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April 06, 2011 23:10

• Resident of Chechnya, suspected of murdering football fan on Yegor Sviridov's funeral day, detained

  On April 5 in Moscow, an 18-year-old resident of Chechnya suspected of killing Pavel Kazakov, 19, a football fan on December 10, 2010. On that day Moscow saw funeral of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the Moscow "Spartak" Football Club, killed in a fight with residents of Northern Caucasus.

April 06, 2011 23:00

• In Chechnya, birth rate is 5 times mortality rate

  According to preliminary results of the 2010 census, the average annual birth rate in Chechnya is about 32,000 newborns against the mortality rate of about 6200, with the migration loss of about 2000, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Ramzan Digaev, head of the Territorial Department of the Russian Federal State Statistics ("Rosstat") for the Chechen Republic.

April 06, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 28 to April 3

  Power agents hope to identify Dokku Umarov among those liquidated in Ingushetia; while the former Mayor of Volgograd is seeking his reinstatement, it was decided to liquidate the post of Mayor whatsoever - in favour of the post of City Manager; Azerbaijani authorities respond by mass arrests to mass protests, - look these and other events in the review of the week of March 28 to April 3, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 06, 2011 22:00

• Port of Azov: petroleum products in Don River neutralized; ecologists: damage was large-scale

  The officials of the Azov Sea Port argue that the two spots of oil products, detected yesterday in the Don River near the city of Azov (Rostov Region), pose no threat. At the same time, an activist of an environmental organization said that the river pollution was significant, while information about the incident is concealed.

April 06, 2011 21:00

• Ingushetia: head of EU representative office discusses human rights issues

  Ambassador Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU), paid a visit to the Republic of Ingushetia. During the visit he met with Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".

April 06, 2011 20:00

• Azerbaijan starts trying young oppositionist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev

  A trial of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evading military service, starts in Azerbaijan. On April 7, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, chaired by Emin Akhundov, plans to hold a preliminary hearing on the case.

April 06, 2011 19:00

• Actions in support of political prisoners passed off in Rostov region

  Yesterday, April, 5, actions in support of detained political prisoners passed off in two towns of Rostov region. As a result of the picket in Rostov three activists of "Another Russia" were detained. Activists in Taganrog had to organize a single-person picket because the municipal administration prohibited holding a meeting.

April 06, 2011 18:00

• Georgian opposition is ready to recommence negotiations on electoral system

  Yesterday, April, 5, oppositional community of Georgia put forward a suggestion to the ruling party to recommence negotiations on electoral system. The statement they issued runs that the opposition is ready to make some concessions but at the same time it is going to start a broad campaign of informing the population on the amendments it offers.

April 05, 2011 23:50

• Tsotne Gamsakhurdia complains to US President about situation in Georgia

  Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, 36, son of the first president of Georgia, who is serving his prison term has treated - in his letter to US President Barack Obama - the situation as "deplorable" in the Georgian penitentiary system, in justice, in the electoral system, and in the spheres of the freedom of speech and respect for human rights.

April 05, 2011 23:40

• Townspeople in Grozny complain of inconvenience caused by strengthened security measures

  Today Chechnya will host the ceremony of official inauguration of Ramzan Kadyrov as the head of the republic. From April 2 on, security measures in central Grozny have been essentially intensified, causing, together with all the preparations, serious problems for the residents of the Chechen capital.

April 05, 2011 23:30

• Most respondents in Kvemo-Kartli and Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti believe that ethnic minorities are protected

  The rights of ethnic minorities in Georgia are duly protected, said 60.4 percent of respondents in the region of Kvemo-Kartli region, populated by Azerbaijanis, and in Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti, populated mostly by Armenians. This figure was voiced out on March 30 at presentation of the sociological study conducted in these regions last December.

April 05, 2011 23:10

• Georgia to investigate crash of its aircraft in Congo together with the UN

  The Georgian aviation authorities and UN officials will conduct a joint inquiry into the catastrophe, which happened with the UN aircraft belonging to the "Airzena-Georgian Airways" airline in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

April 05, 2011 23:00

• Census in Ingushetia shows demographic plus and migration minus

  The reduction of the population of Ingushetia in-between the censuses of 2002 and 2010 happened due to the fact that the Chechen refugees, who stayed in Ingushetia in 2002, later returned to their former residences. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Ibragim Kurkiev, head of the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service ("Rosstat") for the Republic of Ingushetia.

April 05, 2011 22:20

• Georgia: Batumi port reopened after radiation leak

  The "Caucasian Knot" was reported at the administration of the Batumi port that the radioactive substance caesium-137 detected in the port has been already withdrawn and transported to a secure storage.

April 05, 2011 22:10

• Vladimir Zherebenkov: witness Baranovskiy in Markelov-and-Baburova's murder case gives false evidence

  Alexei Baranovskiy, a friend of the defendants in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, is under threat of criminal liability for perjury, said the victims' advocate Vladimir Zherebenkov.

April 05, 2011 22:00

• Advocate of a suspect of terror act in Vladikavkaz complains that he is not admitted to his client

  Issa Khashagulgov, a suspect of involvement in the terror act in Vladikavkaz, was transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by one of Khashagulgov's advocates, who learned about removal of his client from the SIZO "Lefortovo".

April 05, 2011 21:00

• Chechnya introduces new dress code for schoolgirls

  Schools of Chechnya introduce new rules for high grade girls. Now, as reported by parents, in addition to compulsory wearing of headscarves, they will have to wear long skirts starting from the seventh form.

April 05, 2011 20:00

• Judgement of guilt passed to rally participants in Georgia

  Today, the Tbilisi City Court has announced its ruling on the case of the persons detained on April 4 at the rally in support the prisoners' rights. They were sentenced to 20 and 25 days of administrative arrest.

April 05, 2011 19:00

• A journalist of oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" beaten up in Baku

  In the evening of April, 4, an assault at Ramin Deko, journalist of an oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" ("Freedom") was committed in Baku. The journalist considers that the attackers had a connection with the people who the day before, April, 3, were holding him by force for several hours and having a "preventive talk" with him.

April 05, 2011 18:00

• Authorities of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, formed a committee for reconciliation

  On April, 3, Saigidpasha Umakhanov, Head of Khasavyurt, signed an enactment of forming a reconciliation committee for solving conflict situations, arguments and reconciliation of parties. In addition to solving questions of adaptation of persons who decided to stop terrorist activities, the committee will deal with prevention of blood feud, domestic conflicts and kidnapping.