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October 30, 2012 21:00

• Imam Kalimulla Ibragimov, his brother and father buried in Dagestan

  This morning, in Derbent, Kalimulla Ibragimov, the imam of the local mosque, his father and brother were shot dead by unidentified persons, when they were going to the mosque for the morning prayer. In Derbent, their funerals were held.

October 30, 2012 20:00

• Azerbaijan: all detainees after protest action of October 20 are at large

  Today, in Azerbaijan, the term of administrative arrest of four opposition activists, who were detained in connection with the protest action, held on October 20 in the centre of Baku, where they demanded the dissolution of the Parliament expired.

October 30, 2012 19:00

• North Ossetia: about 100 came to commemorate victims of political repressions

  In Vladikavkaz, organizers of the action, dedicated to the Memory Day of victims of political repressions at the "Stone of Tears", refused to hold a rally, since public events in the republic were cancelled after the terror act at the "Chermen" checkpoint.

October 30, 2012 18:00

• In Adzharia, striking road builders win higher wages

  After the strike of road builders in Choloki, representatives of the road department and the trade unions of Georgia have managed to agree with the employer company to raise wages.

October 30, 2012 17:00

• 35 Syrian Circassians move from capital of Adygea to Panakhes village

  During October, six families of Syrian Circassians 35 persons, including children as half of them moved from Maikop to the village of Panakhes of the Takhtamukai District. This was reported by Asker Sokht, Chairman of the Krasnodar regional public organization "Adyge Khasa".

October 30, 2012 16:00

• ECtHR accepts complaint of former head of HRC "Memorial" and journalists about their kidnapping in Ingushetia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) accepted for consideration the complaint, filed by Oleg Orlov, the former head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and three journalists from the "REN" TV Channel against actions of power agents with regard to them in November 2007 in Ingushetia, on the eve of a rally of republic's residents against the arbitrariness of power agents. The ECtHR court has sent Russia the questions on the merits of the complaint.

October 30, 2012 15:00

• About 100 persons come to commemorate victims of political repressions in Volgograd

  In Volgograd, about 100 persons laid flowers to the monument to victims of political repressions. Members of the Volgograd Association of Victims of Unlawful Political Repressions, relatives, students of the Volgograd State Technical University, and officials of the regional government came to pay tribute to the memory of the repressed persons.

October 30, 2012 14:00

• Remains of missing Zurab Agiev found in Ingushetia

  On October 26, on the outskirts of the village of Ali-Yurt, the remains of Zurab Agiev, a resident of the village of Plievo of the Nazran District, who disappeared on October 18 together with Orts Almurziev, were found.

October 30, 2012 13:00

• Dagestani resident, accidentally wounded by power agents, accused of threatening an official

  Ibragim Aliev, a resident of the Khasavyurt District, who was accidentally wounded by power agents in November 2011, is accused of threatening a power representative. At present, he is being kept at a detention facility, and his lawyer reported on deterioration of the detainee's health, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 30, 2012 10:00

• On October 22-28, 7 persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Last week, on October 22-28, 2012, at least 12 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 7 persons were killed and 5 wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

October 30, 2012 07:00

• 355 prisoners to be released from Georgian prisons by November 1, Sozar Subari asserts

  By November 1, about 355 prisoners will be released from penitentiary institutions of Georgia. This was reported on October 29 Sozar Subari, new Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance. At the same time, it became known that two parliamentary committees begin work on the draft law "On Amnesty."

October 30, 2012 04:00

• About 50 "Mekhk-Kkhel" hunger-strikers detained by police in Ingushetia, Idris Abadiev reports

  The police of Ingushetia detained about 50 participants of the hunger striker, held by the public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel." Four hunger-strikers are still kept at the Nazran OVD (Interior Division), and their lawyers are not allowed to visit them. One participant of the protest action was seriously injured during the detention. This was reported by Idris Abadiev, the head of the public organization.

October 29, 2012 23:00

• Adygea and South Tyrol agree to jointly develop tourism and agriculture

  Today, Aslan Tkhakushinov, the leader of Adygea, and Johann Berger, Vice-President of the Italian province of South Tyrol, Minister of Agriculture and Tourism, signed a letter of intent, which defined the priority for cooperation in tourism and agriculture.

October 29, 2012 22:00

• In Derbent, only centre cleared after flooding, local residents assert

  Residents of the city of Derbent and volunteers state that only the central streets of the city have been cleaned after the flooding and that the outskirts are still "buried in the mud". The Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports that the works to clean the city, affected by the flooding, have been completed.

October 29, 2012 21:00

• Magomed Kartashov: Eid al-Adha failed in Kizlyar Park because it was blocked by power agents

  Celebration of the holiday of Eid al-Adha, scheduled for today in the park named after Peter I in the city of Kizlyar, was not held, since the recreation area was cordoned off by armed law enforcement agents. This was reported by Magomed Kartashov, the organizer of the event.

October 29, 2012 19:00

• Azerbaijan: experts offer electoral reforms

  Today, fifteen activists of the civil society of Azerbaijan presented to the public the "Memorandum on main directions of improvement of electoral legislation and guarantee of democracy at October 2013 presidential election". The authors of the document offer all the political forces of the country to discuss their proposals for development of joint measures to reform the electoral legislation.

October 29, 2012 18:19

• Five policemen wounded in special operation in Khasavyurt

  During the shooting that occurred during the special operation in Khasavyurt, held on October 28, five policemen were wounded. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

October 29, 2012 18:00

• Relatives of children, who drowned in Yeisk, urge State Duma to revise compensations for minors' deaths

  Igor Trunov and Lyudmila Aivar, the lawyers of relatives of six Moscow schoolchildren, who drowned in the area of Yeisk Split of the Azov Sea in July 2010, have appealed to the State Duma of the Russian Federation with a proposal to amend the Article of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which determines the amount of compensation for the deaths of minors.

October 29, 2012 17:25

• In Ingushetia, supporters of movement "Mekhk-Kkhel" go on termless hunger strike

  On October 29, at 03:00 p.m., in Ingushetia, about 10 persons, supporters of the regional public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", began a hunger strike to demand the resignation of the republic's leaders.

October 29, 2012 13:17

• Moscow city court reduced custody terms to defendants on the case of disturbances in Manezhnaya square

  The panel of judges of Moscow city court reduced the sentence to Vitaly Vasin and Nicolay Dvoinyakov acknowledged guilty on the case of mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square in December of 2010, Press Service of the court informed.