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October 12, 2011 19:00

• Administration of Charodin District of Dagestan posts state order on construction of toilet worth 730,000 roubles

  On October 11, the official website of Russian state procurements Zakupki.gov.ru posted a state order for "building a restroom in the village of Tsurib, Charodin District of Dagestan. The cost of the purchase is almost 730,000 roubles.

October 12, 2011 19:00

• Opposition activists detained in Rostov-on-Don

  Five activists of the oppositional movement "Left-Wing Front" were detained by the police in the streets of Rostov-on-Don. Three of them were released immediately, after writing down their passport data; the other two were kept at the station for several hours.

October 12, 2011 18:00

• In Azerbaijan, oppositionist Bashirli again denied his CER

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has rejected the appeal complaint lodged by Ruslan Bashirli, the head of the youth organization "Eni Fikir" (New Thinking), against refusal to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to him.

October 11, 2011 23:50

• Another picket against parliamentary elections held in Rostov-on-Don

  Activists of oppositional movements have held another picket against the parliamentary elections to be held in Russia on December 4, 2011. The picketers called citizens to refuse to take part in them by excluding themselves from voters' lists, or by spoiling the ballot paper.

October 11, 2011 23:40

• Armenian Ombudsman and Defence Minister to set up a group for preventing army crime

  As agreed on October 10 by Seiran Oganyan, Minister of Defence, and Karen Andreasyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, with the aim to reduce the criminality level in the Armed Forces of Armenia, a working group will be set up.

October 11, 2011 23:20

• Ecologists ask to cancel tenders on construction of road to weather station in Adygea

  Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" have sent an official appeal to the Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Yury Trutnev, where they ask to cancel two tenders on construction of the road running to the weather station in the Republic of Adygea.

October 11, 2011 23:10

• Residents of Svetloyarsky District, Volgograd Region, protest against district head

  On October 10, in the Svetloyarsky District of the Volgograd Region, a rally was held near the municipal district administration in protest against actions of the district head Nikolai Krutov. It was organized by workers of the group of companies "Vodozabor" (Water Intake) and activists of the youth movement "Young Russia".

October 11, 2011 23:00

• Employee of Chechen Ministry of Culture: stars came to Day of Grozny for money

  The staff of the Ministry of Culture of the Chechen Republic, engaged in preparation and organization of festivities on the Day of Grozny, found it difficult to quote even approximate amounts of the royalties paid for performing in Grozny to Van Damme, Hilary Swank, Vanessa Mae and Seal, saying that the government and Chechen businessmen had dealt with the issue.

October 11, 2011 22:40

• Azerbaijani soldier killed in conflict zone

  As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan, an Azeri soldier was shot dead in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone: Makhmud Usaddin oglu Mardaliev was killed in the Agdam direction of the contact line.

October 11, 2011 22:40

• In Chechnya, plastic surgeons operate on 42 children for free

  Well-known plastic surgeons from the USA, Germany, Austria, and Moscow made free of charge operations on more than 40 children. The patients were not only from Chechnya, but also from Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan.

October 11, 2011 22:30

• South Ossetia releases all detained Tedeev's supporters

  The law enforcement bodies of South Ossetia have release all the detainees, suspected of involvement in the riots on September 30 at the building of the government. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Eldar Kokoev, Deputy General Public Prosecutor of South Ossetia.

October 11, 2011 22:10

• Azerbaijani MIA completes inquiry of threats to journalist Idrak Abbasov

  In Azerbaijan, the investigation is over into the pressure on Idrak Abbasov, an employee of the newspaper "Aina-Zerkalo" and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), and his family. The materials of the investigation have been sent to the Binagadi District Prosecutor's Office for initiating a criminal case.

October 11, 2011 22:00

• Over 250 trees of rare species illegally cut down in the neighbourhood of Novorossiysk

  Over 250 trees of rare species were illegally cut down in the settlement of Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, the neigbourhood of Novorossiysk.

October 11, 2011 21:00

• A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia won the World Cup in judo

  Arsen Pshmakhov, athlete from Karachay-Cherkessia, became prize-winner of World Cup tournament in judo in Baku. In the cup final of weight class under 81 kg Pshmakhov gained victory over Italian Matteo Markontsini.

October 11, 2011 20:00

• A local resident perished under fire in Makhachkala

  One person perished and two got wounded as a result of firing at three local residents by unknown people in Makhachkala.

October 11, 2011 19:00

• The police in Moscow detained the seventh supposed participant of disturbances in Manezhnaya square

  On October, 10, a twenty-four-years-old resident of Samara region Vitaly Vasin was detained in Moscow for suspicion of participation in mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square in December, 2010. This was reported by official representative of Committee of Inquiry of Russia Vladimir Markin. Earlier, six persons were detained in connection with this case.

October 11, 2011 18:00

• The Bar in Azerbaijan is investigating the activities of a defender of the rights of journalists

  The Bar of Azerbaijan started disciplinary proceedings concerning solicitor, lawyer of the Institute of Rights of Media Elchin Sadygov.

October 10, 2011 23:30

• Rostov Region starts "Memory Watch" campaign of excavating Soviet soldiers' remains

  Today, the Matveev-Kurgan and Kuibyshev District of the Rostov Region have launched the "Memory Watch" campaign that assumes excavations of the remains of Soviet soldiers. According to the press service of the committee on youth policies of the region, the excavations will be carried out by young activists from the following six military-patriotic clubs: "Rys", "Dorogami Otsov" (Fathers' Roads), "Otechestvo" (Homeland), Regiment "Dolg" (Duty), "Yuzhny Front", "Poisk" (Search) and "Pamyats" (Memory).

October 10, 2011 23:10

• Regular soldier commits suicide in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On October 9, Vladimir Asatryan, 19, a regular soldier of one of the units of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, committed suicide by killing himself from a submachine gun.

October 10, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 3-9

  Anti-corruption rally in the capital of Dagestan, ending with violent dispersal and mass detentions; sentence to former deputy of Volgograd Regional Duma, accused of paedophilia; fifth anniversary of murder in Moscow of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and failed indictment; autumn session of the PACE, which passed a resolution calling not to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and a declaration of 32 PACE delegates on recognition of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 3-9, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".