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April 24, 2012 16:40

• In Astrakhan, Oleg Shein stops his hunger strike

  Today, Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the Mayor of Astrakhan and a member of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, has announced his withdrawal from the political protest hunger strike.

April 24, 2012 15:00

• Hungary quits "Nabucco" Project, said Prime Minister

  On April 23, Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, said that the Hungarian oil company MOL would quit the gas pipeline project named "Nabucco". So far, the company's managers and the authors of the pipeline project have not confirmed the information.

April 24, 2012 13:00

• Dagestan: local resident states kidnapping of his cousin

  On April 20 in Makhachkala, unidentified persons in masks kidnapped a local resident Zalbek Magomed-Kamilovich Paizulaev, born in 1967. This was announced by his cousin Ramzan Omarov, who addressed human rights activists asking to help to find his relative.

April 24, 2012 11:00

• Armenia holds torch marches in commemoration of genocide

  At night on April 24, funeral torch marches to commemorate the victims of the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey and the 97th anniversary of the tragedy took place in Yerevan and other cities on the country.

April 24, 2012 10:00

• In Dagestan, Rasul Magomedov's wife complains of harassment by power agents

  Patimat Murshidova, a resident of the village of Balakhani, Untsukul District of Dagestan, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that she was persecuted by law enforcers.

April 23, 2012 23:00

• Symbolic funeral of Armenian oligarchy held in Yerevan

  At the protest action aimed to protect the Mashtots Park in Yerevan, activists held a symbolic funeral ceremony of oligarch Olik Garkhyan.

April 23, 2012 22:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh youth holds torchlight march in memory of victims of Armenian Genocide

  In the evening on April 23, Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, hosted a torchlight march and a rally to commemorate the victims of the genocide of Armenians committed in the Ottoman Empire.

April 23, 2012 21:00

• Dagestan: teenager seriously wounded by policeman brought to Makhachkala for further treatment

  Imadibir Makhiev, 16, who on April 16 was shot in his head by a policeman, was transferred from the Akhvakh Central District Hospital to Makhachkala, to the intensive care unit of the Republic's Clinical Hospital.

April 23, 2012 20:00

• In Dagestan, policemen ask parishioners not to visit the mosque of Kaspiisk

  In Kaspiisk, employees of the local GOVD (City Interior Division) have asked the believers not to visit the mosque, located in Aeroflotskaya Street, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a local resident Abakar Abakarov.

April 23, 2012 19:00

• Forty hunger-strikers take part in protest in Astrakhan

  The office of Oleg Shein, a member of the "Spraveldivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party and an ex-candidate for the Mayor of the city, has reported that the political hunger strike against the outcomes of the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan has now 40 participants.

April 23, 2012 18:00

• In Baku, woman evicted from her flat in central city after speaking at oppositional rally

  Today, Shirinbadji Rzaeva and members of her family were evicted from their apartment in Baku. This happened after she expressed yesterday, on April 22, her strong criticism at the oppositional rally against the leadership of Azerbaijan and the Baku Mayoralty for massive violations of citizens' property rights.

April 23, 2012 16:00

• Two persons arrested in Volgograd for propaganda of Nazism

  Law enforcement authorities of Volgograd have detained two young men, one of whom stuck a swastika sticker to his T-shirt and went to the Easter Sacred Procession, while the other was disseminating leaflets with Hitler's portrait on the dictator's birthday.

April 23, 2012 12:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 16-22

  Oleg Shein's lawsuit on cancellation of the outcomes of electing Mayor of Astrakhan and his demand to release his supporters as precondition for his quitting the hunger strikes; thousands-strong oppositional action in Baku; demand of Evkurov's resignation declared at a public conference held in the republic; inauguration of new president of South Ossetia, suicide of suspects of attempt on president of Abkhazia; opening of NGO resource centre in Grozny, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 16-22, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 23, 2012 10:00

• Over one hundred people participated in a meeting in Nalchik “Mothers of KBR in protection of the citizen’s rights and freedoms”

  On April, 21, non-governmental organization “Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria in protection of the citizen’s rights and freedoms” held a meeting in Nalchik authorized by the municipal authorities. Over one hundred people gathered at the meeting. They demanded from the authorities to take steps to prevent escalation of violence in the republic.

April 23, 2012 09:00

• Yerevan became “World Book Capital-2012”

  In the evening of April, 22, the capital of Armenia was officially granted the title of “World Book Capital-2012” from Buenos Aires.

April 23, 2012 08:13

• Participants of a meeting in Dagestan demanded punishment for a policeman who shot at a teenager

  On April, 22, a meeting with about one thousand participants was held in the settlement of Karata, Ahvakh district. During the action its participants demanded punishment for Zaur Djalilov, officer of Ahvakh Department of Interior Affairs. It is suspected that on April, 16, he shot into a sixteen-years-old local resident’s head.

April 21, 2012 23:00

• Parade of 5000 Cossacks held in Krasnodar

  Public events dated to the 21st anniversary of the signing of the Law "On Rehabilitation of Repressed Nations", which covered Cossacks, were held on April 21 in Krasnodar.

April 21, 2012 22:00

• Searched conducted in two auls of Krasnodar Territory, eyewitnesses report

  Several buses with special agents have arrived this morning in two auls (villages) located in the Krasnodar Territory near the city of Armavir.

April 21, 2012 21:00

• Beverages from Georgia return to Russian market

  After a 6-year-long embargo, Georgian drinks get back to the Russian market, namely, the lemonade "Zedazeni" produced by the recently opened "Georgian Beer Company", said its Commercial Director Kakha Paichadze.

April 21, 2012 20:00

• Oleg Shein announced conditions of his quitting the hunger strike

  The ex-candidate for Mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein has announced the conditions, under which he will quit his hunger strike: he will stop it immediately upon release of four protesters. Mr Shein has emphasized that the main reason to stop the hunger strike was the statement of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) about revealed violations during the election of the city Mayor.