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April 13, 2012 22:10

• In Georgia, suspects of committing terror acts complain of torture

  Merab Kolbaya and Gogita Arkaniya, convicted on charges of organizing terror acts in the territory of Georgia, have changed their initial evidences. As stated by their advocate Gela Nikolaishvili, Kolbaya and Arkaniya had earlier evidenced under pressure.

April 13, 2012 22:00

• Resident of Cherepovets blames Krasnodar policemen for torture

  Mikhail Kalinin, a resident of the city of Cherepovets has applied to the Investigatory Division of Krasnodar, saying that his son Denis Kalinin was detained by policemen from the Krasnodar UVD (Interior Department), after which doctors diagnosed traumas in his son.

April 13, 2012 21:00

• LDPR party in Stavropol held an action demanding resignation of the Governor

  On April, 12, activists of Stavropol regional branch of LDPR party held an action under the slogan "Launch the Governor to space!". Concurrently the department of the party started collecting signatures under the demand of the Governor's resignation.

April 13, 2012 20:00

• Drivers of route taxis went on a strike in Astrakhan

  Over 50 route taxi drivers of Astrakhan discontented with the actions of municipal Administration suspended work, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 13, 2012 20:00

• A former serviceman in Armenia went on a hunger strike

  Former soldier of statutory service Suren Kirakosyan in Armenia has been on a hunger strike in a correctional ward "Goris" since April, 5.

April 13, 2012 18:00

• Contract soldiers in Astrakhan region suspected of beating up a soldier of statutory service

  Two contract servicemen are suspected of regular beating up a soldier of statutory service in Ashuluk firing range, Astrakhan region, Natif Gadjimetov, official representative of Public prosecutor's office of Southern military region, reported.

April 12, 2012 22:40

• In Astrakhan, car of activists of Russian Federation of Car Owners detained by police

  A car with activists of the Russian Federation of Car Owners (RFCO), who were going to Astrakhan to support the local opposition and political activists, was detained by law enforcers.

April 12, 2012 22:20

• Participants of "Gaidar Readings" call to create agglomerations in NCFD

  The roundtable "Policy in Northern Caucasus. What Experts Suggest" was the last event of the Forum "Gaidar Readings" ongoing in Pyatigorsk. In the course of the discussion, experts invited state officials to actively cooperate with various religious groups and create agglomerations in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

April 12, 2012 22:10

• Prosecutor's Office of Makhachkala sees slander of Dagestani leader by weekly "Nastoyascheye Vremya"

  Today, Milrad Fatulaev, the editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), has received a statement of the Prosecutor's Office of the city of Makhachkala about initiation of an administrative case against him under the article of slander after publication of an article about introduction of the CTO (counterterrorist operation) regime in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District. The weekly's staff views it as pressure on the edition by national authorities.

April 12, 2012 22:00

• SOCAR advises tenants of houses demolished in Sulu-Tepe to sue local authorities

  As stated by Eldar Orudjev, the head of the legal department of the Azerbaijani state-owned oil company SOCAR, residents of the dwelling area Sulu-Tepe of the township Khodjasan, Binagadi District of Baku, whose house are demolishing by the company, should go to court and seek compensations for their housing from local authorities and municipalities, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 12, 2012 21:00

• Inquiry on beating up a resident of Nalchik in the police office started in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A criminal case was initiated by republican Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation (CIR) in KBR on the fact of beating up resident of Nalchik Inal Berov by the personnel of the Ministry of Interior Affairs. Inal Berov was officially acknowledged sufferer.

April 12, 2012 20:00

• Residents of Beslan held an action demanding to close the city dump

  Local residents of Beslan, North Ossetia, held an action of protest neat the dump where garbage of several years' standing was burning. They demand to move the dump farther away from the residential area of the town.

April 12, 2012 19:00

• An action against the festival of Azerbaijani films passed off in Giumri

  On April, 11, an action of protest was held in Vardanants square of the town of Giumri, Armenia. Its participants came out in opposition against the festival of Azerbaijani films "STOP" planned on April, 12.

April 11, 2012 23:50

• Sochi Chief Architect supports demands of protesters to stop tree felling

  Today, in Sochi, the action to protest against tree felling and construction of multi-storey parking facilities near the children's centre in Constitution Street was resumed. The place of the protest action was visited by Oleg Sheveiko, City Chief Architect, who ordered to stop felling of 50-year-old plane trees and thus supported the demands of the public activists.

April 11, 2012 23:30

• Relatives of Murat Tekuzhev, killed in Nalchik, deny his involvement in IAFs

  Relatives of Murat Tekuzhev, the 34-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was killed on March 30 during a special operation in Nalchik, claim that he had not been involved into illegal armed formations (IAFs).

April 11, 2012 23:10

• Criminal case instituted on kidnapping of Rustam Aushev, resident of Ingushetia

  Investigators instituted a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping of Ruslan Aushev, a resident of Ingushetia, in the city of Mineralnye Vody of the Stavropol Territory.

April 11, 2012 23:00

• Sergey Udaltsov, coordinator of "Left-Wing Front" fined by 2000 roubles for protest action near Russian State Duma

  Sergey Udaltsov, the coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front", who went on a hunger strike in solidarity with the Astrakhan opposition activists, who do not recognize the results of the mayoral elections, was detained by police near the building of the State Duma in Moscow. Later, the Magistrate Court fined Sergey Udaltsov by 2000 roubles for attempting to hold an unsanctioned rally near the State Duma.

April 11, 2012 22:40

• Evgeny Pechorin, ex-head of Lermontov city administration, suspected of abuse of power

  In the Stavropol Territory, Evgeny Pechorin, the ex-head of the Lermontov city administration, is suspected of incurring a loss to the local self-administration in the amount of 2,000,000 roubles. This was reported today at the press conference by Yury Turygin, Prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory.

April 11, 2012 22:20

• Judge Omarov's wife, injured in explosion in Dagestan, in serious condition

  Wife of Omar Omarov, Chairman of the Khasavyurt City Court, who was injured in the explosion, which occurred this morning near the house of the judge, is in serious condition. This was reported by a staff member of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan.

April 11, 2012 22:00

• In Dagestan, student Marsel Gamidov admits his guilt of possession of pistol; he sentenced conditionally

  On April 10, the Khasavyurt District Court of Dagestan pronounced the verdict in the case against Marsel Gamidov, a resident of the village of Karlanyurt, accused of illegal possession of firearms. The defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year of conditional sentence. The lawyer and the public defender of Marsel Gamidov believe that the young man incriminated himself.