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January 18, 2013 17:00

• Defendant on the case of a soldier’s death in Vladikavkaz sentenced to four and a half years of custody

  Military garrison court of Vladikavkaz brought a verdict on the case of serviceman Tleppergen Zalukashev accused of violation of statutory regulations and interrelationship. The defendant was acknowledged guilty of the death of his colleague Artem Zgersky and sentenced to 4 years and 6 months of custody in a general regime colony.

January 18, 2013 16:00

• A witness on the case of Budanov’s murder denied the information of being kidnapped

  Today in Moscow the defence of Yusup Temerkhanov suspected of murder of colonel Yuri Budanov accused secret services of kidnapping witness Alexander Evtukhov. Evtukhov himself denied the information of his disappearance.

January 18, 2013 15:00

• A bomb laid near the house of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan in Makhachkala defused

  Today experts of the Department of Federal Security Service in Dagestan defused an explosive device in the center of Makhachkala.

January 18, 2013 15:00

• Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia exculpated Okruashvili from the charge of creation of a paramilitary group

  During trial on the case of ex-Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakly Okruashvili Public Prosecutor’s office withdrew a charge of creation of a paramilitary group brought against him, the defendant’s attorney Zviad Kordzadze reported.

January 18, 2013 14:00

• North Ossetia: no less than 14 persons became victims of armed conflict in 2012

  No less than 14 persons became victims of armed conflict in North Ossetia in 2012, seven of them were killed and as many got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the Caucasian Knot based on its own correspondents’ data and information from other open sources.

January 17, 2013 23:00

• Residents of Gurdjaani who suffered from natural calamity held an action of protest

  The people who suffered as a result of a heavy shower with hail in summer of 2012 demand to pay them compensations promised earlier.

January 17, 2013 22:00

• Karataev: executive authority interfered with the election of Speaker of the Parliament of Adygea

  The totals of election of Speaker of State Council, Khase Adygea, i.e. 42 votes for Vladimir Narozhny and five against, are a result of pressure of the authorities of the republic, Vladimir Karataev, Coordinator of “Golos” (“Vote”) association in the region, considers. However, the deputies themselves deny external impact on the results of voting.

January 17, 2013 21:00

• The panel of judges on the case of murder in Kushevskaya dismissed the motion of challenge to the judge

  Krasnodar regional court once again dismissed the motion of challenge to the judge entered by the defense party on the case of mass murder in the stanitsa of Kushevskaya.

January 17, 2013 20:00

• Editor-in-Chief of “Khural” newspaper Avaz Zeinalov rejected participation in the trial on his case

  During a session of the court of Baku for especially grave crimes on the case of Editor-in-Chief of “Khural” newspaper Avaz Zeinalov the defendant declared that he was not going to participate in the trial any longer for the reason of violation of his rights and undergoing unlawful prosecution.

January 17, 2013 19:00

• The team of participants of a hunger strike in Abasha, Georgia, changed

  After two women who participated in a political hunger strike in Abasha were hospitalized in connection with renal dysfunction representatives of the “Georgian Dream” party in Abasha district decided to change the team of strikers.

January 17, 2013 18:00

• Relatives of the people detained during investigation in Kabardino-Balkaria reported violations in process of inquiry

  The people detained for suspicion of complicity in the activities of paramilitary groups are under interrogation in Tyrnyaus. One of them, Ali Borchaev, was severely beaten up, Lilia Malkarova, wife on another detainee Asker Betkaraev, declared.

January 17, 2013 17:00

• 167 victims of armed conflict in Ingushetia in 1212

  No less than 167 persons became victims of armed conflict in Ingushetia in 2012, 84 out of them were killed and 83 got wounded. The number of victims exceeds the same index of 2011 by over one and a half times when there were 108 of them. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own correspondents’ data and information from other open sources.

January 17, 2013 16:00

• The defendants on the case of illegal storage of arms in Dagestan sentenced to three years of custody

  Khasavyurt district court sentenced Anvar Guseinov, Sadrudin Arapkhanov and Eldar Dydymov on the case of illegal storage of arms and deliberate property destruction to three years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

January 17, 2013 15:00

• Convict Kamo Papyan in Armenia stooped hunger strike

  Convict of “Sevan” penal facility Kamo Papyan who earlier sewed up his mouth suspended his hunger strike on January, 16, the Ministry of Justice of Armenia reported.

January 17, 2013 14:00

• Okruashvili was shown physical evidence on the case of creation of a paramilitary group

  Ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakli Okruashvili and his attorney Zviad Kordzadze were shown physical evidence on the criminal case of creation of a paramilitary group.

January 16, 2013 23:00

• The representative of OSCE for freedom of mass media called for the authorities of Azerbaijan to investigate facts of using violence against journalists

  Dunia Miatovich, representative of OSCE for the affairs of freedom of mass media, expressed concern about the policemen’s using violence against journalists during an action of protest in Baku. She called for the authorities of Azerbaijan to investigate these facts and prevent their repetition in the future.

January 16, 2013 22:00

• Custody term to the defendants on the case of mass murder prolonged till April

  On January, 15, the court in Krasnodar prolonged custody term to the defendants on the case of murder of 12 persons in the stanitsa of Kushevskaya for three months.

January 16, 2013 21:00

• Lawyer: ex-Minister of Defence Okruashvili is not guilty of purchasing cartridges unfit for shooting

  During the trial on January, 15, on the case of purchasing cartridges unfit for use by the Armed Forces of Georgia, Zviad Kordzadze, attorney of ex-Minister of Defence Irakli Okruashvili, stated the absence of evidence of his client’s guilt.

January 16, 2013 20:00

• The name of an ex-employee of Gldan prison in Georgia removed from the international wanted list

  Press Service of Prosecutor General’s of Georgia reported abrogation of a wanted person status concerning Vladimir Bedukadze, ex-employee of Gldan prison No 8 who was accused of torture to the convicts.

January 16, 2013 19:00

• Stavropol region: 12 victims of armed conflict in 2012

  No less than 12 persons became victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in Stavropol region in 2012, 10 of them were killed and two got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own correspondents’ data and information from open sources.