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March 20, 2013 19:00

• "Terek" fined by 200,000 roubles for the incident during match with "Rubin"

  The "Terek" FC from Grozny has been fined by 200,000 roubles and will hold one match on the neutral pitch, because of the incident in its match against "Rubin", said Arthur Grigoryants, the chairman of the Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union.

March 20, 2013 18:00

• Azerbaijan hands over two persons detained while crossing the border to Armenia

  The handover ceremony of the two Armenian citizens detained in Azerbaijan after crossing the border, took place today under the mediation of representatives of the Yerevan and Baku offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

March 20, 2013 17:00

• In Georgia, opposition demands preferential voting on amendments to Constitution

  The "United National Movement" has demanded to hold a preferential voting in order to identify the actual distribution of political forces. The members of the "Georgian Dream" were against the initiative.

March 20, 2013 16:00

• Azerbaijan released former defence minister Ragim Gaziev

  Ragim Gaziev, the ex-Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan, detained in the evening on March 19, was released tonight without charging. He did not rule out that his detention had to do with his open letter criticizing the head of the state.

March 20, 2013 15:00

• Case on human deaths at flood in Krymsk sent to court

  The indictment against four senior officials of the Krymsk District has been approved; and the case has been sent to the court. They are accused of negligence that resulted in human deaths during the flood in July 2012.

March 20, 2013 14:00

• Aslan Cherkesov transferred to another colony for order violation, says GUFSIN

  Aslan Cherkesov, convicted of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC, in a scuffle in Kronstadt Boulevard in Moscow, has been transferred to another colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory for systematic violations of the regime, said the spokesman of the Chief Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service (GUFSIN) of the territory.

March 20, 2013 13:00

• Residents of Tskhinvali capture apartments in blocks under construction

  The Tskhinvali residents in need of better housing conditions have squattered apartments in newly built houses that are almost ready for commissioning. They explained their actions by intolerable conditions in which they have lived until recently.

March 20, 2013 12:00

• Lawyer from Dagestan Khadizhat Magomedova tells about threats addressed to her

  She says that threats began to arrive after she wrote an application to the investigatory bodies asking to inquire into the fact of the attack on her by a Buinaksk policeman.

March 19, 2013 23:00

• At trial on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport victim refuses to sue

  As reported today by Anna Tyurina, the head of the press service of the Moscow Regional Court (MRC), at today's session one of the victims of the terror act at "Domodedovo" refused to file a civil action for compensation of damage.

March 19, 2013 22:00

• Vladikavkaz commemorates victims of 1999 terror act

  An action in memory of the victims of the terror act committed 14 years ago – on March 19, 1999, – was held today in Vladikavkaz. The attack on the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz killed 52 people. The participants of the action laid flowers and wreaths at the monument to the dead.

March 19, 2013 21:00

• At trial on Budanov's murder, prosecution announces list of proofs of Temerkhanov's guilt

  Today, a new trial on the murder of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov was launched at the Moscow City Court (MCC).

March 19, 2013 20:00

• In Batumi, 20 hunger-strikers seek to dismiss prosecutors

  Since March 17, 2013, 20 local residents are on hunger strike in demand of resignation of prosecutors Adzharia and of investigation against them. The hunger-strikers assert that they had suffered from actions of five prosecutors.

March 19, 2013 19:00

• State Duma holds second reading of the bill on governors' elections

  Today, the Russian State Duma has adopted in the second reading the bill allowing the regions to decide themselves on the procedure of electing their governors.

March 19, 2013 18:58

• Azerbaijan: court leaves "Nida" activist Rashad Gasanov in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal has upheld the ruling to arrest for three months Rashad Gasanov, a board member of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), having dismissed the defence's motion, said Asabali Mustafaev, Gasanov's advocate.

March 19, 2013 17:00

• Exhibition "Work of Human Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan" disrupted in Baku, organizers assert

  In Baku, the exhibition dedicated to the activities of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan was closed half an hour after its opening, said Shakhla Ismail, the head of the NGO "Women's Society for Rational Development", which was one of the organizers.

March 19, 2013 16:00

• Six defendants in case on Sagra disorders sentenced to real imprisonment terms

  The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has sentenced all the figurants in the case of the unrests in Sagra with participation of natives of Azerbaijan. The six defendants received from one year and eight months up to six years in prison; 17 defendants more were sentenced conditionally to 3-4 years.

March 19, 2013 15:00

• Court of Maikop supports Mayoralty in banning rallies in support of Syrian Circassians

  The Maikop City Court has denied the motion lodged by Sergey Koblev, the organizer of rallies in support of Syrian Circassians, against the refusal of the administration of Maikop to sanction the actions.

March 19, 2013 14:00

• Ingushetia: court starts litigation on eviction of "Promzhilbaza" residents

  Today, the Karabulak District Court has adjourned the consideration of the suit lodged by the Karabulak administration on eviction of residents of the "Promzhilbaza", because certain participants of the litigation were not notified about the trial.

March 19, 2013 13:00

• In Azerbaijan, heads of MIA and MfE wave their claims to "Azadlyg" editor-in-chief

  The Ministers of Internal Affairs and for Emergencies of Azerbaijan have given up their lawsuits against Ganimat Zakhid, the editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper "Azadlyg".

March 19, 2013 12:00

• Rights defenders to help in defining the reason of death in Volgograd of conscripts who served at Ashuluk training range

  On March 18, a young soldier called up three months ago died in the Volgograd military hospital. The soldier's mother sought the help of human rights defenders, as she suspects that they hide the truth from her.