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January 14, 2012 14:00

  • Baku: three families refuse to move out of house defined for demolition

    In Baku, on January 13, a confrontation occurred of the workers of the Mayoralty with the three families who refused to move out of the house defined for demolition in the area of Flag Square. The families refused to leave the three-storey building and stood as a "human shield" in front of the excavator.

January 13, 2012 23:30

  • Ingushetia: Ilyas Nalgiev attacked on the eve of sentencing

    Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-Chief of the Karabulak GOVD (Interior Division), who was wounded in explosion, is in critical condition in resuscitation ward. The attempt on him took place at the night before sentencing of a resonant case of torture, in which Ilyas Nalgiev was a defendant.

January 13, 2012 23:00

  • Azerbaijani rights defenders state new facts of drafting unhealthy recruits

    Human rights defenders in Azerbaijan express their concern about the military service of unhealthy young people and non-combat losses in the armed forces of the country. Alekper Mamedov, the head of Centre for democratic civilian control over armed forces, reported about new facts of recruitment of seriously ill young people.

January 13, 2012 22:50

January 13, 2012 22:40

January 13, 2012 22:30

  • The Teghout copper-molybdenum deposit in Armenia. Courtesy of the website of the Vallex Group, www.teghout.am Armenia continues violating Aarhus Convention

    Representatives of the "Tegut Protection Group" continue to insist that the Armenian government failed to fulfil its obligations. In connection with that fact, the public organization repeatedly appealed to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee.

January 13, 2012 22:20

  • Photo from www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/291372990 "Caucasian Knot" announces winners of contest for best comments to its materials on Facebook

    The results of the contest for the best comment of readers of the Internet edition "Caucasian Knot", available through the social network Facebook, are summed up. During the period from December 30, 2011, to January 12, 2012, readers voted for the posts, selected by the edition. As a result, the largest number of votes went to the comments made by Milana Dudaeva, Bekkhan Gelgoev and Ismail Aliev, who would receive prizes.

January 13, 2012 22:10

  • Rating of the most frequently cited Internet resources on the website of the Information-Analytical System "Medialogy", www.mlg.ru "Caucasian Knot" enters TOP-10 of Russian Internet for 2011

    Following the results of 2011, the Internet edition "Caucasian Knot" entered the ten most cited news sources of the Runet and showed a significant movement in the rating among 7900 media, information about which was included in the study of the "Medialogy".

January 13, 2012 22:00

  • In Dagestan, Gimry residents claim being beaten by policemen

    Law enforcement agents and soldiers, who surround the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District starting January 9, beat several villagers and shot from submachine gun into the air. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Shamil Abdullaev, a local resident.

January 13, 2012 21:10

January 13, 2012 21:00

  • A missing girl in Ingushetia found

    A sixteen-years-old resident of Ingushetia was found in the stanitsa of Nesterovskaya, Sunzha district, a source in the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 13, 2012 20:00

January 13, 2012 19:00

January 13, 2012 18:00

  • A policeman in Kalmykia suspected of killing a local resident

    Jambulat Doskaziev, district police officer of "Lagansky" inter-district Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia, is suspected of murder. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Arslan Churiumov, Senior assistant Head of Investigative department of Kalmykia for intercommunication with mass media.

January 12, 2012 23:10

January 12, 2012 23:00

  • In Volgograd, TEC head sacked

    The Volgograd Regional Central Election Commission (CEC) has dismissed Sergey Smirnov, the chairman of one of territorial election commissions (TECs), who on December 6, 2011, refused to recount the votes in his district after the State Duma elections.

January 12, 2012 22:30

  • Skiing area on the hillside of Cheget Mount in the Mount Elbrus vicinity, Kabardino-Balkaria, 2010. Photo by Marziyat Kholaeva About 3000 spent New Year holidays near Mount Elbrus

    In early 2012, during the New Year and Christmas holidays, the vicinities of Mount Elbrus welcomed about three thousand tourists, two times less than last year, said the press-service of the administration of the Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria.

January 12, 2012 22:20

  • Inside the burned down Church Surb Nshan in Tbilisi, January 11, 2012. Photo: http://times.am Leaders of AAC call on Georgian authorities to save Surb Nshan

    The Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has issued a statement expressing concern about the fact of collapse of the Armenian Church Surb Nshan in Tbilisi and calling on the Georgian authorities to take immediate steps to save it.

January 12, 2012 22:10

January 12, 2012 22:00

Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

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