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November 14, 2012 22:00

• Solo picketer in Moscow urges Russia's MFA to help Syrian Circassians

  Today, a solo picket was held at the building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with an appeal to Russian authorities to organize urgent evacuation of Circassian compatriots from Syria struck by military conflict to their historical homeland, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

November 14, 2012 21:00

• ICRC completes projects to improve water supply in South Ossetia

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is ready to complete the water-supply projects in villages of South Ossetian by the end of this year.

November 14, 2012 20:00

• Gannushkina: acquittal of Nazir Guliev is illegal

  As stated today by Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance", at a press conference in Moscow, the acquitting verdict passed to Nazir Guliev, a former employee of the Ingush MIA, is illegitimate. According to her version, Guliev should have not been acquitted and released from liability.

November 14, 2012 19:00

• Burnt-down house in Makhachkala is unfit for living, fire victims assert

  The tenants of the two-storey house in Makhachkala, where a fire broke out on November 13, complain that they have nowhere to live.

November 14, 2012 18:00

• Victim of house collapse in Yerevan is in ordinary ward now

  Today, Volodya Matevosyan, who suffered from the collapse of an unfinished building in central Yerevan, was transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward, said Gagik Manukyan, Director for urgent health care of the Medical Centre "Grigor Lusavorich".

November 14, 2012 17:00

• MCC upholds denial of compensation to Krasnenkov from "Memorial"

  Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has rejected the complaint lodged by Andrei Krasnenkov, the legal representative of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, against the decision of the Tver District Court to refuse to recover from the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" of 500,000 roubles of compensation under the case of defending the honour, dignity and business reputation.

November 14, 2012 14:00

• Ex-suspect on the case of murder in Kushevskaya submitted a claim of compensation

  Evgeny Gurov, ex-defendant on the case of mass murder in the stanitsa of Kushevskaya, submitted a claim of compensation for moral damage inflicted on him to a total sum of one million rubles, Kushevsky district court reported.

November 14, 2012 12:00

• Residents of Cherkessian settlements on the Golan Heights in Syria left their settlements

  Residents of Cherkessian settlement of Bir-al-Azham in Syria left their besieged settlement and started for the nearest Arab village. Earlier, yet before the beginning of the siege, local residents left the Cherkessian settlement of Berek.

November 14, 2012 08:00

• Supporters of the Armenian National Congress in Yerevan deprecate the verdict to four oppositional activists

  On November, 13, about 50 members of Armenian National Congress (ANC) in Yerevan gathered in front of the building of the court to express protest against the sentence to four activists of ANC convicted for hooliganism, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

November 14, 2012 06:00

• Attorney of one of the defendants on the case of terror in “Domodedovo” reports threats to his client in the investigative isolation ward

  Tatiana Okushko, attorney of Bashir Khamkhoev accused of committing the act of terror in “Domodedovo” airport, appealed to Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in connection with the information she received about threats to her client from Chief of Federal state facility Investigative isolation ward No 4 colonel Alexey Khorev.

November 13, 2012 23:00

• Relatives of soldiers who died in army hold protest in Armenia

  Today, in Armenia, in front of the presidential palace, a protest action was held, which was attended by relatives and friends of soldiers perished in the army. Participants of the protest action demanded a fair investigation into deaths in the army.

November 13, 2012 22:00

• Court imposes 20,000-rouble fine on participant of "March of Millions" in Rostov-on-Don

  The court has fined Elena Belan, a participant of the "March of Millions", held in Rostov-on-Don, by 20,000 roubles.

November 13, 2012 21:00

• Azerbaijani detained for shooting at wedding party in Moscow

  An 18-year-old native of Azerbaijan, who on November 12 shot from a traumatic pistol at the wedding party, was detained for two days. This was reported by the Moscow police.

November 13, 2012 20:18

• In Armenia, political parties of CIS countries agree to cooperate

  Today, in Yerevan, within the ongoing Inter-Party Consultations, dedicated to the creation of the Eurasian Union, a memorandum was signed of cooperation between the political parties of Armenia, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

November 13, 2012 19:44

• In Moscow, solo picketer demands immediate evacuation of Circassians from Syria to Russia

  Today, in front of the building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), a solo picket was held, urging the Russian authorities to immediately evacuate Circassian compatriots to their historic homeland from Syria, involved in military conflict.

November 13, 2012 19:18

• Stavropol Territory: court sentences defendant in case of rape of child to 15 years of imprisonment

  Today, the court sentenced a resident of Budennovsk, who was found guilty of raping a nine-year-old girl, to 15 years of imprisonment in high security colony. This was reported by Violetta Bondareva, the head of the united press service of the courts of the Stavropol Territory.

November 13, 2012 19:00

• Former head of Kabardino-Balkarian Government suspected of large-scale fraud

  The Division for Especially Serious Cases Investigation of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Kabardino-Balkaria instituted a criminal case under Article "Fraud committed on a large scale" against Ivan Gerter, the former head of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria.

November 13, 2012 17:24

• The Appellate Court of Armenia brought a standing judgment concerning a sentence to four oppositionists

  The Appellate Criminal Court of Armenia brought a standing judgment concerning a verdict of a primary jurisdiction court sentencing four young oppositional activists to custody for hooliganism.

November 13, 2012 15:17

• Residents of Nalchik did not have time to read leaflets about the loss of Cherkessians in Syria

  At night of November, 11, leaflets calling for people not to remain indifferent in the situation when the Cherkessians perish in Syria appeared in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. However, the residents of Nalchik did not have time to see the leaflets because they were torn down.

November 13, 2012 15:00

• Court of Appeal upholds Bacho Akhalaya's arrest

  Today, the Tbilisi Court of Appeal upheld the decision on the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of keeping in custody against Bacho Akhalaya, ex-Minister of Defence and Internal Affairs of Georgia.