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March 14, 2013 20:00

• Hostages at Volga-Caspian College were captured by Astrakhan resident

  Law enforcement bodies have identified the man who captured hostages in the building of the Volga-Caspian Fishery College.

March 14, 2013 18:00

• Armenia's CC refuses to nullify outcomes of presidential election

  The Constitutional Court of Armenia has dismissed the claims lodged by ex-presidential candidates Raffi Ovannisyan and Andreas Gukasyan on non-recognition of the results of the presidential election in Armenia.

March 14, 2013 17:00

• Investigators believe the neighbour is the main suspect of killing teacher in Dagestan

  As stated by the spokesman of the Department for Dagestan of the ICRF in his interview the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the main suspect of murdering Fazina Ibragimova, a teacher of the Kurakh secondary school No. 2 is her 25-year-old neighbour.

March 14, 2013 16:00

• ECtHR finds violation of rights of Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan

  On March 14, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its decision, recognizing a violation of the rights of Ali Insanov, the former Minister of Public Health, who is serving his prison term on charges of economic crimes.

March 14, 2013 15:00

• ECtHR rules to collect compensation from Russia in favour of relatives of Vakhit Avkhadov, kidnapped in Chechnya

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the complaint submitted by relatives of Vakhit Avkhadov, a resident of Urus-Martan, the Chechen Republic, who disappeared in 2001, after being detained by power agents. According to the court, Russian authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the incident.

March 14, 2013 13:00

• Russia's Supreme Court upholds verdict to Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov

  The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld the verdict passed by the Moscow City Court, which had found the former policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty of the murder of the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya.

March 14, 2013 12:00

• Zverevo residents suspend their hunger strike

  The hunger strike of six pensioners from the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, who demand revision of tariffs for housing services, was suspended. The regional authorities have set up a working group to check the rates on housing services in the city.

March 14, 2013 11:00

• A ramson gatherer wounded by militaries dies in Chechnya

  One of the residents of the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, who was injured on March 10 while gathering ramson in the woods by militaries' shelling, died in hospital.

March 14, 2013 10:00

• Forest is still on fire in Untsukul District

  In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, after a special operation conducted there, the forest is still on fire, said Rasul Yakubov, the head of the village of Balakhani. Local residents fear that the fire might soon approach the settlements.

March 13, 2013 23:00

• Armenia's CC refuses to call president to election-contesting trial

  Today, the Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia dismissed the petition lodged by the representative of the ex-presidential candidate Raffi Ovannisyan to summon the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan to the session.

March 13, 2013 22:00

• Court sentences resident of Ingushetia accused of helping militants conditionally

  The Sunzha District Court has sentenced Usman Albakov, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), to eighteen months' of conditional imprisonment.

March 13, 2013 21:00

• Baku hosts rally in defence of rights of editor of "Tolyshi Sado"

  Today, the capital of Azerbaijan has held a protest action demanding to stop prosecuting Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado". The action took place in front of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, where Mamedov's trial continued today.

March 13, 2013 20:00

• Introduction of paid re-examinations by Volgograd State University was illegal, prosecutor's office asserts

  The prosecutor's office has appealed against the decision of the top managers of the Volgograd State University to take money from students for taking re-examination and repeated tests. The corresponding Rector's order violates students' rights, prosecutors have stated.

March 13, 2013 19:00

• Direct bus service from Chechnya to Germany launched

  A regular direct bus service between Chechnya and Germany was opened from March 12, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Ministry of Transports of the republic.

March 13, 2013 18:00

• Zverevo hunger-strikers resume their action

  Residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, have decided to resume their hunger strike with a demand to revise housing and municipal tariffs, since they were unhappy with the outcome of negotiations with the authorities and insist on presenting of a detailed calculation of the consumption standards on water and heating.

March 13, 2013 17:00

• Forest is on fire in Untsukul District of Dagestan after special operation

  The special operation in a forest near the village of Balakhani, Untsukul District of Dagestan is over, according to local residents. They report that last night militaries left the area; however, the forest, ignited by shelling, is still on fire.

March 13, 2013 16:00

• Kadyrov replaces Tkachov in citation rank of bloggers-governors

  The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has topped the citation rating of bloggers-governors this February; the rating is based on the study conducted by the "Medialogy" Company. The top ten positions also include the heads of two more regions of Southern Russia – Alexander Tkachov, the governor of the Krasnodar Territory; and Alexander Zhilkin, the governor of the Astrakhan Region.

March 13, 2013 15:00

• Customs clearance problems at South-Ossetian-Russian border remain, entrepreneurs report

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been informed by South-Ossetian entrepreneurs that the import of foodstuffs to their country has been blocked again.

March 13, 2013 14:00

• Court in Baku leaves ReAl leader Mamedov in custody

  The Nasimi District Court of Baku has dismissed the petition asking to change the freedom restriction measure of Ilgar Mamedov, the head of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) for home arrest.

March 12, 2013 23:00

• Court refuses to find stepson of Antonina Maevskaya, killed Sochi, a victim

  On March 11, the Krasnodar Territorial Court continued hearing the case on the murder in Sochi of pensioner Maevskaya. The session was attended by human rights defender Grigory Uchkurov, who was to represent the interests of Yuri Maevskiy, the stepson of the murdered woman.