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September 30, 2013 22:09

• Volgograd: parents of disabled children stop their hunger strike

  The parents of disabled children have stopped their hunger strike in Volgograd, having received promises of the officials of the All-Russian Popular Front (ARPF) to satisfy their demands, as the former hunger-strikers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 30, 2013 21:16

• Dagestan starts retrial of "honour killing" case

  Today, the Kizilyurt District Court has begun a retrial on the murder of a woman from the village of Nechaevka. The defendant – the casualty's uncle – has refused to plead guilty and testify.

September 30, 2013 17:28

• In Azerbaijan, the case of theologian Bagirzade sent to court

  Azerbaijan has completed a preliminary investigation into the case of theologian Talekh Bagirzade, accused of illegal possession of drugs. The case was sent to the court. The defendant remains in custody, despite the expiration on September 30 of the term of his arrest, said his advocate Jawad Javadly.

September 30, 2013 15:38

• Pushkov: Georgia rejects entry of Russian MP who has visited Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The Georgian authorities have denied entry to the Russian MP Vasily Likhachov, a member of the PACE delegation for monitoring the election in Georgia. This was stated by Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Russian delegation to the PACE office.

September 30, 2013 15:16

• Law enforcers inspect RPF's Dagestani Department and check 2012 documents

  Today, at the Department of the Russian Pension Fund (RPF) for Dagestan, law enforcers have started searches and seizure of documents to be examined for fraud and embezzlement.

September 30, 2013 13:53

• In Azerbaijan, BCA leaves son of opposition party's leader in custody

  Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the complaints filed by Tyurkel Kerimli, a son of Ali Kerimli, the leader of the "Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan" (PFPA), and two other young men, who had been sentenced by the court to administrative arrest on charges of disobeying police.

September 30, 2013 13:18

• Bomb planted in restaurant defused in Makhachkala

  Combat engineers have defused an improvised explosive device with capacity of 12 kg of TNT left by unidentified persons at the restaurant "Golden Empire" in Makhachkala. This was reported by the Operational Headquarters in the Republic of Dagestan.

September 30, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 23-29

  Suicide bombing and killing of SC judge in Dagestan; investment forum in Sochi, held after emergency situation caused by bad weather; conviction of Hilal Mamedov, editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado", in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 23-29, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 30, 2013 07:44

• Protesters burn Georgian President's effigy down

  On September 29, several hundred residents of the capital of Georgia, who are not satisfied with the pace of restoring justice in the country, held an action near the parliament building in central Tbilisi.

September 30, 2013 03:46

• During week of September 23-29, 42 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 23-29, 2013, at least 42 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 21 persons were killed, and 21 persons were wounded.

September 29, 2013 17:36

• Advocate Sapiyat Magomedova claims investigator loses complaint about torture used against Dagestani resident

  Investigator from the Khasavyurt Inter-District Investigating Division has lost a complaint reporting on torture against Shamil Salatgereev, a resident of Dagestan. This was reported by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

September 29, 2013 16:42

• Policeman wounded in Makhachkala dies in hospital

  Police Sergeant, who was wounded to his head in an armed attack on a police squad that was committed on September 28 in Makhachkala, died at the hospital. This was reported by a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

September 29, 2013 14:35

• Alisa Ganieva's book about Dagestan included in long list of "NOS" Award

  Alisa Ganieva's book about Dagestan has been included in the long list of the "NOS" Literary Award. The short list is to be announced on October 31, and the winner will become known in late January 2014.

September 29, 2013 08:48

• Relatives of three Dagestani women claim their disappearance

  The disappearance of three female residents of Khasavyurt, Kizlyar, and Dokuzparin Districts of Dagestan was reported to the police by their relatives.

September 28, 2013 22:45

• Georgian journalists hold protest against fencing Georgian-South-Ossetian border

  Today, in the village of Dvani, about 100 workers of Georgian media held a rally against installation of barbed wire separating the territory of South Ossetia from Georgia. A few days ago protests were held by local residents. Authorities of South Ossetia treat such actions as provocations, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 28, 2013 19:14

• Baku: activists of ReAl, "Nida" and Islamists support oppositional presidential candidate Gasanli

  The participants of the today's several-thousand-strong oppositional rally in Baku have expressed their support for the presidential candidate from the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli. Speakers at the rally called on citizens to take an active part in the voting on October 9 – the president election day.

September 28, 2013 17:30

• Decision to stop inquiry into death of 24 civilians in Katyr-Yurt challenged in Grozny

  As reported by Kirill Koroteev, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on September 26 a complaint was submitted to the Grozny Garrison Military Court against the decision to close the inquiry of the criminal case about the death in February 2000 of 24 residents of Chechnya at the bombing of the village of Katyr-Yurt, Achkhoi-Martan District.

September 28, 2013 16:50

• At Forum "Sochi-2013", Ingushetia signs seven contracts promising to create 5000 new jobs

  At the 12th International Investment Forum "Sochi-2013", the Republic of Ingushetia found partners for seven new projects with the total investments nearing 5.5 billion roubles, said the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov. According to preliminary estimates, these projects will create up to 5000 new jobs.

September 28, 2013 14:47

• Azerbaijan: prosecutor asks four years in prison for PFPA activist Babaev

  On September 27, in the course of debates, the state prosecutor asked to find Dayanat Babaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), guilty of hooliganism and sentence him to four years in prison, despite the fact that the victim in the case had recalled his application. The advocates and the defendant himself insist on his acquittal.

September 28, 2013 14:34

• Dagestan presents 120 projects and proposals at Investment Forum in Sochi

  Two registries of investment projects and proposals have been presented by Dagestan at the ongoing Investment Forum "Sochi-2013". As reported by the spokesman of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Dagestan, out of the presented projects, 33 have a priority status.