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January 24, 2014 00:46

• Armenia sets up fund to help political prisoners' families

  Armenia has established the charitable fund "Shant and Freedom" to provide assistance to family members of political prisoners. The Foundation has been already registered by state. This was reported on January 23 at the press conference by the trustees of the Foundation.

January 23, 2014 22:05

• Armenian MFA confirms killing of Sergey Nigoyan in Euromaidan in Kiev

  The Armenian Sergey Nigoyan took an active part in Euromaidan actions in the capital of Ukraine and died from a gunshot wound received there, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported.

January 23, 2014 20:29

• Vice-Premier of Dagestan Nasrutdinov and two ministers removed from office

  Today, the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov has dismissed three members of the government, including the detained Vice-Premier Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov, the press service of the government told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 23, 2014 17:11

• Three persons detained in Rostov-on-Don within checks after Volgograd terror acts

  Three people with a grenade, drugs and explosives were detained in a hotel in Rostov-on-Don during inspections that were initiated after the terror acts committed in Volgograd, Andrei Larionov, the head of the regional department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said today.

January 23, 2014 12:18

• In 2013, Dagestani Prosecutor's Office received 215 kidnapping messages

  As reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Dagestan, in 2013, they received 215 reports about kidnappings; of them, 190 referred to bride abductions with the aim of marriage.

January 23, 2014 10:26

• Medvedev: security services should treat Doku Umarov alive until reliable evidence of his death is presented

  Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev said that special services should treat Doku Umarov as a live person as long as reliable evidence of his death is presented. Meanwhile, on January 22, a new charge was presented in absentia to the leader of North-Caucasian militants leaders – of justifying of terrorism, said a source familiar with the situation.

January 23, 2014 07:39

• Exhibition in Cherkessk presents 39 sand paintings on Caucasian War

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, an exhibition, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasian War, presents 39 works by Sheomir Guchepshoko, a Circassian painter.

January 23, 2014 06:51

• Picketers for children rights in Volgograd demand from authorities to reduce state costs

  On January 22, five people went out to hold a picket for the rights of children, which was held in front of the building of the Central Bank in Volgograd. They demanded from state bureaucrats to cut their expenses and direct the saved money to treat sick children.

January 23, 2014 05:56

• Rostov-on-Don: number of detained opponents of Olympiad-2014 reaches four

  Now, there are already four activists who criticized the Olympic Games in Sochi and were detained for that in Rostov-on-Don. Eduard Nikolaev, a member of the unregistered "December 5 Party", is the fourth one. On January 22, this was reported by Alyona Rudsko, the coordinator of the "Citizen Observer" Project for the Rostov Region.

January 23, 2014 03:01

• Rachel Denber: Olympic safety should not be used as pretext to persecute activists

  The Olympic construction has caused damage to the Sochi environment and natural reserves of the region; and in the course of preparing the Games, the authorities strengthened pressure on civil society activists, said the participants of the press conference held in Moscow on January 22.

January 23, 2014 01:49

• 300 Euromaidan supporters rally in Tbilisi

  About 300 people gathered in front of the former building of the parliament in Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi to express their support to Euromaidan protesters in Kiev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 22, 2014 22:37

• Taganrog journalist states he was detained because of Olympic Torch Relay

  In the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region, policemen detained Ivan Sedush, a local TV reporter, and kept him for four hours. The detainee has associated it with the Olympic Torch Relay held in Rostov-on- Don; in their turn, the police argue that he was not detained, but just invited for a talk.

January 22, 2014 18:35

• NOCs of Germany, Italy and Slovenia receive letters with threats of terror acts in Sochi

  Today, officials of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Germany, Italy and Slovenia have reported that they had received emails with threats of terror acts against their athletes who go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

January 22, 2014 16:57

• Organizing Committee "Sochi-2014" releases behaviour rules for Olympic fans

  The rules are posted on the official website of the Winter Olympics: fans are not allowed to bring any dangerous items to the sporting facilities, signal flares and big bags. Violators will be deprived of accreditation and fan passport.

January 22, 2014 16:10

• Dagestani native living in Tyumen fears provocations in context of information that he is wanted

  Kalsyn Akkaziev, a native of Dagestan, states that he is persecuted by law enforcers of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, where he lived before 2012. According to Akkaziev, he was put on the operative wanted list as a potential terrorist; therefore, he is afraid of provocations. The police of Yugra deny that Akkaziev had been put on the wanted list.

January 22, 2014 15:00

• Hungarian NOC reports on threats in connection with Olympic Games in Sochi

  The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Hungary has received a letter containing the terrorist threats on the eve of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. This was reported today by Zsolt Borkai, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Hungary.

January 22, 2014 12:41

• Information about suspected female terrorist wanted in Sochi appeared on Internet last summer

  American and Sochi media report on four wanted female suicide bombers who are allegedly willing to blow themselves up during the Olympic Games in Sochi. The orientation report describing one of them has been disseminated on blogs in last August: it was reported that the potential female suicide bomber is in North Ossetia and that she can commit a terror act in one of the Russian cities. Internet users note the contradictions in the disseminated orientation reports.

January 22, 2014 11:01

• Relatives of North-Caucasian natives imprisoned in Mordovia claim prisoners are subjected to oppressions

  Imprisoned natives of Northern Caucasus, who are serving their sentences in the penal colony No. 7 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) Department for the Republic of Mordovia, complain about oppressions on a national basis committed by the administration of the penitentiary institution.

January 22, 2014 10:16

• Azerbaijani civil society activists and oppositionists are not satisfied with meetings with PACE Co-Rapporteurs

  On January 21, in Baku, members of NGOs and opposition parties of Azerbaijan met PACE Co-Rapporteurs Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora and Joseph Debono Gresh. Civil society activists and oppositionists have expressed their dissatisfaction with the attitude of the PACE Co-Rapporteurs, who, according to the activists, were trying to smooth the problems and shortcomings existing in the country.

January 22, 2014 03:21

• In Astrakhan, organizer of "People's Assembly" was fined by 1000 roubles

  Judge Yulia Rogova from the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has found Igor Stenin, one of the organizers of the "People's Assembly" in Astrakhan guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced him to an administrative fine in the amount of 1000 roubles.