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February 08, 2013 17:00

• Missing Krasnoarmeisk resident found in Kirov ROVD of Makhachkala

  In Dagestan, a disappeared resident of the village of Krasnoarmeisk was found in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala. He is suspected of aiding and abetting a member of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

February 08, 2013 16:00

• Former Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili cleared of all charges

  Irakli Okruashvili, the former Defence Minister of Georgia, has been cleared of last charge relating to professional negligence. On February 7, Judge Zviad Esebua granted the appropriate prosecutors' motion.

February 08, 2013 15:00

• In Armenia, figurant in case of explosion of balloons sentenced to conditional imprisonment

  In Armenia, Serop Bozoyan, who was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in the case of the explosion of balloons at Republic's Square, was sentenced to conditional imprisonment.

February 08, 2013 14:00

• Human rights defenders complain to ECtHR about law on foreign agents

  11 Russian human rights organizations have filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) the complaint against the law on non-commercial organizations. The human rights defenders believe that the requirement to get registered as "foreign agents" violates their right to freedom of association and freedom of speech and violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.

February 07, 2013 23:00

• "Novaya Sila" starts collecting signatures for withdrawal of Stavropol Territory from NCFD

  The regional office of the unregistered party "Novaya Sila" (New Force) has announced a start of collecting signatures for return of the Stavropol Territory into the Southern Federal District (SFD).

February 07, 2013 22:00

• Georgian government initiates mitigation of law on occupied territories

  Today, the Georgian government has approved a proposal to ease the law on occupied territories, namely, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as considered by Georgia, and is ready to bring a respective bill for approval of the Parliament.

February 07, 2013 20:00

• Policeman shot dead in Dagestan

  Tonight, in the Levashin District of Dagestan, unidentified criminals shot dead a local district policeman, said a source from law enforcement bodies.

February 07, 2013 19:00

• In Armenia, presidential candidate Arutyunyan goes on hunger strike

  Today in Armenia, at 5:00 p.m., the presidential candidate Aram Arutyunyan, the leader of the "National Accord" Party, went on a hunger strike in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC).

February 07, 2013 19:00

• President of Azerbaijan deprives author of the novel on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of "People's Writer" title

  In Azerbaijan, the 75-year-old writer Akram Aylisli (Naibov), the author of the novel "Stone Dreams" about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, was deprived of the title of "People's Writer" and his personal pension; the respective order was signed today by President Ilham Aliev.

February 07, 2013 18:00

• Two men killed in shootout with police in Dagestan

  As reported by the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), during an attack on the police in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan two men were killed and a woman was wounded.

February 07, 2013 17:00

• Khizri Shikhsaidov approved as Speaker of Dagestani Parliament

  Today, Makhachkala hosted an extraordinary session of the People's Assembly of Dagestan. Magomedsultan Magomedov, the Speaker of the Parliament, was dismissed from his post; and instead the parliamentarians have unanimously elected the former MP of the Russian State Duma Khizri Shikhsaidov.

February 07, 2013 16:00

• In Dagestan, one person killed and another wounded in shootout

  Today, an attack on policemen was undertaken in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. During the fight, one attacker was killed and one more wounded. The policemen were not hurt, said the Investigatory Department for Dagestan of the ICRF.

February 07, 2013 15:00

• Kozak: Bilalov will be dismissed from the posts of Vice-President of the Olympic Committee and head of "Resorts of Northern Caucasus"

  The Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to dismiss Akhmed Bilalov from all his posts, namely, of Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee and the head of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus", Dmitry Kozak, the Deputy Prime Minister, has reported.

February 07, 2013 14:00

• In Ingushetia, "Mekhk-Khel" collects signatures against bill on right of Russian subjects to change the procedure for electing governors

  Activists of the movement "Mekhk-Khel" have organized collection of signatures to a petition addressed to Vladimir Putin, demanding not to sign the bill that would allow the authorities of the republics of Northern Caucasus to cancel direct election of governors.

February 06, 2013 23:00

• Stavropol Territory: Deputy charged with fatal road accident

  Valery Kalugin, a Deputy of the Stavropol Territorial Duma from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, is accused of violating the "Road Traffic Rules", which entailed a human death, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

February 06, 2013 22:00

• Magomedov, killed in Dagestan, was ambushed by power agents, a source says

  Gusen Magomedov, who was searched for involvement in organizing terror acts in Moscow metro in 2010, was killed by law enforcers from their ambush, said a source from the Russian Special Forces.

February 06, 2013 21:00

• In Armenia, health condition of hunger-striking presidential candidate Andreas Gukasyan worsens

  Andreas Gukasyan, a presidential candidate and director of the "Radio-I", who is on a hunger strike, has health problems. Doctors have fixed low blood tension – 80/40, said Armen Grigoryan, a member of his election office.

February 06, 2013 20:00

• Intigam Aliev: detention of activists who promoted reading books in Baku is illegal

  The detention of three young men, who encouraged people to read books, is illegal, said Intigam Aliev, the head of the Society of Legal Education.

February 06, 2013 19:00

• HRW urges IOC to promote migrant workers' rights at Olympic facilities in Sochi

  The report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), based on interviews with migrant workers engaged at Olympic and other construction sites in Sochi, will be presented today at a briefing in Geneva. The report documents different violations of migrant workers' rights and facts of their exploitation by employers.

February 06, 2013 18:00

• In Makhachkala, policeman wounded by gunfire

  Tonight in Makhachkala, unidentified persons opened fire at a car with policemen inside and wounded one of them, a source from law enforcement bodies of the city has reported.