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March 05, 2014 15:55

• Several protesters against demolition of houses in Baku arrested

  Seven participants of the March 3 protest against demolition of houses in the central district of Baku have been sentenced to various terms of administrative arrest, local media report citing information from social networks on the Internet.

March 05, 2014 14:52

• Dmitry Bulatov, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, states boycott of Sochi Paralympics

  The Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Dmitry Bulatov has officially announced the decision to boycott the 11th Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi; however, the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC) has not yet made a final decision.

March 05, 2014 08:53

• Volgograd: library staff complains about closing by Mayoralty without warning

  Employees of Library No. 5 of Volgograd report that on March 3 they could not get to their workplaces. According to their story, the doors were closed; and they were not even allowed to take their personal belongings.

March 05, 2014 08:26

• EU allocates 22.5 million euros to Georgia for governmental reforms

  During his visit to Tbilisi, Stefan Fule, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, signed an agreement between the European Union (EU) and Georgia on allocation of 22.5 million euros to reform of the financial system and democratic institutions of the country.

March 05, 2014 05:47

• Baku starts dismantling building, where PFPA office was situated

  On March 4, Baku authorities began dismantling the building, which housed the office of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), explaining their actions by the emergency condition of the building.

March 05, 2014 04:48

• Azerbaijan returns 77-year-old prisoner to Armenia

  The Azerbaijani party has returned to the Armenian counterpart Mamikon Khodjoyan, a 77-year-old resident of the border village of Verin Karmirakhbyur of the Tavush Region. He is in grave condition and unable to recognize anyone.

March 05, 2014 00:39

• Volgograd rally in support of Crimea was 5000 strong

  The rally in support of the Russian-speaking population living in the territory of Ukraine, which was held on the Mamaev Kurgan, near the Lake of Tears, gathered about 5000 persons.

March 04, 2014 23:59

• Sochi Cossacks decide to exclude Grigory Uchkurov from Cossack society after incident with Pussy Riot (+video)

  On March 4, Cossacks of Sochi decided, at their general assembly, to exclude Grigory Uchkurov from their ranks. In Uchkurov's opinion, the decision was caused by his support of Pussy Riot.

March 04, 2014 20:55

• Experts doubt appeal of 143,000 residents of Ukraine for asylum in Russia

  The information of the Russian Frontier Service that 143,000 Ukraine residents have asked asylum in Russia is questionable, says Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Committee "Civil Assistance".

March 04, 2014 19:32

• CPFPA member killed in Azerbaijan

  Aidyn Khalilov, a member of the oppositional Classic Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (CPFPA), was killed this afternoon in the village of Garachala, Salyan District of the country.

March 04, 2014 19:09

• Torchbearers from all NCFD subjects take part in Paralympic Torch Relay in Magas

  Today, the Ingush capital Magas welcomed the Paralympic Torch Relay. Since Ingushetia is the only region of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) to welcome the Paralympic Torch Relay, today delegates from all the NCFD subjects came to take part in the torchlight procession.

March 04, 2014 13:33

• US and British governmental delegations would not visit Paralympics because of events in Ukraine

  The White House has cancelled the visit of the presidential delegation to the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi because of "Russia's military intervention in Ukraine," said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.

March 04, 2014 13:21

• Azerbaijani authorities demand from PFPA to vacate the building housing its office

  Baku authorities are evicting the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) from the building in the Nariman District of the capital, where it has its office, on the grounds that the house is in the state of emergency after the explosion and needs demolition.

March 04, 2014 08:55

• Special operation in Izberbash killed at least four people, sources report

  Law enforcement sources report that the special operation conducted in the Dagestani city of Izberbash killed at least four people.

March 04, 2014 06:55

• State officials of North Ossetia intend to transfer their one-day salary to help Crimea residents

  State servants of North Ossetia have decided to transfer their one-day salaries to the help fund for residents of the Crimea. The collection of humanitarian aid is organized by the republic's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

March 04, 2014 06:14

• "National Revival" Party of Nagorno-Karabakh plans to organize schools on international relations and human rights

  During the spring months of this year, the "National Revival" Party in Nagorno-Karabakh is going to organize two schools on the topics of international relations, human rights and civil society. Iyk Khanumyan, the party chairman, said that any person, regardless of age or political affiliation, can become a trainee of the schools.

March 04, 2014 03:45

• Sapiyat Magomedova, lawyer from Dagestan, awarded Homo Homini Award

  On March 3, in Prague, Sapiyat Magomedova, a lawyer from Dagestan, received the Prize Homo Homini (Man to Man) for 2013, awarded by the Czech human rights organization "People in Need" for special achievements in human rights activities.

March 04, 2014 00:33

• Protest rally against demarcation held at Georgia-South-Ossetian border

  In Georgia, in the area of the pre-border settlement of Atotsi public activists held a protest action against building of engineering facilities on the border with South Ossetia.

March 03, 2014 20:51

• Baku police stops protest against house demolition

  Today, the Azerbaijani police have prevented residents of central Baku from holding a protest – they are dissatisfied with the amount of compensations offered to them for demolition of their houses.

March 03, 2014 16:15

• PFPA believes that its office was blown up intentionally (+video)

  The explosion in the office of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) may be an attempt to put pressure on the party because of its oppositional activities, said Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Party. According to her story, now, the PFPA can be moved out under the pretext of the emergency condition of the building.