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June 24, 2011 19:00

• Jehovah's Witnesses complain to ECtHR of Russian authorities' actions

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) filed two complaints from the residents of the Rostov Region, practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Russian citizens intend to lodge a protest to the ECtHR on the searches, which were sanctioned by the authorities in respect of them, confiscations and destruction of religious literature, bans on preaching and disruption of religious services.

June 24, 2011 18:00

• "Krylia Sovetov" fined by 300,000 roubles because of incident with "Anji"'s captain

  Today, the Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union (RFU) fined the club "Krylia Sovetov" (Wings of the Soviets) (Samara) by 300,000 roubles for the incident with a banana thrown at the Brazilian player Roberto Carlos, the captain of the "Anji" FC.

June 24, 2011 17:00

• Relatives of children drowned in Yeysk were questioned via video by Moscow City Court

  The Krasnodar Territory Court held a session on the criminal case on death of six Moscow schoolchildren in the summer camp at Yeysk Spit. The session was held with the use of videoconferencing, with the help of which the complainants were interrogated.

June 24, 2011 16:00

• Yegor Sviridov's suspected murderer asks for trial by jury

  The criminal case of born in Nalchik Aslan Cherkesov, the main suspect in the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the football club "Spartak" is to be considered at the Savyolovsky Court the next two weeks. The Cherkesov's advocate said that the defence intends to request a jury trial.

June 24, 2011 15:30

• Kadyrov's representative to challenge Orlov's acquittal

  Andrei Krasnenkov, the representative of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, today lodged a complaint on the acquittal on charges of slandering his client by Oleg Orlov, the chairman of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", to the secretariat office of the world court No. 363 of the Khamovniki District of Moscow. Andrei Krasnenkov announced about that by himself.

June 24, 2011 15:00

• Moscow authorities sell shares of "Mospromstroy" to Gutseriev's company

  The Moscow authorities have sold 24.5 percent of the "Mospromstroy" to the company of Mikail Shishkhanov, the head of Binbank, and his uncle Mikhail Gutseriev, the head and co-owner of the "Russneft". Mikhail Gutseriev's companies already control more than 75 percent of the shares of this company.

June 24, 2011 14:00

• During the week of June 6-12, 20 persons lost in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of June 6-12, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least 20 human lives; at least 11 more persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.

June 24, 2011 12:00

• The Labour party of Georgia demands Saakashvili’s resignation

  Leader of the Labour party of Georgia Shalva Natelashvili called for the oppositional forces to sign a demand of resignation of Georgian President Michael Saakashvili.

June 24, 2011 11:00

• An action of protest against increasing military presence of the Russian Federation in Abkhazia passed off in Georgia

  The youth branch of the oppositional party “The New Rights” held an action of protest against increasing military presence of the Russian Federation in Abkhazia in front of the Russian Embassy in Tbilisi.

June 24, 2011 10:00

• The number of members of power ministries killed during a special operation in Dagestan increased by 13

  Thirteen servicemen of the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Federal Security Service of Russia were killed in a special operation in Kizlyar district of Dagestan, a source in the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia reported.

June 23, 2011 23:00

• Azerbaijan: court to consider Gadjiev's appeal on July 5

  In Azerbaijan, on June 23 the Gandzha Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Chingiz Mamedov, held a preparatory session on the case of the activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. Judge Mamedov appointed the consideration of the appeal on July 5.

June 23, 2011 21:00

• Public Chamber adopts recommendations on solving problems of divided nations

  Problems of the residents of Magaramkent and Akhtyn Districts of Dagestan, who live in the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba, located on the territory of Azerbaijan, have been in the focus of hearings of the Working Group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on the development of social dialogue and civil society institutions.

June 23, 2011 20:00

• Makhachkala welcomes Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker"

  Socially-oriented films will be presented during the International Film Festival on Human Rights "Stalker", which started this evening in Makhachkala.

June 23, 2011 19:00

• South Ossetia: two detained Georgian citizens passed over to Georgia

  Anzor Parkadze and Alexander Ninoshvili, citizens of Georgia, detained on June 23 in the Leningor District of South Ossetia, Georgia, were passed to Georgia, as an act of goodwill from the South Ossetian authorities, the KGB of the republic informed.

June 23, 2011 17:00

• Volgograd: unidentified people beat protesters of "Candle of Memory"

  In Volgograd, on June 21 in the evening, at the action "Candle of Memory" unidentified persons attacked the activists of the public organization "Novye Lyudi" (New people). In the result of attack five members of the organization were beaten. The casualties fail to apply to the police. According to them, the football fans were involved in the incident.

June 23, 2011 16:00

• Azerbaijan: mudflows destroyed houses and HPP

  Mudflows generated as a result of rain showers, which started on June 22 in the evening, destroyed the hydroelectric power plant (HPP), which was under construction on the Goychay River in the Ismailli District of Azerbaijan. Water washed away houses, where displaced people lived.

June 23, 2011 15:00

• About 20 people are wanted on charges of attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995

  Law enforcement bodies and power agencies continue to search for members of Shamil Basaev's group who attacked Budyonnovsk, told Artem Melnikov, the head of the Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russia Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District, on June 22.

June 23, 2011 12:00

• Team captain of Dagestani “Anji” resented at the fans of “Krylia Sovietov”

  After the end of a game between “Anji” and “Krylia Sovietov” on June, 22, in Samara the hosts’ fans flung a banana into the playing field. Brazilian Roberto Carlos, team captain of Dagestani “Anji”, left the playing field as a sign of protest.

June 23, 2011 10:00

• A procession calling to help the refugees passed off in Armenia

  A series of actions devoted to the World Day of Refugees passed off in Yerevan on June, 19-20. Over one hundred people took part in a procession along the central streets of the capital with a slogan “Do at least something for a refugee!”

June 23, 2011 05:00

• An all-Russian holiday of blondes will be celebrated in Sochi today

  An all-Russian rally of blondes will be held in Sochi today. The only museum and memorial to blondes will be opened within its framework.