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February 04, 2014 09:54

• IOC demands from OC "Sochi-2014" to solve the problem of hotels in Mountain Cluster

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged the Organizing Committee (OC) of the Olympic Games in Sochi to take urgent measures to address the problem of unavailability of accommodations for the journalists, who came to work in the Mountain Cluster of the Games.

February 04, 2014 07:59

• Trunov: refusal of Krasnodar teachers to attend Torch Relay may affect their future work

  The initiative to involve Krasnodar educators in the Olympic Torch Relay is a recommendation, but a refusal to go may have consequences for a teacher, said the lawyer Igor Trunov.

February 04, 2014 03:52

• Volgograd: parents of children with disabilities plan to go on hunger strike on February 4

  Parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities are going to start their protest hunger strike on February 4, as they stated at a press conference on February 3. Their demands include increase of monthly child allowances and provide free public transportation.

February 04, 2014 01:44

• Six activists of "EcoWatch" detained in Krasnodar

  In Krasnodar, on February 3, on the eve of the welcoming ceremony of the Olympic Flame, six activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) were detained.

February 03, 2014 23:52

• On the day of Olympic Torch Relay Maikop was crowded, citizens report

  A section of the Olympic Torch Relay was held today in the city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea. The festive event was held at elevated security measures; however, there were plenty of people in the streets, residents report.

February 03, 2014 21:31

• In Istanbul, 700 Circassians rally against Sochi Olympics

  On February 2, in Istanbul, at the building of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Turkey, a rally of the Circassian public against the Olympics in Sochi was held with the attendance of over 700 people.

February 03, 2014 19:49

• Tuapse court arrests Vitishko for 15 days

  Today, the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has been sentenced in Tuapse to 15 days of administrative arrest. Evgeny was detained in the morning when leaving the building of the criminal-executive inspection. At detention, policemen alleged that Evgeny Vitishko was suspected of committing a theft, the lawyer Alexander Popkov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

February 03, 2014 19:19

• At trial of Politkovskaya's murder case, jurors watch video from the doorway camera

  Today, the prosecutors showed the jury of the Moscow City Court (MCC) the video record from the surveillance camera at the entrance to the house of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated in the fall of 2006.

February 03, 2014 19:02

• Detainee dies in ROVD in Karachay-Cherkessia, his relatives assert (+video)

  Murat Borlakov, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, delivered today to the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division), has died there under unclear circumstances, according to his relatives. In demand to clear out what happened, his relatives and friends blocked Federal Highway A-155 Vladikavkaz-Dombay.

February 03, 2014 13:43

• Obama finds Sochi a safe city but can’t ‘discount’ terror threats

  Although the risk of terror acts during the Olympic Games in Sochi is real, the capital city of the Games is safe, said the President of the United States Barack Obama.

February 03, 2014 09:09

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on January 27-February 2

  Passage of the Olympic Torch Relay in the republics of Northern Caucasus; detention in Dagestan of suspected helpers to suicide bombers and identification of initiators of terror acts in Volgograd, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 27-February 2, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 03, 2014 08:57

• Navalny: Krasnodar authorities send 30% of educators to Olympic Torch Relay

  Alexei Navalny, a blogger and the leader of the unregistered "People's Alliance" Party, has spread information that the authorities of Krasnodar urge the bosses of the local Department of Education to ensure the presence of 30% of city teachers at the celebration of the Olympic Torch Relay on February 4.

February 03, 2014 02:39

• Arapova: there are no chances to challenge refusal of OC "Sochi-2014" to issue fan's passport

  Those who go to court to sue "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) demanding to repeal the provision in the rules on issuance of fan's passports, allowing to refuse to issue one without explanation, have no chance to win the trial, said Galina Arapova, the Director of the Centre for Defence of Media Rights.

February 03, 2014 02:02

• From January 27 to February 2, seven persons fell victim to armed conflict in North Caucasus

  In the course of the armed conflict in North Caucasus, during the week from January 27 to February 2, 2014, at least seven people suffered: five of them were killed and two wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 03, 2014 00:02

• Picketers in Sochi demand a Law on "Children of War"

  A branch of the public all-Russian organization "Children of War" was launched in Sochi. The first action of the branch was a picket held in support of the demand to pass a law on this category of citizens.

February 02, 2014 19:09

• Activist of "The Other Russia" states that OC "Sochi-2014" refused to give him fan's passport

  Pavel Nagibin, an activist of "The Other Russia" Party from Rostov-on-Don, claims the politically motivated actions of "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC), which has refused to issue a fan's passport to him, thus, prohibiting him to attend the Olympic Games in Sochi.

February 02, 2014 16:34

• Azerbaijani "Dalga" movement intends to seek tougher punishment for bringing people to suicide

  Since the start of 2014, Azerbaijan has registered 21 suicides and a few suicide attempts, including in the form of self-immolation, said a spokesman of the youth movement "Dalga" (Wave). Activists of the movement are going to demand from the authorities to toughen the penalties for bringing people to suicide.

February 02, 2014 10:57

• In Turkey, protest action "Circassians extinguish Olympic Flame" gathered 1200 people

  The protest against the Sochi Olympics, held in Ankara on February 1 under the motto "Circassians extinguish Olympic Flame", was attended by 1200 people.

February 02, 2014 02:42

• Suspect of false terror act report detained in Volgograd Region

  As reported on February 1 by the press service of the Chief Department for the Region of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), a suspect of making a false telephone call about a terror act has been detained in the Volgograd Region.

February 02, 2014 00:12

• Chechnya: mother of abducted girl complains about investigators' inaction

  The mother of Khadizhat Elimkhanova, a 20-year-old resident of Grozny, abducted in Chechnya, has complained to the Prosecutor's Office about improper investigation into her daughter's abduction. The Office has stated that they will supervise the investigation.