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October 07, 2013 18:26

• Rally demanding to curb power tariff growth held in Volgograd

  About 1000 people took part in Volgograd in a rally against rising electricity rates. Volgograd is irreversibly losing the status of an industrial centre, leaders of the regional council of trade unions assert. The action was held within the World Trade Union Day of Action "For Decent Work".

October 07, 2013 17:47

• ICG's experts offer guidelines for settling conflict in Northern Caucasus

  The analysis of political forces, peculiarities of operation of law enforcement bodies and courts, and holding elections in Northern Caucasus have been presented today by experts from the International Crisis Group (ICG) in their report "Northern Caucasus: Complexities of Integration (III): Governance, Elections and Rule of Law".

October 07, 2013 15:41

• Dagestani SC forms jury in murder case of Deputy and his relatives in Kizlyar

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has formed a jury, which will consider the murder case of Magomed Gamzatov, a Deputy of the Kizlyar City Assembly, and his relatives, said a source from the Court.

October 07, 2013 15:36

• Georgia: Chela villagers split in their views on restoration of minaret

  The Muslims of the village demand to rebuild the dismantled minaret and state a deliberate inciting an inter-religious conflict, "which opens the door to terrorism." In their turn, the Orthodox residents complain about the infringement of their rights by Muslims. The authorities and NGO activists wait for the conflict to be addressed at the level of legislation about religious sites.

October 07, 2013 11:59

• Observers from European Parliament, OSCE, CIS and PACE come to Azerbaijani presidential election

  The presidential election in Azerbaijan will be monitored by the delegation of the European Parliament of seven members, along with more than 300 observers of the ODIHR/OSCE, over 300 observers from the CIS and 32 observers from the PACE.

October 07, 2013 10:11

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 30-October 6

  Solution of the case of threats to Georgian peacemakers and pardon by president of conditional convicts in Georgia; amnesty in Armenia dated to 22 years of independence; start of consideration of the bill on refusal from direct election of the head of North Ossetia; end of judicial investigation and verdict of the Supreme Court on cases of resonant killingsin the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory; stop of hunger strikes of parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities in Volgograd Region, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 30-October 6, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 07, 2013 10:00

• Power supply restored to apartment buildings in Kirov District of Volgograd

  The accident in the power grid of the Kirov District of the city has been eliminated, said Valery Taranov, the head of the press service of the Volgograd Branch of the Power Company "MRSK Yuga".

October 07, 2013 03:43

• 21 persons suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from September 30 to October 6

  The list of victims of the above week includes at least 21 people, of whom 15 persons were killed and six others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 06, 2013 21:56

• Rural teacher from Dagestan Akhberdilo Akhberdilov is among five best Russian teachers

  Akhberdilo Akhberdilov, a teacher of history from the Tidib Secondary School of the Shamil District of Dagestan, is one among the five finalists of the contest "Russia's Teacher of the Year".

October 06, 2013 05:35

• 500 flats in Kirov District of Volgograd have no power and heat for 5 days already

  Power engineers explain the outages in 500 flats of two apartment buildings in Volgograd by an accident caused by excessive loads on worn-out power grids. Repairs are underway, but the situation has not been remedied yet.

October 05, 2013 21:28

• Journalists beaten in the course of election campaign in Azerbaijan

  Local media have reported that unidentified persons have attacked and beaten several journalists. It happened at an election campaign rally in support of Jamil Gasanli, the presidential candidate of the National Council Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan, held in the city of Sabirabad.

October 05, 2013 16:44

• Sochi: ICRF checks application of abuse of power at Khosta ROVD

  The Investigating Division for the Khosta District of Sochi is checking the application lodged by Olga Sofronova, a local resident, about fabrication of a case on administrative offence against her by ROVD employees.

October 05, 2013 16:43

• Vladikavkaz: picketers demand to stop "Electrozink"

  A picket dated to another anniversary of a powerful emission of sulphur from the metallurgical factory "Electrozink" was held today in Vladikavkaz. The protesters demanded to close the factory, since it damages the environment and human health.

October 05, 2013 16:05

• Chechnya plans to open 25 kindergartens by year end

  Till the end of 2013, in the territory of the Chechen Republic, 25 new kindergartens will be opened. According to the information of the Chechen Ministry of Education, at present, in the republic, the line to place a child to kindergarten is about 38,000 children under the age of seven years old.

October 05, 2013 14:39

• Said Amirov asks Russian President to take his case under personal control

  The Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, who is held in custody in Moscow, has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to take his case under personal control.

October 05, 2013 14:00

• Dagestan opens memorial sign to participants of Caucasian War

  Today, the memorial sign to pay tribute to the memory of participants of the Caucasian War was opened near the village of Gunib in Dagestan.

October 05, 2013 13:34

• In Makhachkala, five persons detained on suspicion of disobeying police, one of them wounded

  Tonight, in Makhachkala, five men were detained, and one of them wounded. The detainees rendered resistance to policemen, and as a result, one of the law enforcers had to use firearm. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

October 05, 2013 12:56

• Chechnya dismisses imams who registered marriages between minors

  During the meeting held at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) in Chechnya on October 4, several imams who register marriages between minors in mosques were dismissed. This was reported by a representative of the SAM of Chechnya.

October 05, 2013 10:57

• Koba Djabua: Yusup Lakaev recovers from wound got in Batumi

  Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya, has recovered from wound got in a fire fight in Batumi, and he intends to ask for political asylum in Georgia. This was reported by advocate Koba Djabua.

October 05, 2013 00:15

• Volgograd: parents stop their hunger strike

  In Volgograd, parents with many children have decided to stop their hunger strike, Nikolai Shamaev, one of the protesters, has reported. On October 4, Nadezhda Kireeva, one of the hunger-strikers, was hospitalized with a heart attack.