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October 28, 2011 22:20

• Figurants in case on riots in Manege Square demand to be free of handcuffs in courtroom

  The Tver District Court of Moscow sentenced five defendants on case on riots at Manege Square in December 2010 to 2-5.5 years of imprisonment.

October 28, 2011 22:10

• Yerevan hosts opposition rally

  In Yerevan, Freedom Square hosts a new rally of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), which started at 5:40 p.m. Moscow time.

October 28, 2011 22:00

• Gaitukaev rejects his guilt of murdering Anna Politkovskaya

  The investigators filed a charge against Lom-Ali Gaitukaev of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta"; however, the defendant pleaded not guilty. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

October 28, 2011 21:00

• Soldier lost in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, on October 27, a regular soldier Djavid Elshan oglu Aliev perished in an accident, which occurred in a military unit in the city of Sumgait.

October 28, 2011 21:00

• Volgograd Mayoralty to inspect township, where unidentified people tried to demolish Gypsy's houses

  The administrative authorities of Volgograd promised to conduct an inspection and recommended the Gypsies who claimed that some identified people had tried to destroy their houses in the village of Verkhnyaya Elshanka, to appeal to the court.

October 28, 2011 20:00

• Aslan Cherkesov found guilty of killing Yegor Sviridov and sentenced to 20 years of high security colony

  Today, the Moscow City Court in the trial on a mass fight in Moscow in 2010 found Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, guilty in the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan, and sentenced him to 20 years of imprisonment at high security colony.

October 28, 2011 19:00

• A group of students of Tbilisi Technological University reports kidnapping

  A group of students of Tbilisi Technological University appealed to Georgy Tugushi, Ombudsman of Georgia, complaining of violence that followed their hunger strike in the administrative building of the University.

October 28, 2011 18:00

• Unidentified people in Dagestan kidnapped a resident of the settlement of Shamkhal

  On October, 27, unidentified people wearing camouflage uniforms kidnapped a resident of the settlement of Shamkhal-station, Kirovsky district of Makhachkala, Rizvan Abusupianov, father of four underage children. This was reported by Shamsuddin Magomedov, another resident of the settlement of Shamkhal-station.

October 27, 2011 23:50

• In Stavropol Territory, court considers journalist's lawsuit on beating in hospital in Budyonnovsk

  On October 26, the Budyonnovsk District Court of the Stavropol Territory held its first session on the merits on the lawsuit of the NTV journalist, who was beaten when trying to film a report on the rape of a nine-year-old girl in Budyonnovsk hospital. This was reported by a representative of the court.

October 27, 2011 23:45

• Residents of Sredneakhtuba District of Volgograd Region accuse officials of land arbitrariness

  On October 26, three residents of the Sredneakhtuba District of the Volgograd Region held a picket near the building of the local Prosecutor's Office, protesting against "land arbitrariness", practiced by local authorities.

October 27, 2011 23:40

• ECtHR urges Turkey to stop viewing recognition of Armenian Genocide as crime

  On October 25, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) passed a unanimous decision that recognition of the Armenian Genocide should not be treated as a crime in Turkey.

October 27, 2011 23:20

• Azerbaijani MPs suggest criminal prosecution for forced marriage

  The MPs of the Milli Majlis (National Assembly) propose to increase the marriageable age for girls and introduce criminal responsibility for those persons who force girls into marriage.

October 27, 2011 23:10

• Armenian MPs commemorate victims of 1999 terror act committed at National Assembly

  Today, Armenia holds mourning events in memory of the victims of the terror act committed in 1999 in the Parliament, when eight government and political figures were shot dead by five terrorists who broke into the session hall of the National Assembly.

October 27, 2011 22:50

• Ex-militiaman, who issued firearm license to Aslan Cherkesov, convicted

  A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has sentenced an ex-officer of the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Nalchik to two years of conditional imprisonment for issuing a license to purchase and bear firearms to Aslan Cherkesov, whom the jury has found guilty of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC.

October 27, 2011 22:50

• KBR's Parliament adopts law on protecting housing shareholders

  At it's plenary session today, the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has adopted the Law "On Protection of Rights and Interests of Citizens-Housing Shareholders".

October 27, 2011 22:40

• Religious leader shot dead in Dagestan

  Tonight, in the village of Khurig, Tabasaran District of Dagestan, unidentified criminals killed Sirazhutdin Khurigsky (Israfilov), a well-known Dagestani religious leader. This was reported by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the republic.

October 27, 2011 22:20

• Residents of Kalmykia treat the campaign "Stop feeding the Caucasus!" held in Moscow as attempt to destabilize situation

  The public of Kalmykia believe that the rally "Stop feeding the Caucasus!" was an attempt of certain political forces to win over voters on the eve of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

October 27, 2011 22:10

• Sergey Khadjikurbanov rejects his role of organizing Anna Politkovskaya's murder

  Sergey Khadjikurbanov, ex-militiaman, who was repeatedly charged of murdering Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, rejects his guilt and refuses to testify. This was reported by his lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik.

October 27, 2011 21:00

• The Parliament of Karachay-Cherkessia passed a law of limitation of alcohol production sales

  During a session of People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia a bill "On enacting limitations in the sphere of sales of alcohol production, beer and drinks manufactured on its basis" was adopted in the second reading.

October 27, 2011 20:00

• Chechen human rights activist in Switzerland transferred 200 materials on the wars in Chechnya to an archive

  Chechen human rights activist Zeinap Gashaeva granted 200 video cassettes to a Swiss video archive devoted to two Chechen wars.