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November 01, 2010 12:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 25-31

  Bodies of flood casualties are still found in Krasnodar Territory; Northern Caucasus commemorates victims of repressions, Ossetian-Ingush conflict and terror acts; pre-election situation is heating up in Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the review of the week of October 25-31, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 01, 2010 11:00

• NGOs of Ingushetia: consequences of Ossetian-Ingush conflict not eliminated

  The tragic consequences of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict have not been eliminated, while Ingush leaders and deputies of the People's Assembly of the Republic fail to take legal action towards defending the constitutional rights and vital interests of the Ingush people. This was stated by the members of the Coordination Board of Ingush NGOs in their address to Ingushes.

October 30, 2010 20:00

• Prosecutors check violations during elections in Makhachkala

  The Prosecutor's Office of the capital of Dagestan has initiated checks of violations during the vote on October 10, the details of which were published by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 30, 2010 19:00

• Woman from Ingushetia states kidnapping of her son

  Lisa Tseloeva, a resident of the city of Nazran, asserts that her 28-year-old son Zurab was kidnapped.

October 30, 2010 18:00

• Action in memory of victims of political repression held in North Ossetia

  The event took place at the monument "Stone of Tears" in Vladikavkaz, where more than 100 persons gathered: city residents, NGO activists, state officials and high school pupils.

October 30, 2010 17:00

• Political prisoner Ashot Manukyan released in Armenia

  Today, by a court ruling, Ashot Manukyan, one of the thirteen opposition activists remaining in prison, was released before term.

October 30, 2010 16:00

• North Ossetia commemorates victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict

  Today, more than 1500 persons came to the memorial cemetery in Vladikavkaz to pay tribute to victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict.

October 30, 2010 15:00

• Georgian Parliament adopts "Freedom Charter" in first hearing

  The legislative initiative submitted by Giya Tortladze, a minority MP, was adopted by the Georgian Parliament by 75:1 vote in the first hearing. The "Freedom Charter" deals with strengthening of security measures and contains provisions on lustration and liquidation of Soviet and Nazi symbols.

October 30, 2010 14:00

• Armenian Ombudsman presents his 2009 report

  The report on the work of the office of Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, in 2009 was heard by the MPs at the autumn session of the Parliament of Armenia.

October 30, 2010 13:00

• Sochi residents are offered to get fingerprinted

  The bosses of Sochi UVD (Interior Department) have urged citizens to pass a voluntary fingerprint registration.

October 30, 2010 12:00

• Rostov Region: director of building company suspected of embezzlement

  The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Bataisk, Rostov Region, has sent to the court the criminal case initiated against the builder Larissa Tarasenkova, accused of embezzlement of equity holders' money in the sum of more than 30 million roubles.

October 30, 2010 11:00

• Best brewer defined in North Ossetia

  The first nationwide cultural contest of Ossetian beer is over in the republic. Out of 500 participants the winner was chosen - Elena Margieva, a resident of Zmeiskaya village, who received her prize money of 50,000 roubles.

October 30, 2010 10:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria bans selling strong alcohol at night

  On October 29, the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria passed the final wording of the republic's law, restricting the retail sale of spirits.

October 30, 2010 09:00

• Part of Dagestani pilgrims will not be able to go to Hajj this year

  As reported on October 29 by President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov at the regular session of the Republic's Parliament, it would not be possible to send all the wishing local Moslems to the Hajj.

October 30, 2010 08:00

• In Ingushetia, Khashagulgov's relatives keep children away from school for fear of power agents

  Four children from the Khashagulgov family are missing their school in Karabulak for a week already. Their mother Pyatimat says that she received threats addressed to her family.

October 29, 2010 23:50

• Detainee reports about bomb in Grozny; later it was neutralized

  Today a powerful explosive device was neutralized by Chechen law enforcers in the Staropromyslovsky District of Grozny. The republic's MIA asserts that the location of the hideout with a fougasse was shown by a local resident detained on suspicion of helping militants.

October 29, 2010 23:40

• Defender of convict in "White Wolves" case satisfied with verdict

  Vyacheslav Kireev, advocate of Dmitri Ufimtsev, convicted member of the neo-Nazi grouping called "White Wolves", was pleased that his client was not sentenced to life-long imprisonment and believes that the verdict was passed in line with the law.

October 29, 2010 23:30

• Federal soldier killed in Chechnya by fougasse explosion, another one injured

  On October 28, an explosion of a land mine in the foothill Urus-Martan District of Chechnya killed a soldier from Interior Troops of the Russian MIA; another one was seriously wounded.

October 29, 2010 23:20

• Refugees and street traders rally in Tbilisi

  Two protesting groups at a time - refugees and street traders - are holding their actions near the building of Tbilisi City Council. The former group is demanding solution of their housing problems, while the latter one protests against the ban on street trading.

October 29, 2010 23:10

• Moscow hosts action in memory of victims of Stalin's purges

  As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the memory action "Return of Names" of victims of 1937-1938 political repressions in Moscow was organized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".