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December 26, 2011 22:30

• In Timashevsk, Prosecutor's Office files lawsuits to recover wage debts to hunger-strikers

  The Prosecutor's Office of the Timashevsk District of the Krasnodar Territory sent lawsuits to the court to recover arrears to employees of the LLC (Limited Liability Company) "Yug-S" on a hunger strike since December 16.

December 26, 2011 22:20

• Another protest action held near French Embassy in Baku

  Today, about 50 activists of the National Independence Party of Azerbaijan held in front of the French Embassy in Baku a protest action against the draft law, criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide.

December 26, 2011 22:10

• Grozny gives 73 apartments to orphans

  The Chechen authorities have allocated 73 apartments to children without parental care. During next five years, they plan to provide housing to more than 400 other orphans.

December 26, 2011 22:00

• Apti and Aishat Magomadovs' defence intends to appeal against verdict of guilty

  Lawyers of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova intend to appeal against the verdict against their clients. They will also insist on full court's acquittal of their client and his sister, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 26, 2011 21:20

• Three political prisoners released in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, the list of those pardoned has included three persons, earlier recognized by human rights defenders as political prisoners: Jabbar Savalan, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA); Nizami Shakhmuradov, a former OPON (riot police) commander; and Mekhman Mamedov, the driver and ex-Prosecutor of Baku.

December 26, 2011 21:10

• Ski Resort "Roza Khutor" opened in Sochi

  In Sochi, on December 24, the famous ski resort "Roza Khutor" started its work. The holiday held on the occasion was attended by more than a thousand people.

December 26, 2011 21:00

• Rostov Region hosts picket in defence of journalist Alexander Tolmachev

  On December 26, in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, a picket was held against criminal prosecution and arrest of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "I'm Authorized to State" Alexander Tolmachev, one of the leaders of local communists Vladislav Zhuravlyov and an activist of the entrepreneurs' movement Konstantin Astakhov.

December 26, 2011 19:00

• A shop fired upon in Izerbash

  Last night two unidentified masked and camouflaged persons fired upon a shop in Izerbash from self-firers. The shop flared up as a result. There are no victims or injured persons, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.

December 26, 2011 19:00

• Committee for clemency in Georgia suggested to amnesty 73 convicts

  Committee for clemency with the President of Georgia granted the requests of 73 convicts. After the session of the Committee in the President's Palace in Tbilisi People's Defender Giorgi Tugushi said that 144 requests all in all were considered, five of them were from underage convicts.

December 26, 2011 18:00

• Apti and Aishat Magomedova sentenced to 6 and 2 years of custody in a general regime colony

  Natives of Chechnya Apti and Aishat Magomedova accused of complicity in terrorism and creating paramilitary groups were acknowledged guilty.

December 26, 2011 04:00

• Participants of the meeting in Sakharov prospect are going to gather again in February

  The authorities of the country heard the voice of the demonstrators in December in Moscow who came out in opposition against the official results of State Duma election but their reaction was "weak and halved", participants of the protest actions in the Russian capital consider.

December 24, 2011 20:00

• Armenia holds protest against State Duma election frauds

  Today, in Yerevan, in front of the Russian Embassy to Armenia, a protest action was held against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma, initiated by an initiative group of students.

December 24, 2011 19:00

• Protest rally in Sakharov Avenue adopts resolution

  In Moscow, a rally against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma took place in Sakharov Avenue. Its participants adopted a final resolution.

December 24, 2011 18:23

• In Rostov-on-Don, protest against election results brings together over 500 persons

  The rally "For Fair Elections", which was coordinated with the authorities of Rostov-on-Don, attracted more than 500 people, who expressed their disagreement with the outcomes of the elections to the Russian State Duma.

December 24, 2011 18:00

• Krasnodar: rally against rigged elections was about 1000-strong

  About a thousand persons came in Krasnodar to take part in the rally "For Fair Elections" and express their disagreement with the results of the Russian State Duma elections. The event was coordinated with local authorities.

December 24, 2011 17:00

• Suspected militants' helpers detained in Chechnya

  Law enforcers of Chechnya have detained two persons in Grozny, suspected of assisting the members of illegal armed formation (IAFs).

December 24, 2011 14:00

• At rally Astrakhan opposition announces plans to litigate against election outcomes

  Activists of oppositional political parties of Astrakhan have reported to the recent rally against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma that they will file lawsuits in the context of numerous violations committed in the course of the election campaign.

December 24, 2011 12:00

• RWB: situation with the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan remains poor

  In 2011, the situation in Azerbaijan with the freedom of speech was the worst in the past six years. For the first time after 2005, a murder of a journalist was committed – the publicist Rafiq Tagi was assassinated. This is stated in the annual report of the "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB), an international organization in defence of the press.

December 24, 2011 11:00

• In Azerbaijan, a businessman tries to burn himself down

  In the Azerbaijani city of Sheki, a local businessman made an attempt of self-immolation, claiming violation of his rights.

December 24, 2011 10:00

• Sochi Airport creates barrier-free environment for invalids

  The Sochi Airport is implementing a programme of a barrier-free environment for disabled passengers. The programme was adopted after the Airport was criticized by the commission for preparation and holding the Paralympic Winter Games of 2014.