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November 03, 2011 23:10

• In Grozny, First Caucasian Internet Prize "Prometheus-2011" awarded

  Yesterday, on November 2, in the city of Grozny, the official ceremony of awarding the winners of the First Caucasian Internet Prize "Prometheus-2011" was held.

November 03, 2011 23:00

• Tigran Sarkisyan: Trchkan Waterfall in Armenia to be under special protection

  Today, the Armenian government decided to grant the status of the specially protected area to the Trchkan Waterfall.

November 03, 2011 22:40

• Court sentences defendants in Volkov's murder case to 17 and 6 years of imprisonment

  The Moscow City Court has pronounced the verdict on the case of the murder of Yuri Volkov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC.

November 03, 2011 22:30

• Dagestani woman reports that she is not given her son's body for funeral

  Djubairiyat Paizullaeva, a native of the city of Izberbash, claimed that officials refused to give out the body of Shamil Paizullaev, her son, to her. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, on June 19, he was killed when he rendered resistance to the police officers.

November 03, 2011 22:10

• In Baku, deceived housing shareholders hold three protest actions

  Today, more than 50 deceived co-investors of construction companies in Azerbaijan held three protest actions in Baku.

November 03, 2011 22:00

• Halo Trust: Abkhazian territory is completely de-mined

  The territory of Abkhazia has been cleared of mines. This was reported by the British de-mining NGO Halo Trust. In this regard, the organization almost closed its activities in the country.

November 03, 2011 21:00

• The European Court of Human Rights has taken cognizance of the case of a former Armenian military prisoner

  The case of former Armenian military prisoner Arthur Badalyan was registered in the European Court of Human Rights.

November 03, 2011 20:00

• Radical vegetarians held a picket in Rostov-on-Don

  A picket of a vegetarian organization "First Stage" passed off in the center of Rostov-on-Don. Several tens young people called for the by-passers to reject meat, milk and eggs.

November 03, 2011 19:00

• The number of people poisoned in a cafe in Kabardino-Balkaria increased up to 31

  13 more persons were hospitalized in Nalchik with suspected botulism. So, the number of people who got poisoned in the cafe of Agricultural Academy of Kabardino-Balkaria increased up to 31 persons, Head of Press service of the Ministry of Public Health of the republic Marina Osmanova reported.

November 03, 2011 18:00

• An unknown man in Dagestan shot down the shop windows of a store selling alcohol from a tommy gun

  An unidentified armed person in Kaspyisk entered a food store and shot down the shelves where bottles with alcohol drinks were standing from a self-firer. There were no victims or injured persons, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.

November 02, 2011 23:10

• In Volgograd, Jewish community offers to commemorate Holocaust victims

  In Volgograd, the place of execution of the Jews should be memorialized in memory of victims of the Holocaust. This is stated by the Volgograd Jewish community. Experts of the "Rosokhrankultura" (Federal Service for monitoring compliance with cultural heritage protection law) consider creation of the memorial complex in memory of all victims of fascism to be more appropriate.

November 02, 2011 23:00

• "Caucasian Knot" is one of most frequently quoted Runet resources

  The Internet medium "Caucasian Knot" has entered the top ten most quoted news sources of the Russian Internet. These are the results of the research for October conducted by the company "Medialogy".

November 02, 2011 22:40

• "Anji" footballer nominated to be world's best player

  Samuel Eto'o, the forwarder of the Makhachkala "Anji" FC (Dagestan) and the member of the national team of Cameroon, was put into the list of 23 football players competing for the title of the best player in the world on the basis of the year's award. Samuel Eto'o is the only member of the Russian Championship, who entered the list of candidates, the FC's press service told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 02, 2011 22:30

• New issue of magazine "Dosh" focuses on human rights violations

  On November 1, the regular, namely, the third in this year, issue of the independent Caucasian magazine "Dosh" has been released. It contains materials on human rights violations in the North-Caucasian republics, interviews with famous people, photographs, cultural and historical sketches.

November 02, 2011 22:10

• Azerbaijani Court of Appeal upholds verdict to rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov

  The Sheki Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the first instance court, which had sentenced the human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov to 3 years of imprisonment.

November 02, 2011 22:00

• Karachay-Cherkessia commemorates deportation victims

  Today, the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) hosted events dedicated to the 68 anniversary of the deportation of the Karachay nation to Central Asia.

November 02, 2011 21:00

• Woman from Dagestan claims disappearance of her daughter

  Naima Alborueva, a resident of the city of Makhachkala, claims disappearance of Fatima Alborueva, her 19-year-old daughter.

November 02, 2011 20:00

• IC: soldier enslaved in Dagestan pleads guilty of desertion

  The Main Military Investigatory Department disseminated the information that the soldier Andrei Popov, who claimed that he had spent ten years in captivity in Dagestan, acknowledged the fact of his desertion and asked to consider his case in a particular order. However, Andrei Popov refutes this information.

November 02, 2011 19:00

• About 200 people gathered at an action in protection of Trchkan waterfall in Armenia

  Yesterday, November, 1, about 200 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Nature Preservation of Armenia in order to stand up for maintenance of Trchkan, the most full-flowing waterfall of the republic. The participants of the action handed the Minister of Nature Preservation Aram Arutiunyan their statement consisting of seven demands.

November 02, 2011 18:00

• A photo exhibition devoted to the war in South Ossetia will be opened in Moscow

  Photo exhibition "August. 2008. Art against War" will be opened on November, 3, on the eve of the Day of People's Unity. Works by photojournalists and photos from the archives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation taken during the war of August, 2008, in South Ossetia will be presented there.