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October 24, 2012 17:00

• Angela Elkhanova: inmates of penal colony in Stavropol Territory go on hunger strike

  For the fifth day, starting from October 20, at the penal colony of the Stavropol Territory, Musa Vatsuev, a native of Chechnya, is on a dry hunger strike to express his protest against beatings. This was reported by his wife Angela Elkhanova. According to her, the protest action also involves other inmates of the penal colony. The press service of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) in the Stavropol Territory did not confirm the information.

October 24, 2012 16:18

• Moscow: at trial on "Sapsan" train bowing up, three defendants plead partially guilty

  At the court session of the Moscow City Court on the case of attempt to undermine the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan", three defendants pleaded guilty in part.

October 24, 2012 15:58

• At trial on "Domodedovo" Airport terror act case five victims refuse to file civil claims

  On October 23, at the course of the consideration of the case on the terror act, committed at the "Domodedovo" Airport in January 2011, the Moscow Regional Court listened to victims Mikhail Pustovalov, Naliya Zubatulina, Elena Smirnova, Elena Chumakova, and Lyudmila Larina, who refused to file civil claims for compensation of moral damages.

October 24, 2012 15:00

• Dagestani resident reports on disappearance of her husband Abdulnasyr Ramazanov

  Inara Ramazanova, a resident of the village of Chernyaevka of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, tries to reveal whereabouts of her husband Abdulnasyr Ramazanov, who earlier claimed being persecuted by staff members of the OVD (Interior District) of the Kizlyar District.

October 24, 2012 14:00

• Railwaymen go on preventive strike in Georgia

  In the event if the administration of Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Georgian Railway" fails to fulfil the demands to raise wages of workers, the today's warning strike could be repeated. This was declared by the organizers of the protest action.

October 24, 2012 11:00

• Syrian Armenians who come to Nagorno-Karabakh prefer Kashatag District

  Armenian families, who come from Syria, prefer to settle in the Kashatag Districts out of all seven districts of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Kashatag Districts has already become home for 19 families of Syrian Armenians. One family from Syria lives in Stepanakert. The authorities promise to render assistance to all of them, if they formalize their status of repatriates.

October 24, 2012 10:00

• Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of first Georgian President, pardoned and released from prison

  Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has pardoned Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, the imprisoned son of the first Georgian President, at the request of Elias II, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, filed on September 28. This was reported by the Patriarchate of Georgia.

October 24, 2012 09:00

• In Dagestan, ICRF again closes investigation into Saniyat Magomedova's murder

  The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan for the twentieth time closed the investigation into the criminal case against law enforcement agents from the OVD (Interior Division) of the Kazbek District on the murder of Saniyat Magomedova and wounding of Gasan Baisultanov, committed in 2006. On October 23, Mamatkhan Baisultanov, the father of Gasan Baisultanov, a resident of Khasavyurt, received a notification on termination of the case.

October 23, 2012 23:00

• Delegates of Alternate Congress of Peoples of Dagestan claim shelling of their bus

  Today, in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, the bus, in which delegates of the Alternate Congress of Peoples of Dagestan were travelling to Moscow, was shelled. This was reported by Magomed Magomedaliev, one of the delegates.

October 23, 2012 22:00

• Local resident, killed in Buinaksk, claimed being under surveillance, his acquaintances assert

  Acquaintances of a local resident, killed tonight in Buinaksk, claim that he saw being under surveillance and that he feared persecution.

October 23, 2012 20:00

• Dagestan: lawyer requests to return case on teenager's sexual abuse for further investigation

  In Dagestan, lawyer of Zhairuly Umarov, a local resident, accused of sexual abuse of a minor, files a motion to return the case for further investigation. Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan held the next court hearing on the case.

October 23, 2012 19:00

• Formation of new power in Georgia accompanied by series of strikes

  A series of strikes with economic demands took place in Georgia amid the process of formation of new power in the country. Railway workers, miners, power engineers, workers of Poti Port and the factory in Borjomi, trade personnel and builders seek improvement of their working conditions.

October 23, 2012 17:17

• In Armenia, defendants in case on fight in "Harsnaqar" Restaurant plead not guilty

  In Armenia, at the today's court session of the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan communities of Avan and Nor-Nork on the case of the fight in the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant, Prosecutor Arthur Davtyan announced the indictment. None of the defendants pleaded guilty.

October 23, 2012 17:04

• In Krasnodar Territory, Court selects 30 jurors for trial on case of massacre in Kuschevskaya village

  Today, the Krasnodar Regional Court continued selection of the jury. The Court selected 30 jurors out of the required 32 twelve major and 28 substitutes.

October 23, 2012 17:00

• In Armenia, 20 persons infected with anthrax, Ara Asoyan asserts

  In Armenia, 20 persons were diagnosed with anthrax. The Republic's Infectious Clinical Hospital "Nork" discharged a 36-year-old man, who threw off the disease and who was hospitalized in the Gegarkunik Region. This was reported by Ara Asoyan, Chief Infection Disease Doctor of the country.

October 23, 2012 16:00

• Grozny introduces studying of basics of Islam in kindergartens

  Starting from November, in the capital of Chechnya, pre-school educational institutions will teach the children the basics of Islam.

October 23, 2012 13:16

• NAC: 49 militants killed during large-scale special operation in Northern Caucasus

  The National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) reported on the elimination of 49 militants during a special operation in several republics of Northern Caucasus. The NAC's figures comply with the trend of statistics, recorded by the "Caucasian Knot" in September and October, earlier in 2012 and in the previous 2011.

October 23, 2012 12:00

• "Zvartnots" again stops servicing "Armavia"

  Starting from October 23, the "Zvartnots" International Airport stopped servicing aircrafts of the "Armavia" Airline because of its debt.

October 23, 2012 10:00

• Explosion at Chermen checkpoint is seventh terror act, committed by suicide bombers in North Ossetia

  Last night, at the Chermen checkpoint, an explosion occurred, in which one policeman was killed and four other policemen were injured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the explosive device was activated by a suicide bomber.

October 23, 2012 09:00

• ECtHR accepts complaint of Levon Ter-Petrosyan related to events of March 1, 2008, in Yerevan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted for consideration the complaint, filed by Levon Ter-Petrosyan, First President and the leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress. The complaint demands to recognize that on March 1, 2008, the Armenian authorities violated the rights to personal liberty, freedom of movement and freedom of peaceful demonstrations.