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February 15, 2011 18:00

• Press conference "Tension in Ingushetia as result of authorities' blunders" postponed to February 21

  In the context of hospitalization of Magomed Khazbiev, the Ingush opposition leader and a member of the Expert Board under the Russian Ombudsman, the press conference "Tension in Ingushetia as result of authorities' blunders" that was to be held in Moscow on February 16, was postponed till February 21.

February 14, 2011 23:00

• James Appathurai: NATO of no help in settling Caucasian conflicts

  As stated today by James Appathurai, Special NATO Representative for the Caucasus and Middle Asia, the Alliance has no plans to take part in settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict.

February 14, 2011 22:30

• Kalmykia presents project of first country's wind power farm

  Today, Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, has hosted a meeting with participation of experts from ministries and agencies and bosses of Russian and foreign financial circles. The meeting discussed the issues related to implementation of the investment project of building wind power units (WPUs) in the village of Peschany, Priyutnenskiy District.

February 14, 2011 22:20

• Soldier commits suicide in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On February 2, in one of the military units of Stepanakert, as a result of use of firearms, Torgom Sarukhanyan, a 21-year-old soldier of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Inspectors are suspecting a suicide.

February 14, 2011 22:10

• Prosecutor's Office restarts inquiry into Dubrovka terror act

  The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has cancelled the statement on termination of the criminal case on the terror act in Dubrovka in October 2002. The Investigatory Committee was instructed start an additional investigation into the tragedy.

February 14, 2011 22:00

• Organizer of "Day of Anger" detained in Rostov-on-Don

  On the "Day of Anger", opposition movements have held a non-sanctioned rally in Soviets Square at the building of the regional administration. The action passed without major incidents; Vladislav Ryazantsev, coordinator of the Rostov branch of the "Left-Wing Front" was detained for an hour.

February 14, 2011 21:00

• Consideration of the case "Krasnenkov vs. HRC 'Memorial'" suspended

  The consideration of the lawsuit lodged by Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya, against the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on protection of business reputation has been suspended until settlement of another case - "Kadyrov vs. Orlov".

February 14, 2011 20:00

• Bodies of Russian railwaymen who perished in Abkhazia sent to Chelyabinsk

  Tonight, a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) took off for Chelyabinsk with the bodies of four Russian railwaymen on board, who died in a traffic accident.

February 14, 2011 19:00

• Woman from Dagestan reports disappearance of her son and his friends in Moscow

  Arip Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, went with friends to Moscow on business and disappeared. This was reported by his mother Zumrat Magomedova, who appealed to human rights activists asking to help to find her son.

February 14, 2011 18:00

• Female suicide bomber commits terror act in Dagestan, killing people

  Tonight, an explosion was triggered near the township militia division in the Karabudakhkent District, Dagestan, and killed a soldier from the interior troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); several more persons were wounded. According to the militia, the bomb was triggered by a female suicide bomber.

February 12, 2011 22:00

• "Rosa Khutor" resort in Sochi hosts first Alpine ski races

  Today, Sochi held the first trial competition event in preparation for the 2014 Olympics - the official races of the Cup of Russia in Alpine skiing. The competition was attended by about 60 racers.

February 12, 2011 21:00

• Candidate for MP assassinated in Adygea

  In Maikop, Hadzhimos Khatsechukov, candidate for the Parliament of Adygea from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, registered at the one-candidate constituency in the Shovgenov District of the republic, was shot dead.

February 12, 2011 20:00

• EBRD to finance modernization of Yerevan metro

  On February 10, the National Assembly of Armenia ratified the agreement signed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the first phase of the programme aimed to modernize the Yerevan metro. The bank grants a 15-million-euros loan for the purposes.

February 12, 2011 19:00

• Ingushetia: two persons killed in a skirmish

  Today, in the course of a special operation in Nazran, power agents killed two persons suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), said a source from law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia.

February 12, 2011 18:00

• Turkey and Georgia simplify border crossing

  Passing across the Georgian-Turkish border will be possible without presenting foreign passports; the domestic IDs will be enough. This was announced today at a briefing in Tbilisi by Foreign Ministers of the two countries Grigol Vashadze and Akhmet Davutoglu. Besides, it is planned to open new crossing points.

February 12, 2011 17:00

• In Astrakhan, journalist Oleg Teplischev complains of strengthened pressure

  The independent journalist Oleg Teplischev, who figures as a victim in the case on the attack on journalists during the election of Astrakhan Mayor on October 11, 2009, said that last week he experienced increased pressure on him.

February 12, 2011 16:00

• In the Azov Sea, rescuers take several hundreds of fishermen from a breakaway ice floe

  Near the village of Nikolayevka, the Yeisk District of the Krasnodar Territory, rescuers evacuated about 500 fishermen from an ice floe that broke away from the coast of the Azov Sea. No injuries were reported.

February 12, 2011 15:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh shows non-translated foreign films

  The Karabakh-based Public Organization "European Movement of Artsakh" has organized screening of European films for young people to promote studying foreign languages. The action started on February 10 and will last for a month.

February 12, 2011 14:00

• Relatives of Kuschevskaya massacre casualties demand to collect 2 billion roubles from Tsapok

  The son of the farmer Server Ametov, in whose house in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in early November 2010, 12 assassinated bodies were found, and the father of the then Ametov's guest - Vladimir Mironenko, Financial Director of the "Aston" Agrarian Holding, expect to recover from the figurant in this case Sergey Tsapok one billion roubles each. The property of Tsapok and his wife has been arrested already.

February 12, 2011 13:00

• Every Georgian family to receive a food voucher

  As stated on February 11 by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in his annual address to the Parliament of Georgia, in March every Georgian family will get one-time food voucher worth 30 laris (about 16 US dollars).