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April 20, 2012 22:00

• Nalchik resident, who claimed that police beat his son, reports on search of his house

  At present, in Nalchik, people in masks carry out a search of the house belonging to Muradin Berov, who earlier reported that officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria beat his son. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Muradin Berov himself.

April 20, 2012 21:00

• Employees of Federal Drug Control Service in Rostov region suspected of an attempt of fraud

  Two operative agents of Department of Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation (FDCS) in Rostov region are suspected of an attempt of fraud to a sum of 1,3 million rubles.

April 20, 2012 20:00

• 175 fires happened during the first three months of 2012 in Chechnya

  175 fires with four victims happened in the first quarter of 2012 in the territory of Chechen Republic.

April 20, 2012 19:00

• A picket with a demand of building an interchange passed off in Rostov-on-Don

  A non-governmental movement "We do care!" held an action in Stachki prospect of Rostov-on-Don demanding construction of interchanges near the new bridge in Siversa prospect.

April 20, 2012 18:00

• The court in Rostov-on-Don prolonged journalist Tolmachev's arrest for two months

  On April, 19, the court of Lenin district of Rostov-on-Don brought a judgment of prolongation of custody term to publisher Alexander Tolmachev suspected of extortion.

April 19, 2012 23:00

• Working group finds violations of vote counting procedure in videos from Astrakhan polling stations

  The violations detected in the videos from polling stations in Astrakhan have to do mainly with the procedure of vote tabulation, said a source from the working group, engaged in watching the videos.

April 19, 2012 22:40

• In Azerbaijan, SOCAR holds inquiry into Abbasov's beating

  Under the order of Rovnag Abdulaev, President of the SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan), a commission was set up at the company to investigate the events of April 18 in Sulu-Tepe residential area, where clashes between the company's securities and local residents took place. During the conflict journalists suffered, in particular, Idrak Abbasov, an employee of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and the "Aina" (Mirror) newspaper, was beaten.

April 19, 2012 22:30

• Coordinator of "Left-Wing Front" quits solidarity action with Astrakhan hunger-strikers

  Coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" Sergey Udaltsov said that he would temporarily suspend his hunger strike held in solidarity with oppositionists in Astrakhan, who failed to admit the outcomes of the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan.

April 19, 2012 22:10

• In Dagestan, militants' adaptation commission rejects repeated local's petition

  Today, the Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov and a State Duma Deputy Rizvan Kurbanov have held a sitting of the commission for adaptation of militants to peaceful life. Three petitions were satisfied, while the repeated petition of Mirzamagomedov was denied.

April 19, 2012 22:00

• Dagestan: relatives of the teen wounded by policeman ask Magomedov to supervise the inquiry

  Relatives of the 16-year-old boy from the village of Karata, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who was wounded by a policeman on 16 March and who is in coma since, do not believe in the proper objectivity at the investigation into the crime by local authorities. They report about attempts of pressure on the investigators, participants and witnesses to the incident and ask the leadership of Dagestan and Russia's power bosses to take the inquiry of the case under their control.

April 19, 2012 20:00

• A resident of Krasnodar region is on a hunger strike in Moscow against a forcible takeover of her land parcel

  Resident of Krasnodar Ludmila Kablukova has been on a hunger strike near the White House in Moscow stating that she became victim of swindlers who took away her house and homestead which had been her private property. According to her, neither the courts nor her appeals to bodies of power yielded any results.

April 19, 2012 19:00

• Convicted natives of Ingushetia in Russian colonies are asking Evkurov to facilitate their transfer to their republic

  Natives of Ingushetia who are serving penalty in correctional facilities (CF) of Irkutsk and Kirov regions of the Russian Federation are asking Head of the republic Yunus-bek Evkurov to find an opportunity of building a colony in the territory of Ingushetia. They explain that they undergo oppression on ethnic grounds and seldom see their relatives because of financial problems.

April 19, 2012 18:00

• Actions of Shein's supporters and opponents passed off in Volzhsky

  Yesterday, April, 18, public actions of supporters and opponents of ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Shein were held simultaneously in the town of Volzhsky, Volgograd region.

April 18, 2012 23:50

• Striking sailors of Dagestani ship stay without food and water in port of Congo

  The Russian fishing ship "Tyulen-6" (Seal-6), which has anchored at the port of the Democratic Republic of Congo and which crew is seeking payment of wage arrears from the ship owner, faces running out of reserve of food.

April 18, 2012 23:40

• Soldier commits suicide in Azerbaijan

  Yaqub Shakhin oglu Nasrullazade, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, shot himself dead from his service weapon. This was reported by Teimur Abdullaev, Deputy Chief of the press service of the Defence Ministry of the country.

April 18, 2012 23:20

• In Baku, journalist Idrak Abbasov severely beaten

  Today, in Baku, Idrak Abbasov, a staff member of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and of the newspaper "Aina" (Mirror) was severely beaten. The incident happened at about 12:00 a.m. in a residential area of Sulu-Tepe in the village of Khodjasan of Binagadi District of Baku.

April 18, 2012 23:00

• Defendant in case of attack on Nalchik denies his earlier evidences

  The trial on the case of the attack on power agencies located in Nalchik, which was committed by militants on October 13, 2005, partially read off the records of interrogation of defendant Ruslan Khanov. The defendant argues that he gave his testimony under physical and psychological pressure.

April 18, 2012 22:30

• Azerbaijan: Leila Yunus fears that police breaks into new office of IPD

  On Tuesday, April 17, in Baku, two police officers tried to inspect the apartment of Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), where the new office of the organization is located. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the very human rights activist.

April 18, 2012 22:10

• In Azerbaijan, criminal investigation against editor-in-chief of newspaper "Khural" completed

  Department for Combating Corruption under General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan has completed the criminal investigation against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who was arrested last October on charges of bribery.

April 18, 2012 22:00

• CEC Chairman sees no falsification in videos from polling stations in Astrakhan

  Vladimir Churov, Chairman of the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC), said that, when watching videos from polling stations in Astrakhan, he saw no falsification; however, he found out violations of procedural nature.