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October 15, 2012 23:10

• Georgia presents data on human rights violations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Geneva consultations

  The members of the Georgian delegation at the Geneva consultations have reported about human rights violations in the occupied territories, including the right to receive education in one's native language, the freedom from harassments and detentions, and the freedom of movement, says the statement the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

October 15, 2012 23:00

• MIA Captain wounded in fight with Azerbaijani natives near Moscow

  On October 14, in the city of Sergiev Posad, Captain Vyacheslav Khokhlin, 30, from the Sofrino Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia was hospitalized after a fight with natives of Azerbaijan, said a police source.

October 15, 2012 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 8-14

  Local and regional elections in Southern Russia; flood in Derbent; Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia; the seventh anniversary of the attack on Nalchik, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 8-14, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 15, 2012 22:50

• One casualty and three missing persons after earthquake in Azerbaijan

  As a result of an earthquake in the north-western part of the country, a woman from the Balaken District died; and the Zagatala District Police received applications about three missing persons.

October 15, 2012 22:40

• About 1000 miners go on strike in Georgia

  As reported by the trade union of the workers of the metallurgical, mining and chemical industries of Georgia, today, about 1000 miners from the company named "Georgian Manganese" went on strike in Western Georgia, in the city of Chiatura.

October 15, 2012 22:30

• Refugees seize the building of the former industrial college in Tbilisi

  About 50 refugee families moved into an empty building of the former industrial college in the capital of Georgia, stating that they have nowhere to live.

October 15, 2012 22:20

• Rostov Region: suspects of blowing up the flat of education division employee established

  In Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers suspect two teachers, aged 27-and 58, of preparing and triggering an explosion of the flat of the female employee of the local division of education, which wounded the woman and her son and killed her 63-year-old mother.

October 15, 2012 22:10

• Sochi: MfE official suspected of taking bribe of 100,000 roubles

  A criminal case has been opened in Sochi against an inspector of the Centre of the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for the Krasnodar Territory, who is suspected of bribe-taking.

October 15, 2012 22:00

• Defence of victims of Dubrovka terror act receives refusal to initiate criminal case against officials

  Today, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has denied the motion lodged by Igor Trunov, who is representing the relatives of the casualties of the October 2002 terror act in Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, on initiating criminal proceedings against the officials who were in charge of storming the Centre.

October 15, 2012 22:00

• Prisoners go on hunger strike in Georgia

  At the penitentiary institution No. 6, located in the city of Rustavi, several prisoners are trying - by means of a hunger - to receive the drugs, which have no contraindications, and put an end to physical pressure on them.

October 15, 2012 21:00

• ICRF employee wounded in Dagestan is dealing with terror act against Sheikh Saeed

  The basic version says that the attempt on Nurlan Ashurbekov, the head of the division for especially important cases of the Investigatory Department for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), had to do with his service duties. His division is in charge of investigating resonant crimes, including terror acts and the murder of Sheikh Saeed (Said) Chirkey.

October 15, 2012 20:00

• "Citizen's Assistance": the court does not dare bring a verdict on the case of torture in the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia

  Bringing a verdict on a high-profile criminal case in Ingushetia against ex-officers of Karabulak district Department of Interior Affairs accused of abuse of authority and infliction of grave bodily damages is being delayed for an indefinite term, members of Committee "Citizen's Assistance" state.

October 15, 2012 19:00

• Member of polling site commission in Sochi Vitaly Nebieridze fined to 500 rubles for insubordination to the police

  Today member of polling site commission No 45-09 in Sochi Vitaly Nebieridze charged with insubordination to the police personnel who were called by Chairperson of the polling site Ludmila Afanasieva during vote-counting procedure was fined to 500 rubles by the Magistrate of Magistracy No 97. The observer himself considers the judgment unlawful and declared that he was going to appeal against it.

October 15, 2012 18:00

• Supposed murderer of the teacher of a madrasa detained in Ingushetia

  Supposed murderer of Yunus Akhilgov, teacher of a madrasa in the stanitsa of Troitskaya, Sunzha district of Ingushetia, was detained. Khamzat Khazdiev made confessionary statements, Press Service of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Ingushetia informed.

October 13, 2012 23:00

• Two soldiers wounded in Ingushetia

  On October 13, in the forest in the vicinities of the village of Alkhasty of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, soldiers clashed with suspected militants. Two soldiers were wounded.

October 13, 2012 22:00

• Volgograd: over 300 persons attend rally against increased housing and utility rates and nickel mining

  On October 13, more than 300 residents of Volgograd attended the rally against rising of housing and utility rates and poor condition of city roads. They also demanded to solve ecological problems and problems with measures against the African Swine Fever (ASF).

October 13, 2012 21:00

• Nalchik commemorates victims of October 13, 2005

  Representatives of public organizations, law enforcement officers, students, residents of Kabardino-Balkaria took part in the today's rally to pay tribute to the memory of the persons, killed in the attack on Nalchik. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 13, 2012 20:00

• In Dagestan, 4 persons killed in combat action

  According to the preliminary information, the armed clash in the Khasavyurt District killed three suspected militants and a soldier of the internal troops. This was reported by a representative of the republic's law enforcement agencies.

October 13, 2012 19:00

• "Chernovik" nominates Khadjimurad Kamalov for Sakharov Prize

  The editorial staff of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft) will nominate Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the newspaper, for the Sakharov Prize "Journalism as Act".

October 13, 2012 17:00

• 20 NGOs stop their activities in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, 20 NGOs, which cooperated with foreign secret services, stopped their activities. This was reported by Yuri Seryshev, Chief of the FSB Department in the Republic of Ingushetia.