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October 12, 2009 18:00

• Murtazaliev: authors of Dagestan "execution lists" wanted to return journalists back to legal field

  On October 12 in Makhachkala, Abulmuslim Murtazaliev, Chairman of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, said at the roundtable on the topic "On public-political broadcasting of Dagestan television that the authors of the so-called "execution lists" just wanted "to bring journalists back to the legal field."

October 10, 2009 23:52

• Documents on normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations signed in Zurich

  Today, at the Zurich University, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandyan and Ahmet Davutoglu put their signatures under the documents on normalization of relations between these two countries - the "Protocol on Development of Mutual Relations" and "Protocol on Establishing Diplomatic Relations".

October 10, 2009 20:00

• Signing of Armenian-Turkish Protocols postponed in Zurich

  The ceremony of signing the Protocols "On Development of Mutual Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Turkish Republic" and "On Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Turkish Republic", planned for today in Zurich, has been postponed by unknown period of time, as a member of the American delegation told journalists.

October 10, 2009 19:10

• Chair of local electoral committee kidnapped in Derbent

  Murad Muradov, chairman of the precinct electoral commission No. 30 of the Dagestan city of Derbent, was beaten and kidnapped today in the afternoon by unidentified persons. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by Nariman Abdulmutalibov, deputy head of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of Dagestan.

October 10, 2009 18:00

• Funeral of composer Alexander Basilaya took place in Tbilisi

  Today, on October 10, Georgia said farewell to its well-known composer, artistic director of the popular vocal company "Iveria" Alexander Basilaya, who died on October 3 in Germany from lung cancer.

October 10, 2009 17:00

• TV reporters attacked in Derbent, Dagestan

  Today, a filming crew of the REN TV Channel was attacked by unidentified persons in Derbent (Dagestan).

October 10, 2009 16:00

• Father Alexander: Christians in Azerbaijan have no problems

  The Azerbaijani citizens who profess Christianity experience no inconveniences. This was stated on October 9 by Father Alexander, Bishop of Baku and Pre-Caspian region, at the press conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of revival of the Baku-Pre-Caspian Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

October 10, 2009 14:00

• Turkish company to build stadium in the capital of South Ossetia

  Without permit of Georgian authorities, a Turkish building company starts rebuilding the destroyed stadium in Tskhinvali. The works are funded by the Alisher Usmanov's Foundation.

October 10, 2009 12:00

• Business forum: economic development will bring Abkhazia to the world market

  The participants of the Abkhazian Business Forum, held on October 9 in Sukhumi, made a conclusion that Abkhazia moves along the road of building an efficient state capable in the long run successfully competing in the world market.

October 10, 2009 11:00

• 15 persons suffer from explosion in Chechnya

  The spokesman of the Investigatory Department for the Chechen Republic of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has reported that one person was lost and 14 more were wounded as a result of explosion in the evening on October 9 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny.

October 10, 2009 10:00

• Meeting in memory of Anna Politkovskaya held in Ingushetia

  On October 7, the office of the human rights organization "Mashr" of the Republic of Ingushetia hosted a meeting in memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed right three years ago, on October 7, 2006.

October 10, 2009 09:00

• Dagestan: explosion of gas pipeline in Khasavyurt

  In the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, after the explosion that happened at 9:45 p.m. Moscow time on Friday, October 9, on the city gas pipeline, gas supply to the nearby settlements was stopped.

October 09, 2009 23:50

• In Pyatigorsk, schoolboy dies when making a bomb

  In the city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, in the house of a jobless local resident, her son, a schoolboy, died today in an explosion, as reported by a source in law enforcement bodies.

October 09, 2009 23:30

• Georgian opposition hopes for the West in releasing political prisoners

  The leaders of the Conservative Party of Georgia have drafted and delivered to western diplomats a list of political prisoners kept in Georgian prisons.

October 09, 2009 23:10

• Azerbaijan: two journalists convicted for slander

  On October 8, Sardar Alibeili, editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Nota", and Faramaz Allakhverdiev, an employee of this edition (also known under pseudonym Faramaz Novruzoglu), were sentenced to three months of imprisonment each on charges of slander and insult.

October 09, 2009 23:00

• Three Azerbaijani journalists temporarily detained by the police

  On October 9, the office of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) hosted a press conference on the fact of detention on October 8 of Shakhin Agabeili, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Milli Yol" (National Way) and Information Agency "Poligon" (pia.az), and his deputy Radil Mamedov, and confiscation of photo and video cameras from the employees of the IRFS.

October 09, 2009 22:00

• In Azerbaijan, at trial on the fight in "Lebanon" Restaurant, bloggers evidenced

  Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Araz Guseinov, continued the judicial hearings on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and causing physical injuries.

October 09, 2009 21:00

• Khidirov: rough violations in election campaign in Dagestan

  Preparation for local elections in Dagestan, appointed on October 11, is accompanied by administrative pressure and rough violations of the law. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Eduard Khidirov, deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan and head of the regional branch of the Party "Patriots of Russia".

October 09, 2009 20:10

• Solution Anna Politkovskaya's murder depends on the will of Russian authorities, her daughter believes

  The family of Anna Politkovskaya, who perished three years ago, is gradually losing hope that the whole chain of criminals involved in the journalist's murder will ever be revealed and the culprits will ever be punished. This was stated by Vera Politkovskaya, Anna's daughter. In her opinion, "the political will of country leaders can be the key factor in this context."

October 09, 2009 19:00

• At Moscow forum, public figures and politicians criticize authorities of South Ossetia

  Currently, Moscow hosts the first Russian-South-Ossetian of the public and political organizations, which brought together over 200 representatives of different organizations from South Ossetia; many of them came to Moscow intentionally to take part in the forum.