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January 19, 2012 20:00

• Natives of Stavropol region and Uzbekistan detained for untrue statement of preparation of terror in "Domodedovo"

  According to more precise data, a native of Stavropol region and a citizen of Uzbekistan were detained on January, 18, near "Domodedovo" airport of Moscow after one of them declared that he was going to commit an explosion. This was reported by Press service of Chief Transport Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Central Federal Okrug.

January 19, 2012 19:00

• A memorial to lost policemen opened in Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Yesterday, January, 18, a monumental complex in memory of the servicemen of "Baksan" inter-district Department of Interior Affairs who perished as a result of assaults of participants of paramilitary groups in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria was opened in the town of Baksan.

January 19, 2012 18:00

• A woman put in a nomination as leader of parliamentary fraction for the first time in Ingushetia

  Deputy of the People's Assembly Mariam Amrieva was put in a nomination as leader of "United Russia" fraction in the Parliament of the republic.

January 18, 2012 23:10

• DSINE hosts meeting "No to rallies!"

  In Dagestan, an ordinary meeting of students of one of the departments of the Dagestan State Institute of National Economy (DSINE) has turned into an agitation against participation in the protest rallies that take place in the republic.

January 18, 2012 23:00

• On January 9-15, 58 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the last week of January 9-15, at least 22 persons were killed and other 36 were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 18, 2012 22:50

• UNHCR gives 5.9 million US dollars to Azerbaijan to address refugees' problems

  High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has allocated to Azerbaijan 5,914,932 US dollars for programmes for persons seeking asylum, for material assistance to persons without citizenship, to internally displaced persons (IDPs), and for integration programme.

January 18, 2012 22:40

• Special operation on Ingush-Chechen border was fruitless

  Special measures to find members of the illegal armed formations in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia and Chechnya have been completed, and no militants were found.

January 18, 2012 22:40

• Ex-striker of "Terek" FC states that coach thrashed players

  Everton, the ex-forwarder of the Grozny "Terek" FC, said that during his stay in the team, their coach could afford to hit the players in the faces. The FC stated that they knew nothing about acts of violence.

January 18, 2012 22:30

• Commission of French Senate rejects draft law on criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide

  The Constitutional Commission of the French Senate opposed the draft law criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide.

January 18, 2012 22:10

• In Dagestan, Zurab Batyrbekov's relatives complain of being pressed

  Relatives of Zurab Batyrbekov, the disappeared resident of Makhachkala, who was eventually found at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the city, reported on the continuing pressure on the family by law enforcement agencies.

January 18, 2012 22:00

• Azerbaijan: reporters detained while covering protest action of defrauded housing shareholders

  Today, photographer Etimad Budagov and video operator Rashad Aliev were detained while performing their professional duties during a protest action held by defrauded housing shareholders in front of the administration of President of Azerbaijan. Their photo and video materials were seized.

January 18, 2012 20:00

• Mothers in Kabardino-Balkaria created a human rights organization

  Mothers in Kabardino-Balkaria whose sons were killed on October, 13, 2005, or are in the dock on the case of the attack at Nalchik created a Committee "Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria in Defense of the Citizen's Rights and Freedoms".

January 18, 2012 19:00

• Residents of Pyatigorsk and ecologists ask Khloponin to protect the Mashuk mountain

  The authorities of Pyatigorsk ignore destruction of a unique natural memorial, the Mashuk mountain. This was a statement of the activists of regional youth environmental movement "Sunny Patrol". They sent a round robin to Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in South-Caucasian Federal Okrug (SCFO), asking him to pay attention to construction on this mountain.

January 18, 2012 18:00

• A missing resident of Makhachkala Zurab Batyrbekov found in an investigative isolation ward

  A twenty-four-years old resident of Makhachkala Zurab Batyrbekov who had been considered missing was found in one of the investigative isolation wards of the town. The detainee's attorney reports that he is suspected of participation in paramilitary groups.

January 17, 2012 23:50

• Armenia hosts action in defence of Tegut forest

  In Armenia, on January 15, the initiative groups "Let's save Trchkan Waterfalls" and the "Tegut Protection Group" organized information and ecological campaign to the Lori Region.

January 17, 2012 23:10

• In Baku, private taxi drivers hold protest action

  On January 16, a group of Baku private taxi drivers held a protest action near the building of the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan. They were protesting against the Ministry's intentions to ban the use of private cars, whose drivers were not licensed to render service to the population.

January 17, 2012 23:00

• Two Dagestani, whose relatives reported their kidnapping, were found at police station

  In Dagestan, human rights defenders investigate the circumstances of disappearance of two residents of the village of Komsomolskoe of the Kizilyurt District of the republic, who were found at IVS (temporary detention facility). According to witnesses, to whom relatives of the disappeared persons refer, young men were kidnapped by law enforcement agents. The human rights defenders were told at the police station that the young men were detained for violation of public order in state of alcoholic intoxication, policemen also reported on grenades found among the young men's belongings.

January 17, 2012 22:50

• In Derbent power agents beat up a local resident, eyewitnesses assert

  On January 16 in Derbent, OMON (riot police) agents beat an unknown man, the eyewitnesses of the incident report.

January 17, 2012 22:50

• Persons, killed in special operation in Chechnya, were earlier kidnapped by power agents, relatives assert

  Residents of Chechnya, who were declared by the authorities as killed during a special operation, were earlier kidnapped Ali Aidamirov, Khalid Dushaev, and Israil Adizov. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with reference to relatives of the killed persons.

January 17, 2012 22:40

• Teen Sharvili Ramazanov beaten in Dagestan examined by Derbent doctors

  As reported by Tsukver Ramazanova, the mother of Sharvili Ramazanov, a boy of 14 from the village of But-Kazmalyar, who was beaten in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, was examined by doctors in Derbent, after the district hospital had refused to take him.