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December 19, 2011 23:00

• Russian SC finds Stavropol judge Alexander Blinov guilty

  The travelling panel of judges of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has sentenced the judge of the Stavropol Territorial Court on charges of fraud and a fatal road accident to 2 years of imprisonment and a fine, but relieved him from criminal liability for lapse of limitation period.

December 19, 2011 22:00

• Dagestan sets up parliamentary-public commission to investigate the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov

  The Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov has offered to take the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov under public control and form a parliamentary-public commission with participation of the members of the Public Chamber of Dagestan and involvement of media workers and journalists of the "Chernovik" weekly.

December 19, 2011 21:00

• "Rosaviatsiya" stops "Dagestani Airlines"

  The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency ("Rosaviatsiya") has annulled the certificate of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Dagestani Airlines".

December 19, 2011 19:00

• ECtHR finds lawsuit Georgia vs. Russia eligible

  On December 19, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg found the Georgia's lawsuit against Russia, dealing with violation of a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), committed during the August 2008 conflict and thereafter, eligible.

December 19, 2011 18:00

• Adler residents report pollution of water body in "Chaisovkhoz"

  As reported by local residents and ecologists, in the area of the city of Adler, in the "Chaisovkhoz" (Tea State Farm), a spillage of petroleum products took place.

December 19, 2011 17:00

• Trial on Nalchik events considers episode of attack on PPS regiment

  In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), at the trial dealing with the attack on Nalchik, today the court continued questioning victims and witnesses of the episode "PPS (Patrol and Post Service) regiment".

December 19, 2011 16:00

• EU allocates over 26 million euros to Georgia on support of refugees and development of education

  The European Union has transferred 26.2 million euros to the state budget of Georgia. The money will go to support forced displaced persons and development of vocational training.

December 19, 2011 15:00

• House of oppositionist Tural Abbasly demolished in Azerbaijan

  In Baku, the house, where the flat of Tural Abbasly, the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party (now imprisoned), was located, has been demolished. Besides, his mother – Bashkhanym Abbasova, a member of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) – was detained and taken to the 21st station of the Nasimi District Police Department.

December 19, 2011 14:00

• Young families receive housing subsidies in the capital of Kalmykia

  Today in Elista, nine families have received certificates on the right to social payments for purchase or construction of housing. The documents have been issued as part of the city programme "Affordable housing for young families", in effect from 2007 through 2012.

December 19, 2011 13:00

• On December 12-18, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away 18 lives

  At least 18 persons were killed and three more wounded during the week of December 12-18 in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 19, 2011 12:00

• An action “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk

  An action of protest “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, on December, 18. The participants of the meeting came out in opposition against mass forgery at the election of State Duma of the Russian Federation. 45 people all in all gathered in the square. Many of them sealed their mouths with leaflets “My vote is stolen”.

December 19, 2011 11:00

• Downhill skiing season started in Elbrus area after a long outage

  The cable cars of Elbrus area (Kabardino-Balkaria) are completely ready to receive tourists. This was reported by Head of Administration of Elbrus district Aslan Malkarov.

December 19, 2011 10:00

• 300 people in Stavropol went out to a meeting “For honest election”

  On Sunday, December, 18, a meeting against forgery and election fraud was held in Stavropol. According to official data, about 300 local residents took part in it.

December 19, 2011 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 12-18

  Approval by the State Council – Khase of Adygea – of Aslan Tkhakushinov as the republic's leader; Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia; resonant killing in Dagestan of journalist Khadjimurad Kamalov; fire at chemical plant in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Territory, which was extinguished only two days later, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 12-18, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 17, 2011 23:00

• Makhachkala hosts charity action in memory of Khadjimurad Kamalov

  Today, a large charity action in memory of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" weekly, who was assassinated on December 15, was organized in Makhachkala: food help was rendered to needy and poor families.

December 17, 2011 22:00

• Police lieutenant-colonel assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, in the village of Khasanya of Kabardino-Balkaria, Police Lieutenant-Colonel Vadim Sultanov, 36, an employee of Centre "E", was killed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

December 17, 2011 21:00

• Protesters in Moscow demand to cancel State Duma election outcomes

  The participants of the today's rally "For Fair Elections" have demanded to cancel the outcomes of the vote at the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation dismiss the head of the Russian CEC (central Election Commission) and release political prisoners.

December 17, 2011 20:00

• Sochi hosts picket against fraudulent elections

  Today, a sanctioned picket against falsification of the outcomes of the Russian State Duma elections was held in Sochi.

December 17, 2011 19:00

• Rostov Region creates centre of distant learning for gifted children

  With the aim to support gifted children living in remote areas, the Rostov Region is opening a centre for distant learning. Now, they form 10 study groups per 10 pupils each.

December 17, 2011 18:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh: ensign detained for mutilating soldier

  On December 14, an incident occurred in the military unit "Egnikner" in Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in the soldier Narek Avetisyan, 18, losing his right eye. On December 17, Ensign Armen Tovmasyan was detained as a suspect of mutilating the soldier.