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January 21, 2012 19:00

• Forensic experts: student who died in Nalchik from botulism could have been saved

  Experts from the bureau of forensic-medical examination of the Ministry of Public Health of Kabardino-Balkaria have concluded that Radima Ezieva, a botulism patient, who died in the Urvan district hospital, could have been saved by timely and appropriate treatment.

January 21, 2012 18:00

• Nizhny Novgorod: police detains rights defender who studied facts of torture in Chechnya

  On January 21, at night, Anton Ryzhov, a member of the united mobile group of the Council of the Inter-Regional Committee against Torture (IRCAT), which is investigating torture and killings in Chechnya, was detained by the transport police, when he got out of the train in Nizhny Novgorod.

January 21, 2012 17:00

• Alla Djioeva refuses to run for South-Ossetian presidency

  Alla Djioeva, a former presidential candidate in South Ossetia, said at a rally in Tskhinvali that she does not consider the repeated presidential election scheduled for March 25 as legitimate and would not take part in it.

January 21, 2012 14:00

• Lawyer Umar Sagidmagomedov was one of casualties at car shelling in Makhachkala

  One of those killed in the evening on January 20 in a car in Kotrov Street in Makhachkala had the ID of Umar Sagidmagomedov, a lawyer of the City Bar Association "Kavkaz".

January 21, 2012 13:00

• Criminal case on "negligence" opened because of death of eight babies in Nalchik

  As a result of the pre-investigation check, conducted by the investigatory committee on the fact of death of eight babies in a hospital in Nalchik, a criminal case was initiated under the article of negligence.

January 21, 2012 12:00

• Scientists in Moscow discuss reasons and consequences of conflicts in Northern Caucasus

  On January 20, in Moscow, at the roundtable "Northern Caucasus in Context of Federalism", economists, political scientists and regional representatives discussed the reasons and consequences of major conflicts in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

January 21, 2012 08:00

• Facebook has set up a group demanding to rebury Jaba Ioseliani

  In the social network Facebook, a group has been created named "Let's rebury Jaba Ioseliani out of the Pantheon", which already has more than 2100 members.

January 20, 2012 23:50

• Today, Azerbaijan marks 22 years after Soviet troops' entrance to Baku

  Today is a day of mourning in Azerbaijan: the country marks the 22nd anniversary of the entry to Baku of army units, which was accompanied by numerous victims among the civilian population. Azerbaijan declared January 20 to be a day off.

January 20, 2012 23:20

• MNS reports disclosing conspiracy against foreigners

  In Azerbaijan, Rasim Aliev and Ali Guseinov, two citizens of Azerbaijan, who planned murder of foreign public figures in Baku, were arrested. This was reported by the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan.

January 20, 2012 23:20

• In Dagestan, advocate of detained Seitekaev complains that he is not admitted to his client

  Muslim Seitekaev, a resident of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, kept at IVS (temporary detention facility), is not allow to be visited by his defender. This was reported by Sapiyat Magomedova, the detainee's lawyer.

January 20, 2012 23:10

• Kebedov: Dagestanis who invited people to rally against power agents' lawlessness on January 27 detained

  Today, in Makhachkala, law enforcement agents detained seven mosque's parishioners, who distributed leaflets calling out for a rally against arbitrariness of power agents on January 27. This was reported by Abas Kebedov, one of the organizers of the rally, co-Chairman of the human rights organization "Dagestan - Territory of Peace and Development".

January 20, 2012 23:00

• Popov, accused of desertion, states at trial that he was beaten at brick factories in Dagestan

  In the course of today's court session at the Saratov Garrison Military Court dealing with the desertion case of Private Andrei Popov, who stated earlier about his slavery in Dagestan, the prosecutor announced results of testing Popov by a polygraph (lie detector). Andrei Popov stated that he had been beaten at brick factories in Dagestan.

January 20, 2012 22:50

• Participants of taxi drivers' protest in Baku sentenced to administrative arrest

  In Baku, the Yasamal Court has sentenced two detainees in the course of the protest of taxi drivers on January 19 to five days of administrative arrest.

January 20, 2012 22:40

• Leader of Sochi communists: "Edinaya Rossiya" wrote up half of its votes

  Sochi communists made held a documentary analysis of the recent elections to the Russian State Duma. According to their version, the Sochi Territorial Election Commission (TEC) doubled the real number of votes won by the ruling "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party. The TEC spokesman refutes the allegations.

January 20, 2012 22:30

• Khloponin: NCFD regions are leaders in money laundering

  To date, Northern Caucasus is in the lead among Russian regions in money laundering, Alexander Khloponin, Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said today at the Collegium of the MIA of the NCFD.

January 20, 2012 22:20

• Leader of "Memorial" is satisfied with the course and outcome of the trial "Kadyrov vs. Orlov"

  The parties in the litigation "Kadyrov vs. Orlov" differ in assessing the outcome of the trial. The defendant and his representatives are satisfied with the decision of the court, while the claimant has not yet decided whether to appeal against the verdict or not.

January 20, 2012 22:10

• Lawyer: Khashagulgov was tortured to knock out confessions

  Issa Khashagulgov, a resident of Karabulak, accused of organizing a terror acts at the Central Marketplace in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, was tortured by unidentified persons, who demanded that he gave evidences as wanted by the investigation, said Issa's advocate Batyrbek Akhilgov.

January 20, 2012 22:00

• A resident of Stavropol region convicted for misappropriation of 40 million rubles from the budget

  Cherkessk city court acknowledged resident of Stavropol region Oleg Motylev guilty of misappropriation of 40 million rubles from federal budget funds.

January 20, 2012 21:00

• United Trade Unions of Georgia: it was not the authorities of the country who paid the ransom for release of the sailors

  Money was paid for release of 15 Georgian and three Turkish sailors from the Somali pirates' prison but it was not done by the government of Georgia, Chairman of United Trade Unions of the country Irakly Petriashvili said.

January 20, 2012 20:00

• Experts in Karachay-Cherkessia started compulsory avalanche descent

  This morning an avalanche protection group in Karachay-Cherkessia started compulsory descent of snow slides in a ski resort of Dombai, commander of the group Ramazan Abazaliev reported.