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December 24, 2012 19:00

• Resident of Dagestan claims disappearance of her husband and his friend

  Aimisey Aidemirova, a resident of Kizilyurt, has reported a disappearance of her 37-year-old husband Ruslan Ismailov. She does not rule out that he could be kidnapped.

December 24, 2012 18:18

• Russia's MFA demand from Sweden to ban the website "Kavkaz-Centre"

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian demands from Sweden to ban the operation of the Sweden-based website "Kavkaz-Centre" and states that the extremist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" operates in this country.

December 24, 2012 18:00

• In Dagestan, supporters and opponents of New Year again argue on need for celebrations

  On the eve of the New Year, a debate has onset in Dagestan about celebrations of the start of the year. Some people say that they plan to celebrate, and see nothing wrong with this holiday. Others believe that the New Year is a pagan holiday and should be celebrated by Muslims.

December 24, 2012 17:00

• At the trial on Budanov's murder defence begins proving his innocence

  In the Moscow City Court, at the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov, the defence has presented the results of the examination that had failed to reveal any biological traces of the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov on the exhibits, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 24, 2012 16:00

• Over 50 Russian citizens are kept in Georgian prisons

  According to experts, today some 56-58 Russians are serving their terms in Georgian prisons. At least six of them are political prisoners, asserts Besik Pipiya, the head of the Tbilisi representative office of the RIA "Novosti".

December 24, 2012 15:00

• Ivanishvili: I will not run for presidency in Georgia

  The Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili is not going to run for the post of the president. He said this during a today's press conference.

December 24, 2012 14:00

• Lawyer Uvaisov: delay in giving out bodies in Dagestan is illegal

  In Dagestan, it is possible to take out dead bodies from the morgue for burial without certificates issued by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of Dagestan. The lawyer Ziyavdin Uvaisov treats this practice as illegal.

December 24, 2012 13:00

• Defence of suspect of killing Politkovskaya appeals against verdict

  Today, the defence of the figurant in the murder case of the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya has appealed against the sentence of the Moscow City Court (MCC) against Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who received 11 years of colony, said Karen Nersisyan, the lawyer of the convict.

December 24, 2012 12:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 17-23

  Launch of reconstructed Baksan HPP in Kabardino-Balkaria; departure from Russia of an activist-ecologist from the Krasnodar Territory with the aim to seek political asylum in another country; scandal around the change of the name of a district newspaper in Chechnya and decision of the ECtHR on disappearance of eight residents of the republic; signing an agreement on simplified entry visas for citizens of Armenia to EU countries; protest action in the context of the murder of a resident of Nevinnomyssk, resignation of Mayor of Zheleznovodsk and two ministers of the Stavropol Territory, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 17-23, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 22, 2012 23:00

• Over 3000 prisoners will go at large under the law "On Amnesty" in Georgia

  The Parliament of Georgia has adopted the law "On Amnesty". After lengthy discussions and debates, it was voted for by 80 MPs. Under the law more than 3000 inmates will leave jails, including those earlier recognized as political prisoners by the supreme legislative body of the country.

December 22, 2012 22:00

• Kuashev: de facto ban on hijabs in schools of Stavropol Territory is unconstitutional

  Muslim lawyers from Russian regions are going to appeal to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with a request to check the resolution of the government of the Stavropol Territory about the requirements for school clothes and appearance of pupils at educational institutions for the compliance of the resolution to the Russian Constitution.

December 22, 2012 21:17

• Volgograd: picketers demand work for prisoners

  Today, Volgograd has hosted a picket in defence of prisoners' labour rights. The protesters demanded to provide full employment opportunities to current and former prisoners.

December 22, 2012 20:00

• Georgia: workers of oil terminal in Kulevi Port go on strike

  Today, workers of the oil terminal in Kulevi Port have gone on a strike demanding higher wages and better working conditions.

December 22, 2012 19:00

• Court in Georgia releases Director General of "Rustavi-2" on bail

  Today, the Tbilisi City Court has appointed a bail of 30,000 laris as a precondition for Nika Gvaramiya, Director General of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, to go at large. A similar decision was made in relation to other figurants in the case of bribery and forgery of documents.

December 22, 2012 18:17

• Volgograd hosts action against policemen's anonymity

  Boris Stikhin, an activist of the regional branch of the International Union of Anarchists, and Maria Turovets, an activist of the public campaign in defence of Volgograd embankment, held an action aimed at checking policemen's documents, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 22, 2012 18:00

• Authorities of Adler District of Sochi promise to solve tenants' problems after January 10

  A rally of residents of the emergency house No. 3 in Petropavlovskaya Street in Sochi was held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the building of the Adler district administration in the format of a meeting with officials. The meeting brought together about 20 people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 22, 2012 16:00

• Former MoD boss Okruashvili stops his hunger strike

  Irakli Okruashvili, the ex-Defence Minister, who is serving his term in the Tbilisi prison, has stopped, as well as his fellow prisoners, the hunger strike. This news was spread by the "Georgian Party".

December 22, 2012 15:00

• "Heritage" to support Ovannisyan at presidential election

  The "Zharangutyun" (Heritage) Party has expressed – at its today's congress – its support its leader Raffi Ovannisyan at the upcoming presidential election, who had announced his intention to run for the post by using the procedure of self-nomination.

December 22, 2012 14:00

• Party "Country of Law" to support Serzh Sargsyan at presidential election in Armenia

  The party named "Orinats Erkir" (Country of Law) will support the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan at the presidential election on February 18, Arthur Bagdasaryan the leader of the party and the current Secretary of the National Security Council, said today.

December 22, 2012 13:00

• Gori budget has funds to restore monument to Stalin

  The 2013 budget of the City Municipality of Gori, Georgia, has funds to restore the monument to Stalin.