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March 15, 2011 23:30

• Earlier dismissed judges reinstated in Kuschevskaya

  Today, the Disciplinary Judicial Bench of the Krasnodar Territory reinstated two magistrate judges from the village of Kuschevskaya, who had been found guilty of links with the Tsapok's grouping.

March 15, 2011 23:20

• Sochi Mayor discusses problems of parallel road with the public

  On March 14, Anatoly Pakhomov, Sochi Mayor, provided his study for talks on compensations and damage caused to the city by Olympic construction with 15 public activists who came there.

March 15, 2011 23:10

• "MASHR": In Ingushetia in peacetime people die like at war

  Despite the absence of warfare in Northern Caucasus, annually armed conflicts in the region take away lives of dozens of civilians. The year 2009 became the bloodiest for the Republic of Ingushetia - 304 casualties; in 2010, the death toll halved - 148 casualties. The figures are presented in the blog of the "Caucasian Knot" by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".

March 15, 2011 23:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, militants' parents urge their sons to lay down arms

  A group of 11 parents from the Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has addressed their sons, who are on the wanted list and accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), with an appeal to lay down their arms.

March 15, 2011 22:20

• Oppositionist Samson Khachatryan arrested in Armenia

  A two-month arrest has been chosen as a freedom restriction measure for Samson Khachatryan, a famous boxer and opposition activist, who was detained on March 13 in Yerevan.

March 15, 2011 22:10

• Kremlin detects double overpricing of construction materials for Sochi Olympic objects

  The Audit Department of Russian President has established facts of overpricing the construction materials used for building Olympic venues, said Konstantin Chuichenko, head of the Department.

March 15, 2011 22:00

• In Armenia, Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of "Heritage" Party, goes on hunger strike

  A termless hunger strike was announced by Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia and former head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in protest against the situation in the country.

March 15, 2011 21:00

• Defence of suspects of murdering Markelov challenge the judge

  The defence advocates in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova have addressed the Judicial Qualification Board (JQB) of Moscow with a complaint against Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk, who is chairing the trial. According to the defence, the judge had broken ethical norms.

March 15, 2011 20:00

• Georgian death toll in Afghanistan reaches 7 persons

  On March 14, the Georgian Ministry of Defence issued a release about the death in a German hospital of Corporal Valery Verskiani, who on March 5 hit a mine in Afghanistan.

March 15, 2011 19:00

• Seven persons got injured during an assault at the building of the Department of Interior Affairs in Dagestan

  According to the latest data, seven militiamen got injured as a result of an assault at "Kizilyurt" Department of Interior Affairs in the Republic of Dagestan and an explosion near it. Bomb technicians are currently trying to neutralize a bomb found in Kizilyurt, a representative of law enforcement bodies of Kizilyurt district said.

March 15, 2011 18:00

• Attorney of the participants of a meeting on March, 12, in Azerbaijan reports violation of his clients' rights

  Fifteen participants of an antigovernment action held on March, 12, in the center of Baku by "Musavat" party underwent administrative sanctions. Nine of them were arrested for a term of 7 to 10 days on accusation of insubordination to the police. Five more persons were fined to a sum of 20 to 30 manats (24 - 36 dollars) and one was released from the courtroom after getting a notice.

March 14, 2011 23:10

• Election Commission and "Golos" differ in assessing elections in Adygea

  The Election Commission of the Republic of Adygea has fixed no violations during the elections to the State Council-Khasse of the Republic held on March 13. At the same time, activists of the Association "Golos" state numerous violations.

March 14, 2011 23:00

• Stavropol: member of election commission states massive violations during voting

  Sergey Kulagin, a member with decisive vote of the precinct election commission No. 10 of the city of Stavropol, said that at 60-70 percent of polling stations during elections of deputies of the City Duma, the required voter turnout was achieved by bringing voters from aside.

March 14, 2011 22:30

• Woman from Rostov, who accused Moscow doctors of dishonesty, wants to take her son to Germany for treatment

  Elena Kolosova, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, who had accused Moscow doctors of disrespectful attitude in treatment of her one-year-old son Yaroslav at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, is going to take her child away to Germany. Financial support to the family was promised by sponsors, who were found through the Ministry of Social Development.

March 14, 2011 22:10

• Militiaman wounded in Moscow after concert of Chechen performers

  Last night, on March 13, in central Moscow, in the "Mir" Concert Hall, where a concert with participation of Chechen performers took place, an unidentified person wounded a militiaman from a traumatic pistol. This was reported by a source from law enforcement bodies of the capital.

March 14, 2011 22:00

• Armenian police detains Samson Khachatryan, famous boxer and opposition activist

  The five-time champion of the Soviet Union and two-time European champion in boxing, a member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Samson Khachatryan was arrested on charges of violent actions against the authorities of Armenia.

March 14, 2011 21:00

• In Krasnodar Territory, IC refused to initiate criminal case against detained ecologists

  As reported by Gennady Vasyunin, head of the Investigatory Division for the city of Tuapse of the Regional Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), they refused to open a criminal case against a group of ecologists, detained at their action-picnic held in the forest in the Krasnodar Territory near the object, which ecologists regard to be the summer cottage of Alexander Tkachov, territorial governor.

March 14, 2011 20:00

• Chechnya: flats are provided to resettlers from Argun-City

  Residents of the Chechen Republic are resettled because of the planned large-scale construction. Following the press conference "Chechnya: Construction of Argun-City - Dozens of Families Thrown Out into Street" held by rights defenders on February 3, residents of two blocks received flats; part of the tenants of other hostels were promised housing facilities.

March 14, 2011 19:00

• Public prosecutor's office discovered abuse in the activities of the administration of Adler district of Sochi

  Administrative infraction proceedings were started against Head of Adler district of the health resort of Sochi.

March 14, 2011 18:00

• An international filmmakers' team detained in Armenia left the country

  All the four members of an international TV-journalists' team from Finland, Estonia and Lithuania detained in Yerevan airport on March, 10, returned from Armenia without getting visas.