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April 04, 2013 20:00

• Belaya Rechka residents announce unresolved problems of their village

  Local residents gathered in the village of Belaya Rechka in Kabardino-Balkaria and stated that the authorities Nalchik fail to address their problems.

April 04, 2013 19:00

• Case on tourist's death in "zorb" in Karachay-Cherkessia gets to court

  Today, the Deputy Public Prosecutor of Karachay-Cherkessia has approved an indictment against Ravil Chekunov on the case of organizing in Dombai the entertainment named "zorb", where a tourist perished.

April 04, 2013 18:00

• Armenia: two brothers are suspected of killing Proshyan village headman

  Brothers Artak and Araik Petrosyan are suspects in the murder case of Grach Muradyan, the head of the administration of the village of Proshyan, Kotayk Region of Armenia. They were arrested.

April 04, 2013 17:00

• In Krasnodar, share tenants block court marshals' demolition of illegal construction

  About 50 people, who had bought flats in the newly-built house in Kadetskaya Street in Krasnodar, blocked the work of the court marshals, who are trying to fulfil the court's ruling to demolish the building, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 04, 2013 16:17

• In Moscow, at trial on Yuri Budanov's murder, a witness has identified the defendant

  At the Moscow City Court (MCC), the witness Anatoly Zatsarenko has identified the defendant in Yuri Budanov's murder case as "the man running away from the scene of the crime."

April 04, 2013 15:17

• Three people detained in Tbilisi on suspicion of selling radioactive substance

  In the capital of Georgia, three persons were detained on the fact of trading the highly radioactive material 241-Am (isotope of americium).

April 04, 2013 15:00

• Resident of Ingushetia dies after torture at MIA, his relatives assert

  The detainee Timur Toldiev has died at the Malgobek ROVD (District Interior Division) of Ingushetia from torture, said his brother Alikhan Toldiev, a resident of the village of Ekazhevo. He has addressed his application on this occasion to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

April 04, 2013 14:15

• Court leaves defendant in Politkovskaya's murder case in custody

  Today, the judicial board on criminal cases of the appeal instance of the Moscow City Court (MCC) has left Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of murdering the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in custody.

April 04, 2013 11:00

• Law enforcers do not rule out workers' guilt of "Grozny City" high-rise fire

  From the morning on April 4, the work to clear the area around the complex "Grozny City", where in the evening on April 3 the tower named "Olymp" was on fire. The building was not inhabited; and there were no victims.

April 03, 2013 23:00

• Jehovah's Witnesses count 49 violations of their rights in Russia in first quarter of 2013

  According to believers, in January-March 2013, Russian Jehovah's Witnesses faced at least 49 cases of violations of their rights; four of these cases occurred in Southern Russia.

April 03, 2013 22:00

• Georgian troops go to Afghanistan to participate in the ISAF mission

  Two battalions of Armed Forces of Georgia – Nos. 33 and 42 – have left for Afghanistan to take part in the mission of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said the press service of the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on April 3.

April 03, 2013 21:00

• Skyscraper "Grozny City" on fire in Grozny

  Because of the combustible part of insulation, the fire has spread across all the levels of the 40-storey building of the complex "Grozny City". The building will be restored, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

April 03, 2013 20:00

• In Stavropol, parents of students-participants of a fight to challenge their exclusion from NCFU

  Parents of the three students from Ingushetia, who suffered in a mass brawl with shooting in Stavropol, will challenge the exclusion order of the North-Caucasian Federal University (NCFU), the rector Alina Levitskaya said today.

April 03, 2013 19:00

• Higher school lifts ban on hijabs in Azerbaijan

  Female students of the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) are allowed to attend classes in hijabs, said Gasym Mamedov, the vice-rector of the Academy for educational work.

April 03, 2013 18:00

• Lebanidze: in late April-early May Georgian wine will appear on sale in Russia

  In the end of April or beginning of May the wine "Kindzmarauli Marani" will be sold in Russia, Dmitry Lebanidze, the company director, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to his story, till the end of this year about 500,000 bottles of wine will be exported to Russia.

April 03, 2013 17:00

• Verdict on riots in Sagra appealed against by convicts and victims

  The Sverdlovsk Regional Court received 23 complaints against the verdict on mass riots in the village of Sagra in the summer of 2011, which resulted in the death of a native of Azerbaijan. The court's decision was appealed against both by those sentenced and the suffered party.

April 03, 2013 16:00

• In Azerbaijan, oppositionist Gasymov arrested on charges of disobeying police

  Veisyal Gasymov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for disobeying the police, said Abulfaz Gurbanly, the head of the youth committee of the PFPA. The Party treats Gasymov's administrative arrest as unjustified, and intends to file a complaint against the decision of the court.

April 03, 2013 15:00

• Two servicemen wounded by explosion in Ingushetia brought to Moscow

  A special aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has brought to Moscow for treatment two OMON (riot police) fighters, wounded in a mine explosion in Ingushetia, said Makka Gadieva, a representative of Ministry of Public Health of Ingushetia.

April 03, 2013 14:00

• MCC rejects complaint of Dubrovka victims against investigation

  Today, the Board of Appeal of the Moscow City Court (MCC) has recognized the rejection by the investigator to initiate a criminal proceeding against the officials who commanded the storming of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in 2002, where hostages were taken by terrorists. The complaint was lodged to the MCC after a similar refusal by the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow.

April 03, 2013 13:00

• In Georgia, people with Down syndrome cannot find work, NGO activists assert

  As stated on March 21 – the Day of Down syndrome patients – by NGO activists at a special action, in Georgia, for people with Down syndrome it is almost impossible to find a job; they cannot receive disability pensions; and education teachers often refuse to work with these children.