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April 08, 2011 22:00

• FSB: local residents liquidated in Abkhazia were suspected of terrorist activities

  The two residents of Abkhazia killed today in a skirmish have been identified as Vasha Sechinava and Malkhaz Kharchilava. According to the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB), they are diversionists from Georgia.

April 08, 2011 20:00

• New marriage regulation in Chechnya helped detecting four cases of AIDS

  New rules of marriage registration enacted by the clergy in Chechnya according to which young people intending to create a family are obliged to undergo medical examination for AIDS have helped detecting four cases of this disease.

April 08, 2011 19:00

• Over two thousand cases of kidnapping in Northern Caucasus remain unsolved

  Over two thousand cases of kidnapping which took place in Northern Caucasus during the recent years remain unsolved and that is half of all the crimes of this category in the whole Russia.

April 08, 2011 18:00

• A source in security services reports that the expertise does not confirm Dokku Umarov's death

  DNA testing of the remains of the gunmen killed during the special operation in Sunzha district of Ingushetia on March, 28, among whom there supposedly might have been leader of Chechen gunmen Dokku Umarov has provided no corroboration of his death, a source in one of the Russian security services reported.

April 07, 2011 23:40

• Georgia asks Malaysia not to apply death penalty to two Georgian women

  On April 6, the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia sent a letter to law enforcement bodies of Malaysia on the case of the Georgian citizens - Babutsa Gordadze and Daredzhan Kokhtashvili - accused in this country of drug trafficking, asking them to change their penalty to long-term imprisonment instead of death penalty.

April 07, 2011 23:20

• In Dagestan, policemen exploded on a mine-trap

  In the course of operative-search activities in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, law enforcers blew them up on a mine-trap, said a source from law enforcement bodies. There are wounded and contused persons among the victims.

April 07, 2011 23:10

• Dagestani woman in hijab detained in Moscow

  In Moscow, at the Schukinskaya metro station, Larissa Abdulaeva, a resident of Dagestan, was detained. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the police department of the Schukinskaya station that passengers of the metro train called the police and said that they saw a suspicious woman in their train.

April 07, 2011 23:00

• In near future, Nikol Pashinyan's case to be considered by ECtHR

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to consider the case of the opposition activist of Armenia and well-known journalist Nikol Pashinyan in accelerated manner. This was reported by Vage Grigoryan, one of Pashinyan's advocates.

April 07, 2011 22:50

• In Azerbaijan, oppositionist's son charged of wilful murder

  In the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan, located at 220 km to the south of Baku, the 15-year-old son of Tazakhan Miralamli, head of the local branch of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been charged under Article 120 of the Criminal Code (wilful murder). Relatives of the perished boy blame doctors for his death. The oppositionist himself is still in hospital in Baku.

April 07, 2011 22:40

• At Markelov's murder trial, another witness confirms Khasis' alibi

  Today, the Moscow City Court has continued considering the criminal case on the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov. The defence of the accused Tikhonov and Khasis has presented to the court the witness Olga Mukhachova, who confirmed that at the moment of the murder Evgenia Khasis was with Alexei Baranovskiy.

April 07, 2011 22:30

• Native of Kalmykia detained with a bomb in Moscow

  The Nikulin Court of Moscow has arrested Magomed Aliev, who was detained on April 6 in the west of Moscow with a self-made explosive device.

April 07, 2011 22:10

• Property of "Erkir" newspaper arrested in Armenia

  The court of general jurisdiction of the communities Centre and Nork-Marash has imposed arrest on the property of the newspaper "Erkir" in performance of the suit filed by Deputy Tigran Arzakantsyan on insult and slander. The newspaper received the notification today by mail.

April 07, 2011 22:00

• Armenia: health condition of arrested oppositionist Samson Khachatryan has sharply worsened

  The famous boxer Samson Khachatryan, an activist of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), who is kept in custody, has serious health problems.

April 07, 2011 21:00

• Journalists in Italy will discuss problems of tolerance in Northern Caucasus

  A conference called "War and Peace" devoted to problems of tolerance in Northern Caucasus is opening in Italy today. Problems of Beslan, attitude of the veterans of wars in Chechnya towards today's Caucasus and its residents will be discussed at the conference.

April 07, 2011 20:00

• A flash-mob devoted to reading books passed off in Nagorno-Karabakh

  About 15 young people gathered in Vozrozhdenya (Renaissance) square of Stepanakert, capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. Sitting right on the ground each of them read aloud a page from their favourite books. The flash-mob took place on April, 3.

April 07, 2011 19:00

• Mayor's Office of Yerevan prohibited everyday meetings of the opposition in Svobody (Freedom) square

  Mayor's Office of Yerevan once again prohibited the oppositional party Armenian National Movement (ANM) holding everyday meetings of the opposition in Svobody square for the period from April, 20, till April, 24.

April 07, 2011 18:00

• Petersburg "Zenit" team fined for its fan's insult to team captain of "Anzhi", Makhachkala

  Control Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union fined Petersburg "Zenit" club to 300 thousand rubles in connection with an incident with Brazilian Roberto Carlos, captain of "Anzhi" team, to whom one of "Zenit's" fans offered a peeled banana before the match on March, 21.

April 06, 2011 23:50

• Five new events added to programme of Winter Olympics-2014 in Sochi

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved five new sport events in the programme of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, namely: women's ski jumping; mixed relay in biathlon; half-pipe in snowboarding; and team competitions in figure skating and sleigh racing.

April 06, 2011 23:40

• Astrakhan Regional Court dismisses complaint against search in Jehovah's Witness' house in Akhtubinsk

  The Astrakhan Regional Court has dismissed the cassation complaint against the search in the house of Elena Grigorieva, a member of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Akhtubinsk, accused of inciting hatred and enmity. Grigorieva and her lawyer assert that the trial was held with violations, same as the search, which, in their opinion, had violated the right to the freedom of religion.

April 06, 2011 23:30

• Azerbaijan: oppositionist's son arrested on suspicion of killing his peer

  Vasif Miralamov, 15, a son of Tazakhan Miralamli, head of the local branch of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was detained in the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan, located 220 km to the south of Baku, on suspicion of a murder. The oppositionist himself is in hospital with bodily injuries received at the Yasamal District Police Division, where he was brought after being detained during oppositional protests on April 2.