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October 07, 2011 18:00

• In Stavropol Territory, families to get 100,000 roubles for birth of third and every next child

  At their session held on October 6, the deputies in the Stavropol Territorial Duma established an additional measure of support for large families: every family will get – after the birth of the third and every next child – 100,000 roubles for every new family member.

October 07, 2011 12:00

• Central Election Committee of South Osetia registered nine presidential candidates

  Central Election Committee (CEC) of South Osetia has registered nine candidates for Presidency of the republic. Registration of candidates for promotion from two initiative campaign groups and Chief Trainer of freestyle wrestling of the Russian Federation Jambolat Tedeev was denied. The “Caucasian Knot” correspondent received this information from Bella Plieva, Chairperson of CEC of South Osetia.

October 07, 2011 11:00

• Armenian activist Vaagan Chakhalyan went on an open-ended hunger strike

  On October, 5, Armenian activist Vaagan Chakhalyan who was sentenced to 10 years of custody and is currently in prison of strict regime No 6, Rustavi, went on an open-ended hunger strike.

October 07, 2011 10:00

• It is five years since the day of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder today

  Today is the day of the fifth anniversary of the death of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of “Novaya Gazeta”, who is first of all famous for her writings devoted to Chechnya and Northern Caucasus.

October 07, 2011 09:00

• Two supposed gunmen killed in a special operation in Tirnyauz

  A special operation in the town of Tirnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, has come to an end. Two supposed gunmen were killed during the operation. There are no losses among the personnel of law enforcement bodies.

October 06, 2011 23:00

• Picketers in downtown Tbilisi demand paying attention to jobless people's problems

  Today, in front of the buildings of the State Chancellery and the Parliament of Georgia, the founders of the Union of Unemployed have held an action with a demand to pay attention to the problems of the people who have lost their jobs. The picket was dated to the International Day to Fight Unemployment.

October 06, 2011 22:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria: special operation on in high-rise building

  The city of Tyrnyauz in Kabardino-Balkaria sees a special operation undertaken against suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who have been blocked in an apartment house.

October 06, 2011 21:00

• New terminal of Yerevan "Zvartnots" receives first passengers

  On October 5, the new terminal of the Yerevan International Airport "Zvartnots" began its full-scale operation, although its official opening ceremony took place on September 16.

October 06, 2011 20:00

• Rights defenders report disappearance of Dagestani resident

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Svetlana Isaeva, the chair of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", that today Murad Djavatkhanov, born in 1982, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt.

October 06, 2011 19:00

• Relatives of soldier deceased in Sochi reject the version of his suicide

  The relatives of Dmitry Neborak, a regular soldier, who died in an army unit in Sochi, refuse to accept the version of the investigation that he had committed suicide.

October 06, 2011 18:00

• Court in Armenia extends custody of oppositionist Tigran Arakelyan

  The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan Communities Centre and Nork-Marash has satisfied the petition of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia (SISA) to extend the custody of the opposition activist Tigran Arakelyan by two more months.

October 06, 2011 17:00

• A witness for the prosecution at the trial on the case of disturbances in Manezhnaya square reported pressure from the police

  A fifteen-year-old witness who evidenced at a trial under consideration in Tverskoy district court of Moscow on the case of mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square last December stated that he had undergone physical and moral pressure from the police personnel.

October 06, 2011 16:00

• One more serviceman perished near a firing range in Astrakhan region

  A soldier of statutory service perished caught under a train near “Ashuluk” firing range in Astrakhan region, Press service of the Central Military Region reported today.

October 06, 2011 13:00

• A prison online-shop opened in Rostov region

  An online-shop started working at the web-site of Central Directorate of Federal Sentence-implementation service. The prisoners’ relatives can now order all the necessary things in the web-stall without going out.

October 06, 2011 12:00

• A work group for the Caucasus of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation is concerned about mass detentions of believers in Karachay-Cherkessia

  A work group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for development of a public dialogue and institutions of civil society in the Caucasus expresses its deep concern about mass detentions of residents of Karachay-Cherkessia after an assault at a Road Patrol Service team in Stavropol region. According to the residents of the republic who appealed to the work group, they were delivered to local police departments where they were forced to shave off their beards and those who disobeyed were tortured.

October 05, 2011 23:00

• Alan Kochiev, South-Ossetian presidential candidate, hospitalized

  As reported by Roland Kelekhsaev, the leader of the People's Party, the registered presidential candidate Alan Kochiev, who is now in jail, has health problems because of his hunger strike; he was brought to the hospital.

October 05, 2011 22:00

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, participants of the action "Peace with Children's Eyes" painted their vision of peace in the republic

  Nagorno-Karabakh has held an action "Peace with Children's Eyes" with the aim to express protest against war and conflict with the help of coloured crayons and paints.

October 05, 2011 21:00

• South-Ossetian activists urge European Parliament to protect them from "legal arbitrariness"

  Activists of the Council of National Resistance, who take part in the action "against arbitrariness of the authorities of South Ossetia", have appealed to the European Parliament and legal institutions of the European Union for help in stopping "repressions of the opposition" and protection of citizens of the republic from "lawlessness."

October 05, 2011 20:00

• On the Day of the City, central Grozny completely blocked by power agents

  Today, Chechnya holds a mass celebration of the Day of Grozny; however, residents and guests of the Chechen capital cannot get into the city centre. Power agents have blocked the traffic of pedestrians and motor vehicles in the area of the complex of high-rise buildings "Grozny City" and Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue.

October 05, 2011 19:00

• In Georgia, court considers appeal against Bitsadze's verdict

  Today, at the first court session, which considers the appeal against the sentence passed to Badri Bitsadze, the ex-head of the Frontier Police of Georgia, the introductory word of the defence was pronounced.