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December 14, 2012 18:00

• Public stops construction of cement plant in North Ossetia

  As reported on December 12 to the press conference by Valentin Bazrov, the deputy chairman of the government of North Ossetia, the construction of the cement plant in Alagir was suspended because of dissatisfaction of local residents.

December 14, 2012 17:45

• In Azerbaijan, two suspects of riots in Guba sentenced to 4 and 5 years in prison; seven more – conditionally

  Today, the Guba District Court in Azerbaijan has announced the verdict to nine persons accused of disorders (riots) in the city of Guba. Two of them received real sentences, and seven more were sentenced conditionally. Yesterday, on December 13, on the same events eight more persons were sentenced, including six of them – conditionally.

December 14, 2012 17:17

• Doctor Marat Gunashev, detained in Makhachkala, was secretly taken to North Ossetia, his advocate says

  The advocate of the anaesthetist Marat Gunashev, detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Akhmed Magomedov, the Chief of the UVD (Interior Department) of Makhachkala, said that his client had been was illegally taken out of Dagestan and his life is in danger.

December 14, 2012 16:58

• Second suspect of murdering Kazbek Gekkiev identified in the KBR

  The law enforcement agencies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have identified the second suspect in the murder of journalist Kazbek Gekkiev, said the Russia's Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev. It is Inoyat Tabukhov, 24, a native of Nalchik, said the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

December 14, 2012 16:39

• Anvar Guseinov's advocates present video to the court with his story about torture at Khasavyurt ROVD

  On December 13, during a session of the Khasavyurt District Court, which considers the case of Anvar Guseinov, the defence released a video in which the defendant tells about his torture at the local ROVD (District Interior Division).

December 14, 2012 15:40

• ECtHR requests data on Buzurtanov's kidnapping from Russian authorities

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the request for application of urgent measures under Rule 40 of the Regulations of the ECtHR regarding the kidnapping in North Ossetia of Akhmed Buzurtanov, a resident of the village of Maiskoye, the lawyer Musa Pliev said today.

December 14, 2012 15:00

• MCC found Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty in Politkovskaya's murder case

  As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, today the Moscow City Court (MCC) has found Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty in the murder case of the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. The court has also obliged him to pay three million roubles to the children of the late journalist as compensation of moral harm.

December 13, 2012 21:00

• Ruslan Djappuev: my pregnant daughter was in blocked house in Tyrnyauz

  Ruslan Djappuev, a resident of the village of Bylym, insists that his pregnant daughter Indira Djappueva and her father-in-law were inside the private house in the city of Tyrnyauz, where a special operation was conducted.

December 13, 2012 20:00

• Khloponin: 2 billion roubles to be allotted to restore Derbent

  As reported by Alexander Khloponin, the plenipotentiary envoy of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), after a meeting at the Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, "in the near future" two billion roubles will be allocated for elimination of consequences of the flood in Derbent. The flood-affected people say that now, two months after the disaster, the city is still "in a deplorable state."

December 13, 2012 19:29

• Azerbaijan announces verdict to a group of figurants in the Guba riots case

  Today, the Guba District Court has announced the verdict at the trial of a group of eight defendants accused of organizing disorders in the city of Guba. Two defendants were sentenced to real imprisonment, six more were given conditional terms.

December 13, 2012 18:45

• Woman from Makhachkala states disappearance of her husband

  A disappearance of the 42-year-old resident of Makhachkala Gadji Akhmedov, a father of five babies, said his wife Patimat Akhmedova. She does not rule out that her husband could have been kidnapped.

December 13, 2012 18:00

• Over 50 residents of Adygea came to Maikop to picket in support of Syrian Circassians

  The picketers arrived from different regions of Adygea, including students and several Syrian Circassians. According to Sergey Koblev, a member of the "Adyge Khase", since the mass action had not been agreed with the authorities, they held solo pickets.

December 13, 2012 17:19

• During the trial on the case of Budanov’s murder Public Prosecutor’s office interrogated an investigator

  Trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder on June, 10, 2011, was continued in Moscow city court today. An investigator who participated in search of the defendant’s flat was among the witnesses interrogated in court.

December 13, 2012 16:58

• Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia declared impossibility of Givi Targamadze’s extradition to Russia

  Givi Targamadze’s extradition to Russia is impossible, inquiry concerning him can be carried out only inside the country, Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia declared. However, according to a representative of the office, Georgia has not yet received the respective request from the Russian party on the issue.

December 13, 2012 16:15

• The persons detained for suspicion of murder of sheikh Said Afandi had no wanted notices, a source reported

  Law enforcement bodies did not earlier search for residents of Dagestan Shikhmirza Labazanov, Magomedali Amirhanov and Magomed Gadjiev reported by their relatives as kidnapped and detained for suspicion of Murder of Sufi sheikh Said Afandi Atsaev (Chirkeisky) but they had operative records as potential accomplices of the gunmen, a source in power ministries of the republic reported.

December 13, 2012 15:50

• A resident of Ingushetia accuses the authorities of not keeping their promise to help her gravely ill child

  A resident of Ingushetia accuses of inaction the authorities of the republic who according to her, promised to grant money on treatment of her daughter who suffers from an orphan disease and needs urgent therapy abroad.

December 13, 2012 15:00

• Council of Elders of the Balkar people is preparing claims of compensation for moral damage caused by Stalin’s repression

  Council of Elders of the Balkar people started collecting documents of ethnic Balkars who underwent repression during the period of Stalin’s rule in order to submit a claim of compensation for moral damage to court. As of the moment, 400 persons submitted their documents.

December 12, 2012 21:00

• Criminal liability for compulsion to membership in a party enacted in Azerbaijan

  On December, 11, National Assembly of Azerbaijan adopted amendments to the legislation of the country establishing measures of criminal and administrative liability in connection with violations in the activities of political parties.

December 12, 2012 20:15

• A district police officer’s father in Derbent reports beating his son up by Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs

  Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation in Derbent Abdulahad Magomedov beat up district police officer Isabek Ramazanov, the officer’s father Tagir Ramazanov reported.

December 12, 2012 19:52

• The Court in Strasbourg acknowledged Russia guilty of torturing Timur Tangiev

  On December, 11, European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg acknowledged that resident of Grozny Timur Tangiev underwent treatment equated with torture in custody. Russia must pay him 45 thousand euros compensation for moral damage.