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November 01, 2013 02:52

• In Astrakhan, action of "Strategy 31" attended by about 20 persons

  On October 31, in Astrakhan, near the monument "To Fighters for Soviet Power" in the Bratsky Park, a traditional action was held within the "Strategy 31". The action was attended by more than 20 persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 31, 2013 23:45

• Fifteen persons come out to protest against political repressions in Volgograd

  On October 31, in Volgograd, 15 people gathered for a rally against political repressions and for disbanding the Centre for Combating Extremism. The list of protesters' demands included release of all political prisoners and termination of repressions against "dissident political and civil activists."

October 31, 2013 22:33

• ECtHR awards 317,818 euros to five relatives of missing people from Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found violations of the rights of the applicants in the case of disappearance of five residents of Chechnya in 2001-2006; the relatives of the missing people have been awarded compensation in the total amount of 317,818 euros, says the decision of the court released today.

October 31, 2013 21:34

• Abkhazia puts Yusup Lakaev on international wanted list

  Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya and a suspect of killing the first secretary of the Russia's Embassy to Abkhazia Dmitry Vishernev and his wife Olga Visherneva, has been put on the international wanted list, reports the investigating department of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia.

October 31, 2013 12:56

• Dagestan: Magomed Gadjiev, ex-head of Kizilyurt District, assassinated

  In the morning of October 31, in the village of Komsomolskoe, Magomed Gadjiev, the former head of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, was shot dead by unidentified persons in his current workplace. His bodyguard was wounded, investigators report.

October 31, 2013 11:36

• Power of bomb exploded in Makhachkala was 4 kg of TNT equivalent

  The capacity of one of the bombs detonated on October 30 in the centre of Makhachkala was 4 kilograms of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

October 31, 2013 07:35

• Valery Khatazhukov: KBR authorities miss opportunity to prevent conflict with burial of suspected militants

  The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have failed to timely resolve the conflict situation that occurred in the village of Dugulubgei: the villagers do not allow burying a man killed in explosion at the general cemetery. This was stated by Valery Khatazhukov, the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre.

October 31, 2013 04:32

• Pakhomenko: law on compensation for damages by terrorists' relatives not to establish peace in Northern Caucasus

  The law, providing the possibility of compensation for damage caused by terrorist acts at the expense of terrorists' relatives, violates the principle of presumption of innocence and can lead to further split in society. This was stated by lawyers and members of non-commercial organizations, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 31, 2013 03:26

• In Rostov-on-Don, Orthodox believers protest against Halloween

  In Rostov-on-Don, activists of the parish youth centre at the Church of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Healer" hold an action calling to renounce celebrating Halloween. The activists distribute leaflets about the pagan roots of the holiday.

October 31, 2013 02:00

• Professor Maltsev: in Sochi, we need to restore shore protection structures after each storm to protect Olympic palaces

  In Sochi, usual autumn storms have destroyed structures of shore protection in the Imereti Lowland in the area of construction of the Olympic cluster. The construction was carried out in violation of the rules and without considering the conditions of Sochi, and thus, such incidents will repeat periodically. This was stated by Vyacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

October 31, 2013 01:15

• Makhachkala resident claims her relatives detained by law enforcers

  On October 30, Nargiz Babaeva, a resident of Makhachkala, reported that during the search, law enforcers detained her mother Larisa Babaeva and sister Olesya Babaeva.

October 30, 2013 23:59

• HRW: 100 days till Sochi Olympics – human rights violations continue

  One hundred days are left till the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should use the time to make a public statement on the violations related to the preparation for the Games in Russia, says the International Human Rights Watch (HRW).

October 30, 2013 23:32

• ICRF: car that brought Makhachkala bombers around found

  As a result of two explosions triggered in Dakhadaev Street in Makhachkala, according to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, 18 people were injured, one of them died. Investigators found the VAZ-2114 car which the bombers had used.

October 30, 2013 23:14

• ECtHR accepts 11 complaints on violations at parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

  As reported by Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Enlightenment Society of Azerbaijani, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted complaints of 11 citizens on violations of the law during the 2010 parliamentary elections.

October 30, 2013 22:11

• Tenants of house in Krasnodar block street in protest against electricity outage

  Residents of some houses in Korenovskaya Street in Krasnodar have tried, for some time, to block one of the major city streets in protest against the absence of electricity in one of the houses for two days. Due to the protest, a traffic jam was formed towards the exit from the city.

October 30, 2013 21:05

• Krasnodar Mayoralty refuses to sanction "Russian March"

  On November 4, activists of national-patriotic movements of the Krasnodar Territory are planning to gather in central Krasnodar, despite the refusal of the city Mayoralty to sanction the "Russian March" applied for by them. Organizational issues of the non-sanctioned gathering are discussed in several groups of social networks.

October 30, 2013 14:39

• Advocates in the trial of terror act in Domodedovo ask not to appoint life sentence to the defendant

  The defence of Islam Yandiev, accused of committing the terror act at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport in the winter of 2011, has asked the court not to sentence him to life imprisonment, because he had committed his crime under the influence of "the people involved in Wahhabism."

October 30, 2013 12:23

• In Chechnya, plastic surgeons start free surgeries as part of "Operation Smile"

  In Chechnya, a team of specialists in the field of plastic surgery has launched the next charity event called "Operation Smile". Within the project, surgeons will carry out surgeries for 70 children with maxillofacial pathologies, who live in different regions of the Caucasus. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Chechnya.

October 30, 2013 09:38

• Relatives of detained Imam of Kislovodsk refute official investigators' version

  Close relatives of Kurmanali Baichorov, the Imam of the mosque of Kislovodsk, have refuted the version of law enforcers, according to which the Imam was brought to the police station by GIBDD (road police) inspectors for possession of drugs.

October 30, 2013 04:26

• Ingush NGOs demand to solve problems of refugees affected by Ossetian-Ingush conflict

  Non-Governmental Organizations of Ingushetia has appealed to the authorities of the republic in connection with the anniversary of the events of 1992 in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. According to the appeal, the republic's authorities should ensure the return of refugees to their places of residence and to take measures to bring to justice the persons responsible for the outbreak of the conflict.