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September 03, 2013 07:42

• Rustam Ibragimbekov challenges at Azerbaijani SC refusal of CEC to allow him running for presidency

  Rustam Ibragimbekov, Chairman of the opposition National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan, has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against the refusal of the Central Election Commission to allow him running for the presidency of Azerbaijan.

September 03, 2013 06:19

• In Sochi, public organizations unsatisfied with methods of reconstruction of Navaginskaya Street

  Construction works in Navaginskaya Street, a central street of Sochi, are conducted in violation of the laws and regulations of fire safety. This was reported by representatives of public organizations of Sochi.

September 03, 2013 05:28

• Advocate Chernikov: court can oblige Volgograd administration to repair roads

  Blogger Alexei Ulyanov has a chance to win the claim filed in connection with the bad state of the roads. This was stated by Alexander Voronov, Chairman of the Volgograd Branch of the Federation of Russian Car Owners.

September 03, 2013 02:21

• Alexei Malashenko expects no global results from visit of Armenian President to Moscow

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Moscow today to discuss, in particular, the prospects for cooperation between Armenia and the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

September 02, 2013 22:25

• EL leader Namazov again questioned at Azerbaijani GPO

  Eldar Namazov, the leader of the oppositional political movement EL (People) and the head of the office of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), was again questioned by the Investigating Department for Serious Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

September 02, 2013 20:24

• Decision to extradite Musaev to Azerbaijan challenged at Russia's SC

  Dmitry Sukhomlinov, the advocate of the Azerbaijani citizen Ibragim Musaev, has lodged a complaint to the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) about the decision on the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia to extradite his client.

September 02, 2013 19:26

• In Armenia, student detained at protest action

  About 200 people took part in a protest against the increase of tuition fees at universities. One of the organizers – the student Arutyun Mkrtchyan – was taken to a police station.

September 02, 2013 16:50

• Court puts defendants in Politkovskaya murder case behind bars

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has granted the prosecutors' motion and ruled to place Ibragim and Djabrail Makhmudov, figurants in the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskay, into custody.

September 02, 2013 16:09

• On September 10, commission for revealing illegal migrants starts working in Sochi

  As reported by the city administration of Sochi, on September 10, a special commission will start searching – by visiting flat by flat – for illegal migrants to be evicted before the Winter Olympic Games.

September 02, 2013 12:36

• Flash polling by "Dosh": in case of direct elections of heads of Dagestan and Ingushetia people would vote against all candidates

  Most of the residents of Dagestan and Ingushetia should vote against all the approved candidates for the leaders of the republics, if the elections were direct – these are the results of the opinion poll, conducted by the magazine "Dosh" and volunteers of the Centre of Caucasian Initiative.

September 02, 2013 11:41

• Krasnodar Territory: man disappears after arrest

  In the Gulkevichy District of the Krasnodar Territory, law enforcers search for a local resident, who disappeared after an administrative arrest for five days. The criminal case has been instituted into the fact of his disappearance.

September 02, 2013 10:59

• On September 1, over 2000 visited terror act venue in Beslan

  On September 1, more than 2000 persons came to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of terror act in Beslan School No. 1, where nine years ago plenty of hostages were captured.

September 02, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 26-September 1

  Scandal in Chechnya with mobile operators in connection of participation of Grozny Mosque in the all-Russian sights contest; killing in Ingushetia of Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Ingush Security Council; fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 26-September 1, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 02, 2013 07:17

• Relatives of missing Chechen residents demand to punish kidnappers

  On August 31, relatives of persons disappeared and kidnapped in Chechnya appealed to the Russian President and the leader of Chechnya with a request to develop a mechanism to search for disappeared residents and to punish guilty persons.

September 02, 2013 04:52

• During week of August 26 - September 1, 17 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 26 - September 1, 2013, at least 17 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 9 persons were killed, and 8 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 02, 2013 00:13

• NAC: person killed in Buynaksk identified as Zaur Umarov

  A person who was killed in a shootout with the police in Buynaksk was identified as Zaur Umarov. According to the NAC's information, the victim was a bomber of the "Buynaksk" grouping.

September 01, 2013 17:17

• MIA: Ali Abdurazakov is the third teacher murdered in Dagestan in 2013

  The Tsumada District of Dagestan carries out investigating and operational activities on the fact of the murder of teacher Ali Abdurazakov.

September 01, 2013 11:19

• In Volgograd, blogger goes to court to oblige authorities to repair roads

  Blogger Alexei Ulyanov goes to the court to oblige the Department of Municipal Facilities of the Volgograd administration to repair city roads. The next court session is scheduled for September 3.

September 01, 2013 05:42

• Azerbaijani soldier captured in Armenia sent to third country

  Firuz Faradjev, an Azerbaijani soldier, who was held captive in Armenia, was brought to a third country. This was reported on August 30 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

September 01, 2013 01:38

• In KBR Communists rally to demand resignation of Russian Government

  On August 31, in Nalchik, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic held a rally organized by the regional branch of the Communist Party. At the rally, speakers criticized the Russian Government and demanded its resignation.