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March 26, 2013 20:10

• Popular Front activist detained in Azerbaijan

  Dashgyn Melikov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) was detained in Sumgait on suspicion of making counterfeit money, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Abulfaz Gurbanly, the head of the youth committee of the above party.

March 26, 2013 20:00

• The convicts on the case of Merekha in Stavropol region appealed against the verdict

  Four ex-officers of Predgorny Department of Interior Affairs convicted for torturing Viacheslav Merekha appealed against the verdict to Stavropol regional court, the sufferer’s cousin Natalia Spiridonava reported.

March 26, 2013 20:00

• Raffi Ovannisyan reports a try of an attempt at him, the police detained a suspect

  Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of “Nasledie” (“Heritage”) party of Armenia who was on a hunger strike in Svobody (Freedom) square, reported that a try of an attempt at him was committed on March, 23. The police detained the supposed criminal.

March 26, 2013 19:10

• Prosecutors have inspected the HRC "Memorial"

  Today, law enforcement officers came to inspect the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", said Alexander Cherkasov the chairman of the HRC.

March 26, 2013 19:00

• Participants of a meeting in Makhachkala demanded to investigate beating Murzaev

  A meeting of the Kumyk community with the demand to the authorities to investigate the criminal case of beating up Head of the Council of Elders of the Kumyk people Absalitdin Murzaev, member of Public Chamber of Dagestan, passed off in the settlement of Reduktorny, Makhachkala.

March 26, 2013 16:10

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complains about unlawful search in her house

  Amina Sasikova, a resident of the village of Svetlovodskoe, Zolsk District of Kabardino-Balkaria, has stated unlawful actions of power agents against her family.

March 26, 2013 13:10

• In Dagestan, relatives identified Deputy Magomedaliev in photo of those killed in Semender

  On March 24, relatives of Magomedkhabib Magomedaliev, the chairman of the district assembly of the Untsukul District, were shown the photos of the persons killed during a special operation in the village of Semender. Gasan Magomedov, one of the relatives, told that he saw Magomedaliev in one of the photos.

March 25, 2013 23:00

• Hurricane leaves about 60,000 in Georgia without power

  On March 24, a hurricane attacked Georgia, and damaged houses and disrupted power supplies. About 60,000 residents are still without power, said the Minister of Energy.

March 25, 2013 22:00

• In North Ossetia, at trial on transportation of explosives, father of defendant Akaeva questioned

  Today, the court interrogated Bege Akaev, the father of Zaira Akaeva, accused of possession and transportation of explosives. The witness for the defence said that he had tried to arrange a meeting with his daughter, but he was not allowed to see her.

March 25, 2013 21:00

• Head of police of Makhachkala dismissed

  Rajip Ashikov, the head of the GUVD (City Interior Department) of Makhachkala, has been officially removed from office, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learned from a source from the investigatory bodies of Dagestan.

March 25, 2013 20:00

• Abkhazia: water supply of Gagra Resort partially damaged

  Residents of the resort city of Gagra are without drinking water, as the city water supply was partially destroyed by the storm, the Ministry for Emergencies of Abkhazia reports.

March 25, 2013 19:00

• Editor-in-chief of Dagestani newspaper detained in Baku Airport

  Milrad Fatullaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time) newspaper, has reported that border guards would not let him out of the Baku Airport.

March 25, 2013 18:00

• Georgian parliament forbids president to individually form government

  In the third and final reading the Georgian parliament has adopted the amendment to the Constitution that restricts the president's powers. Under this amendment, the president will not be able to form the government without the consent of the parliament.

March 25, 2013 17:00

• Aslan Cherkesov's mother asks Putin and Kanokov to defend her son

  Aslan Cherkesov, convicted for the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC, refused from his Russian citizenship, and was then placed in the "loony bin", his mother Sonya Cherkesova said in her video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov.

March 25, 2013 16:43

• Kevorkova: defendant Rasul Kudaev knew nothing about attack on Nalchik

  Today, the court that is dealing with the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, has questioned the witnesses invited by the defence of the defendant Rasul Kudaev; among them – Nadezhda Kevorkova, the observer of the "Russia Today".

March 25, 2013 16:00

• Murad Aliev is kept in IVS of Kizilyurt under false name, his lawyer asserts

  Murad Aliev, a resident of Dagestan, deemed kidnapped, was detained and is kept at the IVS (temporary isolation facility) of Kizilyurt city under a pseudonym, says his advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

March 25, 2013 13:00

• Flood affects 4060 people in Rostov Region

  As a result of rising water in the Rostov Region, 136 houses inhabited by 223 people were flooded, the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports. Other 1741 households with a population of 3837 people are partly flooded.

March 25, 2013 12:00

• "Yabloko" claims ballot throw-in at 10 out of 68 polling stations at election of Anapa Mayor

  Sergey Mitrokhin, the leader of the "Yabloko" Party, has demanded from the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia Vladimir Churov to cancel the results of the election of the Mayor of Anapa. According to observers of the "Yabloko", there were ballot throw-in cases during the voting in at least ten out of total of 68 polling stations.

March 25, 2013 11:00

• On March 18-24, 22 persons suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from March 18 to March 24, 2013, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus affected at least 22 people; of them, eight persons were killed and 14 more wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 25, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 18-24

  Election of Anapa Mayor; three-day-long special operation near Makhachkala; reconsideration by court in Moscow of Budanov's murder case; end of receiving nominees from political forces of Armenia for the Board of Elders of Yerevan; dismissal by court in Stavropol of the lawsuit against the ban on hijabs in schools; adoption of law on possible cancellation by regions of direct elections of governors, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of March 18-24, 2013, prepared by the "CaucasianKnot".