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November 13, 2013 04:52

• Sergey Markarov: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has no military solution

  The planned meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group will not lead to a breakthrough in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This opinion was voiced by Armenian political analysts.

November 13, 2013 03:59

• ICRF checks reports on torturing North-Ossetian resident Ruslan Makoev

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation is carrying out the investigation into reports on torture of Ruslan Makoev, a resident of North Ossetia, accused of the Deputy Prosecutor's murder. Relatives of Ruslan Makoev claim that he got fourth-degree burns.

November 13, 2013 02:11

• Chechnya deports six illegal Vietnamese migrants

  Six Vietnamese nationals, who illegally stayed and worked in the territory of Chechnya, were deported from the republic. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" at the local department of the Federal Bailiffs' Service (FBS).

November 13, 2013 00:29

• Azerbaijan: court dismisses all defence's motions at Sadygov's trial

  On November 12, at the trial in the case against Yadigyar Sadygov, Adviser to the Chairman of the "Musavat" Party, Judge Elchin Kyazimov dismissed all motions filed by the defence, including the motion to disqualify the judge. This was reported by Khalid Bagirov, the defendant's advocate.

November 12, 2013 23:02

• Circassian activist from Adygea appointed deputy director of the department of home policy in administration of Krasnodar Territory

  Mugdin Chermit, a former MP of Adygea, Vice-President of the International Circassian Association and an Honorary Academician of the Adyg International Academy of Sciences, has taken the office of the deputy head of the department of home policy of the Krasnodar Territory, the Governor's administration has reported.

November 12, 2013 19:32

• Vladikavkaz: relatives of suspect accused of killing deputy prosecutor hold rally

  Today, about 200 persons – relatives and friends of businessman Ruslan Makoev, detained on suspicion of killing Oleg Oziev, Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Promyshlenny District Vladikavkaz, – held an unsanctioned protest rally near the building of the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

November 12, 2013 17:28

• Witness in Politkovskaya murder case reports about received threats

  Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department), earlier convicted for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", and now a witness at another trial on the case, has reported to the court about received threats.

November 12, 2013 17:26

• Kvitsiniya: proofs of my guilt presented by Abkhazian GPO are invalid

  Today, at the session of the Abkhazian Parliament, the MP Nodik Kvitsiniya, a suspect in the murder of Russian businessman Sergey Klemantovich and his girlfriend Oksana Skarednova, has stated his complete innocence and added that the proofs presented to parliamentarians are invalid and have no relation to him.

November 12, 2013 14:20

• MCC dismisses defence's motion to disqualify prosecutor in case of Anna Politkovskaya's murder

  Today, the defence of the defendants accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya has demanded to disqualify Prosecutor Maria Semenenko from the trial, accusing her of using inadmissible evidence and personal interest in the outcome of the case. The Moscow City Court (MCC) has dismissed the defence's motion.

November 12, 2013 14:07

• Vladimir Zhirinovsky: my statements about Northern Caucasus were misunderstood

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), has claimed that his statements about taking measures to prevent terror acts in Northern Caucasus, made during the TV show "Duel", were misunderstood by part of the society.

November 12, 2013 14:05

• In Cherkessk, over 70 persons rally against acquittal of policemen accused of killing detainees

  More than 70 persons attended the rally against the decisions of the courts of Karachay-Cherkessia that acquitted the policemen accused of killing detainees. The rally was held on the Square "Friendship of Peoples" of the city of Cherkessk. The protest action was attended by relatives of deceased Dakhir Djankezov and Nikos Mikhailidi.

November 12, 2013 12:58

• ICRF identifies suspects of bombing store in Makhachkala

  Makhmud Aliev, Gamzat Mutalimov, and Abumuslim Gasanov are suspected of the bombing of the store "24 Hours" in Makhachkala. This was reported by the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan.

November 12, 2013 11:00

• Chechen militants' helper sentenced to two years in colony-settlement

  A resident of the Gudermes District of Chechnya has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a colony-settlement for aiding a member of the armed underground. On November 11, the verdict against the former accomplice of the militant entered into force.

November 12, 2013 04:55

• Political scientists associate Armenia's desire to join CU with Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  By joining the Customs Union (CU), Armenia will solve a number of problems, in the first place, of its own interests, the participants of the videoconference "Armenia and CU: Public Dimension of Eurasian Integration" held on November 8 believe.

November 12, 2013 00:38

• Vladikavkaz: court acquits Mufti's son in case about distribution of film "Quran Miracles"

  Zaurbek Gatsalov, a son of the Mufti of North Ossetia, has managed to challenge the court's decision in May, when the court found him guilty of an attempt to hand over a CD with video film "Quran Miracles" to a prisoner. This has been reported today by an official of the magistrate court of Vladikavkaz.

November 11, 2013 16:28

• Abkhazian MP Nodik Kvitsiniya gives up his immunity

  The parliamentarian Nodik Kvitsiniya, a suspect in the murder case of Russian businessman Sergey Klemantovich and his girlfriend Oksana Skarednova, has submitted an application asking to lift up his parliamentary immunity, said the press service of the Parliament of Abkhazia.

November 11, 2013 15:30

• MCC extends arrest of figurants in Politkovskaya's murder case

  Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has left under arrest for other three months, that is, until February 21, 2014, the defendants in the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya.

November 11, 2013 13:44

• Judge of Chechen SC calls pressure by power agents as reason of his self-disqualification

  Vakhid Abubakarov, a judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has dismissed himself from the case of Suleiman Edigov, who is accused of an attempt on the life of a law enforcer and illegal arms circulation. The judge said that he was subjected to the pressure by a high-ranking MIA official, after which the sentences announced by him may look biased.

November 11, 2013 12:07

• Three of four defendants in the case of terror act in Domodedovo receive life sentences

  Today, the Moscow Regional Court has sentenced four defendants, accused of preparing the terror act committed at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport in January 2011 to prison terms ranging from 10 years to lifelong.

November 11, 2013 12:04

• Kardanov: during Olympic Games, Sochi to open prayer rooms for Muslim athletes

  At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Muslim athletes will be able to perform their religious duties in a specially dedicated prayer rooms. This was reported by Askerbiy Kardanov, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory.