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January 13, 2011 23:20

• Organized "Spartak" fans will not participate in Sviridov's commemoration on January 15

  None of organized supporters of "Spartak" has any attitude to the action to be held on January 15 in Kronshtadt Boulevard in memory of Yegor Sviridov, who was murdered here at night on December 6, 2010. This was announced by Yegor Petrov, advisor of the director general of the Moscow-based "Spartak" Football Club. However, young people in Moscow and St Petersburg are already preparing for the action.

January 13, 2011 23:10

• Moscow authorities agree to action in memory of Markelov on January 19

  The authorities of the capital have allowed holding - on January 19 in the city centre - a march and a rally in memory of the lawyer and rights defender Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. This was announced on January 13 by the press service of the Moscow Mayor and Government.

January 13, 2011 23:00

• Azerbaijani wounded and Armenian beaten in Moscow

  Within a day, two natives from Transcaucasia were attacked in Russian capital. A native of Azerbaijan received a bullet in his stomach during a street conflict, while an Armenian was beaten by a group of people.

January 13, 2011 22:50

• Bureaucrats and clergy will respond for bride abduction in Chechnya

  Along with kidnappers, heads of district administrations, militia bosses and Imams of local mosques will respond for abduction of brides in the Chechen Republic.

January 13, 2011 22:40

• Head of village administration assassinated in Dagestan

  Rabadan Rabadanov, head of the village of Verkhneye Ubeki, Levashin District of Dagestan, was shot dead this evening in the yard of his house.

January 13, 2011 22:30

• Second assailant on militiamen in Dagestan liquidated

  In the course of a special operation in central Makhachkala, power agents of Dagestan killed the second attacker on militiamen.

January 13, 2011 22:20

• "Sova": prosecution of female journalists accused of extremism because of article about deportation of Caucasian nations is illegitimate

  Experts of the "Sova" Information-Analytical Centre studied the cases of journalists Natalia Nizovkina and Tatiana Stetsura, who are now tried in the city of Ulan-Ude, and concluded that the allegations of extremism were illegitimate.

January 13, 2011 22:10

• Krasnenkov: Kadyrov may fail to attend litigation vs. Orlov because of preoccupation

  Ramzan Kadyrov had expressed his intention to speak at the criminal trial of Oleg Orlov, head of the HRC "Memorial", but it may happen that he will not manage to do it because of his extremely high occupation, said Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya.

January 13, 2011 22:00

• Defence witness questioned on Orlov's case

  Today, the trial of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", in connection with his statements about responsibility of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov for the murder of Natalia Estemirova. The court heard evidences of Grigory Shvedov, editor-in-chief of the Internet medium named "Caucasian Knot".

January 13, 2011 21:00

• An exhibition of modern art "North-Caucasian biannual festival" will be arranged in Dagestan

  An exhibition of modern art "North-Caucasian biannual festival" will pass off from April, 22, till June, 22, 2011, in Kaspiisk, Dagestan. All the modern forms and tendencies in art will be represented at the exhibition: painting, graphic arts, sculpture, theatrical decoration art, photo, photo a video installation, performance.

January 13, 2011 20:00

• Leader of "Slavic Union" arrested for three days for resistance to militia

  Dmitry Demushkin, head of nationalist organization "Slavic Union", has got three days of administrative arrest for resistance to militia on January, 11, in Manezh square of Moscow.

January 13, 2011 19:00

• Authorities of South Osetia forbade the doctors to cross the border of Leningor district, Georgian sources report

  The authorities of South Osetia forbade the physicians of Leningor district to cross the administrative border with Georgia, Georgian mass media report referring to the information from the population of the district. There are no official comments on the matter.

January 13, 2011 18:00

• Officer of Department of Federal Security Service in Malgobek district wounded in Ingushetia

  A car of an officer of the Department of Federal Security Service in Malgobek district was fired upon this morning at the approaches to the town of Nazran, near the administrative border between Ingushetia and North Osetia.

January 12, 2011 22:00

• In Georgia, Sanakoev's statement on work for FSB is not taken seriously by politicians

  The statement of Vladimir Sanakoev, a former employee of the pro-Georgian administration of South Ossetia, who is currently in Russia, that during his stay in Georgia he fulfilled instructions of Russian security services and was a secret agent, was regarded as frivolous by Georgian politicians and experts.

January 12, 2011 21:00

• Attempt on Elimkhanov is the main version of attack on checkpoint in Grozny

  The main version of the investigation dealing with the case of the attack on the convoy of servicemen committed on January 9 in Grozny is an attempt to kill Bislan Elimkhanov, commander of the special-purpose battalion of the GRU (Russian Military Intelligence) (former "Zapad" (West) battalion).

January 12, 2011 20:00

• Tugushi: Barbakadze is tried with violations in Georgia

  On January 10, the City Court of Akhaltsikh postponed its session on the case of Suleiman Barbakadze, former chairman of the International Fund for Repatriation of Meskhetian Turks in Georgia, who is accused of a fraud.

January 12, 2011 19:00

• Nogaideli joins Movement "For Fair Georgia" as rank-and-file member

  On January 11, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia passed a decision in favour of the members of the Party "For Fair Georgia" who opposed Zurab Nogaideli.

January 12, 2011 19:00

• Inspectors establish those guilty of worker's death at Volgodonsk NPP

  The investigatory authorities of the city of Volgodonsk have confirmed the death of a worker at construction of the third unit of the Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant on December 8, 2010. However, the NPP administration reported that there were no deaths of plant workers.

January 12, 2011 18:00

• Moscow authorities ban action in memory of Markelov and Baburova applied for by "Committee of January 19"

  The Moscow Mayoralty has refused to coordinate the action applied for by the "Committee of January 19" and dated to the second anniversary of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova and offered instead to hold a rally in the centre or a march along Taras Shevchenko Embankment.

January 12, 2011 17:00

• Representatives of retired miners of Rostov region are seeking for a meeting with Governor Golubev

  Representatives of about five thousand former miners of Rostov region are asking the new Governor Vasily Golubev to receive them in order to move forward a request to return the payments cancelled by the local officials.