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January 21, 2013 17:00

• The Agafonovs’ defence declared their intention to appeal against the verdict to Mirzaev to ECtHR

  Representatives of the family of Ivan Agafonov who died as a result of martial arts pro Rasul Mirzaev’s blow will submit a supervisory appeal to the Presidium of Moscow city court and appeal to the European Court of Human Rights asking to acknowledge the verdict to the athlete unlawful and refer the case for a new consideration.

January 21, 2013 16:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 14-20

  Murder of a judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan and information about a possible dismissal of the head of the region; audit of the preparation process for presidential election in Armenia by the PACE and application about a hunger strike of one of the presidential candidates; acquittal in Georgia of a Chechen Chataev accused of storing a bomb; a murder and burial in Moscow of Aslan Usoyan, a criminal authority and a native of Georgia; election of the speaker of the parliament of Adygea and start of preparing election of the head of region in Ingushetia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of January 14-20, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 21, 2013 16:00

• Candidate for presidency of Armenia Andreas Gukasyan went on a hunger strike

  Director of “Radio-Ai” Andreas Gukasyan, running candidate for presidency of Armenia, started his promised hunger strike on the first day of the electoral campaign.

January 21, 2013 15:00

• A canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 started in Armenia

  Today a canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 officially started in Armenia. Eight candidates registered by Central Election Committee are participating.

January 21, 2013 14:00

• A policeman killed in Dagestan as a result of firing

  One policeman was killed and another got wounded in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.

January 19, 2013 23:00

• Ahmed Chataev in Georgia acknowledged guiltless

  City court of Tbilisi acquitted citizen of the Russian Federation Ahmed Chataev detained during a special operation in Lopota gorge, lawyer Nino Andriashvili reported.

January 19, 2013 22:00

• Residents of Kakhetia allotted 54,3 million dollars as compensation for damage from hail

  A compensation of 95 million lari (54,3 million dollars) will be paid to the farmers in Kakhetia whose farms were destroyed by hail on July, 19, 2012. This decision was taken on January, 18, at a session of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.

January 19, 2013 21:00

• Public Prosecutor’s office: 10 policemen injured in a confrontation with tradesmen in Baku

  Public Prosecutor’s office and the police in Baku are carrying out investigation in connection with a protest action of tradesmen of “Bina” shopping centre. As a result of the confrontation 10 policemen got bodily injuries and several police cars were damaged, law enforcement bodies report.

January 19, 2013 20:00

• 700 to 2000 people took part in an action of memory of Markelov and Baburova in Moscow

  An anti-fascist action in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova was held in Moscow.

January 19, 2013 19:00

• PACE delegation is concerned about the absence of interest to the election in Armenia

  PACE delegation who visited Armenia issued a statement expressing concern about the process of presidential election in the country. Representatives of the authorities are disappointed with this statement.

January 19, 2013 18:00

• Security officials are searching for a group of gunmen in Shatoisky district of Chechnya

  A special operation of search and liquidation of a group of supposed gunmen is going on in the high-mountain Shatoisky district of Chechnya.

January 19, 2013 17:00

• CEC of Armenia dismissed Gukasyan’s motion to suspend Serzh Sargsyan’s participation in the election

  A demand of Andreas Gukasyan, candidate for presidency of Armenia, Director of “Radio-Ai”, to suspend the incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan’s participation in the election, therefore, on January, 21, Gukasyan is starting an open-ended hunger strike.

January 19, 2013 16:00

• A picket against the authorities’ corruption passed off in Volgograd

  Boris Pylin, Co-chairman of Volgograd regional branch of PARNAS (People's Freedom Party), held a single-person picket demanding resignation of regional Governor Sergey Bozhenov’s circle. The reason for the action was detention of Deputy Chairman of regional Government Pavel Krupnov.

January 19, 2013 15:00

• A convict in Dagestan reports pressure from the personnel of the investigative isolation ward in connection with murder of judge Magomedov

  Shuaibgadji Magomedov convicted for accusation of committing a number of crimes in Kizlyar district whose case was considered by judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan Magomed Magomedov killed on January, 15, reports pressure brought on him by the personnel of the IIW after murder of the judge on January, 15.

January 19, 2013 14:00

• A monument to Stalin in Georgia poured over with paint

  Tonight unidentified people in the Georgian settlement of Zemo Alvani, Kakhetia, poured pink paint over a restored monument to Joseph Stalin.

January 18, 2013 22:00

• A man accused of preparing an act of terror in Red Square complains of violation of his rights in the investigative isolation ward

  Two smoking convicts were placed in the same cell with him, lawyer Ziautdin Uvaisov states. According to him, Baimambetov submitted a complaint to Chief of IIW and Public Prosecutor. However, there was no information of consideration of his statement.

January 18, 2013 21:00

• About 30 people in Armenia took part in an action for release of convicted activists of ANC

  Participants of an action of oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) demanded release of four convicted activists of the party in front of the building of Prosecutor General’s.

January 18, 2013 20:00

• Head of Ingushetia reported discharge of Deputy Minister of Agriculture Amerhan Archakov

  Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov ordered to discharge Deputy Minister of Agriculture Amerhan Archakov and employee of accounts department of the Ministry Adam Chertanov. Their names appeared in businessmen’s complaints from whom they demanded money during distribution of grants.

January 18, 2013 19:00

• Freedom House included Nagorno-Karabakh into the list of “partially free countries”

  International human rights organization Freedom House issued its annual report on the situation with democracy and human rights in the world in which Nagorno-Karabakh was removed from the list of constrained countries and recognized partially free.

January 18, 2013 18:00

• The court released Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi Shota Khizanishvili on bail

  Tbilisi city court decided to release Shota Khizanishvili, ex-Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of Georgia and presently Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi, on bail.