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November 04, 2009 09:00

• Armenia cannot exclude A/H1N1 threat

  So far, no swine flu has been revealed in Armenia. However, the threat of virus penetration into the country cannot be excluded, as Armenia is surrounded by the countries, where infection cases have been already fixed. This was stated by Ara Asoyan, chief infection physician of Armenia.

November 04, 2009 08:00

• Anniversary of Karachai deportation: memoirs of repression victims

  On November 2 and 3, Karachai-Circassia held actions dated to the 66th anniversary of deportation of the Karachai nationals. The residents of the republic, who were victims of political repressions in November 1943, have shared their recollections about the mass resettlement of Karachais to Central Asia with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 04, 2009 07:00

• Georgia: strong hailstorm caused huge damage to Kakheti

  Tonight, a strong hailstorm has damaged orchards in Eastern Georgia, in ten villages of the Kakheti Region.

November 03, 2009 23:00

• Russian State Duma considers deprivation of Georgian Foreign Minister of Russian citizenship

  Some deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation believe that that fact that Grigol Vashadze, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, has Russian citizenship allows him to be engaged in "anti-Russian activities."

November 03, 2009 22:00

• Agreement reached on free transportation of patients from Abkhazia to Georgia

  As reported by Shota Utiashvili, head of the information-analytical department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, on November 3, in the city of Gali, at a meeting under the mechanism of incident-prevention in the conflict zone, an agreement was reached on unobstructed transportation of patients across the Georgian-Abkhazian border to the hospitals located in the Tbilisi-controlled territory.

November 03, 2009 21:00

• Special commission to supervise demining in Chechnya

  It is planned to set up a special commission under the government of the Chechen Republic in charge of supervising the process of demining the territory of the republic. Officials and militaries have come to the conclusion that such body is a must.

November 03, 2009 20:00

• "Article 19": no progress in openness of information in Azerbaijan

  Today in Baku, the international journalistic organization "Article 19" has held a presentation of the report on the state of affairs in Azerbaijan in the sphere of the freedom of obtaining information. The report under the figurative title "Time to Reset Code Locks" covers a four-year period (2005-2009). The research studied the issues of receiving answers to requests submitted to state bodies.

November 03, 2009 19:00

• Evkurov nominates would-be Ingush Ombudsman

  Today, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has offered Azamat Nalgiev to the parliament as his nominee for the post of national Ombudsman. The candidate will be considered by the MPs within the next few days.

November 03, 2009 18:00

• Five candidates nominated to the post of Abkhazian President

  The nomination, which lasted from October 13 to November 2, of candidates to the post of the President of the republic is over. The candidates are the incumbent President Sergey Bagapsh - from the Party "Edinaya Abkhazia", Beslan Butba - from the "Party of Economic Development", Raul Khadzhimba, Zaur Ardzinba and Vitaly Bganba - from their initiative groups.

November 03, 2009 17:00

• Head of HRC "Memorial" not to challenge criminal case opened against him

  Advocate Genry Reznik, who is representing the interests of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", finds it senseless to appeal against the decision of the Moscow GUVD (City Interior Department) to initiate a criminal case against his client on slander under the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

November 03, 2009 16:00

• Outflow of Russian-speaking population from Dagestan continues

  In the last 20 years, the Russian-speaking population of Dagestan dropped by more than a third. This fact was announced at the session of the governmental commission on the problems of the Russian-speaking population held in Makhachkala.

November 03, 2009 15:00

• Karaketov: if not for deportation, 400,000 Karachais would have lived in Russia today

  If in the days of the USSR thousands of Karachais had not been deported, now the population of this nation in Russia would have made some 400-450 thousand persons, that is, twice as today. This was stated by Professor Murat Karaketov, Doctor of History.

November 03, 2009 14:00

• The MIA of Chechnya: over 100 militants liquidated in half-year

  From April till end of October, almost 150 persons were liquidated in Northern Caucasus, who were treated by power agents as militants. The figure was made public by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya at the sitting on November 2 in Grozny with participation of President Ramzan Kadyrov and bosses of power agencies.

November 03, 2009 12:00

• Sverdlovsk Region has difficulties preparing to receive migrants from Ingushetia

  Officials from the Sverdlovsk Region, where resettlement is prepares, report that serious problems may arise with accommodation of Ingush migrants in the Urals Mountains, since practically nothing is ready.

November 03, 2009 11:00

• Abkhazia extends Soviet passports

  As reported by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, citizens of the republic can use their Soviet passports "until further notice" of the Russian government.

November 03, 2009 10:00

• Bad weather in Georgia: people lose homes and disappear

  Because of downpours incessant in Georgia for two weeks already, thousands of hectares of farmland are under water. As a result of floods and snowfalls a number of regions of the country are cut off from the outer world; the calamity destroys houses, and several persons were registered as missing.

November 03, 2009 09:00

• Moslems of Northern Caucasus are indignant with Imam's murder in Dagestan

  The Coordination Centre of Moslems of Northern Caucasus has called to scale up the struggle against crime in Dagestan in the context of the murder of Tinamagomed Ramazanov, Imam of the mosque of Bavtugai village.

November 03, 2009 07:00

• Georgian opposition getting ready to second anniversary of dispersal of rally in Tbilisi on November 7

  In Georgia, activists of oppositional movements and NGOs get ready to mark the second anniversary of dispersal of the protest action of the opposition in Tbilisi on November 7, 2007. A new action and protest march will be held in central Tbilisi, as Dzhaba Dzhishkariani, leader of the "Movements of November 7", said to the press conference.

November 02, 2009 23:00

• Protest action held in Kabardino-Balkaria after disappearance of three persons

  Today, relatives of residents of Kabardino-Balkaria Timur Begidov from Kenzhe village, Ibragim Shogenov and Anzor Nagoev from Dugulubgei village, who on October 2 left for Ufa in a cold storage truck with fruits aiming to sell them there and disappeared, rallied in Nalchik in the square near the House of Government.

November 02, 2009 22:00

• Azerbaijan: imprisoned journalist has his TB progressing

  In Azerbaijan, the health condition of Mushvig Guseinov, convicted journalist from the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, who was placed two weeks ago in a specialized medical establishment for tuberculosis (TB) patients of the Penitentiary Service, has become still worse. This was stated by his brother Sarvar Guseinov.