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January 08, 2014 00:31

• Law enforcers find IED in summer cottage of Astrakhan woman

  On January 7, in the Astrakhan Region, a female resident of Astrakhan was detained. In her summer cottage, law enforcers found and seized a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) with striking elements.

January 07, 2014 22:53

• Eprekht: over 4000 people are still missing after Karabakh conflict

  To date, the list of missing persons as a result of the Karabakh conflict makes more than 4000 people, said Sarah Eprekht, the head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yerevan.

January 07, 2014 18:48

• Orthodox Christians in Northern and Southern Caucasus celebrate Christmas

  Today, believers of the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian Orthodox Churches celebrate their Christmas. Hundreds of thousands people took part in the services, held at night on January 7 in the temples of the regions and countries of Northern and Southern Caucasus.

January 07, 2014 15:56

• In Dagestan, landmine explosion wounded two policemen

  Two policemen were wounded by the explosion that occurred yesterday en route of a police KamAZ truck in Dagestan, the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

January 07, 2014 15:02

• Ministry of Public Health: condition of children-victims of Volgograd terror acts is better

  As reported by Veronika Skvortsova, the Russian Health Minister, the children who suffered in the Volgograd terror acts and were transported to Moscow for treatment are on the mend.

January 07, 2014 13:01

• PACE Co-Rapporteurs in Azerbaijan demand transparency in Mamedli's case

  Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora and Joseph Debono Gresh, Co-Rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), have urged the Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider the decision to arrest Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT).

January 07, 2014 11:31

• Suspected suicide bombers from Dagestan, wanted in Moscow and Voronezh, live in Egypt, users of social networks report

  Djavid Kurugliev, a native of Dagestan, and his common-law wife Viktoria Fursa, who are suspected of terrorism are studying in Cairo. This was stated during the discussions in the open group of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) on the Facebook.

January 07, 2014 11:15

• Sochi launches Olympic Media Centre

  Sochi has opened the main Olympic Media Centre that can accommodate more than 6500 journalists. This was reported by the 2014 Olympics organizing committee.

January 07, 2014 10:38

• In Chechnya, two women injured by fire

  In the afternoon of December 6, in the high-mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya, two women were injured as a result of a fire in the shopping pavilion. Experts are to reveal the causes of the inflammation.

January 07, 2014 07:24

• In Sochi, pensioner claims being unlawfully detained and his car being seized by policemen

  Starting from mid-December, in Sochi, 64-year-old pensioner Valery Rogachov cannot get his car, which was seized by policemen. He believes the policemen unlawfully seized the vehicle and broke the law by falsifying a case of offence.

January 07, 2014 01:45

• Owner of store, blown up in Khasavyurt, complains about police inaction in protecting his family

  Owner of the "Akbar" store that was blown up in Khasavyurt on January 4 claims that the explosion was not the first attack on his family committed by members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). The man expresses his concern over the safety of his family members and complains about the inaction of law enforcers to protect them.

January 07, 2014 01:07

• In Azerbaijan, leader of Committee against Torture visits arrested youth activists

  On January 6, young activists, who were arrested in Baku after the protest actions held on December 29 and who went on hunger strike in detention, were visited by Elchin Bekhbudov, the leader of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture.

January 06, 2014 21:51

• Sochi tightens security from January 7

  Starting from tomorrow, January 7, special measures are introduced in Sochi to ensure security at Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Restrictions will be applied both to visitors and residents of the city.

January 06, 2014 19:46

• Rostov Region: ex-candidate for Zverevo Mayor stops his hunger strike

  Today, Valery Dyakonov, a former candidate for the post of the Mayor of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, who was on hunger strike in protest against violations at the September 8, 2013, elections of heads and deputies of municipal formations, has stopped his action because of health problems.

January 06, 2014 18:11

• Daily Star: Cameron endorses exchange of data among British and Russian special services before 2014 Olympic Games

  The British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered MI6 agents, in order to prevent terror acts at the Olympic Games in Sochi, to share their confidential data with their Russian colleagues, the British Daily Star has reported today.

January 06, 2014 15:14

• Special aircraft sent from Moscow to pick up another victim of Volgograd terror acts

  A special aircraft of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) was sent from Moscow to Volgograd to take another victim of the terror acts committed in Volgograd on the eve of the New Year for treatment in Moscow, the regional government has reported.

January 06, 2014 15:09

• Landmine goes up en route of police KamAZ truck in Dagestan

  Nobody has suffered from a landmine explosion on the way of a police KamAZ truck in Dagestan, a source from the local law enforcement bodies reports.

January 06, 2014 13:53

• Volgograd: policeman kills a pedestrian in traffic accident

  In the Tsentralny District of Volgograd, a policeman knocked down a pedestrian with his car; the victim later died in hospital, reports the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Volgograd Region.

January 06, 2014 12:05

• During Olympic Games in Sochi, Prosecutor's Office of Krasnodar Territory to open temporary receptions and hotline

  In Sochi, during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, to protect the rights of citizens, the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory will open temporary receptions and organize hotline phone. Citizens will have an opportunity to visit the temporary receptions from January 7 to March 16, 2014.

January 06, 2014 09:48

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on December 30-January 5

  Terror act in the city trolleybus in Volgograd; commissioning of several dozens apartment blocks for locals in Ingushetia; cancellation of the total ban on rallies, not related to the Olympics, in Sochi; resignation of the General Public Prosecutor of Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 30, 2013, to January 5, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".