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March 06, 2012 20:00

• Dagestani bloggers report on violations at voting during Russian presidential election

  In their blogs on the Internet, Dagestani residents report on violations in the course of the voting during the Russian presidential election held on March 4. Among those violations, they mention voting of the same persons at different electoral precincts; besides, some Dagestani residents report that their votes had not been counted at the voting.

March 06, 2012 19:00

• In "Domodedovo" Airport explosion case, natives of Ingushetia face final charges

  Four natives of Ingushetia Yandiev brothers, Akhmed Evloev, and Bashir Khamkhoev were filed final charges in the case of the terror act at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

March 06, 2012 18:00

• Elena Isinbaeva on top of list of most successful Russian women-athletes

  Elena Isinbaeva, the Olympic Champion in the pole vault, the native of the city of Volgograd, heads the top 20 in the ranking of the most successful operating Russian women-athletes, compiled by the Russian media.

March 06, 2012 17:00

• Three suspected militants liquidated in Dagestan identified

  On March 5, during the fire-fight in Dagestan, three suspected militants were killed; at present, all of them are identified. This was reported by the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

March 06, 2012 15:00

• In Azerbaijan, Commission on Combating Corruption holds public hearings on new proposals

  Azerbaijan has prepared new proposals to strengthen the fight against corruption. They are included in the draft of the Plan of actions to increase transparency and combat corruption.

March 06, 2012 09:00

• Seven persons out of the list of political prisoners did not get into “Medvedev’s list”

  The names of seven persons initially included by the opposition into the list of political prisoners are absent among those concerning whom President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev ordered to verify legitimation of their verdicts.

March 06, 2012 08:00

• Aigunov: hunger strike in the investigative isolation ward of Makhachkala is over

  Gasan Aigunov, Chairman of Public monitoring commission (PMC) in Dagestan, visited investigative isolation ward (IIW) No 1 of Makhachkala where the convicts had been on a hunger strike. According to Aigunov, the hunger strike had been stopped by the moment but all the facts reported by the convicts would be thoroughly verified.

March 05, 2012 23:00

• Flash mob performers detained in Krasnodar

  Four participants of a flash mob against falsifications at the Russian presidential election were taken to the local UVD (Interior Department).

March 05, 2012 22:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria: body of deceased woman-climber from Ukraine found

  On Mount Elbrus, at an altitude of 4700 meters above sea level, the rescuers found the body of Ukrainian climber Maria Khitrikova. This was reported by Murat Apazhikhov, Spokesman of the Chief Directorate of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) in Kabardino-Balkaria. Maria Khitrikova was 21 years old.

March 05, 2012 21:00

• North Ossetia starts trial against suspect of committing terror act on Vladikavkaz marketplace

  On Monday, the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia began the trial on the criminal case against Suleiman Khashagulgov, the suspected member of the criminal group that organized the terror act on the central market in Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010.

March 05, 2012 20:00

• "Golos" states violations at presidential election in Chechnya, Dagestan and Astrakhan

  At the press conference in the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" devoted to the presidential election held on March 4, Lilia Shibanova, Executive Director of the movement "Golos" (Vote) reported on violations during the voting in Chechnya, Dagestan and in Astrakhan.

March 05, 2012 19:00

• During week of February 27-March 4, 18 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  At least 18 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period from February 27 to March 4: 17 persons were killed and 1 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on their own materials and information from other public sources.

March 05, 2012 18:00

• Defendant in Anna Politkovskaya's murder case to stay in custody till July 7

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has refused to change the pre-trial restriction for Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-officer of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department), accused of involvement in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", to the house arrest. According to the court's decision, the period of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov's arrest has been extended till July 7.

March 05, 2012 16:00

• Azerbaijan and EU hold first round of negotiations on visa facilitation

  On March 1 and 2, Baku hosted the first round of negotiations on visa facilitation and readmission between Azerbaijan and the European Union (EU).

March 05, 2012 16:00

• Dmitry Medvedev instructs Russia's GPO to look into verdicts against political prisoners

  Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Russian Federation to analyze the justification of sentences of prisoners from the list prepared by the opposition. This was reported by the official website of the Russian President.

March 05, 2012 14:00

• Putin polled over 90 per cent of the electors’ votes in Abkhazia

  74 135 residents of Abkhazia having Russian citizenship took part in the election of President of the Russian Federation. According to the information from the Russian Embassy, 67 424 or 90,94 per cent out of them voted for Vladimir Putin.

March 05, 2012 13:00

• In two SFD regions Gennady Zyuganov wins more votes at presidential election than country's average

  According to the results of processing of nearly 100 percent of the ballots in the Southern Federal District (SFD), Vladimir Putin is in the lead at the election of Russian President. He has won the highest percentage of 70.24 of the votes – in Kalmykia. Gennady Zyuganov has shown the best result in Adygea and the Rostov Region, where more than 20 percent of voters had cast their ballots for him.

March 05, 2012 12:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 26-March 4

  Election of the President of Russia and a number of municipal elections in the regions of Southern Russia; collapse of a section of a nine-storey apartment block after explosion in Astrakhan; announcement of the final list of presidential candidates in South Ossetia for the March 25 repeated elections; riots in the Guba District of Azerbaijan; cancellation of elections to the City Council of Lermontov, Stavropol Territory, which was sought by hunger-strikers, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of February 27-March 4, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 05, 2012 11:00

• According to CEC of Chechnya, almost 100 per cent electors supported Putin but people doubt

  Activity of the population at the election of President of the Russian Federation was very high in Chechen Republic and 99,82 per cent of the electorate voted for Vladimir Putin. Residents of the republic doubt that this data is true.

March 05, 2012 09:00

• Convicts in investigative isolation ward (IIW) No 1 of Makhachkala continue their hunger strike

  The hunger strike started by over 20 convicts of IIW No 1 of Makhachkala as a sign of protest against the actions of law enforcement personnel of Dagestan in going on. 20 to 50 persons are taking part in the action.