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January 11, 2011 21:00

• Medvedev restricts the right of foreigners and stateless persons to possess land

  On January 9, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed a decree "On Approving the List of Pre-Border Territories, where Foreign Citizens, Stateless Persons and Foreign Legal Entities May not Hold Titles on Land". The list includes lands of six regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District and five regions of the Southern Federal District.

January 11, 2011 20:00

• ICPO of Russia: murder of Zarema Sadulayeva is not related to her professional activities

  The main version of the murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation", in Chechnya was not confirmed in the course of investigatory actions.

January 11, 2011 19:00

• ECtHR dismisses complaint of oppositionists on parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected the complaints filed by opposition figures and other persons in relation to the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, which were held on November 7, 2010, after the authorities of the country had agreed to pay compensations by analogy with the case "Namet Aliev versus Azerbaijan".

January 11, 2011 18:00

• Four people perished as a result of an explosion at the firing range in Rustavi

  One of the 13 servicemen wounded as a result of an explosion in Kratsaniss training center of the Georgian Ministry of Defense died this morning. Three soldiers died after the explosion at once.

January 11, 2011 17:00

• South Ossetian authorities enact a ban against using lari

  Beginning from January, 15, the Administration of Leninogorsk district of South Ossetia are enacting a ban against the use of Georgian currency lari in shops, enterprises of public catering and other public areas.

January 11, 2011 16:00

• Residents of the town of Shakhty, Rostov region, are collecting signatures for the Mayor’s resignation

  Residents of the town of Shakhty, Rostov region, have started collecting signatures under an appeal to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and Governor of the region Vasily Golubev demanding resignation of Mayor Sergey Ponamarenko.

January 11, 2011 15:00

• Prosecutor General’s of Abkhazia: the explosion in Gali district is not connected with the election

  No connection between the grenade explosion on January, 9, as a result of which Gocha Jalagonia, nominee to Popular Assembly of the republic, was injured has been established. Prosecutor General’s of Abkhazia considers the incident a result of an act of hooliganism.

January 11, 2011 14:00

• Georgia: Perevi villagers leave home in search of work and better life

  The village of Perevi in Georgia, which was quitted by Russian troops, faces typical problems of many villages of this country, located in deep province. Young people leave it in search of employment; the school is in deplorable condition; and the doctor serves several surrounding villages.

January 10, 2011 22:00

• South Ossetia tightens rules for crossing administrative border with Georgia

  According to local residents, at the administrative border with Georgia, security services of South Ossetia are verifying whether certificates issued for crossing the border comply with the data available at the Ossetian check point.

January 10, 2011 20:00

• Gusein: "Public Chamber" will act as "shadow parliament" of Azerbaijan

  Establishment in Azerbaijan of the Civil Movement for Democracy named "Public Chamber" is aimed at increasing the political participation and involvement of the population in governing the country. This was stated by Panakh Gusein, a member of the Coordinating Board of the Movement.

January 10, 2011 19:00

• Human rights activists from Ingushetia initiate debates on kidnappings at European Parliament

  On January 10, the session of the European Parliament in Brussels will discuss the situation with kidnappings in Ingushetia. Ibragim Lyanov and Madina Lyanova, independent human rights activists from this republic, who represent interests of their countrymen in Europe, were among initiators of the debates.

January 10, 2011 18:00

• Valery Suchkov attacked in Sochi: attempt had to do with my public activities

  Valery Suchkov, a member of the City-Planning Council of Sochi and a well-known public activist, who was hospitalized with traumas on January 7, is sure that the attack on him was pre-planned and related to his public activities.

January 10, 2011 17:00

• A footballer from Azerbaijan will play for the first time in the English Premier League

  Araz Abdullaev, halfback of “Neftchi” Football Club (Baku) and youth combined team of Azerbaijan, is moving to the famous English team “Everton”. He will become the first representative of Azerbaijani football in the English Premier League.

January 10, 2011 16:00

• Four men perished in Chechnya during firing upon a checkpoint

  According to the latest data, four men perished during an attack at a checkpoint in Lenin district of Grozny on January, 9, and from six to eight persons got wounding of different extent of gravity.

January 10, 2011 15:00

• Georgian Government monitors information on the sailors captured by pirates of Somali

  Today the families of the Georgian sailors captured by pirates of Somali are holding an action of protest in front of the building of the Supreme Council of Adzharia in Batumi to draw Georgian Government’s attention to the hostages’ fates.

January 10, 2011 14:00

• European Court refused trial on over 1500 claims from South Ossetia

  European Court of Human Rights has dismissed actions on almost half of the cases against Georgia connected with the events of 2008 because of failure to submit necessary information by the claimants, a representative of Press service of the Court reported.

January 08, 2011 23:00

• Armenia reduces dollarization of its economy

  In 2010, Armenia saw reduction of the level of dollarization by 3-4 percent, as Arthur Dzhavadyan, Chairman of the Central Bank, has summed up. According to his story, the reduction of the dollarization of the economy was reached by still slow but certain reduction of the current account deficit, as well as by neutralization of the dram devaluation.

January 08, 2011 21:00

• One person lost and two wounded in shooting in Volgograd Region

  In the course of a quarrel that burst out in a bar in the city of Volzhskiy, Volgograd Region, two men opened fire on the visitors. One person was killed and two more wounded. The gunmen were detained.

January 08, 2011 20:00

• Georgian TV "Maestro" to be on air since January 10

  The TV Company "Maestro" will partially resume its broadcasting on January 10. However, no money for full-scale operation has been found yet.

January 08, 2011 19:00

• Blogger Dudko will stay in custody

  The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has extended the detention term of blogger Alaudin Dudko, also known under the nickname ingushetiya_ru, by three months more. The investigation into his case is still on.