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October 21, 2014 17:15

• Azerbaijani CEC schedules municipal elections for December 23

  In Azerbaijan, the voting at the next municipal elections will take place on December 23. The corresponding decision was made by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan.

October 21, 2014 16:36

• Resident of Volgograd Region found guilty of setting rigs on fire in Khopyor area

  Mikhail Boyarischev, a resident of the Volgograd Region, accused of setting fire to drilling rigs in the area of the Khopyor River, was sentenced to 2.5 years in a colony-settlement, the Prosecutor's Office of the Voronezh Region reports.

October 21, 2014 14:24

• Over 3000 Internet users sign in support of Stavropol rights defender Bogatenkova

  Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the organization "Mothers from Kuma River Area" from Budyonnovsk, who has been engaged in investigating the deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine, is accused of fraud. People, who treat the situation with Lyudmila Bogatenkova as a provocation, are collecting signatures in the Internet in her support.

October 21, 2014 14:09

• Court postpones hearing in case on massacre in Cherkessk in 2004

  The Supreme Court of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has postponed for October 28 the hearing in the case against Djasharbek Gloov and Shamil Chomaev, accused of resonant massacre of seven persons committed in 2004 at the summer cottage belonging to the husband of the daughter of the former leader of the republic.

October 21, 2014 11:27

• In Volgograd, officials promise to support mothers of large families at federal level

  In Volgograd, members of the Public Council under the Ministry of Regional Labour and Social Protection have discussed the problems of protesting mothers of large families and their proposals. The women have stated that the meeting had failed to solve their problems.

October 21, 2014 10:40

• Volgograd marks anniversary of terror act with memorial plaque and youth action

  The day of October 21, 2014, marks the first anniversary of the suicide bombing committed in a passenger bus in Volgograd. The terror act took the lives of eight persons, including the female suicide bomber.

October 21, 2014 09:38

• In KBR, Chief Accountant of Federal Treasury is suspected of fraud

  The Acting Head of the Finance Department – Chief Accountant of the Federal Treasury in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is suspected of a fraudulent stealing the funds accrued to employees of the Department as bonuses.

October 21, 2014 09:22

• Trial on death of Rajab Magomedov is protracted, says the advocate of suffered party

  The defence of Saipula Shamkhalov, accused of inflicting a mortal wound to Rajab Magomedov, is protracting the litigation, said Mansur Sepikhanov, the advocate for the suffered party.

October 21, 2014 07:10

• Stavropol authorities: entertainment facilities in Minvody are to operate until 10:00 p.m.

  In the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody), catering facilities, which sell alcoholic beverages, are to be closed at 10:00 p.m. This was announced by Vladimir Vladimirov, the Governor of the Stavropol Territory. This decision followed the consequences of the mass fight in the city hospital, which resulted from a conflict in one of the cafes of Minvody.

October 21, 2014 05:53

• Elimination of disaster consequences is over in Anapa

  On October 20, Sergey Sergeev, the head of the city of Anapa, signed a decree on lifting the state of emergency in the resort city. The power supplies is fully restored electricity after the recent heavy rains. On October 21, an interdepartmental commission will start assessing the damage caused by the disaster.

October 20, 2014 23:38

• Armenian rights defenders call on politicians to recognize Shant Arutyunyan as political prisoner

  All political forces of Armenia should recognize Shant Arutyunyan, the convicted leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, to be a political prisoner, said Avetik Ishkhanyan, the chairman of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia.

October 20, 2014 20:15

• HRC "Memorial" calls on head of Dagestan to intervene in the situation in Untsukul District

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has asked the Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov to pay attention to the circumstances of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, and, in particular, the events in the settlement of Vremenny, and take measures to protect the rights of affected civilians.

October 20, 2014 18:16

• SBS of Ukraine announces attempt of saboteurs' penetration from Rostov Region

  As stated by the State Border Service (SBS) of Ukraine, a penetration of a sabotage and intelligence group from the Rostov Region of Russia was prevented in the Lugansk Region.

October 20, 2014 14:44

• Head of Committee "Mothers from Kuma River Area" detained in Stavropol Territory released

  In the Stavropol Territory, Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area", who has been engaged in investigating the deaths of Russian soldiers and who has been detained in Budyonnovsk, is now at home.

October 20, 2014 14:32

• Azerbaijan completes preliminary investigation into beating of rights defender Nasibov

  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan has completed a preliminary investigation of the criminal case opened in connection with the beating of the rights defender Ilgar Nasibov. At the same time, the court completed the investigation of the counter claim against him.

October 20, 2014 13:20

• Ex-Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili is sentenced to three years of imprisonment in case of Sandro Girgvliani's murder

  The Tbilisi City Court has announced the verdict in the case on the murder of Sandro Girgvliani. Vano Merabishvili, the former Prime Minister and the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, involved in the case as a defendant, accused of abuse of power, has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

October 20, 2014 12:43

• Leyla Yunus transferred to SIZO of Azerbaijani MNS

  In Azerbaijan, rights defender Leyla Yunus has been transferred from the Baku SIZO No. 1 (pre-trial prison) of the Penitentiary Service to the SIZO of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, where her husband Arif Yunus is being kept.

October 20, 2014 12:01

• In Quarter 3 of 2014, 62 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Dagestan

  In July-September 2014, at least 62 persons fell victims to the armed conflict in Dagestan. Of them, 48 persons were killed, and 14 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 20, 2014 11:43

• On October 13-19, nine persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of October 13-19, 2014, at least nine persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 8 persons were killed, and one more person was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 20, 2014 10:02

• Chechen law enforcers search for suspected accomplice of organizer of explosion on Grozny Day

  In Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies are searching for Magomed Zaurbekov, a Chechen resident. According to the law enforcers, Magomed Zaurbekov is an associate of Aslan Aliskhanov, the organizer of the explosion on the Grozny Day. Besides, Magomed Zaurbekov himself is preparing to commit a terror act.