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January 17, 2014 20:28

• Restaurant shelled in Makhachkala

  Unidentified persons made a shot from a grenade launcher at the entertainment centre "Golden Empire", which is housing a hotel and a restaurant; ten minutes later an explosion occurred at the building. According to preliminary data, there are no victims, a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 17, 2014 19:32

• Picket against removal of Karl Marx monument scheduled in Rostov-on-Don for January 19

  Activists of the local branch of the movement "Suts Vremeni" (Essence of Time) are going to hold a picket in Rostov-on-Don against the removal of the monument to Karl Marx and collect at least 300 signatures to the petition addressed to the Governor of the Rostov Region, Maxim Goncharov, the press secretary of the movement, has reported.

January 17, 2014 18:54

• Armenia: Shant Harutyunyan's advocate challenges investigators' group

  In Armenia, Inessa Petrosyan, the advocate of Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, who was detained during the "Million Mask March", has petitioned the General Prosecutor's Office with her challenge of the investigative group and its head Samvel Tonoyan. The petition should be considered before January 19.

January 17, 2014 18:18

• Chechen power bodies have indirect proves of Umarov's death, said a source

  The respective power bodies of Chechnya possess records of telephone conversations, where militants talk about Dokku (Doku) Umarov's death, said a source from law enforcement bodies of the republic. However, according to Sergey Goncharov, the President of the Association of Veterans of "Alpha" Anti-Terror Unit, such a talk is not a proof of the fact of the death.

January 17, 2014 16:10

• Court extends examination on recognition of "Union of Don Women" a foreign agent

  The Novocherkassk City Court has extended till January 27 the time allocated for examining the documents on recognition of the public organization named the "Union of Don Women" as a foreign agent, said Valentina Cherevatenko, the leader of the Union.

January 17, 2014 15:38

• Six participants of ethnically motivated killing in Rostov convicted

  Six persons who committed a murder in Rostov-on-Don on the motives of national hatred have been sentenced to various terms in prison by the North-Caucasian District Military Court.

January 17, 2014 13:34

• In Quarter 4, 2013, 267 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  At least 267 people suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the fourth quarter of 2013; of them, 152 people were killed and at least 115 people were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

January 17, 2014 10:45

• Moscow Mayoralty has agreed to route of march in memory of lawyer Markelov

  The march in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, scheduled for January 19, has been sanctioned by the Moscow Mayoralty, said Lev Ponomaryov, one of the organizers of the march and the leader of the movement "For Human Rights". According to his story, the city authorities agreed on the route proposed in the application, provided the transition from one boulevard to another will take place without using the symbols.

January 17, 2014 08:20

• Resident of Nalchik fined by 300,000 roubles for extremism

  The Nalchik City Court has found a local resident guilty of publicly calling to extremist actions and fined him by 300,000 roubles. As reported by the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of Kabardino-Balkaria, a man named Mottaev was found guilty; however, no more details about this person were disclosed.

January 17, 2014 02:09

• Resident of Ingushetia asks rights defenders to protect his brother, detained in Rostov-on-Don, from torture

  Three natives of Ingushetia have been detained by policemen in Rostov-on-Don. Their relatives have learned that the detainees are suspected of intending to commit a terror act. A brother of one of them has turned to human rights organizations and the Public Oversight Commission of the Rostov Region with a request to prevent the torture of the detainees.

January 16, 2014 23:41

• Selimkhanova: unidentified people in Dagestan collect data on "Pravozaschita" activities

  Aisha Selimkhanova, the spokesperson for the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), said that she fears for her life after a visit to the DRPO's office of unidentified persons who asked about her work schedule.

January 16, 2014 18:26

• Chernyshenko: 70% of Olympic tickets sold out

  Russian and foreign winter sport fans have already bought out more than 70% of the tickets for the competitions of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, said Dmitry Chernyshenko, the President of the Organizing Committee "Sochi-2014". Most of them were sold through the Internet.

January 16, 2014 17:46

• North Ossetia cuts Olympic Torch Relay for safety reasons

  The Olympic Torch Relay in North Ossetia has been shortened for safety reasons and will be held on January 30 at the "Spartak" Stadium in Vladikavkaz, said the Ministry of Youth Matters, Physical Culture and Sports of North Ossetia.

January 16, 2014 16:46

• Ministry of Public Health: eight victims of Volgograd terror acts are in grave and critical condition

  According to recent data released by the Ministry of Public Health of Russia, hospitals of Volgograd and Moscow are still treating 38 victims of the terror acts.

January 16, 2014 16:05

• Dagestan: Tarum District and area bordering on Stavropol Territory put under CTO regime

  In Dagestan on Thursday, the legal regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the 20-kilometre band on the administrative border with the Stavropol Territory and in the Tarum District, the republic's operative headquarters has reported.

January 16, 2014 15:40

• Moscow Mayoralty refuses to sanction rally against Caucasophobia

  The reasons for refusal and future actions of the organizers will be announced at a press conference to be held on January 17 by the organizing committee, Abakar Abakarov, one of the organizers of the event, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 16, 2014 13:40

• Sochi invites 1300 health professionals to work at Olympic Games

  At the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, medical support will be provided by nearly 1300 health professionals from Moscow, Republic of Tatarstan and Krasnodar territorial medical institutions. This was reported by the Ministry of Public Health for the Krasnodar Territory. Doctors are ready to render medical assistance at 39 centres located at 18 Olympic venues.

January 16, 2014 13:37

• In Chechnya, law enforcers detain young people because of their appearance, local residents report

  In Chechnya, local residents report that within recent days, law enforcers regularly detain in the streets and interrogate young people as suspected followers of radical Islam. According to the local residents, the law enforcers persecuted men wearing beards and women in hijabs. Officials from the law enforcement bodies explain the situation by taking preventive measures.

January 16, 2014 13:04

• Bulgarian President and Prime Minister agree to visit opening ceremony of 2014 Olympic Games

  Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, have confirmed their intention to come to Sochi to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. The Bulgarian National TV Company is preparing to a large-scale coverage of the 2014 Olympic Games.

January 16, 2014 13:02

• In December 2013, 107 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In December 2013, at least 107 people suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 62 people died and 45 were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.