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April 16, 2011 14:07

• Exercises "Viking-2011" held in Georgia

  The multinational exercises "Viking-2011" were held at the military base in Vaziani near Tbilisi within the framework of the NATO programme "Partnership for Peace".

April 16, 2011 14:00

• Norway bills Maria Ameli for her deportation

  Maria Ameli, a native of North Ossetia and deportee from Norway, shall compensate to Norwegian authorities their expenses on her deportation to Russia. Only after that, she will be able to come to work to Norway.

April 16, 2011 13:00

• South-Ossetian city of Kvaisa has failure of water supply

  On April 15, as a result of an accident with the water line "Vezur-Kvaisa", the city of Kvaisa, South Ossetia, remained without water. The municipal services detected three significant damages of the water line caused by mudflows.

April 16, 2011 12:00

• In Volgograd, sixteen young mothers go on hunger strike

  In an attempt to attract attention of local authorities to the problem of shortage of places in kindergartens of Volgograd, 16 young mothers have announced a three-day-long hunger strike.

April 16, 2011 11:00

• In Finland, Pastor Juha Molari defrocked for criticising "Kavkaz-Centre"

  The leadership of the Lutheran Church of Finland has dismissed the Finnish pastor, doctor of theology Juha Molari for his criticism of the website "Kavkaz-Centre", which is close to the terrorist leader Dokku Umarov. Human rights activists from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) offer Molari to move to Orthodoxy.

April 15, 2011 23:50

• Russia creates new database on crimes against journalists

  As reported by John Crowfoot, the creator of the database and an expert of the International Federation of Journalists, and Roman Serebryany, advisor of the chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia, at the training seminar on "Youth Leadership" in Makhachkala, Russia is creating a database of crimes committed against journalists. The seminar was attended by Dagestani, Chechen and Ingush journalists.

April 15, 2011 23:30

• After attempt, Sultan-Girei Khashagulgov fears for his life

  The former Deputy Minister of Construction of Ingushetia Sultan-Girei Khashagulgov, who received serious injuries as a result of an attempt on him, fears for his life.

April 15, 2011 23:20

• In Dagestan, expert speaks at trial of Nursi follower

  In Makhachkala, the court session dealing with the criminal case against Ziyavdin Dapaev, a follower of Turkish theologian Said Nursi, whose written works have been banned in Russia since 2007, listened to Gasan Gasanov, an expert, head of the division of general psychology and chairman of the advisory council for psychology of the Dagestan State University, who stated that there is nothing illegal in Nursi's writings.

April 15, 2011 23:10

• Chechnya celebrates April 16 as Day of Peace and CTO cancellation

  On Saturday, April 16, the Chechen Republic will mark the second anniversary of cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which had lasted in the republic for almost 10 years. This day is celebrated in Chechnya as the end of war; therefore, it is declared the Day of Peace. However, the official authorities and NGOs disagree in evaluation of this event.

April 15, 2011 23:10

• Tskhinvali lacks specialist to service equipment for rearing premature infants

  At the maternity hospital of the capital of South Ossetia, the absence of a child resuscitator-neonatology physician creates problems in rearing premature babies. This was stated by Vadim Tedeev chief physician of the hospital. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent managed to find out that the young woman-postgraduate student, sent by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of South Ossetia to Russia for training in this specialty, got married and never returned to Tskhinvali.

April 15, 2011 23:00

• Inara Gabaraeva to complain to the Prosecutor's Office against those who threatened her

  The rights defender from South Ossetia is going to apply to the Prosecutor's Office against those who threatened her. Inara Gabaraeva has confirmed the information spread within the last day on the Internet that on April 14 she received threats from three unidentified men who introduced themselves as employees of the Ministry of Defence of South Ossetia.

April 15, 2011 22:50

• Zegduleti villager released in Georgia

  The confrontation of Zegduleti villagers and local authorities continues. After interference of Irakli Alasaniya, activist of the "Free Democrats" Party, Roman Aladze, a resident of the village, detained in the morning, was released.

April 15, 2011 22:40

• Armenian authorities make chess a mandatory school subject

  By decision of the Government of Armenia, chess will be taught at primary schools. Officials believe that this will contribute to mental development of younger schoolchildren.

April 15, 2011 22:20

• Finland tries Shamil Basaev's brother and editor of "Kavkaz-Centre"

  Today, a trial has started in Finland on the case of illegal immigration of Chechen natives. One of the defendants in this case is Abdulkhamid Mechiev, 26, who identified himself as the brother of Shamil Basaev, field commander of Chechen militants. The court will announce its verdict on May 9.

April 15, 2011 21:00

• The news of threats to human rights activist Inara Gabaraeva came from South Osetia

  Three men in South Osetia who introduced themselves as employees of the Ministry of Defense have threatened to Inara Gabaraeva, local human rights activist and Head of the Committee of Victims of fire. This news came from South Osetia on April, 14, to SMS-service of "Caucasian Knot".

April 15, 2011 20:00

• Investigators established that the act of terror on February, 14, was committed by Razdobudko and his wife

  The investigation established that the act of terror on February, 14, in the village of Gubden, Dagestan, was committed by resident of Pyatigorsk Vitaly Razdobudko and his wife. This was reported by Sergey Chenchik, Director of the Headquarters of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in North Caucasian Federal Okrug (NCFO).

April 15, 2011 19:00

• A Finnish priest demanded to make public the names of the owners of "The Kavkaz Center"

  A Finnish priest Yukha Molari against whom criminal proceedings were started for fomentation of interethnic strife by his severe attack upon "The Kavkaz Center" web-site supporting North-Caucasian gunmen considers it necessary to lay open to the public the names of the participants of this internet community.

April 15, 2011 18:00

• The Ministry of Agriculture of Chechnya: the speed of mine clearing the area must be accelerated manifold

  Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture consider that that the process of mine clearing of the territory of Chechnya must be accelerated manifold. With the present-day speed of performing these works clearing agricultural and forest lands of Chechnya will take no less than one hundred years.

April 14, 2011 23:30

• Dagestan launches new multilingual social network without pre-moderation

  In Dagestan, a project is launched of a new multilingual social network GODUDU.COM, which uses a translation technology that will allow users who speak different languages to communicate with each other in their native languages. According to the designers, the network should become a public discussion platform - a number of Dagestani officials have already opened their posts there. The GODUDU.COM has no pre-moderation.

April 14, 2011 23:20

• Blogosphere actively reacts to Khloponin's interview

  After publication of the interview of Alexander Khloponin, Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), which he gave to the "Caucasian Knot" and "Gazeta.ru", a number of politicians and businessmen launched an online polemics with him. The blogosphere also could not remain indifferent to Mr Khloponin's statements.