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November 20, 2012 21:00

• Trial of Irakli Okruashvili postponed at request of defence

  During the today's court session in the case against Irakli Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, judge granted the defence's motion to postpone the trial till December 3. Irakli Okruashvili is accused of organizing an illegal armed formation and its leading. This was reported by lawyer Zviad Kordzadze.

November 20, 2012 20:16

• Residents of Anapa gathered demanding to stop filling the Anapka river

  Today local Cossack activists in the health resort of Anapa, Krasnodar region, came out in opposition against filling the flood-lands of the Anapka river which they consider illegal.

November 20, 2012 20:00

• Moscow Mayoralty refuses to sanction rally in support of Syrian Circassians

  The Moscow Mayoralty did not sanction a rally in Pushkin Square within the worldwide action of solidarity with Syrian Circassians. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the initiative group of Circassians.

November 20, 2012 19:00

• Food delivered to ship with Georgian sailors drifting near Panama coast

  Today, the Nigerian ship with twelve Georgian sailors, located 5 km from the coast of Panama, is provided with food products, which were taken on board.

November 20, 2012 18:46

• Arrest of Editor-in-Chief of Аzadxeber.org in Baku prolonged for three months

  Nasimi district court of Baku under the chairmanship of judge Shahin Abdullaev passed a judgment of prolonging the term of arrest to Nidzhat Aliev, Editor-in-Chief of online media Аzadxeber.org, mostly religious by contents, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

November 20, 2012 17:12

• Social advertising in Russia lacks creativity, participants of a round-table conference in Rostov-on-Don declared

  Participants of a round-table conference “Development of social advertising condemning antisocial trends, including ones of terrorist character, among the youth of Rostov region” held in Rostov-on-Don today think that it is more important for social advertising to call for good than for struggle against evil.

November 20, 2012 17:00

• New foreign airline enters Armenian aviation market

  Starting from December 11, the Italian airline "Alitalia" will operate flights on the route Rome-Yerevan-Rome. The company lays stress upon the development of the Armenian-Italian economic relations and relations in the sphere of tourism. This was reported today at the press conference by Giovanni Simonini, Company's General Manager for Armenia.

November 20, 2012 16:25

• Director of the school in Neftekumsk district of Stavropol region who prohibited wearing hijabs to the schoolgirls resigned

  Director of the school in the settlement of Kara-Tiube, Neftekumsk district of Stavropol region, who prohibited wearing hijabs to the schoolgirls resigned, a representative of the Ministry of Education of Stavropol region reported. The decision of resignation is in no way connected with the incident with hijabs, ex-Director Marina Savchenko explained.

November 20, 2012 16:00

• Georgia: Pardon Commission recommends releasing about 700 prisoners

  In Georgia, members of the Pardon Commission gave positive recommendations for half of examined 1400 cases. This was reported by Elena Tevdoradze, Chair of the Commission. The final number of persons to be pardoned will be defined by the President of the country.

November 20, 2012 15:00

• Employees of "Kakheti Energy Distribution" go on strike

  On Monday, November 19, in eastern Georgia, staff members of the service centre "Kakheti Energy Distribution" went on strike, demanding higher salaries and better working conditions.

November 19, 2012 22:00

• On November 12-18, twenty persons fell victim to conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from November 12 to 18, 2012, at least 20 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 people perished and eight others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

November 19, 2012 21:00

• In Volgograd, rally demands to rename city to Stalingrad

  Today, Volgograd hosted a rally in memory of the Soviet counterattack in the Stalingrad Battle. Its participants demanded to return the name of Stalingrad to the city.

November 19, 2012 20:00

• Armenia: Serob Bozoyan appealed against judgment on balloon explosion

  Serob Bozoyan has appealed to the Court of Appeal of Armenia against the judgment of the court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron and Nork Marash that deprived him of freedom for one year for filling balloons with methane.

November 19, 2012 19:00

• ECtHR requests additional materials on riots in Manezh Square

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested the protocols of the court session on the first case about mass riots in Manezh Square in December 2010.

November 19, 2012 18:00

• Women-politicians need support, conference in Georgia believes

  In Georgia, women-politicians who want to take part in elections face two serious problems: the financial difficulties and the stereotype that it is very difficult for a woman to be a majoritarian deputy – this was the conclusion reached at the conference "Win together with women – strengthen political parties", organized by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI).

November 19, 2012 17:00

• Telethon of Armenian Fund "Hayastan" raised 1.4 million euros in Europe

  The Armenians living in Europe have donated 1.4 million euros to the Fund "Hayastan" during the recent telethon.

November 19, 2012 16:00

• Defence of convicts after "Dagestani wedding" in Moscow challenges their arrest

  Today, the defence of Zurab Ramazanov and Ruslan Mamedrzaev, the shooters at the "Dagestani wedding" in Moscow, has filed a complaint against the decision of the magistrate judge to arrest each of them for five days each, said Fuad Mirzoev, the advocate of both of them.

November 19, 2012 15:15

• Krasnenkov is going to appeal to the Supreme Court concerning dismissal of his claim against “Memorial” Human Rights Center

  Andrey Krasnenkov, attorney of Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kabyrov, is going to appeal the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation concerning the verdict of the panel of judges of Moscow city court who on November, 14, dismissed his appeal against the judgment of Tverskoy district court on his anti-defamation lawsuit against “Memorial” Human Rights Center.

November 19, 2012 14:16

• Georgian miners on strike in Tkibuli

  300 workers of the mine named after Dzidziguri in the town of Tkibuli, Western Georgia, went on a strike, United Trade Union of the country reported.

November 19, 2012 12:00

• A school uniform will be introduced in Stavropol region after the incident with hijabs

  A school uniform will be introduced in Stavropol region. This decision was taken by Governor of the region Valery Zerenkov. No unified variant of the uniform is planned, only general recommendations will be worked out the be specified by school administrations.