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December 22, 2012 12:00

• Bilkhis Dudaeva: my questions to Putin were neutral

  The questions asked on behalf of the newspaper "Kadyrov's Way" at a press conference of Vladimir Putin had been carefully thought over and were purely neutral; while the decision to close the newspaper was, most likely, caused by journalists' mockeries over the name of the paper, said Bilkhis Dudaeva, the editor-in-chief of the now closed edition.

December 21, 2012 23:00

• Two Dagestani NPOs quit "United Caucasian Forum"

  Two non-profit organizations (NPOs) from Dagestan, "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" and "Fighter for Justice", have announced their withdrawal from the "United Caucasian Forum", explaining their decision by "poor coordination of the Forum," and disagreement with the organizers on some issues.

December 21, 2012 22:00

• Third group of persons accused of riots in Guba sentenced in Azerbaijan

  Today, the trial has been finalized of the third group of defendants, accused of riots in the city of Guba. Two out of seven defendants received real prison terms; the remaining five were sentenced conditionally.

December 21, 2012 21:00

• Oppositional "Republic" Party refuses to run for presidency in Armenia

  Aram Sargsyan, the leader of the oppositional "Republic" Party and a former member of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), said he would not run for the post of the country's president. Today, the congress of the party has decided to refuse to participate in the presidential election in Armenia.

December 21, 2012 20:00

• HRW: ecologist Gazaryan leaves Russia and plans to seek asylum in Europe

  Suren Gazaryan, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", said that he left Russia fearing a guilty verdict in the case about the incident at the "Putin's Palace".

December 21, 2012 19:00

• Residents of Northern Caucasus are sceptical about "end of the world"

  On the eve of December 21, some residents of the regions of Northern Caucasus feared the predicted "doomsday" and prepared for it; however, it was not of a mass character. Muslim clerics, while noting that Islam has a concept of the "judgment day", said that there is no evidence of this event.

December 21, 2012 18:00

• Georgian culture figures to seek settlement of Georgian-Russian relations

  The NGO named "Union of Societies of Georgian-Russia Relations: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" and Georgian figures of culture are setting up an initiative group for settlement of Georgian-Russian relations, in order to revive the tradition of joint projects in the sphere of education and sciences.

December 21, 2012 17:00

• In Astrakhan, court marshals start evicting Porfiriev family out of their house

  Today, court marshals, a representative of the administration of the Sovietskiy District and policemen appeared at No. 14 Amurskaya Street in Astrakhan, aiming to evict the Porfiriev family out of their house.

December 21, 2012 16:00

• In Ingushetia, local resident's relatives state his illegal detention

  Beslan Tsechoev, a villager of Sagopshi, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, was detained by the police without explanation, his relatives assert. They fear that the man will be exposed to illegal methods of physical pressure, noting that earlier similar cases had already happened.

December 21, 2012 15:00

• Telavi hospital staff goes on strike in Georgia

  On December 20, 130 employees of the medical centre in the city of Telavi went on a strike demanding to pay their wage arrears.

December 21, 2012 14:00

• Georgian soldier disappears in Afghanistan

  A soldier from the Georgian contingent has disappeared in Afghanistan; searches are fruitless.

December 21, 2012 13:00

• Former Prime Minister Grant Bagratyan states his intention to run for presidency

  Grant Bagratyan, a member of the oppositional parliamentary faction "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) and the former Prime Minister, has announced, on his Facebook page, his intention to take part in the presidential election. Bagratyan also said that he would suspend his cooperation with the ANC in order not to hamper the organization.

December 21, 2012 12:00

• Adaptation Commission of former militants in KBR promises to help relatives of underground members

  Ruslan Eshugaov, the chair of the Adaptation Commission of former militants in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has promised, when meeting relatives of convicted militants, to help in their conditional early relief (CER).

December 20, 2012 23:00

• Newspaper "Puts Kadyrova" (Kadyrov's Way) closed after journalist's question to Putin

  The Chechen newspaper "Kadyrov's Way", which was closed today after the press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was initially presented by local officials at a celebration ceremony of the 60th birthday of the late Akhmad Kadyrov, the former head of the region, in August 2011.

December 20, 2012 22:00

• Georgia: supporters of "United National Movement" oppose arrest of Director General of "Rustavi-2"

  About a thousand supporters of the party "United National Movement" have held a protest in Tbilisi against the arrests of Nicka Gvaramiya, Director General of "Rustavi-2", as well as the former Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri, Director General of the Energy Company "Telasi" Devi Kandelaki and former Deputy Minister of Economy Kakha Dameniya.

December 20, 2012 21:00

• Abdullaev: three persons left STRC "Kabardino-Balkaria" after Gekkiev's murder

  The murder of the TV presenter Kazbek Gekkiev did not entail any mass resignation of employees of the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Kabardino-Balkaria". To date, only three out of one hundred and eighty employees have submitted their voluntarily resignation applications, said Kamal Abdullaev, Deputy Director of the STRC, which is a branch of the All-Russian TV and Radio Company.

December 20, 2012 20:00

• Chataev released on bail appears in court, but session failed

  The session of the Tbilisi City Court, scheduled for December 19, on the case of Akhmed Chataev, a native of Chechnya and a Russian citizen, who was detained in a special operation in Lopota Gorge, did not take place due to the failure of the prosecutor to summon his witnesses.

December 20, 2012 19:00

• Court extends custody of defendants in Nalchik attack case by three months

  At the trial of the case of the attack on Nalchik, the court has announced the decision to extend the term of the defendants' detention for another three months, until March 26, 2013.

December 20, 2012 18:00

• "Beslan Mothers" commemorate children killed in Newtown

  An action in memory of the children killed on December 14 in Newtown, State Connecticut of the USA, was held in the gym of Beslan School, whose pupils and teachers in September 2004 became terrorists' hostages and were killed. Mothers of the kids killed in North Ossetia decided to support their counterparts from another country, who have experienced the same grief.

December 20, 2012 17:09

• Bridge to the mountain village of Dargo is built in south of Chechnya

  A bridge across the Yassa (Aksay) River is being built in the mountainous Vedeno District of Chechnya, near the village of Dargo. The old bridge was destroyed in the course of the first military campaign in the country, said the Ministry of Motor Roads of Chechnya. The commissioning of the new bridge is scheduled for 2013.