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October 27, 2011 19:00

• The European Court obliged Russia to pay a compensation of 30 thousand euro to the father of a missing resident of Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights acknowledged Russia guilty of violating clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and obliged it to pay a compensation to a sum of 30 thousand euro to father of Abdulbek Tashukhajaev, resident of Chechnya, who disappeared in 1996.

October 27, 2011 18:00

• Container receptors for newborn foundlings appeared in Krasnodar region

  Krasnodar region has purchased special containers where marginal parents can leave their newborn babies.

October 26, 2011 23:50

• Attempt to demolish Gypsy family's house undertaken in Volgograd

  On October 26 in the morning, in the village of Verkhnaya Elshanka of the city of Volgograd, unidentified people attempted to destroy the house belonging to Gypsy family named Goganov. The Gypsy community supported the relatives and appealed to the police.

October 26, 2011 23:30

• Relatives of missing Ingush resident claim idleness of law enforcers

  Relatives of Umalat Bersanov, the disappeared resident of Ingushetia, claim idleness of the law enforcement agencies and, in the near future, they intend to ask for help in the neighbouring republic - Chechnya, where, according to the father of the disappeared man, his son is now.

October 26, 2011 23:10

• Hunger-strikers for places in kindergartens in Volgograd Region are ready to continue their protest action

  Olga Filippova Elena Berezina, two residents of the city of Volgograd, and Natalia Sizukhina, a resident of the town of Mikhailovka, who participated in a hunger strike demanding increase of the number of kindergartens, declared their intention to repeat the protest action if the situation would not change for the better.

October 26, 2011 22:50

• Azerbaijani MfE's officers save ten victims of earthquake in Turkey from under ruins

  In the course of the emergency recovery operation, officers of the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) found under the ruins of buildings in the Turkish Province of Van bodies of thirteen deceased and ten survivors of the earthquake. This was reported by the Azerbaijani MfE.

October 26, 2011 22:40

• In Moscow, jury finds defendants in Yuri Volkov's murder case guilty

  The jury of the Moscow City Court pleaded Akhmedpasha Aidaev, a native of Chechnya, guilty to intentional murder of Yuri Volkov, an employee of the VGTRK (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company), a fan of the "Spartak" FC. Another defendant - Bekkhan Ibragimov - was also pleaded guilty.

October 26, 2011 22:30

• Volgograd Region: policeman is suspected of killing detainee

  A policeman of the city of Volzhsky of Volgograd Region is suspected of murdering a man who had been detained by the policeman for disorderly behaviour.

October 26, 2011 22:20

• EU mission visits Merab Kolbaya in Georgian prison

  On October 26, the 31st five-party meeting on preventing and responding to incidents, which was held in Gali, discussed again fate of Merab Kolbaya and Timur Khasaya, residents of Abkhazia, kept in Georgian prisons.

October 26, 2011 22:10

• In Azerbaijan, soldier injures his colleague

  A soldier of the Azerbaijani army shot at his colleague from his service firearm, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence reports.

October 26, 2011 22:00

• Custody of four defendants in case on "Domodedovo" terror act extended by three months more

  Four detainees in the case of an explosion at the Moscow Airport "Domodedovo" will remain in custody till January 24, 2012. This exact date will mark a year passed since the terror act committed by a suicide bomber.

October 26, 2011 21:00

• Three officials in Dagestan convicted for misappropriation of 81 million rubles

  Derbent district court of the Republic of Dagestan sentenced three officials to real and conditional terms of custody for misappropriation of 81 million rubles, republican Public prosecutor's office reported.

October 26, 2011 20:00

• Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) demands from Religious Board of Moslems (RBM) to exclude marriages with underage persons

  Investigative Department of CIR in Kabardino-Balkaria directed a notification to Religious Board of Moslems of the republic demanding to take measures in order to disallow registration of Moslem marriages in cases if one of the spouses is underage. According to the law, such marriages are considered crimes.

October 26, 2011 18:00

• A meeting in memory of the victims of terror in Dubrovka passed off in Moscow

  Mourning ceremonies in memory of the victims of terror in the Theatre Center in Dubrovka which happened nine years ago are going on in Moscow today.

October 25, 2011 23:40

• ECtHR to consider photojournalist's complaint against his search at Abkhazian-Russian border

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has sent questions to the Russian government on the case of the journalist and photo correspondent Yuri Ivaschenko, whose correspondence in 2009 was read and copied by Russian customs officers on his return from Abkhazia.

October 25, 2011 23:10

• Azerbaijan: journalist Abbasov demands investigation into attacks on his relatives and their house

  In Azerbaijan, Idrak Abbasov, a journalist from the newspaper "Aina-Zerkalo" and a member of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), claims that there are no active investigatory measures take in relation to the pressure on him and his family members, after the case was transferred to the Binagadi District Prosecutor's Office. Even the local municipality is not aware about the owner of the land, where the house belonging to the Abbasov family destructed by the unidentified people is located.

October 25, 2011 23:00

• Azerbaijani journalist Fatullaev to receive CPJ's Award "Freedom of the Press" in New York

  Einullah Fatullaev, Azerbaijani journalist and former political prisoner, received invitation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to visit New York to attend the International Award "Freedom of the Press".

October 25, 2011 22:50

• Magomed Mutsolgov: murder case of Maksharip Aushev shot dead two years ago is protracted

  Today, two years since the murder of Maksharip Aushev, the Ingush human rights activist, passed. So far, the investigation failed to find the assassinators.

October 25, 2011 22:40

• Prosecutor demands 23-year imprisonment for Aslan Cherkesov accused of Yegor Sviridov's murder

  Today, at the session of the Moscow City Court on the case on mass brawl in Moscow in 2010, during forensic debates, the prosecutor demanded to sentence Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, to 23 years of imprisonment for the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan. Besides, the court listened to final speeches of the defendants.

October 25, 2011 22:30

• Stavropol court obliges international airport to take care of invalids

  The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Stavropol has ordered the management of the International Airport "Stavropol" to equip the airport terminal with necessary equipment for people with disabilities.