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November 10, 2011 22:50

• In Rostov, advocate of defendant, accused of terrorism, claims poor conditions in SIZO

  On November 10, at the Rostov Regional Court the lawyer of Pavel Efremov, the defendant in the case of terrorism, claimed violation of rights for defence and poor conditions of detention of the defendant in SIZO (pre-trial prison).

November 10, 2011 22:40

• Woman-victim of attack on Nalchik claims her house was burnt down by power agents

  Today, the court continues to listen to the victims on the case of attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005. The victims testify on the episode of attack on the regiment of the patrol-and-post service (PPS). In particular, Lera Erizhokova talked about how her house burned down and how her son-in-law was detained.

November 10, 2011 22:10

• Hunger-striker Maxim Slipchenko released from Rostov police station

  Maxim Slipchenko, an activist of the movement "Left-Wing Front", detained in Rostov-on-Don, who on November 7 went on a hunger strike at the police station, has been released.

November 10, 2011 22:00

• ECtHR upholds lawsuit of Chechen woman against Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) upheld the complaint filed by the Chechen woman-resident Gizhan Sambieva, the mother of Said-Emin Sambiev, who had been kidnapped and murdered in 2003. The ECtHR has obliged the Russian Federation to pay her compensation.

November 10, 2011 20:00

• Parents of HIV infected children in Kalmykia are dissatisfied with the sums of compensations

  The parents whose children were HIV infected in 1988-1989 and who won their case against the Republican Children's hospital in the court of the town of Elista are dissatisfied with the judgment.

November 10, 2011 19:00

• The second stage of the action "Report the place of death traffic!" started in Chechnya

  Today the second stage of the all-Russian anti-narcotic action "Report the place of death traffic!" which will last till November, 18, started in Chechnya.

November 10, 2011 18:00

• Public prosecutor's office in Switzerland suspects Chechen businessman Bulat Chagaev of swindle

  Local Public prosecutor's office in Geneva suspects of swindle Chechen businessman Bulat Chagaev, ex-Vice President of "Terek" club, presently President of Swiss football club "Xamax".

November 09, 2011 23:50

• In Azerbaijan, court forbids authorities to interfere with import of Jehovah's Witnesses' literature into the country

  The Azerbaijani State Committee for Working with Religious Structures is ignoring the court decision, which has obliged the Committee to lift restrictions on importation of religious literature of Jehovah's Witnesses to the country, believers assert.

November 09, 2011 23:20

• Georgian Interests Section of Swiss Embassy to Russia cannot issue visas for absence of electricity

  The Georgian section of the Swiss Embassy to the Russian Federation has again faced problems: the business centre, housing the consular department of the Georgian Interests Section at the Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow, for several weeks has electricity outage, Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister, said at a press briefing.

November 09, 2011 23:00

• Illegal pipeline to Ukraine dismantled in Rostov Region

  In Donetsk, Rostov Region, policemen have dismantled about two kilometres of illegal underground pipeline, which was transporting POL (petroleum, oil, lubricants) to the territory of Ukraine.

November 09, 2011 22:40

• GARB: detentions on South-Ossetian-Georgian border stands out of other problems of conflict regions

  The main topic discussed on November 8 in Gori at the meeting organized by the NGO named GARB (Georgian Association of Regional Broadcasters) was the issue of detention of the persons who cross the border of Georgia with South Ossetia.

November 09, 2011 22:20

• Clergyman from Dagestan shot dead in Yaroslavl

  Today in the city of Yaroslavl, Abdulmadjid (Arthur) Manukyan, 29, a native of Dagestan and the deputy imam of the central city mosque, was found dead at the door of his own apartment.

November 09, 2011 22:10

• Russia and Georgia sign bilateral agreement on WTO

  Today, Russia and Georgia have signed a bilateral agreement relating to customs administration and monitoring of trade in goods. The document should remove the last obstacle to Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

November 09, 2011 22:00

• Krasnodar court sentences former DFMS deputy head to a year in settlement-colony

  On November 8, the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Alexander Starchkov, the former deputy head of the Department of the Federal Migration Service (DFMS) of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory, to one year of imprisonment in a settlement-colony. According to the investigation, Starchkov had hired an employee, allowed him not to work and helped him to get promoted to the rank of a captain of internal troops, said the spokesman from the Territorial Prosecutor's Office.

November 09, 2011 21:00

• It was decided to stamp the passports of the citizens who have voted at the election in South Ossetia

  A special stamp will be put on the inner side of the back part of the cover in the passport of each citizen of South Ossetia who has taken part in the presidential election on November, 13. Members of Central Election Committee consider that this will disallow anyone to vote twice.

November 09, 2011 20:00

• Religious Board of Moslems in Kalmykia granted 50 sheep to poor brothers in faith

  In honour of Kurban Bairam holiday Religious Board of Moslems in Kalmykia allotted money for purchase of 50 sheep to poor believers. This was reported by Asludin Kalabegov, Deputy Chairman of Religious Board of Moslems.

November 09, 2011 19:00

• A person wounded as a result of a grenade explosion in Volgograd

  One person got injured in the afternoon of October, 8, as a result of an explosion in a flat of a dwelling house in Volgograd, a source in law enforcement bodies of the city reported.

November 09, 2011 18:00

• A weightlifter from North Ossetia broke the world record in the spurt

  Svetlana Tsarukaeva, a Russian girl from North Ossetia, broke the world record in the spurt at the World Championship in weightlifting currently going on in Paris.

November 08, 2011 23:50

• NCFD's Public Council urges media to improve quality of materials about Northern Caucasus

  The Public Council of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has called on the managers of non-state media not to disseminate immoral programmes and articles, but to present the audience with a higher-quality content, which could contribute to the "positive image" of Northern Caucasus.

November 08, 2011 23:40

• In Stavropol Territory, historians stop destruction of ancient burial mound

  Staff members of the Pyatigorsk area museum have stopped destruction of the ancient mound in the village of Konstantinovskaya of the city of Pyatigorsk, where a developer started construction work and almost damaged graves.