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December 19, 2011 15:00

• House of oppositionist Tural Abbasly demolished in Azerbaijan

  In Baku, the house, where the flat of Tural Abbasly, the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party (now imprisoned), was located, has been demolished. Besides, his mother – Bashkhanym Abbasova, a member of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) – was detained and taken to the 21st station of the Nasimi District Police Department.

December 19, 2011 14:00

• Young families receive housing subsidies in the capital of Kalmykia

  Today in Elista, nine families have received certificates on the right to social payments for purchase or construction of housing. The documents have been issued as part of the city programme "Affordable housing for young families", in effect from 2007 through 2012.

December 19, 2011 13:00

• On December 12-18, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away 18 lives

  At least 18 persons were killed and three more wounded during the week of December 12-18 in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 19, 2011 12:00

• An action “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk

  An action of protest “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, on December, 18. The participants of the meeting came out in opposition against mass forgery at the election of State Duma of the Russian Federation. 45 people all in all gathered in the square. Many of them sealed their mouths with leaflets “My vote is stolen”.

December 19, 2011 11:00

• Downhill skiing season started in Elbrus area after a long outage

  The cable cars of Elbrus area (Kabardino-Balkaria) are completely ready to receive tourists. This was reported by Head of Administration of Elbrus district Aslan Malkarov.

December 19, 2011 10:00

• 300 people in Stavropol went out to a meeting “For honest election”

  On Sunday, December, 18, a meeting against forgery and election fraud was held in Stavropol. According to official data, about 300 local residents took part in it.

December 17, 2011 23:00

• Makhachkala hosts charity action in memory of Khadjimurad Kamalov

  Today, a large charity action in memory of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" weekly, who was assassinated on December 15, was organized in Makhachkala: food help was rendered to needy and poor families.

December 17, 2011 22:00

• Police lieutenant-colonel assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, in the village of Khasanya of Kabardino-Balkaria, Police Lieutenant-Colonel Vadim Sultanov, 36, an employee of Centre "E", was killed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

December 17, 2011 21:00

• Protesters in Moscow demand to cancel State Duma election outcomes

  The participants of the today's rally "For Fair Elections" have demanded to cancel the outcomes of the vote at the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation dismiss the head of the Russian CEC (central Election Commission) and release political prisoners.

December 17, 2011 20:00

• Sochi hosts picket against fraudulent elections

  Today, a sanctioned picket against falsification of the outcomes of the Russian State Duma elections was held in Sochi.

December 17, 2011 19:00

• Rostov Region creates centre of distant learning for gifted children

  With the aim to support gifted children living in remote areas, the Rostov Region is opening a centre for distant learning. Now, they form 10 study groups per 10 pupils each.

December 17, 2011 18:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh: ensign detained for mutilating soldier

  On December 14, an incident occurred in the military unit "Egnikner" in Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in the soldier Narek Avetisyan, 18, losing his right eye. On December 17, Ensign Armen Tovmasyan was detained as a suspect of mutilating the soldier.

December 17, 2011 17:00

• In South Ossetia, detained supporter of Alla Djioeva released on recognizance not to leave

  Uyryzmag Dzutsev, a supporter of the former presidential candidate Alla Djioeva, was detained by the employees of the South-Ossetian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) on suspicion of illegal possession of ammunition. Now, Mr Dzutsev is at large and at home under recognizance not to leave.

December 17, 2011 16:00

• Cruise tourism to be promoted on Caspian Sea

  The Caspian Sea will develop cruise tourism, states the agreement on cooperation signed by the Governments of the Astrakhan Region and Ingushetia with the Russian Federal Tourism Agency ("Rosturism").

December 17, 2011 15:00

• Venice Commission approves amendments to Electoral Code of Georgia

  The analysis of the amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia has shown that, taken overall, the document "prepossesses for democratic elections," runs the brief press release of the Venice Commission, circulated after the meeting on December 16.

December 17, 2011 14:00

• Khloponin offers cancelling death penalty moratorium for terrorists

  Death penalty could be reintroduced for terror acts, as it is done in Belarus, Alexander Khloponin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and President's Plenipotentiary for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said on December 16 at a meeting with journalists in the city of Essentuki, Stavropol Territory.

December 17, 2011 12:00

• Moscow prosecutors re-qualify Dmitry Putenikhin's indictment

  On December 16, Inspector Alexei Petrechenko re-qualified the charge to Dmitry Putenikhin, an activist of "The Other Russia" from Article 296 of the Russian Criminal Code (a threat to an official) to Article 319 (public insult of a state official).

December 16, 2011 22:50

• Mozdok residents suspected of beating teenager because of his nationality

  Investigators suspect two residents of the city of Mozdok in North Ossetia in beating of a 13-year-old Russian boy because of his nationality. According to the investigators, on that same day with an interval of 10 minutes, the teenager was twice attacked.

December 16, 2011 22:40

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, local resident claims being tortured by power agents

  Aslan Sablirov, a resident of Nalchik, claims that power agents kidnapped and tortured him demanding to confess to possession of ammunition and aiding members of illegal armed formations.

December 16, 2011 22:10

• In Georgia, journalists of "Maestro" TV Channel hold protest action

  On November 16, staff members of the "Maestro" TV Channel, working in emergency mode for several weeks, held a rally in front of the police building of the Vake-Saburtalo Districts in Tbilisi. They demanded to force Erosi Kitsmarishvili, the founder of the management company "Rustavi Media", out of the building.