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December 02, 2012 21:41

• Ex-Premier of Georgia Merabishvili interrogated on use of fake passport

  Vano Merabishvili, Secretary General of the "United National Movement and the former Prime Minister of Georgia was interrogated in the context of information about his use of a fake passport when crossing the border of Georgia as a member of the presidential delegation. The MIA of Georgia wants to question him again.

December 02, 2012 21:16

• Higher school pupils of Stepanakert study conflicts and settlement ways

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, the NGO named "Education and Training Centre" is conducting – within the project "Mobilization of Youth Through Training" – lessons for elder pupils on the topic "Conflict Settlement". In the opinion of Svetlana Djangiryan, the head of the organization, such training sessions give a chance to young people to acquire skills of settling both everyday conflict situations and interethnic conflicts.

December 02, 2012 20:31

• Nizhni Novgorod Regional Court to decide whether the monograph "International Tribunal for Chechnya" is extremist

  On December 6, the Dzerzhinsk City Court of the Nizhni Novgorod Region will consider the presentation of the City Prosecutor on recognition of the monograph named "International Tribunal for Chechnya" as an extremist material. Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, a local rights defender and the editor of the edition, has been summoned to the session as an interested person.

December 02, 2012 20:15

• Strasbourg court accepted a claim from the Porfirievs family who are at law with the Administration of Astrakhan for their house

  On November, 27, the Porfirievs family who are being evicted from their house in Astrakhan with their baby upon a decision of the court received an answer from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about acceptance of two first claims for processing which concern gross violation of their rights in connection with the actions of Astrakhan municipal Administration by confiscation of their house and the land where it is located.

December 02, 2012 19:58

• Residents of Grozny are discontented with the activities of the Committee for inventory of buildings and pulling down illegal structures

  An inter-departmental commission formed in Grozny is carrying out inspection of housing resources and making a data bank of the houses, their owners and tenants. Simultaneously, illegally built structures are being pulled down in the private sector. Residents of Grozny told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent that the goal of this campaign was to find a pretext for new extortions of money from the population.

December 02, 2012 19:10

• Program “Resettlement of compatriots” held up in Armenia

  Migration Service of Russia in Armenia stopped receiving applications from the citizens who wished to move to Russia for permanent residence within the framework of the program “Resettlement of compatriots”. The decision to stop receiving applications will remain in force till January, 10, 2013.

December 02, 2012 19:00

• Human rights activists from “Memorial” Human Rights Center presented their books at Non/fiction book market in Moscow

  Human rights activists from HRC “Memorial” presented their books to the readers at XIV International Non/fiction book market in Moscow. The visitors were able to receive for free “Magomedov’s “New Policy”?” by Oleg Orlov, Head of the program “Hot points”, and Ekaterina Sokirianskaya, Director of the project of International crisis group for Southern Caucasus, as well as a book about people missing since the Second Chechen war “Fate Unknown” by Chairman of the Council of the organization Alexander Cherkasov.

December 01, 2012 23:00

• Georgia and Armenia are second and third at "Junior Eurovision-2012"

  The "Funkids" and the "Compass Band", the bands, representing Georgia and Armenia, respectively, at the song contest "Junior Eurovision-2012" in the Netherlands, won the second and third places, following Ukraine.

December 01, 2012 22:46

• Organizers of a meeting against corruption in Dagestan report refusal of the Ministry of Justice to receive their notification of the action

  Officials of the Ministry of Justice of Dagestan refused to receive a notification of holding an anti-corruption meeting, the organizers of the action informed the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

December 01, 2012 22:18

• Five Armenian pilots perish in crash of cargo aircraft in Congo

  Five out of seven members of the crew of the IL-76 cargo aircraft that on November 30, crashed in Congo, were citizens of Armenia.

December 01, 2012 22:18

• Defence of resident of Makhachkala killed at search complain against policemen to Prosecutor's Office

  The advocates of Shamil Gasanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was killed when his flat was searched, have lodged a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan against illegitimate actions of law enforcement bodies. Let us remind you that Shamil Gasanov, 35, a surgeon of the Second City Hospital of Makhachkala, was detained by law enforcers on November 28.

December 01, 2012 22:02

• Yury Artiukh: preservation of national peace is Moscow’s major problem

  Participants of the conference “On activities of mass media in the sphere of interethnic relations and struggle against xenophobia” held in Moscow considered preservation of national peace the main problem of the Russian capital and called for the journalists to oppose escalation of national extremism, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

December 01, 2012 22:00

• Volunteers spend money raised via Internet to buy essential goods for Derbent residents

  160,000 roubles were transferred to the account on the Internet, opened for residents of Derbent, affected by the flooding of October 10. From the total amount of the funds, transferred to the volunteer Yandex purse "Help Derbent", the activists spent 60,000 roubles for the purchase of essential goods.

December 01, 2012 21:39

• Magdi-Magomed Kamalov: inquiry into murder of "Chernovik" founder is blocked by power structures of Dagestan

  As long as the murder case of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the Dagestani public and political weekly "Chernovik, is accompanied by the operative service of the MIA of Dagestan, all the requests of the public will be blocked at the level of the republic's power structures. This was stated by the casualty's brother Magdi-Magomed Kamalov at the press conference held at the "Interfax" Press Centre on November 30. The founder of the "Chernovik" Khadjimurad Kamalov was killed on December 15, 2011, in Makhachkala, when the gunmen made 14 shots at him. Investigators associate the murder with Kamalov's professional activities. His colleagues assert that the inquiry is boycotted.

December 01, 2012 21:14

• Georgia: ex-director of Gldani Prison No. 8 to be accused in absentia

  Alexander Mukhadze, the former director of Gldani Prison No. 8, a figurant in the case of the death of Colonel Sergo Tetradze, suspected in espionage, who has left the country, will be charged in absentia.

December 01, 2012 21:00

• Stepan Safaryan: "Public Dialogues" give Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists real picture of situation in neighbouring region

  The project "Public Dialogue", implemented on the Internet, will contribute to better understanding and breaking down false stereotypes, gained by the media workers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the readers. This was told by the initiators of the project and journalists to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 01, 2012 20:00

• Volgograd hosts picket in defence of citizens' right to possess arms

  In Volgograd, Mikhail Goldreyer, the coordinator of the interregional public organization "Right to Arms", held in the Alley of Heroes a single picket in defence of the right of citizens to own firearms, the of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 01, 2012 19:18

• Adam Bogus: Maikop Mayoralty forbids rally in support of Syrian Circassians

  In Maikop, the Mayoralty refused to sanction a rally of the movement "Adyge Khase-Circassian Parliament", which was to be held on December 8 in support of Syrian Circassians. This was reported by Adam Bogus, the leader of the movement.

December 01, 2012 19:12

• NAC: two members of "Gimry" grouping killed in Makhachkala

  During the today's special operation, held in the village of Semender of the Kirov District of Makhachkala, members of the "Gimry" criminal gang were killed. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

December 01, 2012 19:00

• Ingush policemen suspected of unlawful detention of woman with baby

  According to the Investigatory Committee, Ingush policemen unlawfully detained a woman with a five-month baby for almost entire day.