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December 18, 2009 23:40

• Baranov: threats and discrediting of "Young Europe" continue in Rostov

  The pressure on the regional branch of the all-Russian organization "Young Europe" in Rostov-on-Don gets stronger; now they try to add the "national issue" to persecution; and threats arrive on behalf of the Caucasian Diaspora. This was stated by the head of branch Konstantin Baranov.

December 18, 2009 23:30

• Investigation: car explosion in Ingushetia was aimed against Maksharip Aushev's widow

  The aim of blowing up the car committed yesterday in Ingushetia was supposedly Fatima Dzhanieva, widow of the assassinated earlier Maksharip Aushev. This version was announced by the investigation.

December 18, 2009 23:20

• In Poland, natives of Chechnya, who captured the train, threaten to commit suicide

  The Polish police have addressed the court of the city of Zgorzelec for a sanction to arrest several natives of the Caucasus, who have captured the train Wroclaw-Dresden. Should a criminal case be initiated, three refugees will get under threat of up to three years of imprisonment.

December 18, 2009 23:00

• Investigation believes that terror act in Nazran was revenge to power agents

  Under the preliminary version of the investigation, Batyr Dzhaniev, 23, who blew up his car on December 17 at the road police sentry post in Nazran, took revenge on power agents for the death of his mother.

December 18, 2009 22:00

• In Ingushetia, Maksharip Aushev's relatives assert that power agents are guilty of his widow's death

  The relatives of Maksharip Aushev believe that the charges of the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia of terrorism in relation to his family were caused by the desire to hide the circumstance of the deaths of the oppositionist and his wife.

December 18, 2009 21:00

• European Parliament passes resolution "On Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan"

  On December 16, the European Parliament passed the resolution entitled "On Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan" and giving a critical estimate to the situation in the country with the freedom of speech and self-expression.

December 18, 2009 20:00

• Armenia: political prisoner Mikaelyan successfully operated on

  On December 16, political prisoner Sasun Mikaelyan, who was transferred on the eve because of his poor health condition from the prison to the medical centre "Armenia", underwent a successful surgery. The danger that threatened his life is now some 80 percent less. Journalists were told about it by Avetik Minasyan, Mikaelyan's attending physician.

December 18, 2009 19:00

• Expert from Armenia tells beginning bloggers of Nagorno-Karabakh about information wars

  Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in information safety and a well-known blogger from Armenia, held a seminar in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh on the topic "Artsakh and Armenia in Information War: Blogs and Social Networks".

December 18, 2009 18:00

• Alexander Kynev and his book on election problems in Russian regions

  Introduction of elections under party lists leads in Russian regions to a serious impingement of citizens' election rights. Ingushetia is in the lead in this aspect. This is the conclusion made by Alexander Kynev, a political scientist and expert of the association in defence of voters' rights named "Golos" (Vote), in his 500-page book "Elections of Parliaments of Russian Regions in 2003-2009".

December 17, 2009 23:50

• KBR to introduce the post of Children's Ombudsman

  By his decree of December 15, Arsen Kanokov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) founded the post of Children's Ombudsman in his republic.

December 17, 2009 23:40

• In Nakhichevan, civil society activists state violation of their rights

  In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, three activists of the civil society state encroachment on their right to fair trial, since local law enforcers refused to accept their complaint of beating.

December 17, 2009 23:20

• Farmanyan: appeal of Armenian MPs is not enough to pardon Mikaelyan

  The appeal of parliamentarians to President of Armenia asking him to pardon oppositionist Sasun Mikaelyan, sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment, is not a legal document. This was stated by Samvel Farmanyan, press secretary of the head of Armenia, in his comments on the MPs' open letter.

December 17, 2009 23:00

• Former IC inspector for North Ossetia states corruption in the republic

  Felix Tsokov, a former inspector of the Investigatory Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation for North Ossetia, has accuses the managers of the "Electrozink" of corruption. He did it in his video appeal, placed in the web site of Major Alexei Dymovskiy.

December 17, 2009 22:10

• Nazaraliev: hadj pilgrimage is deliberately overpriced in Russia

  Islam Nazaraliev, deputy head of the Russian hadj-mission and attache of the General Consulate of Russia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2004-2008, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the prices on making for Russian Moslems are growing disproportionate to the objective economic conditions.

December 17, 2009 22:00

• RSO: Georgian human rights activists visit their imprisoned fellow countrymen

  As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a group of Georgian human rights defenders - Paata Zakareishvili, Manana Mebuke and Vakhtang Komakhidze - arrived in the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), where they met David Sanakoev, Ombudsman under the President of the RSO. Later, they were received by President Eduard Kokoity.

December 17, 2009 21:00

• City Council at Sochi Mayor promises not to hurry with approval of RLUD

  On December 16, after the public hearings held in four Sochi districts on the draft "Rules of Land Use and Development of Sochi" (RLUD), a meeting was organized of the members of the public entity named "Town-Planning Board of Sochi", headed by architect Olga Kozinskaya, with the counterpart - City Council at Sochi Mayor, headed by architect Ovanes Zadikyan.

December 17, 2009 20:00

• In Dagestan, main problems of children-orphans are housing, higher education and search of work

  On December 16, Makhachkala hosted a sitting of the Expert's Board under the Ombudsperson of Dagestan with participation of the Ombudsperson's office, prosecutors, power bodies and public organizations. The agenda included the problems faced by children-orphans, who breaks their rights and how to help this category of population.

December 17, 2009 19:00

• Local NGOs are positive to "Memorial" resuming work in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, activists of some local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and local residents believe that the restart of the activities of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" will promote improvement of the situation with human rights in the republic. So far, there is no official reaction of the authorities to this end.

December 17, 2009 18:00

• KBR: court extends custody of those accused of attacking Nalchik

  Today, the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has announced its ruling to extend till March 26, 2010, the custody term of all the defendants accused of attacking power agencies structures of the KBR in Nalchik in October 2005.

December 16, 2009 23:55

• This year, three journalists from South Federal District were killed

  Yesterday, on December 15, the annual Remembrance Day of the journalists who perished at performance of their professional duties was marked in Moscow. The Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR) instituted this date in memory of the media workers who have taken their violent death during the last 20 years. Today, he list has more than 300 surnames.