavropol fined

  The activists of the party named "Novaya Sila" (New Force) Oksana Borisova and Ilya Kartsev have been fined by 10,000 roubles each for organizing an unauthorized gathering in Stavropol, which was held on February 9.

February 11, 2013 21:00

• Court arrests suspects of attempting presidential candidate Airikyan for two months

  The court in Yerevan has granted the motion of the investigation and ordered the arrest the Armenian citizens Khachatur Pogosyan and Samvel Arutyunyan on suspicion of an attempt on presidential candidate Paruir Airikyan.

February 11, 2013 20:00

• Georgia: 78 refugee families receive housing within three days

  On February 4 and 6, 78 families of refugees from South Ossetia received housing. The Ministry of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of Georgia has accommodated them in the buildings of former kindergartens and schools in Khashuri and Gori.

February 11, 2013 19:00

• Presidential candidate Airikyan recalls his application on election postponement

  This morning, the lawyer Levon Bagdasaryan, a representative of the presidential candidate Paruir Airikyan, has recalled Airikyan's application on postponement of the presidential election by two weeks, a source from the press service of the Constitutional Court told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

February 11, 2013 18:00

• North-Ossetian court starts studying materials of the case of Gabibulaeva and Akaeva

  Today, the Prigorodny District Court of North Ossetia has started examining the prosecutor's evidence in the criminal case of two women-residents of Dagestan Zalina Gabibulaeva and Zaira Akaeva, in whose car explosives were found.

February 11, 2013 17:00

• Ayatyan: health condition of the hunger-striking Armenian presidential candidate Gukasyan is normal

  Anahit Ayatyan, the press secretary of the Ministry of Public Health of Armenia, said that the blood tension of Andreas Gukasyan corresponds to the one of a person on hunger strike.

February 11, 2013 16:42

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 4-10

  Pre-election situation in Armenia: presidential candidates hold hunger strikes, refuse to take part in the election and try to delay it; non-sanctioned action of nationalists in Stavropol that ended with mass detentions; Putin's inspection of Olympic sites of Sochi that revealed breaks of deadlines of certain objects; resignation of Mayor of Maikop Mikhail Chernichenko, who moved to the post of advisor to the head of Adygea, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of February 4-10, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 11, 2013 16:00

• Travel of "Rospotrebnadzor" experts to Georgia postponed

  The travel of "Rospotrebnadzor" experts to Georgia to inspect the enterprises, which are ready to supply their products to Russia, has been postponed by at least a week.