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April 07, 2011 21:00

• Journalists in Italy will discuss problems of tolerance in Northern Caucasus

  A conference called "War and Peace" devoted to problems of tolerance in Northern Caucasus is opening in Italy today. Problems of Beslan, attitude of the veterans of wars in Chechnya towards today's Caucasus and its residents will be discussed at the conference.

April 07, 2011 20:00

• A flash-mob devoted to reading books passed off in Nagorno-Karabakh

  About 15 young people gathered in Vozrozhdenya (Renaissance) square of Stepanakert, capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. Sitting right on the ground each of them read aloud a page from their favourite books. The flash-mob took place on April, 3.

April 07, 2011 19:00

• Mayor's Office of Yerevan prohibited everyday meetings of the opposition in Svobody (Freedom) square

  Mayor's Office of Yerevan once again prohibited the oppositional party Armenian National Movement (ANM) holding everyday meetings of the opposition in Svobody square for the period from April, 20, till April, 24.

April 07, 2011 18:00

• Petersburg "Zenit" team fined for its fan's insult to team captain of "Anzhi", Makhachkala

  Control Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union fined Petersburg "Zenit" club to 300 thousand rubles in connection with an incident with Brazilian Roberto Carlos, captain of "Anzhi" team, to whom one of "Zenit's" fans offered a peeled banana before the match on March, 21.

April 06, 2011 23:50

• Five new events added to programme of Winter Olympics-2014 in Sochi

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved five new sport events in the programme of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, namely: women's ski jumping; mixed relay in biathlon; half-pipe in snowboarding; and team competitions in figure skating and sleigh racing.

April 06, 2011 23:40

• Astrakhan Regional Court dismisses complaint against search in Jehovah's Witness' house in Akhtubinsk

  The Astrakhan Regional Court has dismissed the cassation complaint against the search in the house of Elena Grigorieva, a member of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Akhtubinsk, accused of inciting hatred and enmity. Grigorieva and her lawyer assert that the trial was held with violations, same as the search, which, in their opinion, had violated the right to the freedom of religion.

April 06, 2011 23:30

• Azerbaijan: oppositionist's son arrested on suspicion of killing his peer

  Vasif Miralamov, 15, a son of Tazakhan Miralamli, head of the local branch of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was detained in the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan, located 220 km to the south of Baku, on suspicion of a murder. The oppositionist himself is in hospital with bodily injuries received at the Yasamal District Police Division, where he was brought after being detained during oppositional protests on April 2.

April 06, 2011 23:20

• In Dagestan, case against militiamen who beat teenager sent to court

  The indictment on the criminal case against three employees of the OVD (Interior Division) who beat a 14-year-old resident of Dagestan on July 20, 2010, has been sent to the Shamil District Court for consideration on the merits.

April 06, 2011 23:10

• Resident of Chechnya, suspected of murdering football fan on Yegor Sviridov's funeral day, detained

  On April 5 in Moscow, an 18-year-old resident of Chechnya suspected of killing Pavel Kazakov, 19, a football fan on December 10, 2010. On that day Moscow saw funeral of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the Moscow "Spartak" Football Club, killed in a fight with residents of Northern Caucasus.

April 06, 2011 23:00

• In Chechnya, birth rate is 5 times mortality rate

  According to preliminary results of the 2010 census, the average annual birth rate in Chechnya is about 32,000 newborns against the mortality rate of about 6200, with the migration loss of about 2000, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Ramzan Digaev, head of the Territorial Department of the Russian Federal State Statistics ("Rosstat") for the Chechen Republic.

April 06, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 28 to April 3

  Power agents hope to identify Dokku Umarov among those liquidated in Ingushetia; while the former Mayor of Volgograd is seeking his reinstatement, it was decided to liquidate the post of Mayor whatsoever - in favour of the post of City Manager; Azerbaijani authorities respond by mass arrests to mass protests, - look these and other events in the review of the week of March 28 to April 3, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 06, 2011 22:00

• Port of Azov: petroleum products in Don River neutralized; ecologists: damage was large-scale

  The officials of the Azov Sea Port argue that the two spots of oil products, detected yesterday in the Don River near the city of Azov (Rostov Region), pose no threat. At the same time, an activist of an environmental organization said that the river pollution was significant, while information about the incident is concealed.

April 06, 2011 21:00

• Ingushetia: head of EU representative office discusses human rights issues

  Ambassador Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU), paid a visit to the Republic of Ingushetia. During the visit he met with Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".

April 06, 2011 20:00

• Azerbaijan starts trying young oppositionist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev

  A trial of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evading military service, starts in Azerbaijan. On April 7, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, chaired by Emin Akhundov, plans to hold a preliminary hearing on the case.

April 06, 2011 19:00

• Actions in support of political prisoners passed off in Rostov region

  Yesterday, April, 5, actions in support of detained political prisoners passed off in two towns of Rostov region. As a result of the picket in Rostov three activists of "Another Russia" were detained. Activists in Taganrog had to organize a single-person picket because the municipal administration prohibited holding a meeting.

April 06, 2011 18:00

• Georgian opposition is ready to recommence negotiations on electoral system

  Yesterday, April, 5, oppositional community of Georgia put forward a suggestion to the ruling party to recommence negotiations on electoral system. The statement they issued runs that the opposition is ready to make some concessions but at the same time it is going to start a broad campaign of informing the population on the amendments it offers.

April 05, 2011 23:50

• Tsotne Gamsakhurdia complains to US President about situation in Georgia

  Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, 36, son of the first president of Georgia, who is serving his prison term has treated - in his letter to US President Barack Obama - the situation as "deplorable" in the Georgian penitentiary system, in justice, in the electoral system, and in the spheres of the freedom of speech and respect for human rights.

April 05, 2011 23:40

• Townspeople in Grozny complain of inconvenience caused by strengthened security measures

  Today Chechnya will host the ceremony of official inauguration of Ramzan Kadyrov as the head of the republic. From April 2 on, security measures in central Grozny have been essentially intensified, causing, together with all the preparations, serious problems for the residents of the Chechen capital.

April 05, 2011 23:30

• Most respondents in Kvemo-Kartli and Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti believe that ethnic minorities are protected

  The rights of ethnic minorities in Georgia are duly protected, said 60.4 percent of respondents in the region of Kvemo-Kartli region, populated by Azerbaijanis, and in Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti, populated mostly by Armenians. This figure was voiced out on March 30 at presentation of the sociological study conducted in these regions last December.

April 05, 2011 23:10

• Georgia to investigate crash of its aircraft in Congo together with the UN

  The Georgian aviation authorities and UN officials will conduct a joint inquiry into the catastrophe, which happened with the UN aircraft belonging to the "Airzena-Georgian Airways" airline in the Democratic Republic of Congo.