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February 12, 2011 17:00

• In Astrakhan, journalist Oleg Teplischev complains of strengthened pressure

  The independent journalist Oleg Teplischev, who figures as a victim in the case on the attack on journalists during the election of Astrakhan Mayor on October 11, 2009, said that last week he experienced increased pressure on him.

February 12, 2011 16:00

• In the Azov Sea, rescuers take several hundreds of fishermen from a breakaway ice floe

  Near the village of Nikolayevka, the Yeisk District of the Krasnodar Territory, rescuers evacuated about 500 fishermen from an ice floe that broke away from the coast of the Azov Sea. No injuries were reported.

February 12, 2011 15:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh shows non-translated foreign films

  The Karabakh-based Public Organization "European Movement of Artsakh" has organized screening of European films for young people to promote studying foreign languages. The action started on February 10 and will last for a month.

February 12, 2011 14:00

• Relatives of Kuschevskaya massacre casualties demand to collect 2 billion roubles from Tsapok

  The son of the farmer Server Ametov, in whose house in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in early November 2010, 12 assassinated bodies were found, and the father of the then Ametov's guest - Vladimir Mironenko, Financial Director of the "Aston" Agrarian Holding, expect to recover from the figurant in this case Sergey Tsapok one billion roubles each. The property of Tsapok and his wife has been arrested already.

February 12, 2011 13:00

• Every Georgian family to receive a food voucher

  As stated on February 11 by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in his annual address to the Parliament of Georgia, in March every Georgian family will get one-time food voucher worth 30 laris (about 16 US dollars).

February 12, 2011 12:00

• Around 1000 nationalists took part in action in Moscow

  The rally of nationalists scheduled for February 11 in Manege Square in Moscow was prevented by large forces of police and interior troops of the Russian MIA.

February 11, 2011 23:20

• Vehicle with militaries blown up in Dagestan

  In the evening on February 10, unidentified persons blew up and then shelled an Ural truck carrying a unit of internal troops of the Russian MIA on the highway Kizlyar-Korinovka in Dagestan, a source from law enforcement bodies of the Kizlyar District has reported.

February 11, 2011 23:10

• In Astrakhan, bosses of customs post suspected of bribe-taking

  The head of the Astrakhan customs post and two of his subordinates are suspected of abuse of service power and systematic bribe-taking. This was announced today by Vladimir Markin, official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation.

February 11, 2011 23:00

• Magomed Evloev's brother and sister were unaware about his plans to become suicide bomber, their father says

  Mukhazhir Evloev, father of Magomed Evloev, who is considered to be the executor of the terror act at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24, asserts that his detained children - Akhmed, 16, and Fatima, 22, - did not know about their brother's plans to commit a terror act. This was reported by Timur Akiev, head of the Ingush office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

February 11, 2011 22:10

• In Volgodonsk, local deputy loses his lawsuit to "Nashe Vremya" newspaper

  Alexander Prutsakov, deputy chairman of the Volgodonsk City Duma, who filed late last year a lawsuit against the newspaper "Nashe Vremya" (Our Time) and its own correspondent in Volgodonsk Natalia Shelimova, has lost the litigation. As reported by Vera Yuzhanskaya, editor of the paper, the judge rejected the deputy's claim in full.

February 11, 2011 22:00

• Bomb defused near mosque in Makhachkala

  Specialists of the Department for Dagestan of the Russian FSB have neutralized an explosive device planted near the mosque in Akushinskiy Street in Makhachkala.

February 11, 2011 21:00

• In Moscow, anti-fascist activists lay flowers to Unknown Soldier's Tomb

  In central Moscow an action took place "We say: no fascism on Russian soil!" The participants laid flowers at the Unknown Soldier's Tomb.

February 11, 2011 20:00

• Khloponin: Northern Caucasus has thousand of militants; half of them just "got lost"

  The illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) count about one thousand members; the number does not go down, because youngsters replenish it, said Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the NCFD, who is taking part in the sitting of the State Council held in the city of Ufa.

February 11, 2011 19:00

• In Georgian capital, refugees demand from Saakashvili to solve their problems

  Today, at 2 p.m. in front of the Parliament of Georgia, refugees held a rally, where the announced their demands to President Mikhail Saakashvili. The internally displaced persons (IDPs) demand to provide housing for them in areas, where they van find employment.

February 11, 2011 18:00

• Organizers of picket in Temryuk state violation of their rights

  The organizers and participants of the picket in support of Article 19 of the Russian Constitution in the city of Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory, appealed to the head of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) and regional prosecutor on illegitimate, in their opinion, actions of law enforcers during the action on February 9.

February 10, 2011 23:20

• Khloponin: authorities' blunders contribute to spread of extremism

  On February 9, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said, when meeting students in Nalchik, that the main reason for the spread of religious extremism and terrorism is the growth of corruption as a result of "essential deficiencies of the authorities, both regional and federal."

February 10, 2011 23:10

• KBR: rescuers search skier from near Moscow who got under avalanche

  As reported by the Chief Department (CD) of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), over 20 rescuers are now searching Sergey Bashkirov, 23, a skier from the town of Korolyov near Moscow, who was covered by an avalanche on Mount Cheget near Elbrus.

February 10, 2011 23:00

• Jewellery stolen at massacre of eight persons in Stavropol found

  On February 9, Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Russian Investigatory Committee, announced that 200 jewellery items stolen from the casualties' house were detected in the house of an acquaintance of Roman Gubarev, a suspect of killing eight people in Stavropol.

February 10, 2011 22:40

• Fourth suspect of organizing "Domodedovo" terror act detained

  According to a source from law enforcement bodies, the fourth suspect of organizing the terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24 - Bashir Khamkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, has been already arrested by the court.

February 10, 2011 22:30

• KCR residents demand to transfer Shebzukhov and Zhukov murder cases to federal centre

  On February 9, residents of the aul of Inzhichishkho made an appeal to the nations of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KCR), Coordination Board of National Associations of Karachay-Cherkessia, and Circassian public organizations of North-Caucasian republics with notification about the rally, where they want to demand from the leadership of the republic and NCFD to investigate the murders of Aslan Zhukov, one of the leaders of Circassian youth, and Fral Shebzukhov, an adviser of the KCR President.