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October 27, 2012 21:00

• Karachay-Cherkessia receives 24 repatriates from Syria

  As reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by Mukhamed Cherkesov, the chairman of the movement "Adyge Khase – Circassian Parliament" of Karachay-Cherkessia, as of today, the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia has received a total of 24 Syrian Circassians.

October 27, 2012 20:00

• Relatives of Yunus Didigov, detained resident of Ingushetia, cannot find his whereabouts

  Relatives of Yunus Didigov, a resident of the village of Plievo, who was detained by special services of North Ossetia, know nothing about his whereabouts, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by his wife and father.

October 27, 2012 19:00

• Volgograd: series of solo pickets held against nickel extraction near Khopyor River

  About 25 Volgograd residents took part in a series of pickets held today against extraction of nickel in the area of the Khopyor River.

October 27, 2012 18:16

• Delegates of Congress of Dagestani Nations held in Moscow offer general election of republic's head

  The delegates of the Extraordinary Congress of Dagestani Nations, held in Moscow on October 26, expressed distrust the current authorities of the republic, offered to dissolve the People's Assembly of Dagestan and hold a general election of the head of the republic.

October 27, 2012 16:00

• Georgia: Borjomi factory stops striking

  The employees of the Borjomi Factory No. 1 have stopped their strike; the production process is fully restored, says the statement of the "IDS Borjomi Georgia", the owning company of the factory, released on October 26.

October 27, 2012 15:00

• Capturers of Tax Service in Tbilisi declare their readiness to go on hunger strike

  The socially vulnerable residents of Tbilisi, who seized the building of the tax service of the Nadzaladevi District, plan to go on a hunger strike, should their demands to provide housing remain unsatisfied.

October 27, 2012 14:00

• Azerbaijan claims shelling by Armenian Armed Forces in Karabakh conflict area

  On October 26 and at night on October 27, the Armenian Armed Forces shelled the dispositions of the Army of Azerbaijan, said the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan. On the other hand, Movses Akopyan, the Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, has stated that from the start of the year, the Azerbaijani party has violated the ceasefire on the Karabakh direction for about 12,000 times.

October 27, 2012 13:00

• Woman from Kabardino-Balkaria asks her son convicted conditionally for storing weapons to return home

  Rimma Mashezova, a resident of the village of Islamey, Kabardino-Balkaria, has recorded a video message with a request to her son Alim Mashezov to return home. Alim had been conditionally convicted for storing arms; and a year after that he left his home.

October 27, 2012 12:00

• Colony prisoner stops his hunger strike in Stavropol Territory

  The hunger strike, announced by one of the prisoners of the Correction Colony No. 11 of the Stavropol Territory, who complained about the illegal actions of the colony employees, has been stopped, said a source from the colony. The penitentiary service denies the fact of the hunger strike.

October 26, 2012 23:00

• Over hundred came in Moscow to commemorate "Nord-Ost" victims

  Today, ten years after the terror act in the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, an action was held in memory of the perished hostages, which brought together over a hundred people. The participants have noted that through all this time they were unable to learn all the circumstances of the tragedy, and failed to fix a dialogue with Russian authorities.

October 26, 2012 22:00

• Policeman wounded in explosion in North Ossetian is in grave but stable condition

  Vadim Khoranov, the law enforcer who suffered at a terror act in the village of Chermen has undergone a surgery. His current medical condition is estimated by doctors as serious but stable, said Karina Besolti, the spokesperson of the permanent mission of North Ossetia in Moscow.

October 26, 2012 21:00

• Kravets: my house in Sochi was pulled down without the presence of representatives of the Department for protection of rights of the underage

  A house in Adler district of Sochi was pulled down without the presence of representatives of the Department of the affairs of family and childhood in spite of the fact that a child had lived there, owner of the pulled down house Alexey Kravets declared.

October 26, 2012 20:00

• Refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia capture about 30 buildings in Georgia

  Refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia seize buildings for housing, because, according to their stories, they are unable to pay the rent. Over the past two days they captured about 30 buildings.

October 26, 2012 18:18

• Azerbaijani Muslims celebrate Kurban Bayram (Eid al-Adha)

  The Muslims of Azerbaijan, together with the entire Islamic world, celebrate the Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice). The country has announced October 25 and 26 to be days-off.

October 26, 2012 17:00

• The Muslims of the Russian South celebrate Kurban Bayram

  Today the Muslims of the Southern regions of Russia and their brothers in faith are celebrating Kurban Bayram, the day of sacrificial offering and one of the main Muslim holidays. In some regions of the Russian South local residents reported rising prices on animals’ flesh for offering on the eve of the holiday.

October 26, 2012 15:00

• The Georgian communists are collecting signatures for construction of a memorial to Stalin in Gori

  The communists in Gori, Joseph Stalin’s native town, are collecting signatures under the demand to restore his memorial earlier dismantled in the central square. Five thousand signatures are already collected.

October 26, 2012 09:17

• Five convicts in Yegor Sviridov's murder case sent to serve sentences in Dagestan

  Arthur Arsibiev, Khasan Ibragimov, Nariman Ismailov, Akai Akaev and Ramazan Utarbiev, the figurants in the murder case of the football fan of the "Spartak" FC Yegor Sviridov, sentenced to five years in prison each, have been delivered to the Correction Colony IK-7 situated in the village of Novy Tyube, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan.

October 26, 2012 07:00

• Idris Kartoev punished for breaking regulations, UFSIN of Tver Region asserts

  Idris Kartoev, a defendant in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" Train, was disciplined and placed into a dungeon for breaking the custody regulations, said the UFSIN (Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service) for the Tver Region.

October 26, 2012 06:16

• Zverevo residents begin series of pickets against high utility tariffs

  About 50 residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region have launched a series of everyday pickets with the aim to draw the authorities' attention to the problem of excessive tariffs on housing and communal services, first of all, on centralized heating.

October 26, 2012 04:19

• Workers of Poti Port hold warning strike

  The strike organized in the port of the city of Poti, Georgia, was attended by over 200 people. The action lasted for two hours and was a sort of a warning, the strikers said.