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October 24, 2011 20:00

• Over one hundred people took part in a meeting against Olympic resettlement in Sochi

  The tenth meeting of persons aggrieved by "Olympic" resettlement was held in Sochi on October, 23. Over one hundred people arrived to participate in the action from different districts of the city.

October 24, 2011 19:00

• Unknown people in Dagestan set fire to a sauna and beat up its manager

  Yesterday, October, 23, some strangers beat up a manager of a sauna in the town of Khasavyurt and set fire to the building, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported today.

October 24, 2011 18:00

• A resident of Grozny called Emir of Argun by members of the top brass arrested in Dagestan

  Israil Yakhyaev, resident of Grozny who was detained on October, 19, and turned out to be one of the leaders of armed underground is arrested, Committee of Inquiry (CI) of Dagestan reported.

October 22, 2011 23:00

• Railway blown up in Dagestan

  Today, a freight train was blow up on the North-Caucasian Railways in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, as reported by district law enforcers.

October 22, 2011 22:00

• Residents of two districts Dagestan rally in Makhachkala demanding compensation for flooded lands

  Today at 1:00 p.m. in Makhachkala, near the Avar Theatre, residents of the Untsukul and Gergebil District held a rally. They demanded compensation for their lands flooded during construction of the Irganai HPP (Hydroelectric Power Plant).

October 22, 2011 21:00

• Moscow hosts rally under the motto "Stop feeding Caucasus!"

  Today in the afternoon, a rally is held in central Moscow, in Bolotnaya Square, within the campaign declared by nationalists "Stop feeding Caucasus!"

October 21, 2011 23:20

• Residents of Rostov Region are accused of slave-trading

  In the Rostov Region, a grouping engaged in human trafficking and using slave labour has been stopped, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) asserts.

October 21, 2011 23:00

• About 50 militants liquidated in Chechnya since start of this year, power agents assert

  According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, during the first nine months of this year, power agents killed 47 members of the armed underground in the territory of the Chechen Republic, more than 150 militants and their accomplices were detained and persuaded to surrender. According to the "Caucasian Knot" information, based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources, only from the beginning of the year till September, 53 suspected militants were killed in Chechnya, 121 people were detained or came to surrender.

October 21, 2011 22:30

• Chechen authorities report elimination of 'blood feudists' in the republic, but set up new Reconciliation Commission under Muftiat

  According to a number of local experts and observers, statements of the Chechen leadership about complete elimination of blood feud conflicts in the republic can be incorrect. At the same time, on the next day after Kadyrov announced abolition of the Commission on reconciliation of families who were in the state of blood feud, the National Reconciliation Commission was established under the Spiritual Administration of the Republic. In future, among other tasks, the Commission will be engaged in reconciliation of 'blood feudists' (blood feud avengers).

October 21, 2011 22:10

• In Baku, relatives of convicted oppositionists stop their hunger strike

  Today, the hunger strike in defence of rights of the oppositional activists convicted in connection with the rally of April 2, which was held at the headquarters of the "Musavat" Party in Baku, was stopped. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), that the decision to stop the hunger strike was made by the Committee of the convicts' family members.

October 21, 2011 22:00

• Pickets held in Nalchik against jury's decision on Sviridov's murder case

  Today, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, relatives of Aslan Cherkesov, accused of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a football fan, held two sole pickets, demanding fair justice for Aslan Cherkesov. According to his relatives, the court "prejudges" him.

October 21, 2011 21:00

• Regular soldier arrested in Nagorno-Karabakh on fact of his colleague's death

  The regular soldier Martin Zakaryan was detained in Nagorno-Karabakh on the criminal case of the suicide of Corporal Vladimir Asatryan. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia.

October 21, 2011 20:00

• Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice rejects political background of confiscation of property of newspaper "Khural"

  The property of the newspaper "Khural" was confiscated due to editors' failure to fulfil the court holdings on hip of judgments in civil lawsuits against the newspaper. This was declared by the official announcement of the Ministry of Justice, which was released today.

October 21, 2011 19:00

• In Dagestan, about two hundred persons demand to find missing local resident

  Today, the central square of the city of Buinaksk (Dagestan) hosted a rally organized by relatives and friends of Salman Abakarov, a father of six children, who disappeared on October 11. The rally was attended by about 200 persons; participants arrived from different regions of Dagestan, they demanded to intensify the search of the disappeared man.

October 21, 2011 18:00

• In Dagestan, unidentified persons in camouflage and masks kidnap local resident

  Yesterday, on October 20, near the tax inspection office in the city of Dagestanskie Ogni, Ramazan Pashaevich Ramazanov, a local resident, born in 1983, was kidnapped by people in camouflage and masks in the eyes of his mother. This was reported by Magomed Khanmagomedov, a special correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).

October 20, 2011 23:00

• RWB: in Chechnya, journalists work in atmosphere of fear; in Dagestan, they are victims of social outbreak

  Today, the international organization "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has published its report on the investigation into the situation with the media in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Dagestan. The document notes that since their last visit to the republics, which took place two years ago, its activists found no changes for the better. The report provides estimates of journalists themselves, human rights activists and representatives of the republics' authorities, and the RWB's recommendations concerning the situation in the region.

October 20, 2011 22:40

• In Azerbaijan, journalists worry about confiscated property of "Khural" newspaper

  Avaz Zeinally, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Khural", believes that the confiscation of property of the newspaper is connected with an increase in publication frequency of the newspaper or the authorities' response to the criticism of the Ilham Aliev's interview.

October 20, 2011 22:30

• Ex-Deputy Boss of Transport Department of Russian MIA for NCFD sentenced to one year of conditional imprisonment for bribe

  The Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don announced a verdict to Sergey Levchenko, ex-Deputy Transport Chief of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), who was accused of bribery. This was reported today by the press service of the Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office.

October 20, 2011 22:30

• Georgian oppositionist receives political asylum in Italy

  Archil Benidze, a member of the Labour Party of Georgia, received status of a political refugee in Italy.

October 20, 2011 22:20

• US State Department urges organizers of Kentucky Horse Race to review Kadyrov's licence

  The registration committee of horse racing which is held in Kentucky (USA) intends to revise the licence of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov entitling him to apply for participation in these competitions. This decision was made after the committee received a letter from the US State Department referring to human rights violations.