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April 01, 2013 13:00

• Head of Chechnya suggested to restrict exit from the territory of the country for high-ranking officials

  Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov suggested to restrict exit from the territory of the country for the officials who have access to secret information.

April 01, 2013 12:00

• An assault at “Anzhi” fans from Dagestan committed in Krasnodar

  After the match “Krasnodar” - “Anzhi” on March, 31, about 70 people assaulted seven fans of the Dagestani club. There are injured persons, one was hospitalized, leaders of “Anzhi” fans association “Dikaya Divizia” (“Wild Division”) report.

April 01, 2013 11:00

• Residents of Untsukul ask Abdulatipov to take control over investigation of Magomedaliev’s murder during a special operation in Semender

  Residents of the settlement of Untsukul, Dagestan, submitted a multi-authored appeal to Ramazan Abdulatipov acting as President of Dagestan asking him to respond to a special operation in the settlement of Semender during which seven persons were killed, among them Magomedhabib Magomedaliev, Chairman of Untsukul district Assembly.

April 01, 2013 10:00

• Eight persons got injured in an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March, 25, till March, 31

  No less than eight persons got injured in an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March, 25, till March, 31, 2013. Four out of them perished and three were wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 01, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 25-31

  Three years after terror acts in Moscow metro; mass checks of NPOs in Russia, including in country's south; military exercises in the area of Russian Black Sea shore; another round of Geneva Debates, where the parties failed to agree on a joint statement on non-use of force; adoption amendments to Constitution of Georgia and the first application for running for the presidency; ASF hotbeds in North Ossetia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of March 25-31, 2013, prepared by the "CaucasianKnot".

April 01, 2013 07:00

• Documentary "Memoirs Without Borders" presented in Tbilisi

  A joint documentary made by authors from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey "Memoirs Without Borders" dedicated to problems of the residents of Southern Caucasus, who had suffered from the Armenian Genocide and Karabakh conflict, was presented in Tbilisi.

March 30, 2013 23:00

• In Georgia, conviction for espionage cancelled from photographers

  The Commission of the National Agency for Probation of Georgia has cancelled before term the punishment and removed conviction from four photojournalists, who had been sentenced on charges of spying for Russia, said Sozar Subari, the Minister for Correction, Probation and Legal Assistance.

March 30, 2013 22:00

• Two young "Nida" activists arrested in Azerbaijan

  In Baku, on March 30, Uzeir Mamedli and Rashadat Akhundov, the members of the board of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), were detained. By decision of the Nasimi District Court, both activists were arrested for three months, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 30, 2013 21:00

• Georgia holds joint exercises with the USA named "Agile Spirit-2013"

  The military training ground in Vaziani near Tbilisi holds the exercises "Agile Spirit-2013"; they began on March 11 and will end on April 5. The active phase of the exercises was completed on March 29.

March 30, 2013 20:00

• Residents of Shkhafit in Sochi evacuated because of landslide

  Today, the Khosta District of Sochi was affected by a landslide. A day earlier, on March 29, in the Lazarevskoe District in Sochi a landslide hit the township of Shkhafit. A four-apartment house in Adygeiskaya Street was under threat of destruction; its residents were evacuated.

March 30, 2013 19:00

• In Baku, fire in new building caused damage to neighbouring residents

  A strong fire in a building that is under construction in central Baku in the evening on March 29 damaged two apartments in the adjacent three-storey house and two cars. According to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan, there are no fire casualties.

March 30, 2013 17:00

• Court refused to return the case of ex-deputy mayor of Novocherkassk to prosecutor

  The case of the former deputy mayor of Novocherkassk Vladislav Zhuravlyov will not be returned to the prosecutor for correction, because the court found no violations of the law in it.

March 30, 2013 15:00

• Part of Malgobek is in flooding zone

  The streets of the eastern part of the city of Malgobek in Ingushetia are at risk of flooding because of the rise of ground water, said Akhmed Dodov, the head of the city administration.

March 30, 2013 14:00

• Azerbaijani public asks to extend the mandate of PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners

  On March 27, a group of oppositional politicians, human rights defenders, civil society experts and former political prisoners of Azerbaijan addressed Jean-Claude Mignon, the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) asking to extend the mandate of the PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

March 30, 2013 13:00

• Chechnya: over 12,000 entrepreneurs stopped their businesses within last three months

  More than 12,000 entrepreneurs of Chechnya stopped operation, claiming a sharp increase in insurance premiums as the main reason.

March 30, 2013 12:00

• Photo of Governor of Astrakhan Region in Nazi uniform caused resonance in blogosphere

  A photo of Alexander Zhilkin, Governor of Astrakhan Region, dressed in the uniform of the Nazi army, caused resonance in the Russian blogosphere. There are no official comments; however, the governor's friends assert that the photo was made at a revue-sketch comedy 20 years ago.

March 30, 2013 11:00

• Power agents of South Ossetia hand five border trespassers over to Georgian authorities

  During three days, on March 27-29, law enforcement officials of South Ossetia delivered to the Georgian party five persons detained on suspicion of illegally crossing the border.

March 30, 2013 08:00

• Last day of open civil forum in Yerevan was attended by 500 people

  On March 17-28, the Yerevan's Freedom Square hosted an open civil forum, organized by supporters of Raffi Ovannisyan, the runner-up in the February 18 presidential election and the leader of the "Heritage" Party. Representatives of the political forces, activists and ordinary citizens were invited to speak there.

March 29, 2013 23:00

• Armenia holds action in defence of ecologist

  Today in Yerevan, a number of environmental organizations and activists held am action in support of the ecologist Egiya Nersisyan, who is sued by a mining company.

March 29, 2013 22:00

• Woman from Ingushetia claims she was beaten because of her nationality

  Marina Nasirova, a resident of Ingushetia and a Chechen by her origin, said she was beaten because of her nationality.