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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

November 18, 2008 12:43

  • In Dagestan, cleric-opponent to Wahhabism wounded by explosion

    Today in the morning in Makhachkala, where an explosive has operated along the route of a VAZ-2110 service car and wounded Sultanvakil Sultanmagomedov, deputy mufti of the Spiritual Department of Moslems of Dagestan, his driver and bodyguard Gazimagomed Kurakhmaev.

November 18, 2008 12:40

  • Armenian PM promises to find attackers on journalist Edik Bagdasaryan

    Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan, who has visited in the Yerevan hospital of Nork-Nork District journalist Edik Bagdasaryan who was beaten yesterday, has expressed his concern with the incident and condemned the attack on the journalist. Prime Minister has assured that the guilty persons would be found.

November 18, 2008 12:35

November 17, 2008 11:25

  • Ombudsperson on children's rights: Rostov Region breaks children's right to housing

    Out of 713 complaints that have arrived within the year to the Ombudsperson on children's rights of the Rostov Region, a great share (21 percent) was on adoptive families, registration of trusteeship and adoption. In the opinion of Ombudsperson Alla Vasilieva, frequently these complaints result from drawbacks in the work of trusteeship and guardianship bodies.

November 17, 2008 11:20

  • In Azerbaijan, convicted journalist suits MFA head

    Einullah Fatullaev, founder and editor-in-chief of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan", who is in prison, went to law against Elmar Mamedyarov, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan. The journalist's complaint was caused by the latter's refusal to answer his request.

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  • Georgia's MIA: two policemen killed by explosion of Russian drone

    On November 17, two policemen were lost and eight wounded as a result of explosion of a Russian drone (pilotless aircraft) in the village of Plavi, Gori District (East Georgia), runs the statement of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, published in the Ministry's website.

November 17, 2008 10:59

  • Subari: situation with human rights in Georgia changes to the worst

    Sozar Subari, Georgian Ombudsman, has reported in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that situation with human rights in his country has worsened. In his opinion, Georgia still has political prisoners; and the absence of guarantees of the freedom of speech is causing concern.

November 17, 2008 10:27

  • In Dagestan, lawyers complain of being prosecuted by law enforcers

    The appeal sent by Dagestan lawyers to the President of the Russian Federation (RF), federal law enforcement bodies and Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" states that criminal prosecution of lawyers on far-fetched grounds is inadmissible and can give rise to a dangerous tendency with political context and a threat to citizens' access to justice.

November 15, 2008 20:27

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  • UNICEF and WB to help youth in Northern Caucasus

    The UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) and the World Bank have officially announced that they start a joint 2.1 USD million project in Northern Caucasus. Its aim is to render help to assist vulnerable groups of young people in the region.

November 15, 2008 16:59

  • Georgia: restart of gas supply to Tskhinvali is impossible

    Until now, Georgia has not renewed deliveries of Russian gas to South Ossetia, stopped with the start of warfare. Georgian oil and gas companies assert that gas supply to Tskhinvali was stopped because the main pipeline was damaged by warfare this August.

November 15, 2008 15:55

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  • Rostov Region sums up Year of Family

    On November 14, Rostov-on-Don hosted a roundtable on the Year of Family that Russia had announced in 2008. The participants were officials of the respective ministries of the region.

November 15, 2008 12:42

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  • President of Chechnya heads counterterrorist operation

    On November 14, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov took command of the special operation intended to search militants in the Kurchaloy and Nozhai-Yurt Districts, and personally designed its plan. The operation had lasted till late at night, but no militants were found.

November 15, 2008 10:10

Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

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