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November 19, 2011 18:00

• Flashmob in honour of "Junior Eurovision-2011" to be held in Yerevan

  On November 20, Yerevan will host a flashmob dedicated to the Song Contest "Junior Eurovision-2011"." In the centre of the capital of Armenia, the flashmob participants will embark on the long "Cascade" stairway forming the inscriptions "Junior Eurovision" and "2011 Dalita".

November 19, 2011 17:00

• In Sochi, ecologists state discharge of harmful substances into Mzymta River

  On November 18, a high foaming was observed in the Mzymta River and the Black Sea coastal areas adjacent to its mouth in the Krasnodar Territory; ecologists say about another discharge of harmful substances into the water.

November 19, 2011 16:00

• Girls in slippers will walk in Volgograd in protest against bad roads

  On November 20, in Volgograd, a group of girls will hold an action "Roads-34" against the poor condition of city streets and sidewalks.

November 19, 2011 15:00

• Russia decides to completely rebuild Gabala RS in Azerbaijan

  Russia plans to completely reconstruct the Gabala Radar Station (RS) in Azerbaijan, and at the same time to reduce the territory leased for the needs of the RS, said Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian Minister of Defence.

November 19, 2011 14:00

• In Armenia, Syunik Region Governor questioned on beating case

  Suren Khachatryan, Governor of the Syunik Region of Armenia, was summoned to the Special Investigatory Service and questioned within the criminal case regarding the beating of entrepreneur Silva Ambartsumyan.

November 19, 2011 13:00

• Arthur Amriev shot dead in special operation in Ingushetia

  Today, in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, law enforcers held a special operation and killed Arthur Amriev, who, according to their data, was an active member of the armed underground in the republic.

November 19, 2011 12:00

• Protest action of street traders held in Tbilisi

  On November 18, the capital of Georgia saw another protest rally of street traders held in front of the Parliament. The protesters demanded to legalize street trading.

November 19, 2011 11:00

• Chechen woman states kidnapping of her son

  Zargan Abdurakhmanova, a resident of the Darbankhi village, Gudermes District of Chechnya, has appealed to the republic's leadership with a request to find her son, who was kidnapped on September 2, 2011.

November 18, 2011 23:50

• Ustov: this year, law enforcers of Kabardino-Balkaria were attacked 74 times

  This year, Kabardino-Balkaria registered 74 assaults on lives of law enforcers and militaries, Valery Ustov, the head of the Investigatory Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), said on November 17.

November 18, 2011 23:50

• Volgograd completes installing vibration absorbers on "dancing" bridge

  The bridge across the Volga River in Volgograd, which was closed in May 2010 due to strong vibrations, now has its counterweights (shock absorbers) in place. The cost of the works amounted to 112 million roubles.

November 18, 2011 23:40

• Father of Moscow metro female suicide bomber disappears in Dagestan

  Rasul Magomedov, a resident of the village of Balakhani, Untsukul District of Dagestan, has disappeared; the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from his wife Patimat Murshidova. Rasul Magomedov is the father of Maryam Sharipova, who, according to investigators, blew herself up in the Moscow metro in March 2009.

November 18, 2011 23:30

• Bogus: reduction of road accidents in Adygea needs monitoring of driving schools

  A large number of road accidents with severe consequences on motorways of Adygea are largely caused by poor drivers' training; and driving schools should be responsible for their low-skilled graduates, said Adam Bogus, the president of the Motor Racing Federation of Adygea, speaking to the roundtable dated to the World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims.

November 18, 2011 23:10

• Inspectors see main reason for assassination of Imam Assistant in Dagestan in his religious activities

  Akhmed Osmanov, 53, Imam Assistant in the village of Mutsalaul, was killed by members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), said the Investigatory Committee of Dagestan.

November 18, 2011 23:00

• Police found no bomb in "Neva-Express" train

  The express train St Petersburg-Moscow, named "Neva-Express", which was twice - in 2007 and 2009 - attacked by terrorists, has set off with an hourly delay because of a false report of a bomb threat.

November 18, 2011 22:40

• Public Boards are set up at Chechen Interior Units

  Chechen cities and districts have started forming Public Boards at the MIA units, the local law enforcement bodies report.

November 18, 2011 22:20

• MIA: "clone" companies steal over million roubles of utility payments from residents of Stavropol Territory

  Nikolai Zhigun, the head of the investigatory division for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian MIA, has announced the completion of the inquiry of the criminal case initiated against the head of the cash-settlement centre of the city of Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW), Stavropol Territory, who, according to the investigation, had stolen over one million roubles from the population.

November 18, 2011 22:10

• Georgian's murder at detention by police investigated in Samara

  The circumstances of the death of Mamuka Kakhishvili, a 19-year-old native of Georgia, who perished at detention by law enforcers, are now cleared out in Samara.

November 18, 2011 22:00

• Ruslan Evkurov: I'll give all the raised money back to Dolakovo residents

  At confrontation with the villagers of Dolakovo, Ruslan Evkurov, a relative of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, promised to give back the five million roubles, fraudulently received from them.

November 18, 2011 20:00

• Public prosecutor's office in Kalmykia discovered "cemetery votes" on electoral lists

  In five settlements of Yashkul district of Kalmykia names of persons who died long before, soldiers of statutory service and prisoners were found on the electoral lists.

November 18, 2011 19:00

• Priests in Volgograd region were asked to campaign for the ruling party

  "United Russia" party in Volgograd region involves priests in participation in the election campaign.