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January 28, 2009 21:00

• Deputy Minister of Interior of Karachaevo-Circassia to inform Bairamkulov's relatives about the course of investigation

  After the non-sanctioned protest rally held yesterday, on January 27, in the central square of the capital of Karachaevo-Circassia, Oleg Babenko, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Karachaevo-Circassia and Head of Criminal Militia, had a meeting with relatives of businessman Boris Bairamkulov, who was killed in Dombai.

January 28, 2009 20:00

• Action in defence of Lake Baskunchak held in Astrakhan Region

  The youth organization named "Reference Point", which is close to the local branch of "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) in the Astrakhan Region, has held a picket in defence of Lake Baskunchak.

January 28, 2009 19:00

• Experts' poll respondents: fight on corruption should be priority in reforming Azerbaijani state administration

  War on corruption should be the priority direction in reforming the system of state administration in Azerbaijan. This is the opinion the experts' polling held by the Centre for Economic and Political Studies on the topic "What reforms should be undertaken in Azerbaijan in the system of state administration and how to increase the efficiency of such reforms?"

January 28, 2009 18:00

• Labour minister of Rostov Region: hunger-striking miners-pensioners can get social help from the budget

  Elena Skidan, Minister of Labour and Social Development of the Rostov Region, said that according to the regional law on addressable social help the miners-pensioners who are holding their hunger strike in the city of Zverevo can receive social benefits.

January 27, 2009 22:00

• Russia's MFA: HRW's report on South Ossetia echoes estimates of western experts

  The report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on events in South Ossetia does not differ from earlier estimates of western experts and is based on groundless theses, runs the comment of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation, published on Monday, January 26, in the website of the Ministry.

January 27, 2009 21:00

• In 2008, about ten thousand persons lodged complaints and applications to Dagestan leaders

  Last year, the President's administration and the Government of Dagestan received about 10,000 applications from residents of the Republic; the majority of them were on housing issues and municipal services.

January 27, 2009 20:00

• Actions in memory of Markelov and Baburova to be held in Moscow and Paris on February 1

  On February 1, at 3:00 p.m., near the monument to Griboedov ("Chistye Prudy" Metro Station) and in Paris in the square at the Bobourg Centre rallies will be held in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova.

January 27, 2009 19:00

• Suspects of attempt on President of Chechnya refuse to plead guilty

  The three suspects of preparing an attempt on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov have failed to admit their guilt.

January 27, 2009 18:00

• HRC "Memorial": 13 persons disappeared in Chechnya in 2008

  In 2008, 42 persons were kidnapped in Chechnya, of them 13 disappeared without any traces. These are the updated monitoring results of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", reported today by Dmitri Grushkin, a member of the Centre's Board, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 26, 2009 21:00

• Building company fined in Krasnodar Territory for felling trees near Anapa

  The Krasnodar Regional Department of "Rosprirodnadzor" (Russian Agency for Nature Supervision) has found the "Glavpromstroy" Company guilty of felling trees in the territory of the State Reserve "Bolshoi Utrish" near the city of Anapa and imposed administrative penalties for the total sum exceeding 2 million roubles. The Company refuses to agree with this decision.

January 26, 2009 18:00

• Khazbiev: Uzhakhovs were not militants

  Brothers Ruslan and Murad Uzhakhov, shot dead on January 24 in the centre of Nazran, were not militants and did not open any response fire; this can be evidenced by eyewitnesses. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Magomed Khazbiev, head of the Organizing Committee of the Ingush Nationwide Rally, and Maksharip Aushev, a member of the Committee.

January 26, 2009 00:00

• Two suspected militants detained in Chechnya

  Last weekend, two local residents were detained by employees of law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic as suspects of complicity in illegal armed formations.

January 26, 2009 00:00

• Deputy to join hunger strike of miners-pensioners in Rostov Region

  Valery Dyakonov, a deputy of the municipal duma of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, has stated his readiness to join the miners-pensioners who are holding their hunger strike.

January 26, 2009 00:00

• Opposition accuses Azerbaijani authorities of repressions

  The authorities of Azerbaijan hold open repressions against the members of the "Movement for Republic and Karabakh" and other oppositional organizations, who advocate against amending the Constitution. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that this was the leitmotif of today's extraordinary session of the "Movement for Republic and Karabakh".

January 26, 2009 00:00

• Armenian Diaspora in Georgia ready to support detained activists

  The Union of Armenian Public Organizations of Samtskhe-Dzhavakhk and Kvemo Kartli has expressed its support of the two Armenian activists - Grigor Minasyan and Sarkis Akopdzhanyan, - arrested in Georgia, and its readiness to provide advocates for defending the interests of the detainees.

January 24, 2009 21:00

• Georgia resumes natural gas transit to South Ossetia

  Georgia has resumed the natural gas transit from Russia to South Ossetia which was stopped on the day of starting combat actions on August 8, 2008.

January 24, 2009 20:00

• Special operation involving casualties conducted in Ingushetia

  In the course of a special operation conducted in Nazran, Ingushetia, two suspected members of illegal armed units have been killed.

January 24, 2009 17:00

• Victims of repressions against Cossacks mourned in Karachai-Cherkesia

  Solemn mourning events to mark the 90 years' anniversary of repressions against Cossacks have been held today in the capital of Karachai-Cherkesia.

January 24, 2009 16:00

• 45 persons rescued from snowdrifts in Dagestan

  An operation of rescuing people from snowdrifts has been carried out in Dagestan. 45 persons have been rescued.

January 24, 2009 15:00

• 16 persons convicted for March riots in Erevan pardoned in Armenia

  Serzh Sargsian, president of Armenia, has pardoned 16 prisoners convicted for taking part in mass riots in Erevan on March 1, 2008.