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January 25, 2013 17:00

• During a meeting with representatives of EU, UNO and OSCE South Ossetia raised the question of its citizens serving penalty in Georgia

  Today a meeting of representatives of the authorities of South Ossetia with co-chairpersons of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia from EU, UNO and OSCE was held in Tskhinvali. The agenda of the forthcoming on March, 26-27, 23rd round of negotiations was discussed with the delegation of co-chairpersons of Geneva discussions.

January 25, 2013 16:00

• Candidate for presidency of Armenia Paruir Airikyan declared the start of his hunger strike

  Today one of the candidates for presidency, leader of “National Self-determination” association Paruir Airikyan, is going to join another candidate for presidency, Director of “Radio-Ai” Andreas Gukasyan, who went on a hunger strike earlier.

January 25, 2013 15:00

• Attorneys of the defendants on the case of terror in “Domodedovo” airport appealed against prolongation of the term of their arrest

  Today the attorneys of the defendants on the case of the terrorist act committed in “Domodedovo” airport in January of 2011 appealed against prolongation of the term of keeping their clients in custody for three months.

January 25, 2013 14:00

• Identity of supposed participants of armed underground killed in Kabardino-Balkaria established

  Today an armed group of three men was blocked in one of the houses of Chegem. Later they were killed. They were part of a so-called “South-Western sector” of gunmen, representatives of power ministries state. There was also a woman and under-age children in the house who left the building before the beginning of the storm.

January 24, 2013 23:00

• The tenants of a house pulled down in Ingushetia appealed to President of Russia for help

  The tenants of a house in the settlement of Ordjonikidzevskoye, Suanzha district of Ingushetia, appealed to President of Russia Vladimir Putin asking to punish the officials through whose fault, in the tenants’ opinion, their dwelling and constitutional rights were violated.

January 24, 2013 22:00

• PACE calls for the authorities of Azerbaijan to fulfill their obligations before the Council of Europe

  In the evening of January, 23, Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe considered two reports on Azerbaijan.

January 24, 2013 21:00

• Committee of Inquiry: the man killed in a skirmish with members of power ministries in Dagestan was involved in firing at policemen near the settlement of Tlyarata

  A man killed in a skirmish with policemen in the settlement of Ingishi was preliminarily identified as Gadjimurad Omarov. According to the investigation’s version, he was one of the two men who on January, 23, opened fire at the personnel of law enforcement bodies near the settlement of Tlyarata, Gumbet district, a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.

January 24, 2013 20:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia: 13 people killed in a special operation in Chechnya

  12 gunmen were killed in a special operation in the mountains of Chechnya, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia informed confirming that brothers Muslim and Hussein Gakaev were identified among those killed. One policeman was killed, too, and seven more got wounded.

January 24, 2013 19:00

• ECPT presented a report on a visit to the institutions of confinement in Northern Caucasus

  In its report European Committee for Prevention of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment expressed concern about the attitude towards detainees and convicts in Northern Caucasus and inefficiency of investigation of cases of cruel treatment.

January 24, 2013 18:00

• The witness on the case of Budanov’s murder provided with state defence

  Alexander Evtukhov, witness on the case of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder, was provided with state defence, official representative of Committee of Inquiry (CI) of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin informed.

January 24, 2013 17:00

• Relatives of two residents of Kabardino-Balkaria report their disappearance

  Resident of Nalchik Alim Kaitaev and resident of the settlement of Hasania Ismail Baluev disappeared in Kabardino-Balkaria, their relatives report. They submitted statements about it to law enforcement bodies and human rights activists.

January 24, 2013 16:00

• Confrontations between the participants of a protest action and the police took place in Ismailly

  At about 20:00 local time about 150 residents of the town of Ismailly gathered in a group and approached the building of executive authority demanding resignation of Head of the district Nizami Alekperov. The police used sound and flash grenades, rubber clubs and tear gas for dispersal of the action.

January 24, 2013 15:00

• Opponents of Saakashvili’s presidency organized a “human chain” in Tbilisi

  In the evening of January, 24, participants of a protest action demanding resignation of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili organized a “human chain” near the President’s palace.

January 24, 2013 14:00

• Armenian activist Vaagan Chakhalyan released

  Armenian activist Vaagan Chakhalyan who was sentenced to 10 years of custody in Georgia was released today.

January 23, 2013 23:00

• Inal Tasoev: Freedom House does not show due objectiveness estimating South Ossetia

  A report of international human rights organization Freedom House “Freedom in the World-2012” in which South Ossetia was leveled among the category of “restricted states” and got a low rating did not undergo pointed criticism from the authorities of South Ossetia.

January 23, 2013 22:00

• Badi Mirzabekova’ relatives in Dagestan report her kidnapping

  Relatives of Badi Mirzabekova, resident of Derbent aged 16, report her kidnapping, representatives of Dagestani regional human rights center (DRHC) “Human Rights Protection” told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

January 23, 2013 21:00

• The investigation considers two versions of murder of an accountant of a sparkling wines factory in Dagestan

  Personal hostile relations or professional activities are considered as the main investigation’s versions of murder of an accountant of Derbent sparkling wines factory, a source in the Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

January 23, 2013 20:00

• Committee of Inquiry: a resident of Dagestan who perished at the moment of firing at a policeman was his relative

  A resident of Kizilyurt district of Dagestan who perished at the moment of firing at a policeman was the officer’s cousin, Press Secretary of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in the republic Rasul Temirbekov reported.

January 23, 2013 19:00

• The Russians evacuated from Syria assigned to live in Northern Caucasus

  The Russians evacuated from Syria at night of January, 23, were assigned for further residence and stay to the republics of Northern Caucasus and a number of other regions of Russia, Deputy Head of Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow Yuri Besedin reported.

January 23, 2013 18:00

• PACE spoke for the presence of Monitoring mission of EU in the zone of the conflict of August, 2008

  Upon the results of a discussion in Strasbourg PACE adopted a resolution today in which it spoke for the presence of Monitoring mission of EU in the zone of the conflict between Russia and Georgia that took place in August of 2008.