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October 09, 2013 11:16

• Ingush authorities demand that 39 IDPs move out of barrack in Yandare

  Nine families of forced migrants living now in the village of Yandare, Nazran District of Ingushetia, have received prescriptions from district authorities to move out of the barrack occupied by them. Local officials promise to pay compensation for their rented housing; however, the settlers demand guarantees that the promise will be fulfilled.

October 09, 2013 07:21

• New jobs can stop KBR's out-migration, experts say

  The main reason for the outflow of people from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is the lack of a sufficient number of jobs and low wages, say the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 09, 2013 06:25

• Sochi court rules to deport stateless person to Georgia

  The Tsentralny District Court of Sochi has ruled to deport Vladimir Dolidze, a person with the passport of a citizen of the USSR, who needs specialized medical care, to Georgia. The consideration of the appeal was held without defence; and the ruling contains factual errors, said Alexander Popkov, Dolidze's advocate.

October 09, 2013 01:00

• NGO "Free Zone" announces start of protests against Georgia's participation in 2014 Olympics

  In Georgia, a non-governmental organization (NGO) "Free Zone" has announced a start of its daily protests against the country's participation in the Sochi Winter Olympics.

October 08, 2013 23:49

• Khasavyurt administration raises funds to pay off debts for electricity

  In Dagestan, in Khasavyurt, the city authorities have started urgent fund-raising with people and businesses to pay off the accrued debts for electricity. This was reported by Nurmagomed Nurmagomedov, an official from the city administration.

October 08, 2013 20:15

• Prosecutors artificially drag on trial in case against ex-Ministry of Defence of Georgia, advocates assert

  The consideration of the case against Bacho Akhalaya, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, who is accused of the brutal suppression of a prison riot, is unreasonably delayed, including by self-disqualification of prosecutor. This was stated by the defendant's advocate David Dekanoidze and the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association.

October 08, 2013 18:28

• Dagestan: advocate Magomedova requests payrolls of dismissed policemen from OVD

  The lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova has requested the payrolls of the ex-policemen, dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for health reasons, from the OVD (Interior Division) of Khasavyurt and Kazbek ROVD (District OVD).

October 08, 2013 17:46

• ECtHR accepts lawsuit of Gyumri-based GALA TV Company against Armenia

  The claim of the GALA lodged to the European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR) against the Republic of Armenia is already within the jurisdiction of the Court. In the near future, the so-called stage of discussing the claim will start. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Armenuhi Vardanyan, the editor-in-chief of the Internet edition "Galatv".

October 08, 2013 16:18

• Azerbaijan: oppositionist Gakhramanly warned about inadmissibility of uncoordinated protests

  On Tuesday, Fuad Gakhramanly, the Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was summoned to the Baku Main Police Office (BMPO), where he was warned about the inadmissibility of uncoordinated protest actions.

October 08, 2013 12:38

• CoA of Nagorno-Karabakh upholds verdict to students convicted for espionage

  The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Nagorno-Karabakh has ruled to dismiss the complaint of the defence of the students David Barsegyan and Rafael Avakyan, convicted for treason in the form of espionage to 11 and 10 years of imprisonment respectively.

October 08, 2013 12:22

• Azerbaijan: ruling party and observers state violations of "day of silence"

  In Azerbaijan, in the context of the "day of silence", on the eve of the presidential election, this morning they removed posters of candidates away from the promotional stands, specially installed in the streets. Independent experts point to the publication by state-owned newspapers of the report from the sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Ilham Aliev; while the ruling party accuses the oppositional newspapers of violating the rules of the campaign.

October 08, 2013 11:40

• Trial on Politkovskaya's murder case will continue on October 14

  The today's session of the Moscow City Court (MCC) that considers the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya was postponed again because of the quarantine at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov is kept.

October 08, 2013 11:21

• RWB launch campaign "Independent journalism is the only banned sport in Sochi"

  Independent journalism in the Krasnodar Territory is a combat sport, says the report of the "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB), the organization for protection of the freedom of information, published to the anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and to the start of the Winter Olympic Torch Relay.

October 08, 2013 06:03

• Azerbaijani rights defenders hold protest in Chisinau

  The participants from Azerbaijan at the Civil Society Forum of the member-states of the EU programme "Eastern Partnership", which was held on October 4-7 in Chisinau, organized a rally in defence of the rights of political prisoners kept in Azerbaijani prisons.

October 08, 2013 04:42

• Mamedli: reduction of campaigning period restricts chances for presidential candidates

  The Azerbaijani authorities have failed to create conditions for effective campaigning for the presidency; the candidates had no equal opportunities, since the incumbent President Ilham Aliev was in the privileged position by using the state resources and country's TV Channels, which have broadly covered the incumbent's current activities.

October 08, 2013 01:23

• HRW launches project "Alternative Map of Olympic Torch Relay"

  In parallel with the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics Torch Relay, the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) has started its project "Alternative Map of Olympic Torch Relay", aimed to draw attention to human rights problems in the towns and cities visited by the torch of the Sochi Olympics.

October 07, 2013 21:35

• Residents of Khasavyurt state absence of water supply; prosecutor's office makes a check

  From October 2, the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt has water supply outage, local residents assert. The local prosecutor's office has received no citizens' complaints; however, it making a check under its own initiative, said Gasan Yusupkadiev, the City Prosecutor.

October 07, 2013 21:13

• Memorial plaque to Anna Politkovskaya opened in Moscow

  Moscow has hosted the solemn opening of Russia's first memorial to the murdered journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya. As stated by Anna Stavitskaya, the advocate of Anna's children, the murder is not yet fully solved.

October 07, 2013 20:46

• KBR's Health Ministry refutes information of Prosecutor's Office about illegal health facilities

  All the public health facilities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have their due licenses, said Lilia Shomakhova, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Health of the KBR. According to her story, after the Prosecutor's Office had identified cases of lack of licenses, these institutions were duly licensed.

October 07, 2013 19:24

• Participants of rally in Vladikavkaz demand higher wages

  Today, the trade unions of North Ossetia have held a rally in Vladikavkaz demanding higher wages. On Monday, a number of cities of Southern of Russia, including Rostov, Krasnodar, Astrakhan, Elista, Volgograd and Maikop, held rallies and pickets within the All-Russian Trade Union Action "For Decent Work".