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April 13, 2009 19:00

• ICPO: woman from North Ossetia killed by inadvertence in Ingushetia

  The death of Lemka Batyrova, 54, a resident of Chermen village in North Ossetia, on April 7, when militiamen chased the persons suspected of hijacking a car, was caused by a gunshot wound in the breast area, and not by a road accident. This was reported by a source in the Investigatory Department (ID) of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation for Ingushetia.

April 13, 2009 18:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, advocates want to appeal against cancellation of juries on "terrorist cases"

  The advocates who take part in the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, think that the law that cancels the trial by jury on certain articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation violates the rights of their clients and contradicts the Russian Constitution. In this context, they declared their intention to appeal against this law to the Constitutional Court of Russia. The prosecution finds the claims of the defence to be unreasonable.

April 11, 2009 23:57

• MoD of South Ossetia: Georgia shells Tskhinvali

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia has reported that today the city of Tskhinvali was shelled from the side of Georgia. There is no data about any victims.

April 11, 2009 21:00

• Olympic construction in Sochi lacks 3 billion roubles

  According to Valery Zhukov, head of Department of Highways of the Krasnodar Territory, Sochi still lacks 3 billion roubles to start building the traffic intersections, which are parts of the construction programme of Olympic objects and development of the city as a mountain-climate resort.

April 11, 2009 18:00

• Georgian opposition cancels protest actions on Palm Sunday

  Today in Georgia, leaders of the opposition held a meeting and decided to suspend their protest actions for tomorrow, April 12, the Palm Sunday. However, protest rallies will resume on Monday, April 13.

April 11, 2009 16:08

• Ship of Turkey's Naval Forces arrives to Georgia for exercises

  Today, a destroyer named "Kemalreis" of the Naval Forces of Turkey has dropped anchor in the port of Poti in Georgia for a three-day friendly visit. On April 12-13, it will take part in joint exercises of Georgian frontier guards and Turkish destroyer's crew members.

April 11, 2009 15:00

• New York to host rally against recognition of Armenians' genocide

  On April 25, the "Society of Young Turks" will hold a rally in New York under the motto "End of Armenian lie". The organizers have formulated its aim as informing the American public about disagreement with the fact of genocide against Armenians.

April 11, 2009 14:00

• Elderly woman from Georgia asks Russia's political asylum

  At the check point "Nizhni Zaramag", located on the border of Russia with South Ossetia, frontier guards of the Frontier Administration (FA) of Russian FSB for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania were addressed by a woman-citizen of Georgia, 72, a native of the Gori District, who applied for political asylum.

April 11, 2009 12:00

• Embassy of Canada helps schools in Prigorodny District of North Ossetia

  The embassy of Canada in Russia has allocated, with assistance of Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", 400,000 roubles to help two comprehensive schools located in the villages of Kurtat and Dongaron, Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. The money was spent to buy some school stock.

April 11, 2009 11:00

• Fans give "nationalist colouring" to football matches of Caucasian teams

  The day 3 matches of the Russian football premier league with participation of the clubs representing Northern Caucasus - matches of Grozny "Terek" versus Moscow "Dynamo" and Nalchik "Spartak" versus Moscow "Spartak" - could not do without scandalous incidents with nationalistic context.

April 11, 2009 10:00

• Patriarch of Georgia apologizes to Moslems for anti-Islamic statements placed in his website

  The Georgian Patriarchy has apologized, on behalf of Elias II, head of Georgian Orthodox Church, to Moslems for the anti-Islamic statements, which appeared yesterday in the official website.

April 11, 2009 07:00

• Sargsyan expects open Armenian-Turkish border by October

  President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan expects that the Armenian-Turkish border will be unblocked by the football match between the teams of the two countries to take place in Turkey on October 7.

April 10, 2009 23:00

• Not all residents of Sunzha District in Ingushetia knew about CTO regime

  Some residents of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, where on March 30 six villages were announced under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, did not know about it. According to local residents, the CTO regime passed without any restrictions on civilians' rights.

April 10, 2009 22:00

• In Dagestan, sapper dies at demining gas main

  Today in the morning, two explosive devices were detected in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, on the main gas line "Mozdok-Kazimagomed". During demining one of them, a sapper was lost.

April 10, 2009 21:00

• In Azerbaijan, detained Talysh activist was visited by PACE co-rapporteur

  On April 9, Estonian MP Andres Herkel, co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and Veronica Kotek, special representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Azerbaijan, had a meeting with Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, who is serving his term in high security Colony No. 15.

April 10, 2009 21:00

• Rostov Region: protesting miners-pensioners file new claims to the European Court

  In the Rostov Region, miners-pensioners from the city of Zverevo, who are striving for their privileges on heating, are filing new claims to the European Court on Human Rights. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Valery Dyakonov, deputy of the municipal duma of Zverevo. The pensioners continue their pickets and hunger strike.

April 10, 2009 20:00

• In Ingushetia, two women detained in special operation released

  Residents of Ingushetia Madina Ozdoeva and Patimat Mutalieva, detained in the course of the special operation conducted by power agents on March 26 in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of the republic, are at large. The investigation regards them as witnesses.

April 10, 2009 19:00

• Opposition blocks main streets of Georgia's capital

  The opposition, which is holding a rally in Tbilisi, has split into parts and blocked strategic streets of the capital of Georgia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Paata Zakareishvili, a political scientist and human rights activist, who is present at the rally.

April 10, 2009 18:00

• In Tbilisi, unidentified persons in masks beat opposition activist

  The night in front of the Parliament of Georgia, where a small group of opposition supporters and activists were on duty, passed in peace. However, elsewhere in Tbilisi incidents were registered connected with participants of the protest action - a young oppositionist was beaten.

April 09, 2009 23:10

• Minibus drivers hold strike in Yerevan

  Today, in the southwest part of Yerevan, a strike of minibus drivers was held. Several dozens of drivers protested against increase of liquefied gas prices, used by their minibuses. According to their story, this price rise was not accompanied by transportation tariff growth.