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December 08, 2011 23:00

• American Academy of Tourism awards Adzharia

  On December 7, the city of Cannes hosted the annual awards ceremony of the American Academy of Tourism and Services. Georgia was represented by Adzharia, which won in three nominations at once.

December 08, 2011 22:50

• Chechen MIA denies information about sending police regiment to Moscow

  The information that one of the units of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is quartered in Moscow is absolute disinformation and falseness. This was reported by the republic's law enforcement agencies.

December 08, 2011 22:20

• Woman from Makhachkala claims disappearance of her brother

  On December 7, in the capital of Dagestan, unidentified armed men kidnapped Rashid Shuaibov, a resident of Makhachkala, and his whereabouts is still unknown. This was reported by his sister Subigat Gasanova, a resident of Makhachkala.

December 08, 2011 22:00

• Employee of South-Ossetian MoD wounded at oppositional rally in Tskhinvali

  On December 8, Soslan Gabuev, a staff member of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia, got a knife wound during an opposition rally in the city of Tskhinvali. This was reported by Uruzmag Margiev, the deputy head of the city GOVD (Chief Interior Division).

December 08, 2011 21:00

• More than 170 Nalchik residents hospitalized with poisoning

  Starting from December 6, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, 170 persons, including 68 children, were hospitalized with a diagnosis of "acute gastroenterocolitis", "food toxic infection". The infection source is still unidentified: the samples of water showed its compliance with the standard.

December 08, 2011 19:00

• 70 persons detained by power agents in Triumphal Square, opposition asserts

  In Moscow, Triumphal Square hosted an unsanctioned rally of people who wanted to express their discontent with the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the Sixth Convocation. According to the preliminary information of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), about 30 persons were detained during the rally; the opposition reports that policemen detained 70 persons.

December 08, 2011 18:00

• Dagestani native claims kidnapping of his brother

  On December 4, unidentified persons kidnapped Magomed Mutalibov, born in 1985, a resident of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of Dagestan. According to his brother Nazim Mutalibov, power agents are involved in the kidnapping.

December 07, 2011 23:00

• In Sochi, copies of election protocols stolen from city CPRF office

  At night on December 6, the doors of two rooms of the city office of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), located on the ground floor of the five-storey apartment building at 13 Gorky Lane, were broken. Copies of protocols of the Sochi polling stations at the December 4 State Duma elections were stolen from the office.

December 07, 2011 22:40

• Bill on open-type prison drafted in Georgia

  The Georgian MPs have been presented a new bill, under which the country will have an open-type correction facility. As stated by Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Minister for Correction, Probation and Legal Assistance of Georgia, it would be "a prison without bars."

December 07, 2011 22:40

• Dagestan: adaptation commission to petition for five IAF members

  Today, the Makhachkala city commission for helping those, who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities, in adapting to peaceful life, has decided to support the appeal of five residents of Dagestan, who asked to allow them to serve their prison terms in the territory of the republic.

December 07, 2011 22:30

• Project of "Preventive Reaction Group" to facts of pressure on journalists launched in Azerbaijan

  The aim of the project "Preventive Reaction Group" (PRG) is to prevent threats to journalists and investigate cases of violence applied against them, and unjustified prosecution of journalists. Two groups have been formed so far, engaged in the inquiry into the murder of journalist Rafig Tagi and the arrest of the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper Avaz Zeinalov.

December 07, 2011 22:20

• ECtHR satisfies one of complaints of Azerbaijani businessman Aliev

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced its decision on consideration of the complaint lodged by Rafig Aliev, a well-known Azerbaijani businessman and former head of the "Azpetrol" Oil Company, who is serving his prison term.

December 07, 2011 22:10

• In Moscow police pulls forces to Triumphal Square

  Policemen are putting metal fences around the Triumphal Square in central Moscow and evacuating cars away from nearby streets. However, in spite of that, the opposition called on its supporters to go out to a rally on December 10.

December 07, 2011 22:00

• Woman from Nazran reports kidnapping of her son Aliskhan Khadazhev

  In Ingushetia, Debukhan Khadazheva, a resident of the city of Nazran, said her son, Aliskhan Khadazhev, 37, was kidnapped and beaten by unidentified men in masks.

December 07, 2011 21:00

• Rostov-on-Don: Ryazantsev, activist of "Left-Wing Front", sentenced to five days in jail

  Vladislav Ryazantsev, one of the activists of the movement named "Left-Wing Front", who were detained in Rostov-on-Don at an unauthorized rally against election outcomes, was sentenced to five days in jail.

December 07, 2011 20:00

• A serviceman perished in Azerbaijan

  Anar Gazanfar oglu Jafarov, extended service man of Azerbaijani army, died as a result of wounding in the Central military hospital of Baku, a military source reported.

December 07, 2011 19:00

• Human rights activists demand from Prosecutor General's to close the case "Kadyrov vs. Orlov"

  A group of international and Russian human rights organizations called for Prosecutor General's of Russia to exculpate Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov accused of slander on Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

December 07, 2011 18:00

• "Human Rights Watch" demanded to stop pressure on independent observers at the election

  The Russian authorities must immediately stop bringing pressure on non-governmental association "Golos" ("Vote") monitoring election of deputies of State Duma of the Russian Federation and release the detained participants of peaceful actions who expressed their protest against the election, a statement of international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" runs.

December 06, 2011 22:50

• In Moscow and Saint Petersburg, opposition holds protest actions, rallies held and planned in south of Russian Federation

  Today, protest actions in connection with the elections to the State Duma conducted on December 4 continued in Russia. During an unsanctioned rally held in Triumph Square in Moscow, more than 100 persons, including journalists, oppositionists Boris Nemtsov and Eduard Limonov, were detained. At the same time, supporters of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party held their rally in Revolution Square. Today, protest rallies were held in Saint Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Makhachkala; on the next day, December 7, a protest action is to be held in Astrakhan.

December 06, 2011 22:30

• Volgograd Regional Court upholds verdict to ex-deputy convicted of paedophilia

  Today, the Volgograd Regional Court upheld the verdict to Nikolai Volkov, the ex-deputy of the Volgograd Regional Duma, who was convicted in this October for sex crimes against children, falsification of passport and escape. This was reported by the Spokesman of the Regional Court.