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January 03, 2014 18:18

• Sochi opens mountain Olympic village

  In Sochi, the mountain Olympic village was opened in the territory of the ski resort "Rosa Khutor". One of the key objects of the 2014 Winter Games is ready to receive 2600 athletes and sports officials.

January 03, 2014 17:05

• Karachay-Cherkessia: police investigates abduction of a minor

  Three residents of the Malokarachay District of Karachay-Cherkessia are suspected of abducting a minor girl, the press service of the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

January 03, 2014 14:13

• Putin to inspect problem Olympic facilities

  Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Sochi planning to hold total inspection of readiness of Olympic facilities and infrastructure, said his press secretary Dmitry Peskov, adding that special attention will be given to problem objects.

January 03, 2014 14:12

• Russian consulates abroad open "Olympic visa windows"

  All the major Russian missions abroad have opened special "Olympic visa windows", where visas for foreign guests of the Winter Olympics in Sochi can be draw up on the day of address, said Vladimir Titov, a Deputy Foreign Minister.

January 03, 2014 06:39

• Woman from Samara detained in Makhachkala is back at large

  Anastasia Dulevskaya, a native of Samara, detained on January 2, has been released, said an activist of the DRPO "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Currently Dulevskaya is at home.

January 03, 2014 05:52

• Stavropol: Ingush student accused of inciting interethnic enmity

  The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Stavropol has started the preliminary hearing of the criminal case initiated against Magomed-Bashir Archakov, born in 1993, a 4-year student of the Institute for Construction, Transports and Engineering, accused of incitement of interethnic hatred and enmity.

January 03, 2014 00:56

• Casualty of special operation in Khasavyurt identified as Marat Shikhshaidov

  As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, the person killed on January 2 in the city of Khasavyurt was identified as Marat Shikhshaidov; Aisha Idigova, who was also killed in the same operation, was his civil law wife.

January 02, 2014 19:58

• Volgograd hospitals still keep 46 victims of terror acts

  As reported by the regional government, the number of hospitalized victims of the terror act has increased to 46, while the count of grave patients has dropped to three.

January 02, 2014 18:43

• MIA: "Vikhr-Anti-Terror" operation in Volgograd results in over 700 detainees

  More than 700 people were detained for various offenses during the operation "Vikhr Anti-Terror", conducted in Volgograd after the terror acts, said the MIA of the Volgograd Region.

January 02, 2014 16:22

• Special operation in Khasavyurt: two people killed

  Two persons blocked in a flat of apartment block in Khasavyurt were killed, said the law enforcement spokesman of Dagestan.

January 02, 2014 15:45

• Five arrested young men stop hunger strike in Baku

  The five young activists arrested for taking part in the December 29 unsanctioned protest in Baku have stopped their hunger strike at the insistence of their parents, said Tural Abbasly, a board member of the "Musavat" Party. According to his story, the health condition of the arrested Orkhan Eyubzade became worse.

January 02, 2014 14:08

• Chechen MIA: New Year celebrations pass without incidents

  The celebrations of the New Year in Chechnya pass without any major incidents, said the local MIA. However, in the context of recent explosions in the Southern Federal District (SFD), policemen and rescuers are in the high alert regime.

January 02, 2014 13:33

• Sochi residents welcomed New Year at home for fear of terror acts

  Sochi streets were practically empty on December 31, 2013, and January 1, 2014, seeing only police patrol units cruising through the city, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. Sochi residents explain their reluctance to leave home by fear of terror acts.

January 02, 2014 10:25

• After explosions in Pyatigorsk and Volgograd, North Ossetia strengthen security measures

  As reported by Alla Akhpolova, the press secretary of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), after the explosions Volgograd and Pyatigorsk, law enforcement bodies of North Ossetia were put into the strengthened regime of service.

January 02, 2014 04:36

• Public local lore movement "For Our Vladikavkaz" founded in North Ossetia

  About 30 people have attended the foundation conference of the public movement "For Our Vladikavkaz", held in the capital of North Ossetia. The initiators report that they intend to implement projects related to the development of the urban ambient, environment protection and improvement of the tourist potential.

January 02, 2014 03:19

• Movses Akopyan: in 2013, count of shots at the forefront in Nagorno-Karabakh went down

  During their New Year visits to military units, officials of Nagorno-Karabakh recorded violations of the ceasefire. Compared with 2012, 2013 saw a decreased number of shots at the frontline, but an increased number of attacks from heavy sniper weapons, said Lieutenant General Movses Akopyan, the head of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 01, 2014 23:58

• 800 families from landslide zone receive new apartments in Ingushetia

  The city of Malgobek has commissioned opening 32 houses with the total floor area of 90,400 square meters, built for residents of the landslide area, which contain the new apartments for 800 families. Besides, in the city of Magas, they have commissioned a new residential complex of 17 houses.

January 01, 2014 19:15

• Mutsolgov: in 2013 no crime in Ingushetia was qualified as terror act

  In 2013, not a single crime in Ingushetia was qualified as an act of terror, said Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the Ingush human rights organization "Mashr", adding, by summing up the year, that the republic saw no kidnappings and no disappearances.

January 01, 2014 18:32

• "Eco Watch" activists released from detention centre in Tuapse

  On Wednesday, activists of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus" Alexei Mandrigelya, Anna Mikhailova and sisters Tatiana and Valentina Borisova, sentenced to three days of administrative arrest, left the detention centre in Tuapse, Krasnodar Territory.

January 01, 2014 16:32

• Baku: five youth activists go on hunger strike

  Today, five youth activists kept in Baku under administrative arrest have announced a hunger strike in protest against torture and inhuman treatment. The start of the action was reported by their parents.