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October 31, 2011 22:00

• Armenia stops construction of minor HPP at Trchkan Waterfall

  The "Robshin" Construction Company has stated termination of building a minor hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Chichkhan River in the Lori Region near the Trchkan Waterfall and is moving all its machinery away from the site.

October 31, 2011 20:00

• Hilary Swank discharged the employees who had organized her trip to Chechnya

  Famous Hollywood actress Hilary Swank dismissed her agent who had organized the celebrity's trip to Chechnya. Two more employees were also dismissed.

October 31, 2011 19:00

• Ecologist detained during an action in Tuapse released from custody

  Evgeny Vitishko, activist of "Yabloko" party and "Environmental Watch on North Caucasus", detained during an ecologic action was released Yesterday, October, 30. However, he was temporarily deprived of the right of running a boat.

October 31, 2011 18:00

• Residents of Ingushetia and North Osetia honoured the memory of victims of Osetian-Ingush conflict

  Actions of memory of the victims of Osetian-Ingush conflict of 1992 passed off in Ingushetia and North Osetia on October, 30.

October 29, 2011 23:00

• Editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani newspaper "Khural" accused of bribery

  Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Khural", has faced an indictment of bribery. The journalist's lawyer claims his innocence.

October 29, 2011 22:00

• Armenian police solves murder of editor of newspaper "Menk Merontsov"

  The Armenian police has detained suspects of murdering Alvard Abramyan, an editor of the Armenian newspaper "Menk Merontsov" (We are Together with Our People), and her husband Yurik Srabyan.

October 29, 2011 21:00

• Residents of Sochi clean beaches for Day of Black Sea

  On Saturday, October 29, an ecological event, dedicated to the International Day of the Black Sea, was held in Sochi. It was attended by schoolchildren, students and volunteers.

October 29, 2011 20:00

• Rostov Region prepares young voters to elections by trainings and games

  Members of the Regional Electoral Commission of Rostov Region have acquainted young voters with electoral technologies through training and games, in which young people agitated for Ernesto Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Augusto Pinochet.

October 29, 2011 19:00

• Founders of "Association of Caucasian Bloggers" want to get officially registered

  The public organization "Association of Caucasian Bloggers", which was founded on October 20, will be registered with the Ministry of Justice in the nearest future. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Beslan Tsechoev, the initiator of the Association, a journalist and a blogger.

October 29, 2011 18:00

• Chechnya is full of "lakes" of oil wastes, "Rosprirodnadzor" asserts

  Experts from the "Rosprirodnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising the Nature) have drafted a list the most ecologically unsafe districts of Chechnya, which had been polluted with oil products for decades.

October 29, 2011 17:00

• Turkey receives humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan

  On October 29, a humanitarian aid motor convoy of 40 vehicles from Azerbaijan reached the earthquake zone in the Turkish Province of Van.

October 29, 2011 15:00

• Russia to apply for hosting Youth Olympic Games in Dagestan

  Russia started the work for preparation of an official bid to host the Youth Olympic Games of 2018 on the Caspian Sea coast, in Dagestan.

October 29, 2011 14:00

• Court interrogates Isa Khamkhoev, Police Chief of Karabulak, on torturing detainees

  On October 28, the Karabulak Court of Ingushetia held regular session on the case of Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of torturing detainees. Isa Khamkhoev was questioned as the victim.

October 29, 2011 13:00

• German authorities treat performance of MDR dancers for Kadyrov as unacceptable

  The Federal Government of Germany treated performance of actors of the MDR TV Channel at birthday party of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, which took place on October 5 in the city of Grozny, as unacceptable.

October 28, 2011 23:50

• Chechnya reveals half-million-worth embezzlement of maternity capital

  The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has instituted criminal cases against a head of a trade and construction company and several of his accomplices, suspected of embezzlement and fraudulent certificates for maternity capital. According to the prosecutors, the total amount of damage caused by the actions of the suspects is estimated at half a million roubles.

October 28, 2011 23:30

• Residents of NCFD and SFD to present passports when buying intercity bus tickets

  Residents of Southern Russia when buying intercity bus tickets will have to show their passports. On October 27, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development published on its website a draft of the appropriate order of the Ministry of Transports of the Russian Federation.

October 28, 2011 23:20

• In Armenia, policemen detain activist Lala Aslikyan near Government House

  In Yerevan, during a protest action held near the government building, policemen detained Lala Aslikyan, a human rights activist, a member of the public organization "Army in Reality".

October 28, 2011 23:00

• Stavropol Territory: Governor Gaevsky provides Muslim leader with bodyguards

  Valery Gaevsky, Governor of the Stavropol Territory, provided Mufti Mukhammad-Hadji Rakhimov, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Stavropol Territory, with a personal car and bodyguards to ensure his safety. This was announced on October 27 by Mufti himself.

October 28, 2011 22:50

• Georgian MIA allows employee of Ivanishvili's Moscow office to leave country

  Valery Levin, a representative of the Moscow office of Georgian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, received permission from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to leave Georgia. This was reported by the press secretariat of the businessman.

October 28, 2011 22:30

• PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners fails rejected entry visa to Azerbaijan

  Christopher Strasser, the PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners, had to cancel his planned visit to Azerbaijan, since he failed to get a visa.