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April 15, 2013 08:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 8-14

  Inauguration of Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by protest action of supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan; bankruptcy of "Express" Bank and dispute about the order of electing head of the republic in Dagestan; termination of inquiry into GIBDD bribery case in Volgograd; disqualification of judges of Krymsk District Court on the flood case; funeral of the first president of North Ossetia; sentence and arrest of figurant in resonant crimes in Stavropol Territory, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 8-14, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".

April 13, 2013 23:00

• Cleansings launched in Gimry, local resident reports

  The village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, has been invaded by plenty of law enforcers and soldiers; tanks are deployed in the vicinity; and shooting is heard, one of the locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 13, 2013 22:00

• Picket against inhumane treatment of animals held in Sochi

  In Sochi, animal lovers, ecologists and members of the public charitable organization "Dobromir" held a rally in support of homeless animals. The action brought together about 50 people.

April 13, 2013 21:00

• About 10 people detained in Rostov-on-Don at attempt to hold "Day of Russian Wrath"

  On April 13, an attempt to hold the "Day of Russian Wrath" in Rostov-on-Don resulted in detention of about 10 people. All of them were released from the police after check of documents, said a source from the OVD (Interior Division).

April 13, 2013 20:00

• 200 people rally against closure of hospital in Volgograd Region

  The village of Bereslavka, Kalachov District of Volgograd Region, hosted a rally against the closure of the inpatient ward of the district hospital and reduction of day-and-night and day beds.

April 13, 2013 19:00

• Rally in Volgograd demands to stop prevent nickel developments on Khopyor

  A rally was held in Volgograd against extraction of nickel in the Novokhopyorsk District of the Voronezh Region, bordering on the Volgograd Region. The organizers of the action collected signatures to an open letter addressed to the UN against the destruction of the basin of the Khopyor River.

April 13, 2013 18:00

• "Day of Russian Wrath" attracts 50 persons in Volgograd

  Today, Volgograd hosted an action "Day of Russian Wrath", which was attended by about 50 people, 30 of them are members of nationalist organizations.

April 13, 2013 17:00

• Court arrests Mikhail Savva for two months

  Today, the Oktiabrskiy District Court of Krasnodar has considered the issue of freedom restriction in relation to Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC) and ruled to arrest him for two months.

April 13, 2013 16:00

• "Syrian Airlines" resume Yerevan-Damascus flights

  April 16 is the scheduled date to resume flights between Armenia and Syria, said Svetlana Ovannisyan, the spokesperson for the Yerevan office of the "Syrian Airlines".

April 13, 2013 15:00

• Picketers in Volgograd criticize some Russian laws

  On April 12, members of the regional branch of the "Volya" (Will) Party held a rally in Volgograd, where they stated a poor development rate of the country's aviation industry, and criticized the actions of the authorities and the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party.

April 13, 2013 14:00

• In Georgia, peasants affected by the disaster will receive vouchers for pesticides

  As stated David Kervalidze, the Minister of Agriculture of Georgia, the peasants who suffered from hail on April 10 will receive – as the first-order help – vouchers for pesticides. Within a week, it is planned to define the extent of damage.

April 13, 2013 13:00

• Regular soldier perished in Azerbaijani Army

  On April 11, Farman Sarvan oglu Guseinov, an 18-year-old soldier of the Azerbaijani Army, died after a fall from the third-floor of the hostel of a military unit, said the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

April 13, 2013 12:00

• 15th International Tourism Fair opens in Georgia

  On April 12, Tbilisi opened the 15th International Tourism Fair housed in the exhibition centre "Expo Georgia", where tourism professionals from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates are showing their services and achievements.

April 12, 2013 23:00

• Explosion hits Buinaksk and kills people

  An explosion happened tonight on the motorway near the school in Buinaksk. Local residents report that several persons have been killed.

April 12, 2013 22:00

• Two natives of Chechnya are on the "Magnitsky List"

  The US government has published the so-called "Magnitsky List" – the people banned from entering the United States; and their accounts in American banks are frozen. The list includes the natives of Chechnya Lecha Bogatyryov and Kazbek Dukuzov.

April 12, 2013 21:00

• Ovannisyan tells rally about peaceful change of power in Armenia

  Today, an opposition rally in support of the leader of the "Heritage" Party Raffi Ovannisyan was held in Yerevan. Addressing the rally, Mr Ovannisyan said that he would continue his struggle for power, but stressed that this should be done peacefully.

April 12, 2013 20:00

• Three suspected militants killed in Gimry, power agents report

  The active phase of the special operation in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, is over; and law enforcers report about the killing of three members of the armed underground. Local residents confirm that no more shots are heard in the village.

April 12, 2013 18:00

• Yuri Budanov's widow testifies at the trial

  Svetlana Budanova has stated at the trial that she saw in the place of the crime a light-coloured car with a young driver inside in a cap with a big peak.

April 12, 2013 17:00

• Astrakhan Region: member of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers hospitalized after attack

  Anatoly Salin, an employee of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of the Astrakhan Region, is in hospital after he was attacked by an unidentified person with a knife. A check is underway on the fact of the attack, said the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Astrakhan Region.

April 12, 2013 16:15

• Mikhail Savva, director of grant programmes at SRRC detained in Krasnodar

  As reported by Irina Dubovitskaya, the head of the Krasnodar territorial public organization of graduates of Russian higher schools and a member of the Council under the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre" (SRRC), was detained today at 2:00 p.m. in Krasnodar and placed into the pre-trial facility of the FSB.