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February 27, 2010 18:00

• Gachechiladze: soon opposition will name their united candidate for Tbilisi Mayor

  The united candidate from the opposition to the post of Tbilisi Mayor will be named, most probably, in early March, while now the nomination mechanism is defined. It was stated to journalists by Levan Gachechiladze, one of the leaders of Georgian opposition and the chairman of the public organization "Defend Georgia".

February 27, 2010 17:16

• Human rights activist Karastelyov, Dymovskiy's defender, was beaten in Novorossisk

  Today, unidentified persons attacked human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov, who represents the interests of former Major Alexei Dymovskiy. This was reported by Nikolai Ukraintsev, Vadim's advocate.

February 27, 2010 17:00

• Alexei Voevoda from Sochi wins bronze medal in Vancouver and quits bobsleigh

  On February 26, Sochi gave grand welcome to bronze medallist of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver Alexei Voevoda. The athlete has declared that after this victory he decided to "round up" with bobsleigh.

February 27, 2010 14:00

• Dagestan resident sentenced to 25 years for killing two militiamen

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan has sentenced Ahmed Abzhavatov, a resident of Makhachkala, to the maximal punishment - 25 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony - for being a member of IAFs (illegal armed formations) and murdering two militiamen.

February 27, 2010 13:00

• Ebzeev liquidates office of government of Karachai-Circassia

  President of Karachai-Circassia Boris Ebzeev has decided to liquidate the governmental machinery. His press service reports that the respective amendments to the Republic's Law "On Government of the Karachai-Circassian Republic (KCR)" were discussed at the regular sitting of the government.

February 27, 2010 11:00

• Observers state use of administrative resources at early voting in Sochi

  Observers and residents of the city-resort of Sochi complain about facts of using administrative resources during early voting for City Assembly Deputies that started on February 26. However, the local electoral commission assures that everything was lawful.

February 27, 2010 10:00

• Georgian MFA explains how to pass through "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars"

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has explained the conditions of passing through the only check point in the Georgian-Russian border named "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars", which will be reopened on March 1.

February 27, 2010 09:00

• Shop shelled in Nazran, owner killed

  As reported by a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, at night of February 27, unidentified persons shelled a shop in Nazran from their sub-machine guns killing one person and wounding another one.

February 26, 2010 23:40

• Travel companies see no prospects for tourism in Chechnya yet

  After President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov announced construction of a mountain-ski resort in the Argun Gorge, the republic's authorities began talking about the tourist attractiveness of the region; however, tourist experts and businessmen are rather sceptical to this idea, thinking that tourists would not come to Chechnya in near future.

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February 26, 2010 23:30

• Moscow authorities define the place for "Memorial of Glory" blown up in Kutaisi

  The re-erected "Memorial of Glory", which was blown up in Kutaisi, Georgia, will be located behind the building of the museum of the Great Patriotic War on the Poklonnaya Mount.

February 26, 2010 23:00

• Azerbaijan: Fatullaev's custody in SIZO extended by 2 months

  On February 26, the Garadag District Court of Baku upheld the presentation of the District Prosecutor's Office and extended the custody term of Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan", who is kept in the Baku Investigatory Isolation Facility (known as "SIZO"), by two more months.

February 26, 2010 22:50

• Court session on Ruslan Musaev's rehabilitation postponed again

  Today, the Moscow City Court started considering the claim on rehabilitation of Ruslan Musaev, who was earlier acquitted on the attempt case on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in May 2007. After a ten-minute session, the consideration of the case on the merits was reappointed on March 10. The reason for delay was in the statement made by the representative of the Ministry of Finance about the need on their part to calculate damage caused to Musaev by unjustified prosecution and formulate their position in the court.

February 26, 2010 22:40

• Chechnya marks Prophet Mohammed's birthday in a big way

  Celebrations in honour of Prophet Mohammed's birthday continue in the Chechen Republic. The main celebratory actions started on February 25 at 6:00 p.m. and lasted all the night long.

February 26, 2010 22:10

• Tsotne Gamsakhurdia's condition is stable, doctors say

  The health condition of Tsotne - the son of the first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia - is estimated as stable. A special briefing to this topic was held today at the Ministry for Enforcement of Punishments, Probation and Legal Aid. According to David Asatiani, head of the medical department of the Ministry, Tsotne Gamsakhurdia is under special control of the doctors of his department.

February 26, 2010 22:00

• Evkurov: Islamic complex in Magas should consolidate Ingush society

  The large Islamic complex to be erected in the city of Magas, where the main object will be the Cathedral Mosque capable to house 8000 believers, will also comprise the Islamic University for 300 students, a students' hostel, a building of the Republic's Spiritual Department of Moslems, a hotel and a "Khalyal" shopping centre. This was reported by President Yunus-Bek Evkurov.

February 26, 2010 22:00

• Explosion wounds two militiamen in Ingushetia

  Today in the morning in Ingushetia, near Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, a bomb was triggered in a road shoulder, when armoured "Ural" truck with MIA agents inside was passing by. Two militiamen were wounded and hospitalized.

February 26, 2010 21:00

• Georgian authorities rely on Hammarberg's help in releasing detainees in the conflict zone with South Ossetia

  Today, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner of the Council of Europe, came to Georgia for his three-day visit. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Mr Hammarberg's press service that today he would have meetings with activists of NGOs and human rights organizations, then - with government officials, prior to his visit to South Ossetia.

February 26, 2010 20:00

• Estemirova's colleagues in Chechnya doubt that her real killer will ever be detained

  People in Chechnya are sceptical to the news that the murderer of the well-known human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, kidnapped and assassinated on July 15, 2009, is established. Her colleagues believe that inspectors know already for a long time the executors and organizers of this crime; however, they doubt that the names will ever be disclosed.

February 26, 2010 19:00

• Ecologists: sewer accident in Rostov-on-Don affects ecology

  The failure of the Rostov sewer on February 17 changed the ecology of Rostov water bodies. The committee for environment preservation of Rostov-on-Don has warned about it.

February 26, 2010 18:00

• Azerbaijan commemorates victims of Khodzhaly tragedy

  Today is 18 years after the Khodzhaly tragedy, when at night on February 26, 1992, the city of Khodzhaly in Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited by Azerbaijanis, was seized by Armenian armed formations with participation of the 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the former Soviet Army.