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December 31, 2009 18:00

• Russian MoT allows Georgian Airways to fly to Russia

  The Ministry of Transports (MoT) of the Russian Federation has sanctioned the Georgian Airways to make Tbilisi-Moscow-Tbilisi charter flights on January 8, 9 and 10, and Tbilisi-St Petersburg-Tbilisi - on January 9 and 10. The Ministry's precondition is one flight per day.

December 30, 2009 23:50

• Advocates of Dagestan residents suspected of rape, assert their innocence

  The investigatory bodies have extended by a month the custody term of eight natives of Dagestan accused of a group rape of a resident of Astrakhan. The defendants' advocates have addressed the President of the country and Russian Ombudsman asking to restore justice and defend the rights of the Dagestan residents.

December 30, 2009 23:30

• In Sochi, river brings poisonous substances into the sea

  On December 29, early in the morning, Sochinka River brought used machine oil into the sea. In Mzymta River, there is a threat of washout of the right-bank workers' temporary container settlements, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 30, 2009 23:20

• Deputies of Sochi City Assembly adopt rules of city development

  On December 29, the deputies of Sochi City Assembly adopted the "Rules of Land Use and Development of Sochi" (RLUD), while the public town-planning board was against them.

December 30, 2009 23:10

• Georgian Ombudsman's report for 2009 will be ready by March

  The report of the Ombudsman of Georgia for 2009 will be prepared by March next year, as it is stipulated by the legislation. Now, the parliament of Georgia has accepted to consideration the Ombudsman's report for the first half of this year.

December 30, 2009 23:00

• Kalandadze: Russia's charges of Georgia on cancellation of air flights are groundless

  The official Tbilisi finds Russia's accusations addressed to Tbilisi for delay of the planned New Year Tbilisi-Moscow flights groundless. This was stated by deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze.

December 30, 2009 22:20

• Felling plane-trees suspended in Sochi

  Residents of Sochi have promised to hold a protest actions if the felling of the trees separating apartment houses from the carriageway continues.

December 30, 2009 22:10

• Ombudsman of Chechnya complains of inspectors' passiveness in searching kidnapped persons

  The inactivity of the investigatory bodies in searching the missing and kidnapped residents of Chechnya provokes protest actions. This is asserted by the Ombudsman of Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev in his letter to Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of Russia, where he asked Mr Chaika to interfere.

December 30, 2009 22:00

• Orlov: list of authors of critical statement about "Memorial" in Chechnya was forged

  The statement of Chechen NGOs criticizing the work of the HRC "Memorial" is nothing more but a vivid confirmation of impossibility for human rights activists to work in this republic. Oleg Orlov, head of the Centre, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 30, 2009 21:10

• In Dagestan, figurants of the "execution list" may get state protection

  Today, Zubair Omarov, inspector of the investigatory committee for especially important cases under the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, has invited two figurants of the "execution list" and explained that the issue of their status of witnesses under state protection may be solved soon after the New Year holiday.

December 30, 2009 20:00

• Ingush student kidnapped from "Novokuznetsk-Kislovodsk" train

  On December 29, a resident of Ingushetia, who was on his way home from his student's session in the train "Novokuznetsk-Kislovodsk", was kidnapped by unidentified persons. His sister assumes that power agencies have to do with this kidnapping.

December 30, 2009 19:00

• HRC "Memorial": another kidnapping in Dagestan

  According to data of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", where statistics is run on kidnappings in Dagestan, in 2009 there were 17 kidnappings in the territory of this republic. Human rights activists note that the figure is far from being final. One of latest incidents recorded by the organization took place at night on December 25 at about half past midnight in the village of Gubden, Karabudakhkent District.

December 30, 2009 18:00

• Azerbaijani public treats detection of drug on imprisoned journalist as provocation

  Activists of the civil society are indignant with the statement of the spokesman of the Penitentiary Service that as a result of a search heroin was found on Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, who is serving his prison term.

December 29, 2009 23:50

• Kerimli: 2009 was a lost year for Azerbaijan from democracy progress perspective

  The year of 2009, same as its predecessors, was lost from the viewpoint of democratization and people's prosperity growth. This was stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ali Kerimli, leader of the Party of the National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA), in his comments on 2009 totals.

December 29, 2009 23:20

• Trial in Dubai on Sulim Yamadaev's attempt to resume in January

  The next session of the court on the case dealing with the attempt on Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev committed in March in Dubai will take place on January 7, 2010. This was stated by Andrei Nesterenko, official spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

December 29, 2009 23:00

• Court extends custody of Markelov's suspected killer till April 19

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended by 3.5 months the custody of Nikita Tikhonov, accused of killing advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalists Anastasia Baburova.

December 29, 2009 22:10

• Major Dymovskiy asks prosecutors to postpone interrogation

  The former employee of the UVD (Interior Department) of Novorossisk Alexei Dymovskiy, in whose relation a criminal case was opened, was summoned today for interrogation to the prosecutor's office, but he asked there to postpone the investigatory action.

December 29, 2009 22:00

• Pshikhachev: wrong Koran and Islam interpretation exists in Northern Caucasus

  As stated by Shafig Pshikhachev, plenipotentiary of the Moslems' Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus (MCC NC) located in Moscow, Northern Caucasus faces the need to liquidate the illiteracy displayed in perversed understanding of the Koran and principles of Islam. This was announced at the press conference held in Russian capital on the outcomes of the year.

December 29, 2009 22:00

• Volgograd Ombudsman helps invalid with his unemployment benefit

  A jobless Volgograd invalid of 56 spent half a year to prove his right to his unemployment benefit. Finally he succeeded in the court with legal support of the Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region.

December 29, 2009 20:00

• Defendants in 2007 "Neva-Express" train explosion case to have their last plea on January 11

  Today, upon the end of judicial pleadings in Novgorod at the trial on the first attack on the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, a break was announced till January 11, 2010, when the defendants will have their last plea.