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February 27, 2012 22:20

• In Dagestan, rally "For Fair Elections" gathers about 700 residents of Tabasaran District

  Today, about 700 people took part in the rally "For Fair Elections" held in the village of Khuchni, Tabasaran District of Dagestan. After the event, opposition candidates have submitted applications to the Territorial Election Commission (TEC) to withdraw their candidates from the elections for deputies of the District Assembly.

February 27, 2012 22:10

• In Sochi, ten residents hold picket "For Fair Elections"

  Today, from midday till 4 p.m., in front of the Sochi administration a sanctioned picket "For Fair Elections" was held, which was attended by 10 locals.

February 27, 2012 22:00

• Tenant prone to suicide lived in collapsed house in Astrakhan, other residents assert

  Residents of the house in Astrakhan, part of which has collapsed as a result of explosion, assert that the local resident, prone to suicide, could be involved in the incident. Thus, they confirm the position of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), which included a gas explosion, a suicide attempt and a terror act into the main versions.

February 27, 2012 21:00

• Baku Appeal Court leaves blogger Gadjiev in custody

  On February 27, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Vagif Mursaglov, dismissed the complaint of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev against denial of his release under conventional early relief (CER).

February 27, 2012 19:00

• Fifteen hundred came in Lermontov to support hunger-strikers

  On February 26, an action in support of the hunger-striking candidates for Deputies of the Lermontov City Council was held in the form of a meeting of citizens with Ilya Drozdov, the former coordinator of the Stavropol Regional Branch of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), now a Deputy of the Russian State Duma.

February 27, 2012 18:00

• On February 20-26, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  At least two persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period from February 20 to February 26: one person was killed and one wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on their own materials and information from other public sources.

February 25, 2012 23:00

• "Sotsprof" picketers' "urge not to reorganize Maikop marketplaces

  Today, the city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, hosted a picket, organized by the regional association of trade unions "Sotsprof". The protesters asked to address the problems of minor businesses, lack of places in kindergartens and delays in indexing workers' wages.

February 25, 2012 21:00

• 17 pupils and students take part in bloggers' contest in Adygea

  The organizers of the first contest of young bloggers in Adygea expect that it will become a platform for realizing the potentials of the youth and will accustom them to actively expressing their civil position. The participants believe the contest to become their rewarding experience.

February 25, 2012 20:00

• In Volgograd, ice falls from the roof and kills a man

  A piece of ice weighing about a ton has killed a man in central Volgograd.

February 25, 2012 19:10

• Leader of Conservative Party detained in Georgia

  Lasha Chkhartishvili, one of the leaders of the Conservative Party of Georgia, was detained by policemen in central Tbilisi, in the Kikvidze Park.

February 25, 2012 19:00

• Election campaign to start in Armenia on April 8

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved the schedule of activities relating to the conduct of the parliamentary elections. The election campaign will begin on April 8 and will be over on May 4.

February 25, 2012 18:00

• Tarzan Kokoity refuses to run for presidency of South Ossetia

  The former South-Ossetian president's representative in the parliament Tarzan Kokoity has refused to run for the presidency. Today, Mr Kokoity has addressed the Central Election Commission (CEC) with his appropriate statement, said the local CEC.

February 25, 2012 16:00

• Movie "August. The Eighth" presented in Vladikavkaz

  On February 25, the city of Vladikavkaz saw the premiere of the movie "August. The Eighth", a story about the conflict in South Ossetia in 2008. After the screening, the film director Djanik Faiziev, actors and members of the filming crew addressed the audience.

February 25, 2012 15:00

• Prosecutor's Office returns 19 land plots into Stavropol forest fund

  The Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has returned 19 land plots back to the forest fund of Stavropol; now, about 400,000 trees will be planted there. According to the Office, the administration of the city had illegally granted the plots to individuals and legal entities.

February 25, 2012 14:00

• Sochi launches a terminal "e-reception office of Russian president"

  A terminal, by means of which people can send a verbal or written communication to the President of the Russian Federation in electronic form, was launched in Sochi. The new service is available from February 22.

February 25, 2012 13:00

• Chechen MIA denies beating protesting builders

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic denies reports of disproportionate use of force at dispersal in Grozny of the rally of builders who had worked for Turkish construction companies.

February 24, 2012 23:00

• Rally of builders from Turkish companies dispersed in Chechnya

  Today in Grozny, near the central mosque, women and men, who had worked for the Turkish construction companies "Penta" and "Bora Inshaat" and who were not paid their wages, held a rally with a demand to the authorities to address their problems. In total, by different estimates, from 250 to 400 people took part in the action.

February 24, 2012 22:00

• In Volgograd Region, educator detained on suspicion of beating a child

  A six-year-old child was hospitalized unconscious into the intensive care unit of the Kotovo District of the Volgograd Region. The woman-educator of the family group is suspected for committing the crime, who, according to investigators, beat the child for his taking candies without a permit.

February 24, 2012 21:00

• Djioeva not to ask for political asylum outside South Ossetia

  Alla Djioeva, an ex-presidential candidate in South Ossetia, remains under guard in hospital of Tskhinvali. According to her story, she would not seek political asylum outside South Ossetia and Russia. Her supporters also report that she has failed to get at the hospital a copy of the official conclusion of the forensic examination on the fact of her bodily injuries.

February 24, 2012 20:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, experts exhume bodies of children who died in Nalchik hospital

  Experts have exhumed the bodies of six infants who died in the Republic's Children Clinical Hospital in Nalchik, said the spokesman for the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the ICRF.