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September 29, 2012 22:00

• Cultural and sports festival "Caucasian Games" hosted by Kabardino-Balkaria

  More than 1500 athletes from all regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) took part in the cultural and sports festival "Caucasian Games" that ended in Kabardino-Balkaria.

September 29, 2012 21:00

• Yunus-Bek Evkurov: Ingushetia not to make concessions in delineation of borders with Chechnya

  Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, refuted reports on consolidation 5,000 hectares of agricultural land in the Sunzha District, which is under dispute with Chechnya, to the Chechen Republic.

September 29, 2012 20:00

• Supporters of "Georgian Dream" hold mass rallies in Tbilisi and Kutaisi

  The oppositional coalition "Georgian Dream" completes the pre-election campaign by holding actions in the two largest cities of Georgia. Today, in Tbilisi and Kutaisi, the coalition began its mass rallies.

September 29, 2012 19:00

• Volgograd holds picket to protect children's rights to pre-school education

  Today, 20 persons gathered for a picket to protect children's rights for affordable and high-quality pre-school education in Volgograd. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The action was sanctioned by the authorities.

September 29, 2012 18:00

• In Baku, police prevent IPA pickets in front of French and US Embassies

  Today, a group of activists of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) attempted to hold protest actions in front of the French and US Embassies in Baku in connection with the film "Innocence of Muslims", shot in the USA, and the publication of the French weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Reinforced police squads prevented the protests by detaining most active participants.

September 29, 2012 16:00

• Delegates from three Dagestani regions establish "Lak National Council"

  On September 28, in Makhachkala, the Dagestani regional organization "Lak National Council" was established by the Congress of the Lak people, which brought together 427 delegates from the Lak, Novolak and Kuli Districts and communities with compact residence of the Lak people.

September 29, 2012 15:00

• In Sochi, eviction of Shablo family postponed indefinitely

  In Sochi, eviction of the Shablo family, scheduled for September 29, was postponed for indefinite period. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Sergey Kharlanov, Deputy Chief of the Inter-District Division of the Sochi Bailiff Service.

September 29, 2012 07:00

• Azerbaijan hosts rally in protest against film "Innocence of Muslims"

  On September 28, in Azerbaijan, about 100 residents of the village of Nardaran, located 25 km north of Baku, held a protest action against the anti-Islamic film "Innocence of Muslims", shot in the USA, and the publication of the French weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

September 28, 2012 23:50

• In Rostov, suspected kidnapper of Dasha Popova faces 15 years of imprisonment

  According to investigators, a man, suspected in the kidnapping in Rostov-on-Don of an 8-year-old girl, planned to kill her. At present, the investigators prepared for the court the documents to arrest the suspected criminal. He faces up to 15 years of imprisonment. According to the family members of the rescued girl, at present, the girl is at the hospital under the supervision of psychologists.

September 28, 2012 23:40

• Number of children, hospitalized in Stepanakert, reaches 57

  The number of children, who got sick and hospitalized because of the outbreak of infectious disease in Stepanakert, reached 57. The condition of all patients is stable. This was reported by the Medical Union "Arevik".

September 28, 2012 23:30

• MP Gyulyar Akhmedova excluded from "Yeni Azerbaijan" Party for bribing seat in parliament

  Gyulyar Akhmedova, a member of the National Assembly, one of the alleged participants in the video talks about bribing to be elected to the Parliament of Azerbaijan, was excluded from the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan" (YAP). This was reported by Ali Akhmedov, Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the party. The Baku City Prosecutor's Office instituted a criminal case in connection with the video record, disseminated on September 25. This was reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office.

September 28, 2012 23:10

• MPs of Stavropol Territory expand rights of citizens to appeal to officials

  On September 26, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Stavropol Territory unanimously adopted amendments to the Law "On additional guarantees of right of citizens of the Russian Federation to appeal". At present, an oral appeal to any public institution equals to an appeal in written form.

September 28, 2012 23:00

• Advocates of convicts for riots in Manege Square in Moscow appeal to ECtHR

  Lawyers of persons, convicted in the case of riots in Manege Square in Moscow in December 2010, filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the sentence to Igor Berezyuk, Ruslan Khubaev, and Kirill Unchuk, the activists of the Other Russia. This was reported by Dmitry Agranovsky, the lawyer of Igor Bereziuk.

September 28, 2012 22:30

• In Kutaisi, journalists hold solidarity action with prisoners

  Today, in front of the Kutaisi prison No. 2, local journalists and NGO activists held an action in solidarity with prisoners.

September 28, 2012 22:10

• Patriarch Ilia II consecrated Tbilisi

  Several thousand people took part in the ceremony of consecration of the capital of Georgia. Patriarch Ilia II called for the authorities to release HIV-positive convicts and convicts ill with tuberculosis.

September 28, 2012 22:10

• Former head of State Social Welfare Service arrested in Armenia

  Vazgen Khachikyan, the former head of the State Social Security Service, was arrested. This was reported today by the police's press service.

September 28, 2012 21:00

• A citizen of Azerbaijan killed in a skirmish near one of the Moscow cafes

  One citizen of Azerbaijan perished and one more got wounded at night of September, 27, near a cafe in the South of Moscow, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.

September 28, 2012 20:00

• A local resident shot down in Dagestan

  Yesterday evening, September, 27, a woman aged 51 who worked in a commercial store was killed in the settlement of Kushtil, Khiva District of Dagestan, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

September 28, 2012 19:00

• Two residents of Dagestan appealed to the police reporting their relatives' disappearance

  Yesterday, September, 27, two residents of Makhachkala and Khiva district appealed to the police of Dagestan reporting their relatives' disappearance, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reports.

September 28, 2012 18:00

• Within the framework of an action "Help your brothers" Nagorno-Karabakh sent humanitarian supplies to the Armenians in Syria

  An action of collecting supplies for the Syrian Armenians "Help your brothers" started in Nagorno-Karabakh. Humanitarian aid consisting of foodstuff produced in Karabakh was sent to Yerevan to be taken to Syria by air.