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January 22, 2013 22:00

• During trial on the case of terrorist act in Domodedovo a sufferer reported that he was still feeling bad from wounding

  Trial on the case of the act of terror in the airport of Domodedovo in January of 2011 was continued toady in Moscow regional court. Four sufferers refused to submit lawsuits of damage compensation.

January 22, 2013 22:00

• During a session of PACE Saakashvili called for Moscow to turn down its imperial ambitions

  During a session of PACE President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia of “imperial ambitions”. In their turn, the delegation of the Russian Federation suggested the Assembly to investigate violations of human rights in Georgia during the period of Mikhail Saakashvili’s presidency.

January 22, 2013 21:00

• Ten participants of a protest action in “Bina” shopping centre, Azerbaijan, arrested for a two-months term

  Ten participants of a protest action in “Bina” shopping centre in Azerbaijan held on January, 19, were made criminally liable. Arrest was selected as form of preventive punishment to them. 30 more persons underwent measures of administrative liability, a joint report of Public Prosecutor’s office and Chief department of Police of Baku runs.

January 22, 2013 20:00

• Search of gunmen in the mountainous area of Chechnya was useless

  Law enforcement bodies failed to find gunmen in the mountainous area of Shatoy district of Chechnya.

January 22, 2013 19:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan: a man who assaulted on policemen in Khasavyurt district escaped in a local resident’s car

  An unidentified person who fired upon a police “UAZ” in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan left the scene of the incident in a car belonging to a resident of the settlement of Novoselskoye, law enforcement bodies of the republic report.

January 22, 2013 18:00

• Candidate for presidency of Armenia Arutiunyan declared his intention to withdraw his candidacy

  Today candidate for presidency of Armenia Aram Arutiunyan, leader of “National Consent” party, declared his intention to withdraw his candidacy from the election and go on a one-day hunger strike.

January 22, 2013 17:00

• Candidate for presidency of Armenia Melikyan declared his refusal to participate in the campaign of agitation

  Candidate for presidency of Armenia, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikyan is not going to canvass during the election race. According to him, the main goal of his participation is to secure legitimate election.

January 22, 2013 16:00

• Magomed-Bashir Aushev appointed Minister of Finance of Ingushetia

  Today Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov appointed a new Minister of Finance of the republic. It is Magomed-Bashir Aushev aged 44.

January 22, 2013 15:00

• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia resigned

  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nikoloz Vashakidze resigned on his own free will. He explained the reason of his resignation as policy disagreement with the new Government.

January 22, 2013 14:00

• ECtHR exacted a compensation from Russia for relatives of a man kidnapped in Chechnya

  Today European Court of Human Rights brought a verdict on the case “Suleimanov vs. Russia” obliging the authorities of the Russian Federation to pay a compensation to the relatives of kidnapped resident of Chechnya Tamerlan Suleimanov.

January 21, 2013 23:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs: local resident Asadulagi’s passport found on the scene of a skirmish in Nalchik

  During inspection of the scene of a skirmish in Nalchik as a result of which a supposed gunman was killed ammunition and a passport of Mir-Zurab Asadulagi, resident of the town of Nartkala, Urvan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, were found, a source in law enforcement bodies told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

January 21, 2013 22:00

• Central Bank recalled the license from “Express” Bank of Dagestan

  Since today “Express” Bank in Makhachkala is deprived of the license on banking operations. The respective statement was issued by Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

January 21, 2013 21:00

• Syrian Circassians do not come under the term of “compatriot”, the Ministry of Regional Development considers

  The question of attribution of Syrian Circassians to the category of compatriots abroad demands a thorough study with the participation of experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Migration Service, officials of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation (“Minregion”) consider. This was the answer to the appeal of Circassian non-governmental organization of Adygea movement “Adyge Khase – the Circassian Parliament” with a request of repatriation of the Circassians from Syria.

January 21, 2013 20:00

• 1225 people became victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012

  No less than 1225 people became victims of continued armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012, 700 out of them were killed and at least 525 got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 21, 2013 19:00

• During trial on the case of Budanov’s murder witness Evtukhov did not identify the defendant as murderer

  Colonel Yuri Budanov’s murderer had a Slavic appearance, Alexander Evtukhov whom the defendant’s attorney considers the “key witness” on the case evidenced in Moscow city court today. Evtukhov declared that he had never seen the defendant.

January 21, 2013 18:00

• During the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik the attorney declared that the defendant had an alibi

  Today during the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik lawyer Oleg Kelemetov entered a motion of attaching documents proving that on October, 13, 2005, his client Hasanbi Khupsergenov was at classes in Pyatigorsk subsidiary of the Russian Social Humanitarian University to the materials of the criminal case.

January 21, 2013 17:00

• The Agafonovs’ defence declared their intention to appeal against the verdict to Mirzaev to ECtHR

  Representatives of the family of Ivan Agafonov who died as a result of martial arts pro Rasul Mirzaev’s blow will submit a supervisory appeal to the Presidium of Moscow city court and appeal to the European Court of Human Rights asking to acknowledge the verdict to the athlete unlawful and refer the case for a new consideration.

January 21, 2013 16:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 14-20

  Murder of a judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan and information about a possible dismissal of the head of the region; audit of the preparation process for presidential election in Armenia by the PACE and application about a hunger strike of one of the presidential candidates; acquittal in Georgia of a Chechen Chataev accused of storing a bomb; a murder and burial in Moscow of Aslan Usoyan, a criminal authority and a native of Georgia; election of the speaker of the parliament of Adygea and start of preparing election of the head of region in Ingushetia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of January 14-20, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 21, 2013 16:00

• Candidate for presidency of Armenia Andreas Gukasyan went on a hunger strike

  Director of “Radio-Ai” Andreas Gukasyan, running candidate for presidency of Armenia, started his promised hunger strike on the first day of the electoral campaign.

January 21, 2013 15:00

• A canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 started in Armenia

  Today a canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 officially started in Armenia. Eight candidates registered by Central Election Committee are participating.