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January 21, 2011 23:30

• In Volgodonsk, parents of newborns blame doctors for negligence

  Law enforcement bodies of the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, are checking the appeals of relatives of several parents, who believe that their babies became blind due to negligence of the doctors of the central district hospital, said the press service of the Regional Public Prosecutor's Office.

January 21, 2011 23:20

• Officer of Karabakh Army killed in the border with Azerbaijan

  Senior Lieutenant Ovannes Sukiasyan from the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh was fatally wounded by a shot from the Azerbaijani side and died on the way to hospital, as reported by the Karabakh Defence Ministry.

January 21, 2011 23:10

• Astrakhan Region: four poisoned pupils are in grave condition

  Four schoolchildren from the village of Karagani, Astrakhan Region, hospitalized because of poisoning, are in grave condition. One of them is in the intensive care unit.

January 21, 2011 23:00

• Fatullaev's attempt to challenge the court rejected in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Mirpasha Guseinov, continued consideration of the appeal complained lodged by the convicted journalist Fatullaev against the sentence of his imprisonment for 2.5 years on charges of drug storage. The next court session is scheduled for January 25.

January 21, 2011 22:10

• Thomas Hammarberg is concerned about health of ex-MP Mikaelyan imprisoned in Armenia

  High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Thomas Hammarberg, who is now in Yerevan, imprisoned opposition leaders in detention Nikol Pashinyan, Arutyun Urutyan and Sasun Mikaelyan.

January 21, 2011 22:00

• Attack on militaries on January 9 in Grozny was preceded by check of their IDs by local power agents

  New details appear in the case dealing with the attack on servicemen of the special regiment of the Russian Ministry of Defence, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Bislan Elimkhanov, committed in Grozny on January 9. Shortly before the attack on Elimkhanov, the convoy was stopped for inspection by the local power agents. Supposedly, at least two of the "inspectors" later suffered in the shooting that burst out later at the checkpoint of the military base in Khankala.

January 21, 2011 21:00

• Two children survive in massacre in Stavropol Territory

  Two small children remained alive in the mass murder of a family, committed in a private house in Stavropol, reports the Chief Investigatory Department (CID) for the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) of the Investigatory Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation.

January 21, 2011 20:00

• Georgian authorities continue evicting refugees

  Forced resettlers from Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been evicted from several more buildings in Tbilisi. Tomorrow, on January 22, refugees plan to hold a protest march from the parliament to the residence of the president.

January 21, 2011 19:00

• Resident of Ingushetia detained in Slovakia as suspected terrorist

  Aslan Yandiev, a resident of Ingushetia, who is suspected of terrorist crimes committed in 2005-2006 in the territory of North Ossetia, was detained in Slovakia, arrested. The date of detention was not specified.

January 21, 2011 18:00

• In Dagestan, Imam Nail Bikmaev released from custody

  The freedom restriction measure of Nail Bikmaev, Imam of the Jami (Cathedral Mosque) of Rostov-on-Don, was changed under the personal security of his father, Mufti of the Rostov Region Dzhafar Bikmaev. This decision was made today at the sitting of the commission in charge of rendering assistance in adaptation to peaceful life to those persons who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities, which is headed by Rizvan Kurbanov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Dagestan.

January 20, 2011 23:30

• 19 children hospitalized with acute intestinal infection in Astrakhan Region

  An outbreak of dysentery was registered in the village of Karagani, Privolzhskiy District of the Astrakhan Region; 19 children were hospitalized.

January 20, 2011 23:10

• Ukraine agrees to give one figurant of Kuschevskaya massacre case out to Russia

  The Ukrainian authorities have satisfied Russia's request to extradite Vyacheslav Ryabtsev, one of the suspects of the murder of 12 persons committed in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in November 2010. As reported by the official website of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office, now the date of Ryabtsev's extradition to Russia is agreed on.

January 20, 2011 23:00

• Inspectors find involvement of Said Buryatskiy in explosion of "Neva-Express" Train in 2009

  Investigatory bodies have established involvement of seven persons, including Alexander Tikhomirov (Said Buryatskiy), in blowing up the "Neva-Express" Train in November 2009. All of them were killed in March 2010 in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Russia's Investigatory Committee (IC).

January 20, 2011 22:10

• Refugees hold protest action in Tbilisi

  Starting from 3:30 p.m. today, internally displaced persons, who oppose their eviction from their places of residence in Tbilisi, are holding their protest action in front of the Parliament of Georgia.

January 20, 2011 22:00

• Khatiashvili: conditions in Women's Prison No. 5 are substandard

  The custody conditions at the Correction Establishment No. 5 were discussed at a press conference held by Zaza Khatiashvili, Chairman of the Bar Association of Georgia on January 18.

January 20, 2011 21:00

• MIA head: average bribe in North Ossetia in 2010 was 70,000 roubles

  While in 2008, the average bribe in North Ossetia, by the revealed corruption crimes, was 16,000 roubles, in 2009 - 29,000 roubles, in 2010 it reached 70,000 roubles, whereas the average bribe in Russian regions is 27,000 roubles, said Arthur Ahmetkhanov, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.

January 20, 2011 20:00

• Woman from Krasnodar Territory claims illegal prosecution of her father

  As stated by Asya Gevorkyan, a resident of the Novopokrovskiy District of the Krasnodar Territory, a criminal case about beating is falsified against her father - Gayk Gevorkyan, 50, - while he himself is a victim.

January 20, 2011 19:00

• Norwegian court decides to deport Maria Ameli before January 27

  Maria Ameli (real name Madina Salamova), 25, a writer and a native of North Ossetia, does not lose hope, after the decision to deport her has stirred up the Norwegian society, to stay in Norway. Human rights activists and Maria's friends are sure that the trial and deportation decision were acts of retaliation from the authorities for exposure of corruption among bureaucrats in her book "Illegal Norwegian".

January 20, 2011 18:00

• Russia loses in Strasbourg on complaint of "Memorial" employee who worked with Estemirova

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed a decision on the complaint of the employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who worked with Natalia Estemirova. The complaint concerned abduction in 2003 in Grozny of a certain Gisaev by Russian militaries. The court has obliged Russia to pay a compensation of 55,000 euros for moral harm to the complainant and 1957 euros to his representatives for rendered legal services.

January 19, 2011 23:20

• Ombudsman on Children's Rights to appear in Chechnya

  On January 18, the Parliament of Chechnya considered a bill, which assumes creating the post of Ombudsman on Children's Rights.