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October 19, 2013 12:41

• Ilham Aliev officially takes office as President of Azerbaijan

  On October 19, Ilham Aliev, re-elected as President of Azerbaijan for the third term in a row, took the oath at a ceremony, held in the hall of the Azerbaijani National Assembly.

October 19, 2013 10:30

• 36 journalists take part in Media Forum "At Foot of Mount Ararat"

  The Media Forum ''At Foot of Mount Ararat", held in Yerevan on October 17-20, has brought together 36 journalists from Spain, Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.

October 19, 2013 05:12

• Abkhazia's GPO suspects local MP of killing Russian businessman

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia has asked the Republic's Supreme Court to consider the presence of crime attributes in the actions of the local parliamentarian Nodik Kvitsiniya, suspected of intentional killing of Sergey Klemantovich and Oksana Skarednova.

October 19, 2013 03:05

• Chechnya: military sappers de-mine over 200 ha in six weeks

  The servicemen of the engineering unit division of the Southern Military District have managed to de-mine over 200 hectares of land in the mountainous part of Chechnya.

October 19, 2013 01:30

• Picket in support of oppositional leader Alexei Navalny held in Volgograd

  On October 18, eight persons took part in a picket organized by the regional office of the "People's Alliance" Party in support of the oppositional leader Alexei Navalny.

October 19, 2013 00:45

• Election of the head of Kulinsky District was falsified, protesters in Makhachkala assert

  The rally held in the capital of Dagestan in defence of citizens' constitutional and electoral rights was attended by about 250 people, who stated massive violations at the election of the head of the Kulinsky District of Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 18, 2013 20:43

• Azerbaijan: NCDF postpones protest against election results to October 27

  The oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) has rescheduled the rally earlier planned for October 20 in Baku with a demand to cancel the outcome of the recent presidential election and appointment of a new election for October 27.

October 18, 2013 18:08

• Police disperses picket in support of Zeinalov held in front of the Russian Embassy in Baku

  In Azerbaijan, the police have suppressed an attempt to hold a demonstration outside the building of the Russian Embassy in Baku. The crowd protested against the ill-treatment of Orhan Zeinalov, a native Azerbaijan, suspected of killing a Muscovite.

October 18, 2013 17:55

• Protest in defence of Akhshtyr Quarry of Sochi held in Moscow

  Activists of the movement "Law and Order" and members of the "Yabloko" Party have held a series of solo pickets at the walls of the "White House" in Moscow in defence of the monuments of nature of Sochi. They protested against disposing the Olympic construction wastes in the Akhshtyr Quarry.

October 18, 2013 15:45

• Court arrests two participants of riots in Biryulyovo

  The Tver Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest two persons, who took part in the riots that burst out after the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Western Biryulyovo – a township of Moscow. According to the police, the arrested persons were actively involved in the riots.

October 18, 2013 11:20

• In Azerbaijan, two PFPA activists sentenced to administrative arrest

  In Azerbaijan, two activists of the "Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan" (PFPA) have been sentenced to different terms of administrative arrests. Members of the Party treat these detentions as politically motivated and associated with the activities of the arrested persons during the presidential election held on October 9.

October 18, 2013 10:50

• Policeman wounded in Khasavyurt dies in hospital

  A policeman, who got wounded last night in a shootout in Khasavyurt, died in the hospital. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

October 18, 2013 10:40

• Explosion near mosque in Dugulubgei is the sixth armed incident related to the village within 8 months

  Today, in the yard of the mosque in the village of Dugulubgei, an explosion occurred. As a result, two persons were killed. According to the preliminary information of the law enforcement agencies, the victims were carrying a bomb and were going to commit a terror act.

October 18, 2013 06:32

• Toromonyan family asks Sochi authorities to give them land to build a house

  In Sochi, Shushanik Maroyan, a mother of many children, a member of the Toromonyan family that is being evicted from their own house in the interest of Olympic construction, has filed a complaint to the Mayor, the Chief of Department for Family and Children's Affairs, and the City Prosecutor asking to allocate a land plot, not included in the Olympic withdrawal, and to control the observance of the law.

October 18, 2013 03:45

• In Sochi, builders of Media Centre complain to police about non-payment of wages

  Seven builders who worked at the construction of the Media Centre of the Sochi Olympics have filed a complaint to the police about non-payment of their wages by the employer. According to the builders' complaint, in total, the contracting company owes wages of hundred workers.

October 18, 2013 01:44

• Indira Cherdjieva: in Cherkessk, "Kunaki" film festival presents professional works

  In Cherkessk, the festival of documentary films and authors' TV shows "Kunaki" presents films of different levels. While watching some films, viewers have to "vote with their feet"; other films cannot leave anyone indifferent. This was stated by the audience of the festival.

October 17, 2013 21:40

• Russia's MFA confirms receipt of Azerbaijani note about Zeinalov's detention

  The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has received a note from Azerbaijan "with a request for a consular access" in the context of the detention of Orkhan Zeinalov, a suspect of killing Yegor Scherbakov in Biryulyovo, said the MFA's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.

October 17, 2013 21:29

• Georgia changes rules of journalists' work at polling stations

  At its sitting on October 16, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has changed the rules of journalists' working at polling stations on the voting day. Earlier imposed restrictions for mass media have been partly abolished. However, non-governmental organizations and mass media believe that the amendments are not enough for a full-fledged work of journalists.

October 17, 2013 20:10

• Builder of Olympic Media Centre stitched up his mouth, demanding salary

  Roman Kuznetsov, a resident of the Orenburg Region, has stitched up his mouth and went out into Sochi streets with a poster: "Give me my salary!" The builder of the Olympic Media Centre has undertaken the desperate action, because he had not received his salary for several months. This was reported by the Sochi lawyer Alexander Popkov.

October 17, 2013 12:54

• Delegation of Adygs living abroad approves preparation of Sochi Olympics

  Foreign delegates-Adygs, who visited on October 16 the Olympic facilities in Sochi, noted a positive impact of the prepared Games on the region. On the same day they met the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.