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November 02, 2013 17:58

• Armenian opposition stands against abolition of unemployment allowance

  Activists of oppositional forces have strongly criticized the bill presented by the government of Armenia, aimed at abolish of the unemployment allowance. According to the opposition, this governmental initiative "undermines the ideology of a social state."

November 02, 2013 17:19

• Ivanishvili: Irakli Garibashvili, head of MIA, will be Georgia's Premier

  Following the resignation of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the incumbent Prime Minister of Georgia, this post will be taken by the 31-year-old Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili. This was announced by Bidzina Ivanishvili at today's briefing, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

November 02, 2013 16:48

• Mitrokhin: slogan "Stop nourishing Caucasus!" leads to destruction of Russia

  The participants of the press conference held in Moscow on the problems of xenophobia and nationalism believe that the authorities are responsible for the growth of nationalistic sentiments in the society.

November 02, 2013 05:26

• In Sochi, builders engaged in Olympic facility construction, who claimed non-payment of wages, receive 1,000,000 roubles

  The workers from Tajikistan, who built an Olympic facility in Sochi and who claimed non-payment of their wages, have received from the employer one more million of roubles for repayment of the salary debt.

November 02, 2013 04:55

• In Chechnya, operation "Poppy 2013" identifies 168 drug-related crimes

  The large-scale anti-drug operation "Poppy 2013", held starting from this May, is completed in the Chechen Republic. During the operation, 168 crimes in the area of drug trafficking have been revealed in the territory of the republic.

November 02, 2013 02:43

• MIA: for recent 10 years, more than 3500 militants killed in Northern Caucasus

  For recent 10 years, from 2003 till 2013, more than 3500 members of the armed underground of Northern Caucasus were killed, and nearly 8000 others were detained. This was reported by Sergey Chenchik, Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

November 02, 2013 01:05

• Resident of Buynaksk District of Dagestan claims her daughter disappeared after being detained by law enforcers

  Starting from October 30, Azha Batyrkhanova, a resident of the Buynaksk District, cannot learn about the whereabouts of her daughter Zariyat Batyrkhanova, born in 1988. According to the woman, during the recent mobile phone conversation, her daughter has told her that she was detained by law enforcers and being brought to Makhachkala.

November 02, 2013 01:03

• In Baku, Court sentences four supporters of theologian Talekh Bagirzade to administrative arrest

  On November 1, four supporters of theologian Talekh Bagirzade were sentenced to the administrative arrests. Activists Bakir Suleimanov, Shakhriyar Abbasov, and Tabriz Sabirli were arrested for 15 days, and Abbas Guseinov was arrested for 30 days. This was reported by Elchin Bekhbudov, the leader of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture.

November 02, 2013 00:19

• Milana Bakhaeva: in Chechnya, special agents use violence against 10 convicts

  During the raid held on October 23, staff members of the special forces of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) used violence against 10 prisoners kept in a punishment isolation ward of the penal colony No. 2 located in the village of Chernokozovo of the Naur District of Chechnya.

November 01, 2013 19:40

• Azerbaijan: famous theologian Talekh Bagirzade sentenced to two years in prison

  Today in Baku, Talekh Bagirzade (Bagirov), accused of illegal possession of drugs, was sentenced to two years in prison. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict. According to Anar Gasymov, Bagirzade's advocate, the trial was held with flagrant violations.

November 01, 2013 18:41

• FSB: Stavropol madrasa pupils are suspected of extremism and pornography filming

  A secret women's madrasa was found in Stavropol, where the organizers promoted extremism among female students, the Territorial Department of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has reported.

November 01, 2013 14:35

• KChR's MIA reports detention of suspects of kidnapping Nauruz Cherkasov

  As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), four persons have been detained as suspects of committing grave crimes, including the kidnapping of entrepreneur Nauruz Cherkasov.

November 01, 2013 14:25

• Matiev: condition of victim of fire-fight near Galashki is stably grave

  As reported by Beslan Matiev, the Minister of Public Health of Ingushetia, the patient Bogatyryov, 60, a resident of the village of Galashki, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, who was wounded in a shooting, is in serious but stable condition; there is no threat to his life.

November 01, 2013 12:32

• Defence of Said Amirov asks Ministry of Public Health to intervene with medical treatment of dismissed Mayor at SIZO

  The defence of Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, who was dismissed from office, asks Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Public Health, to intervene with the situation with his medical treatment at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and claims new charges with plotting a terror act are groundless.

November 01, 2013 12:21

• In Dagestan, accomplice of grouping, which included Volgograd suicide bomber, detained

  In Dagestan, in Kaspiisk, a 28-year-old resident of Makhachkala was detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting some members of the "Makhachkala" grouping. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), suicide bomber Naida Asiyalova, who committed the terror act in Volgograd, was a member of the "Makhachkala" grouping.

November 01, 2013 11:47

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November 01, 2013 08:32

• In Stavropol Territory, local resident detained for possessing "shahid belt"

  A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in the form of a "shahid belt" was found in an abandoned private household on the outskirts of one of the villages of the Stavropol Territory. This was reported today by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

November 01, 2013 07:49

• Dagestani Parliament demands to prosecute Vladimir Zhirinovsky for "inciting ethnic hatred"

  At the Parliament of Dagestan, the faction Fair Russia Party prepared an appeal to the Prosecutor's Office against Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR). MPs demand to institute a criminal case against him for inciting ethnic hatred. This was reported by Kamil Davdiev, the leader of the faction.

November 01, 2013 06:59

• In Baku, five supporters of theologian Talekh Bagirzade detained

  In the Sabunchu District of Baku, five supporters of defendant theologian Talekh Bagirzade, who came to the court building to support him, were detained. This was reported by eyewitnesses. Later, three of the detainees were released.

November 01, 2013 03:50

• In Cherkessk, relatives of Khasan Khubiev hold two protest actions demanding to stop beating detainee

  About 20 persons took part in a picket near the Division of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Cherkessk, demanding to let them entering an IVS (temporary detention facility). They have explained their actions by the fact that their detained relative Khasan Khubiev was subjected to beatings.