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December 20, 2011 14:00

• Committee of Soldiers' Mothers returns two conscripts from training range Ashuluk to main service units

  Human rights defenders managed to cancel the practice of using two regular soldiers for loading-unloading shells at the Ashuluk training range. They return to their military units.

December 20, 2011 13:00

• Rostov-on-Don: volunteers cook hot lunches for homeless people

  On December 30, the city of Rostov-on-Don starts a charity action "With faith for the best", when during all the Russian New Year holidays volunteer of the organization named "Rostov without drugs" will cook free hot meals for local homeless people and other needy citizens.

December 20, 2011 10:00

• The ruling party and opposition of Georgia reached an agreement of making no changes to the number of parliamentarians

  The number of deputies of the Parliament in Georgia will not be increased from 150 to 190 persons. This decision was taken during negotiations between representatives of the ruling party “United National Movement” and five oppositional parties.

December 20, 2011 07:00

• NGOs suggest election of Municipal Council of Baku

  On December, 19, Alliance for development of municipalities made public its suggestions on specifying the status of the city of Baku. In accordance with the demands and recommendations of the Council of Europe and Congress of local and regional self-government of CE, the Alliance suggests adoption of a law “On the Status of Baku”.

December 20, 2011 06:00

• Federal Security Service supposes that one of the men killed in a special operation in Karachay-Cherkessia is Islam Uzdenov

  Department of Federal Security Service in Karachay-Cherkessia reported preliminary results of identification of those killed in a special operation on December, 19. Group leader of gunmen Islam Uzdenov is supposedly among those killed, FSS reports.

December 20, 2011 05:00

• The participants of hearings in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation complained of the officials’ reluctance to settle land dispute

  The participants of the hearings in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation “Land question in the Caucasus: from solving conflicts to preventing them” which passed off on December, 19, declared that local officials often refused to settle land dispute in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

December 19, 2011 23:50

• Three persons killed in special operation in KChR

  Tonight in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), in the course of a special operation three persons, earlier involved, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in attacking traffic policemen in the township of Mirny, Stavropol Territory, were killed.

December 19, 2011 23:00

• Russian SC finds Stavropol judge Alexander Blinov guilty

  The travelling panel of judges of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has sentenced the judge of the Stavropol Territorial Court on charges of fraud and a fatal road accident to 2 years of imprisonment and a fine, but relieved him from criminal liability for lapse of limitation period.

December 19, 2011 22:00

• Dagestan sets up parliamentary-public commission to investigate the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov

  The Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov has offered to take the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov under public control and form a parliamentary-public commission with participation of the members of the Public Chamber of Dagestan and involvement of media workers and journalists of the "Chernovik" weekly.

December 19, 2011 21:00

• "Rosaviatsiya" stops "Dagestani Airlines"

  The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency ("Rosaviatsiya") has annulled the certificate of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Dagestani Airlines".

December 19, 2011 19:00

• ECtHR finds lawsuit Georgia vs. Russia eligible

  On December 19, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg found the Georgia's lawsuit against Russia, dealing with violation of a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), committed during the August 2008 conflict and thereafter, eligible.

December 19, 2011 18:00

• Adler residents report pollution of water body in "Chaisovkhoz"

  As reported by local residents and ecologists, in the area of the city of Adler, in the "Chaisovkhoz" (Tea State Farm), a spillage of petroleum products took place.

December 19, 2011 17:00

• Trial on Nalchik events considers episode of attack on PPS regiment

  In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), at the trial dealing with the attack on Nalchik, today the court continued questioning victims and witnesses of the episode "PPS (Patrol and Post Service) regiment".

December 19, 2011 16:00

• EU allocates over 26 million euros to Georgia on support of refugees and development of education

  The European Union has transferred 26.2 million euros to the state budget of Georgia. The money will go to support forced displaced persons and development of vocational training.

December 19, 2011 15:00

• House of oppositionist Tural Abbasly demolished in Azerbaijan

  In Baku, the house, where the flat of Tural Abbasly, the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party (now imprisoned), was located, has been demolished. Besides, his mother – Bashkhanym Abbasova, a member of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) – was detained and taken to the 21st station of the Nasimi District Police Department.

December 19, 2011 14:00

• Young families receive housing subsidies in the capital of Kalmykia

  Today in Elista, nine families have received certificates on the right to social payments for purchase or construction of housing. The documents have been issued as part of the city programme "Affordable housing for young families", in effect from 2007 through 2012.

December 19, 2011 13:00

• On December 12-18, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away 18 lives

  At least 18 persons were killed and three more wounded during the week of December 12-18 in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 19, 2011 12:00

• An action “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk

  An action of protest “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, on December, 18. The participants of the meeting came out in opposition against mass forgery at the election of State Duma of the Russian Federation. 45 people all in all gathered in the square. Many of them sealed their mouths with leaflets “My vote is stolen”.

December 19, 2011 11:00

• Downhill skiing season started in Elbrus area after a long outage

  The cable cars of Elbrus area (Kabardino-Balkaria) are completely ready to receive tourists. This was reported by Head of Administration of Elbrus district Aslan Malkarov.

December 19, 2011 10:00

• 300 people in Stavropol went out to a meeting “For honest election”

  On Sunday, December, 18, a meeting against forgery and election fraud was held in Stavropol. According to official data, about 300 local residents took part in it.