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December 12, 2011 23:00

• Dagestani MIA: Rashid Shuaibov, declared as kidnapped, detained on suspicion of collaboration with militants

  Rashid Shuaibov, whose disappearance was reported on December 7 by his relatives, was detained on suspicion of involvement in the Caspian group of militants led by Murad Abdurakhmanov. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

December 12, 2011 23:00

• In Adygea, Union of Slavs holds action under slogan "I didn't vote!"

  The Union of Slavs of Adygea (AUS) decided to form a group for the campaign "I didn't vote!". Its essence is to collect complaints from citizens, who did not go to the elections to the electoral precincts, information of which reports on ballot boxes stuffing.

December 12, 2011 22:50

• Court orders authorities of Shpakov District of Stavropol Territory to open additional 4000 places in kindergartens

  The Shpakov District Court of the Stavropol Territory has granted the lawsuit of the Prosecutor's Office for additional places in municipal pre-school educational institutions. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory. Out of total number of required additional places, 2357 places should be opened the city of Mikhailovsk, the district centre, and 1514 places - in the municipal units of the district. In the Stavropol Territory, a line for a place in a kindergarten includes more than 46,000 persons.

December 12, 2011 22:40

• Leila Yunus: 26 new political prisoners appeared in Azerbaijan in 2011

  In 2011, political repressions intensified in Azerbaijan, and the sharpest jump in the number of political prisoners over the last decade has been marked. This was reported by Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), at the press conference dedicated to the International Human Rights Day celebrated on December 10. At the same time, the Azerbaijani authorities deny existence of political prisoners in the country.

December 12, 2011 22:30

• Student Magomed Mutsolgov beaten by power agents in Ingushetia, rights defenders report

  In Ingushetia, in the morning of December 2, in the course of the inspection of passport regime in the dormitory of the Islamic Institute conducted by officers of unidentified power agency, student Magomed Alikhanovich Mutsolgov, a resident of the village of Surkhakhi, was subjected to beatings and threats. This was reported by human rights defenders.

December 12, 2011 22:20

• In Moscow, Egle Kusaite's evidence read out at trial on Magmadovs' case

  In the course of today's court session on the case of Chechen natives Apti and Aishat Magmadov, the Moscow Regional Court listened to testimony of Egle Kusaite. Earlier, the defence has filed a motion about announcement of that testimony.

December 12, 2011 22:10

• Detained Soslan Kokoev transferred to Vladikavkaz SIZO

  Soslan Kokoev, the detained founder of the website Uasamonga.ru, the supporter of Djambolat Tedeev, the non-registered candidate for the presidential election in South Ossetia, was transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz. Information about the state of his health is still unavailable.

December 12, 2011 22:00

• In Belorechenskaya colony, more than 20 juvenile inmates cut their arms

  On December 10, twenty-two juvenile prisoners of the Belorechenskaya juvenile correctional colony of the Krasnodar Territory cut their hands with razor blades. This was reported today by the official representative of the UFSIN (Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service) of the Krasnodar Territory.

December 12, 2011 20:00

• Djioeva's supporters stopped their action of protest in the center of Tskhinvali

  Supporters of ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Djioeva in Tskhinvali removed the benches and casks they used to make a fire during their two-week actions of protest from the square.

December 12, 2011 19:00

• "Left Front": four people detained at a meeting on December, 10, in Rostov arrested for terms of two to ten days

  Four persons detained at a meeting against forging the election of State Duma in Rostov-on-Don were sentenced by the magistrate's court to two, five and ten days of administrative arrest, 7 or 8 more were fined, coordinator of "Left Front" in Rostov region Vladislav Ryasantsev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 12, 2011 18:00

• Policemen in Orenburg suspected of involvement in the death of a detained native of Armenia

  Four policemen in Orenburg were detained for suspicion of involvement in the death of native of Armenia Armen Sargsyan in the Directorate of Orenburg Department of the Ministry of interior Affairs.

December 10, 2011 22:13

• Eduard Kokoity starts forming Constitutional Court of South Ossetia

  The incumbent President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity, who declared tonight his forthcoming resignation, has appointed two judges of the Constitutional Court, thus starting to form it.

December 10, 2011 22:00

• South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity hands over presidential powers to Vadim Brovtsev

  Today, at the public meeting in Tskhinvali, Eduard Kokoity announced his resignation as President of South Ossetia and handed over presidential powers to Vadim Brovtsev, Prime Minister, who was appointed the acting head of the republic.

December 10, 2011 21:00

• In Moscow, protest against election results passed peacefully

  Today, a protest rally against the results of the elections to the Russian State Duma was held in Moscow.

December 10, 2011 20:14

• Protesters against falsification of election results detained in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, participants of the protest rally against the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation conducted on December 4 report on detention of protesters, including members of the "Yabloko" Party.

December 10, 2011 20:00

• Human rights defender Sergey Basmanov detained at protest rally in Sochi

  Today, opposite the railway station in Sochi, a rally of people discontented with the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation was held. During the protest action, the human rights defender Sergey Basmanov, Director of the organization "Defence of Citizens' Rights and Interests", was detained.

December 10, 2011 19:19

• Volgograd hosts rally against election fraud

  In Volgograd, the action of citizens, who consider the outcomes of the elections to the State Duma held on December 4 to be falsified, passed without incidents. Policemen and Cossack patrols were on duty around the perimeter of the square at a large distance. No state officials came out to meet the protesters.

December 10, 2011 18:00

• Yerevan hosts picket in defence of Yashin and Navalny

  Today, in Yerevan, in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation, a protest action was held. The protesters urged the Russian authorities to release opposition members detained during the protest actions after the elections to the State Duma.

December 10, 2011 15:00

• In Dagestan, Idris Yusupov detained for participation in rally against arbitrariness of power agents

  In Makhachkala, law enforcement agents have just detained Idris Yusupov, a local resident, participation in a rally against kidnapping and arbitrariness of power agents, which was held in the capital of Dagestan on November 25. Idris Yusupov himself denied his participation in the rally.

December 10, 2011 13:09

• "Mothers' Alert" from Chechnya fails to come to rally in Moscow

  The Chechen regional public organization "Mothers' Alert", which has earlier declared its participation in the rally "For Fair Elections" on December 10 in Moscow, was unable to participate in the protest action due to lack of money to purchase tickets to Moscow, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Zainab Mezhidova, the head of the organization.