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November 10, 2012 18:00

• Armenia starts raising money for convicted Serob Bozoyan

  Armenia holds fundraising for Serob Bozoyan, sentenced to a year of imprisonment for filling balloons with combustible gas methane. The funds are being raised for his medical treatment.

November 10, 2012 17:00

• In Sochi, court extends detention of woman, suspected of Antonina Mayevskaya's murder

  In Sochi, on November 9, Federal Judge Sergey Martynenko extended the detention of Yulia Zhigulina, suspected of the murder of 87-year-old Antonina Mayevskaya, till December 12.

November 10, 2012 16:00

• In Ingushetia, power agents plant cartridges to house of Khasan Esmurziev, his relatives assert

  Relatives of Khasan Esmurziev, a resident of Ingushetia, detained by power agents, claim cartridges were planted to his house during the search. They sent Pavel Belyakov, Prosecutor of Ingushetia, a complaint against the actions of policemen, who conducted the search in the house.

November 10, 2012 15:00

• Rights defenders report on unlawful detention of three persons in Makhachkala

  Human rights defenders report unlawful detention of three residents of Makhachkala. According to eyewitnesses, the detainees were beaten by law enforces, and weapons were planted to them.

November 10, 2012 13:00

• Moscow: two natives of Northern Caucasus attacked

  In the evening of November 9, in Moscow, unidentified persons, armed with traumatic weapons, committed two attacks on natives of Northern Caucasus.

November 09, 2012 23:00

• Georgia's ex-Minister of Defence put in jail for two months

  Today, the Tbilisi City Court pronounced pre-trial restriction measure for Bacho Akhalaya, ex-Minister of the Internal Affairs and Defence of Georgia, in the form of pre-trial detention for two months.

November 09, 2012 22:00

• Ingushetia: defence challenges arrest of five "Mekhk-Kkhel" activists

  Today, the judicial district No. 18 in Nazran received a complaint, filed against the decision of the Magistrate Judge Alikhan Tomov with regard to five members of the regional public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", arrested for 15 days for disobeying policemen. This was reported by lawyer Sergey Pozhidaev.

November 09, 2012 19:00

• Armenian students from Syria to study for free in Nagorno-Karabakh universities

  Students from Armenian families of Syria, who arrived to Nagorno-Karabakh, can study at local institutions of higher education for free; the programme of assistance is being implemented by means of benefactors. This was reported by Ara Arutyunyan, Prime Minister of the republic.

November 09, 2012 18:00

• Tbilisi Mayoralty ready to fulfil 15 out of 16 demands of striking bus drivers

  The Tbilisi Mayoralty promises to fulfil all demands of public transport drivers, who took part in the strike, held on November 8, except for the demand to raise wages.

November 09, 2012 10:00

• The court appointed attorneys to defendants on the case of assault at Nalchik

  The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria appointed additional attorneys to seven defendants on the case of assault at Nalchik committed in October of 2005.

November 09, 2012 09:00

• 47 families in Krymsk who lost their dwellings as a result of the flood got keys to new flats

  On November, 8, 47 families in Krymsk who lost their dwellings as a result of the flood of July, 6 and 7, were handed keys to new flats. All of them will settle in a nine-storey house in Proletarskaya street in the center of the town which is part of “Nadezhda” (”Hope”) dwelling complex specially built for the victims of the flood.

November 09, 2012 08:00

• A Festival of a “wrong” film started in Sochi

  On November, 8, a Festival of a “wrong” film first opened in Sochi. Six foreign films shot during several last years were included into the program of the festival: “Under sugar powder”, “Lamb wandering”, “Taste of the Mediterranean”, “Chicken with prunes”, “Vampire woman vs. Frankenstein”, “I am not Harry Jenson”.

November 09, 2012 07:00

• Participants of the conflict among natives of Central Asia in Sochi will hardly be deported, law enforcement officers consider

  There has been no deportation of the participants of a mass scuffle among builders of Olympic objects as of the moment. Criminal cases against the participants of the incident have not been referred to court yet, official representatives of the Department of Interior Affairs and the court reported.

November 09, 2012 06:00

• Solo picketer in Moscow calls on Circassians to civil activeness

  On November 8, solo picket of Tamerlan Urusov in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Moscow with a demand "to stop extermination of Circassians in Syria" and to repatriate them to Russia lasted about four hours. The action was held "to encourage the Circassian community to civic engagement." This was told by Tamerlan Urusov to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 09, 2012 05:16

• Adygea opens second computer class for pensioners and people with disabilities

  Today, within the programme "Grandma online-Grandpa online", Maikop opens the second computer class for seniors. The Adyg State University will present certificates of completion of the courses to the students, who completed the training.

November 09, 2012 04:42

• 70 supporters of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" detained by FSB in Moscow

  In Moscow and the Moscow Region, FSB staff members conducted numerous detentions and searches at houses of supporters of the Islamic movement "Hizb ut-Tahrir", suspected of violating Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "organization of activity of an extremist organization".

November 09, 2012 04:00

• Court has formed jury in Kuschevskaya massacre case

  On November 8, the Krasnodar Regional Court completed the formation of a jury to consider the criminal case on the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya. The Court selected 12 principal and 19 additional jurors. Today, the consideration of the case on the merits is to be started, and it will be held in public mode.

November 08, 2012 23:18

• Relatives of Khutum villager in Dagestan report on his detention by policemen

  Today, the house of Rano Karabekov, a resident of the village of Khutum of the Magaramkent District, was searched, and after that, Rano Karabekov was detained and brought to the local police station. This was reported by Gulnara Rustamova, a representative of the Dagestani regional public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

November 08, 2012 23:00

• In Astrakhan, Court obliges Internet providers to restrict access to "Innocence of Muslims"

  In Astrakhan, in accordance with the decision of the Kirov District Court, Internet providers Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Vympel-Kommunikatsii" and OJSC "Rostelekom" must restrict access to the film "Innocence of Muslims". This was reported by the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

November 08, 2012 22:00

• Armenia starts building Megri HPP

  Today, near the city of Megri in Armenia, a ceremony of laying the foundation for the construction of the Megri Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) for the capacity of 130 MW and annual electricity yield of about 800 million kWh took place.