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January 03, 2012 21:00

• Stavropol: officials of local "MinPrirody" fight against construction of villas in state reserve "Russkiy Les"

  The Stavropol Regional Court is considering a number of complaints lodged by Yuri Gridnev, the head of the local "MinPrirody" (Ministry of Natural Resources), against alienation of land plots in the territory of the state reserve "Russkiy Les" (Russian Forest), located near the city of Stavropol in the vicinity of the village of Grushevoy.

January 03, 2012 20:00

• Residents of Khasavyurt help to prevent terror act

  In Dagestan, sappers have neutralized a bomb planted in the city industrial zone of Khasavyurt. The information about an improvised explosive device (IED) came to the police from local residents.

January 03, 2012 19:00

• Chechnya commemorates Kunta-Haji Kishiev

  Today, residents of Chechnya commemorate Kunta-Haji Kishiev, one of the most famous and respected saints. In Chechen mosques religious leaders are reading the Koran and perform rituals of mavlid and dhikr. All large dwelling settlements hold the rites of oblation with distribution of sacrificial meat among poor families, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 03, 2012 17:00

• In Georgia, parties who nominate women as candidates for deputies to receive extra funding

  In Georgia, the political parties, which have overcome the electoral threshold and which have put at least two women on their party lists of ten candidates, will receive additional funding from the state budget in the amount of 10 percent. The relevant amendments were made in late December last year in the Law "On Political Associations of Citizens".

January 03, 2012 15:00

• Georgian MFA to seek the return OSCE observers

  The restoration of the mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the conflict zones with South Ossetia and Abkhazia is the top priority for the Georgian Government and the OSCE, said Sergi Kapanadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

January 03, 2012 13:00

• A person perished and two more got wounded in a mass scuffle in Rostov region

  A resident of Novocherkassk perished as a result of a mass scuffle that took place on January, 2. Two more people were taken to hospital.

January 03, 2012 12:00

• Prosecutor General’s acknowledged illegality of barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi

  Prosecutor General’s of the Russian Federation revealed violations in barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi after it carried out an inspection in reply to the ecologists’ reports of numerous violations of nature conservation legislation in this conservation zone.

January 03, 2012 10:00

• The court in Dagestan re-established a widow of a participant of the War on the dwelling waiting list

  Public Prosecutor’s office in the Republic of Dagestan re-established the dwelling rights of Aminat Omarova, one-hundred-years-old widow of a participant of the Great Patriotic War, by means of trial.

January 03, 2012 09:00

• Rostov regional court refused to release journalist Tolmachev

  Regional court of Rostov-on-Don left Alexander Tolmachev, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Upolnomochen Zaiuvit” and journal “Pro Rostov”, in custody.

January 02, 2012 23:00

• Sochi: rights defender Basmanov released from custody

  Today in Sochi, a human rights activist Sergey Basmanov has been set free after his 10-day arrest for disobeying the police.

January 02, 2012 22:00

• Passengers of the bus crashed in Kabardino-Balkaria sent home

  The passengers of the bus, which overturned in a traffic accident in the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, have been sent home – to the Stavropol Territory.

January 02, 2012 21:00

• Organizers of march in capital of North Ossetia sentenced to 10 and 5 days in jail

  The Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz has convicted two detained participants of the unauthorized march in the capital of North Ossetia on December 30, 2011.

January 02, 2012 20:00

• Aliev orders to increase the share of renewable energy in Azerbaijan's consumption

  Within six months to come, Azerbaijan should draft its strategy for using renewable sources of energy for 2012-2020, which would allow bringing the share of renewable sources up to 20 percent in total country's energy consumption. This order was signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev.

January 02, 2012 19:00

• Jehovah's Witnesses report nearly 400 facts of harassment of their members in Russia in 2011

  In 2011, the Russian Federation saw 397 instances of oppression against members of the international religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by believers themselves, who state increased pressure on them. Officials from law enforcement bodies claim that they are acting in accordance with the law.

January 02, 2012 16:12

• A bus with tourists overturned in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today a bus of a tourist company overturned in Cherkessk district of Kabardino-Balkaria. One person perished, seven more got wounded.

January 02, 2012 13:00

• Pirosmani's painting "Organ-Grinder" returned to Georgia

  Law enforcement bodies of Georgia have returned a painting by Niko Pirosmani, a famous primitivist painter, back to the country. The painting "Organ-Grinder", which had been illegally taken out of Georgia a few years ago, was offered for sale in a foreign country in the "black market".

January 02, 2012 11:00

• The cost of municipal transport went up in Chechnya

  Prices on public transport went up in Chechen Republic since January, 1. The residents of Grozny have to pay ten rubles ($0,3) for the ticket instead of the prior sum of seven rubles. Local residents are malcontent with the growth of the prices. Representatives of the Ministry of Transport say this is a coercive measure.

January 02, 2012 10:00

• Jioeva’s supporters in Vladikavkaz arrested for five days

  In the evening of January, 1, Sovietsky district court passed a judgment of arrest of Elina Marzoeva and Ruslan Magkaev accused of organizing an unauthorized procession in the center of the capital of North Ossetia for a term of 15 days.

January 02, 2012 09:00

• The investor suggests to launch the first FEZ in Armenia in the beginning of 2012

  “Sitronics” company submitted an official application on organizing a free economic zone (FEZ) in the territory of “Mars” plant in Armenia in the beginning of 2012, Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan reported. According to him, the application will be considered by a an interdepartmental committee for forming the FEZ and then passed over to the Government.

December 31, 2011 23:00

• Police colonel shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria; his children wounded

  Today in the town of Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified attackers shelled the car with Police Colonel Murat Shkhagumov, the commander of the special fast response detachment, and his children.