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April 17, 2012 22:30

• Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for Mayor of Astrakhan intends to continue his personal hunger strike

  At a briefing in Moscow, Oleg Shein told reporters that he would continue his personal hunger strike, despite the fact that he began - jointly with the Central Election Commission )CEC) - watching the video materials from polling stations during the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan.

April 17, 2012 22:20

• Azerbaijan: soldier kills two and wounds two fellow soldiers

  A soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan opened automatic fire at his comrades-in-arms and killed two soldiers and wounded two more, the local Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

April 17, 2012 22:10

• In Abkhazia, Almasbey Kchach, ex-Interior Minister, commits suicide

  Almasbey Kchach shot himself dead when law enforcers tried to detain him.

April 17, 2012 22:00

• ECtHR upholds journalist's complaint against police's actions during 2005 oppositional rally in Azerbaijan

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by the Azerbaijani journalist Sarvan Rizvanov legitimate and obliged the government of Azerbaijan to pay him 4500 euros of moral compensation and 3000 euros to cover the legal costs. This was announced by Intigam Aliev, the head of the "Society for Legal Education", who is defending the claimant's rights.

April 17, 2012 21:00

• On April 9-15, 23 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  At least 23 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from April 9 to April 15. Of these, fifteen persons were killed and eight more wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 17, 2012 20:00

• Lysakov from "United Russia" saw no gross violations on the videos from the election in Astrakhan

  During 10 hours, from 20:00. April, 16, till 6 o'clock this morning, Head of Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Russian Federation Vladimir Churov and ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Sheiyn viewed 42 video records with obvious violations, in Sheiyn's opinion, out of 202, Viacheslav Lysakov, Deputy from "United Russia" who was present during the scan time in the building of CEC, reported.

April 17, 2012 19:00

• Pickets of solidarity with ecologists and "Yabloko people" of Krasnodar region passed off in Moscow

  On April, 16, an action in support of Yaroslav Nikolsky, activist of "Yabloko" party, was held near the building of Permanent mission of Krasnodar region in Moscow. The participants of the pickets also demanded to dismiss the criminal case against Krasnodar ecologists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko.

April 17, 2012 18:00

• A meeting against poor state of the roadways passed off in the town of Kotovo, Volgograd region

  A meeting against poor state of the roadways was held in the town of Kotovo, Volgograd region, with the participation of about 500 persons. The action passed under the slogan "We want highways like Italian ones".

April 16, 2012 23:50

• "Kommersant": suspects of preparing explosion in Moscow on New Year Night deal with investigation

  The key figurants of the criminal case on preparation of terror acts in Red Square in Moscow during the New Year festivities on January 1, 2011, - the unsuccessful female suicide bomber Zeinab Suyunova and suspected keeper of explosives Timur Akubekov - have signed a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with investigators, the "Kommersant" has written today; however, there is no official confirmation of this information yet.

April 16, 2012 23:40

• Defenders of Mashtots Park in Yerevan start dismantling kiosks

  On April 15, the initiative group named "Brigade", consisting of public figures and activists, who oppose the construction in the park, began the demolition of kiosks in the Mashtots Park in Yerevan.

April 16, 2012 23:30

• Shein's supporters prepare referendum on trust to Mayor of Astrakhan

  Supporters of Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the post of Astrakhan Mayor, began to form an initiative group for holding a city-wide referendum on the trust to the Mayor, said Sergey Mironov, the leader of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party.

April 16, 2012 23:10

• Armenian Police investigates attack on oppositionists

  The Armenian Police is conducting an inquiry into the attack on activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) during the election campaign in the Constituency No. 7 of Yerevan.

April 16, 2012 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 9-15

  Summing up presidential election in South Ossetia; continuation of political hunger-strike in Astrakhan; statement of power agents of Stavropol Territory about prevention of terror acts before Easter; protest action against burning garbage dump in North Ossetia; detention and arrest of suspected attempters on President of Abkhazia, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 9-15, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 16, 2012 23:00

• Policeman injures schoolboy in Karata, Dagestan

  Today, in the village of Karata, Zaur Djalilov, an officer of the Akhvakh ROVD (District Interior Division) of Dagestan, wounded an 11 for pupil of the Karata Secondary School No. 1, said Saipudin Saipudinov, a local villager.

April 16, 2012 22:10

• Lawyer Mudunov accuses investigators of falsifying materials on Saidmagomedov's murder in Makhachkala

  Members of the Bar Association "Kavkaz" from Makhachkala are blaming investigators of falsifying the circumstances of the death of the lawyer Omar Saidmagomedov and his relative Rasul Kurbanov.

April 16, 2012 22:00

• "Dalga" activists protest in Baku against Iran's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

  Today, about 20 members of the youth organization "Dalga" (Wave) have held a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Baku demanding from Iranian authorities to stop supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The young people held posters reading "Freedom for Syrian people!" and "Iran, support demands of Syrian people!" and chanted slogans.

April 16, 2012 21:00

• Law enforcement officers in Makhachkala are investigating the circumstances of night explosions

  According to more precise data, two men got injured in an explosion near a shop in the center of Makhachkala, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports. According to Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Dagestan, the man whose body was found near the entrance of a dwelling house turned out to be a gunman.

April 16, 2012 20:00

• Over one thousand former residents of Chechnya came to celebrate Easter in the republic

  On April, 15, Orthodox residents of Chechnya celebrated Easter. This year over one thousand people came from the neighbouring regions for the holiday.

April 16, 2012 19:00

• A local resident got injured during an explosion in Sochi

  According to more precise data, an explosive device of about 200 gram trotyl equivalent power was activated near a shop in Sochi in the evening of April, 15. One person got injured, a source in law enforcement bodies of the city informed today.

April 16, 2012 18:00

• Sheiyn appealed to court about violations at 173 polling stations of Astrakhan

  Ex-nominee for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Sheiyn submitted a lawsuit to Kirov district court of the city demanding nullification of the election of Mayor of Astrakhan held on March, 4, this year. In his lawsuit he reported violations at 173 polling stations of the city, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent informs.