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March 07, 2014 07:34

• Case on soldier's death in Astrakhan Region sent to reconsideration

  On March 5, at the court session at the Military Court of the Znamensky Garrison of the Astrakhan Region, the military prosecutor's office moved a petition to cancel the investigator's decision to stop the criminal case on the death of Private Vadim Mambetov; the case was sent for retrial.

March 07, 2014 07:34

• Theological conference in Makhachkala urged Muslims to moderation

  On March 6, in Makhachkala, the international theological conference "Russian Muslims: Rights and Duties" completed its work. The participants called their fellow Muslims to moderation, rejection of fanaticism and non-admission of neglect of norms of Islam, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 07, 2014 05:22

• ECtHR starts communicating with Azeri Govt on Yagublu's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted the complaint lodged by Tofig Yagublu, the deputy chairman of the "Musavat" Party on violation of his right to freedom. The complaint was filed in connection with Yagublu's arrest in February 2013 under the criminal case on the riots in the Azerbaijani city of Ismailly.

March 07, 2014 03:26

• Dagestani native suspected of involvement in IAFs in Syria

  Shamil Nurmagomedov, a native of the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, is accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in Syria. His advocate Sapiyat Magomedova treats the charge as illegal, stating that the confession was squeezed under pressure.

March 07, 2014 02:27

• Georgia: 1500 gold miners on strike

  On the 22nd day of the strike held by workers of gold mines in Bolnisi, the number of protesters has reached fifteen hundred. Employers made some concessions, but the workers insist on reinstatement of all their earlier dismissed colleagues.

March 07, 2014 00:30

• "EcoWatch": Evgeny Vitishko placed into colony-settlement No. 2 in Tambov Region

  On February 24, Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), was convoyed from SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Krasnodar to serve his term in the Tambov Region; and he is now in colony-settlement No. 2 of the Department for the Tambov Region.

March 06, 2014 23:32

• Residents of Aragatsot District of Armenia block highway demanding to stop building water line

  In Armenia residents of the villages of Ushi, Oganavan, Artashavan, Karbi, Sagmosavan, Erznka and Egvard, located in the Aragatsot Region, blocked the highway Ashtarak-Aparan. They demand to stop the construction of a new hydropower plant (HPP) on the water line Aparan-Yerevan.

March 06, 2014 22:10

• Sochi residents report low citizens' interest in Paralympic Torch Relay

  The final stage of the Paralympic Torch Relay was held in Sochi today with a small number of spectators, unlike the Olympic Torch Relay, local residents report.

March 06, 2014 19:25

• Stavropol Territory holds two rallies in support of Russian-speaking population of Ukraine

  Rallies, declared as actions in support of Russian-speaking population of the Crimea and the entire Ukraine, were held today in Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk. The participants expressed their support for Russia's official position on the Crimean issue.

March 06, 2014 16:03

• Alisoy, PFPA activist, sentenced to administrative arrest in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, Tyurkel Alisoy, a member of the Board of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was subjected to administrative detention for 20 days. This decision was made today by the Nasimi District Court of Baku, which found Alisoy guilty of disobeying lawful demands of policemen.

March 06, 2014 12:22

• Sochi Relay unites Paralympic Flames from all regions of Russia

  Sochi has launched the final stage of the Paralympic Winter Games Torch Relay. On March 5, the Central Square of the Ski Centre "Roza Khutor" in Krasnaya Polyana was the venue of the symbolic unification of the Paralympic Flame, which had visited – within 10 days – 46 cities in eight federal districts of Russia.

March 06, 2014 09:27

• Two brothers from Dagestan suspected of preparing terror act detained near Volgograd

  As reported on March 5 by a law enforcement source, two brothers from Dagestan – Arsen and Arthur Khabibulaev – were detained in the Svetloyarsky District of the Volgograd Region on suspicion of preparing a terror act.

March 06, 2014 07:01

• Clash in Geguti Prison in Georgia results in inmate's death

  Inquiry is underway in Geguti Prison No. 14 into the murder of the convict Gigi Pertanadze, committed at night on March 4 during a scuffle of five inmates, says the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia.

March 06, 2014 03:43

• Kabardino-Balkaria releases a book on Balkars' deportation

  The publishing house of Maria and Victor Kotlyarov in Kabardino-Balkaria has published a book written by them – "Balkaria: Deportation. Eyewitnesses Evidence", dated to the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Balkar people.

March 06, 2014 02:49

• In Volgograd, Communists send over 50 kilos of small coins to Governor Bozhenov

  Volgograd Communists have mailed more than 50 kilograms of small coins to the regional governor, which were collected during the campaign "Give your last kopeck to Bozhenov!"

March 06, 2014 00:01

• Yerevan: four picketers detained in front of Russian Embassy

  The police have detained four activists who held a picket in front of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. In total, about 30 persons protested against Russia's actions in relation to Ukraine.

March 05, 2014 23:09

• Baku: 10 picketers protest near Russia's Embassy

  Today, opposite the Russian Embassy in Baku a picket was held in protest against the policy of Russian authorities in Ukraine. It was attended by about 10 young people.

March 05, 2014 21:13

• SC of KBR cancels Syrian student's deportation

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has quashed the February 10 decision of the Nalchik City Court to deport Atakhman Ayal, a Syrian Circassian and a student of Kabardino-Balkarian Agricultural University, away from Russia.

March 05, 2014 19:10

• At the trial of Politkovskaya's murder witness testifies against defendant Rustam Makhmudov

  Oleg Golubovich, a citizen of Belarus, a witness in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", has identified the defendant Rustam Makhmudov as the direct perpetrator.

March 05, 2014 16:12

• Dagestani resident accuses power agents of coercion to give DNA assay

  Magomed Maitiev, a resident of Makhachkala, reports that in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) he was forced to give a DNA assay against his will; and now he is forced to sign documents on the criminal case of policeman's murder, to which, according to his story, he has no relation.