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October 05, 2011 18:00

• All those detained at rally in Makhachkala released

  In Dagestan, all the protesters detained at the anti-corruption rally, held in Makhachkala on October 3, have been released.

October 05, 2011 17:00

• Kochiev associates his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Speaker with presidential election in South Ossetia

  Stanislav Kochiev, who was dismissed today from the post of Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia, has related this event with the upcoming presidential election.

October 05, 2011 15:00

• Tedeev’s supporters report increase of the number of people detained for disturbances in Tskhinvali

  The number of arrested supporters of Jambolat Tedeev whose registration as presidential candidate was denied by Central Election Committee on September, 30, makes already over one hundred people, members of Tedeev’s headquarters reported. The prisoners’ relatives joined Tedeev’s supporters who are staying near his house in Tskhinvali.

October 05, 2011 14:00

• Central Election Committee of South Osetia stopped receiving documents from initiative campaign groups

  Central Election Committee of South Osetia has stopped receiving documents from initiative campaign groups nominating candidates for presidency of the republic. All in all documents of 30 persons were submitted, seven of them have already been registered.

October 05, 2011 11:10

• 22 participants of an anti-corruption meeting in Makhachkala waiting for the judgment in an investigative isolation ward

  The detained participants of an anti-corruption meeting held from 19:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, October, 3, in the central square of Makhachkala were moved to investigative isolation ward No 1 of the capital of Dagestan. 22 persons are currently kept there, six more were fined and released. The organizers of the meeting consider that it was legal and call the arrests and legal procedures against their supporters “infinite lawlessness”.

October 04, 2011 23:00

• New database on violations of journalists' rights presented in Moscow

  Today, the Moscow House of Journalists hosted presentation of a new database containing information on violations of journalists' rights "Russia – Conflicts in Media".

October 04, 2011 22:00

• Resident of Ingushetia claims disappearance of his son

  Isa Sheikhov, a resident of the village of Srednie Achaluki of Malgobek District of Ingushetia claims disappearance of his son Bilan Sheikhov. He does not rule out that his son was kidnapped and that power agents might be involved in the incident.

October 04, 2011 21:00

• Court intends to question Mayor of Grozny on case "Kadyrov vs. Orlov"

  The Khamovniki Moscow Court began its consideration of the appeal of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, against the acquittal of Oleg Orlov, the head of the HRC "Memorial".

October 04, 2011 20:00

• In Makhachkala, relatives of people detained at rally demand to release them

  Today, at 5:00 p.m., relatives, friends and supporters of people arrested yesterday, on October 3, at the rally, organized a picket near the building of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of Soviet District of Makhachkala. The picket was attended by about 40 people. They demand immediate release of all detainees. Authorities did not respond yet.

October 04, 2011 19:00

• MCC finishes questioning defendants on Sviridov's murder case

  The court session on the case of mass riots at night on December 6, 2010, in Kronstadt Boulevard in Moscow, when Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC, was killed, completed questioning of the defendants. According to defence lawyers, oral statements of the parties can be pronounced at the next session.

October 04, 2011 18:00

• South Ossetia restricts entry of foreigners until presidential election

  Entry into South Ossetia from the Russian Federation has been temporarily and partially limited until the presidential elections scheduled for November 13.

October 04, 2011 17:00

• Head of MIA's operative unit and his daughter injured at car explosion in Dagestan

  In the morning of October 3, an explosion on the highway Kaspiisk-Makhachkala near turning to the village Turali occurred when a car drove by. Two persons were injured.

October 04, 2011 16:00

• An action on revealing elderly people experiencing hardships passed off in Kabardino-Balkaria

  During a direct telephone “hotline” on revealing elderly people experiencing hardships organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of Kabardino-Balkaria over one hundred calls were received. 63 of them were appeals for financial aid.

October 04, 2011 12:00

• Participants of a picket against election in Rostov-on-Don called for the townsmen to strike themselves off electoral register

  On October, 3, an action against parliamentary election of December, 4, 2011, passed off during which representatives of oppositional movements of the city and region called the passers-by to go to territorial election committees and demand striking them off electoral register.

October 04, 2011 11:00

• A trial on the case of an act of terror started in Stavropol

  On October, 3, a trial against a twenty-one-years old native of Dagestan Cherkes Rustamov accused of committing an act of terror near a recreation center in Stavropol in May, 2010, before a concert of “Vainakh” pop group, started in Stavropol regional court.

October 04, 2011 10:00

• Facebook users are preparing an action of protest timed to Sarkozy’s visit

  A pressure group of Facebook social network is planning to organize an action of protest “We’ll make October, 7, the Day of Common Protest” near the building of the city Philharmonic Society in the center of Tbilisi parallel to a public speech of President of France Nicolas Sarkozy.

October 04, 2011 07:00

• Leader of the People’s party Roland Kelekhsaev beaten up in South Osetia

  In the afternoon of October, 3, presidential aspirant Roland Kelekhsaev, leader of the People’s party of South Osetia, was beaten up by unknown people. This was reported to the “Caucasian Knot” by Roland Kelekhsaev himself.

October 03, 2011 23:50

• This year, OMON of Kabardino-Balkaria confiscated 43 bombs and 200 kg of explosives

  In 2011, the fighters of OMON (riot police) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria confiscated nearly 200 kg of explosives and 43 various explosive devices. This was announced today by the MIA's press office.

October 03, 2011 23:30

• Two residents of Chechnya addressed Kadyrov during the "hotline" session and got computers

  On September 3, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov held a live TV dialogue with residents of the republic, during which a "hotline" telephone was on at the "Grozny" TV Channel. The session lasted for 3.5 hours; Mr Kadyrov answered to more than 100 questions; and it is already known that two residents who had addressed him received computers; one family was granted a car.

October 03, 2011 23:20

• Aslan Cherkesov questioned at trial on Sviridov's murder

  The Moscow City Court is considering the case on the mass brawl in Kronstadt Boulevard, where the football fan Yegor Sviridov was shot dead. The chief figurant Aslan Cherkesov has evidenced to the court in the presence of the jury.