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January 25, 2011 21:00

• Russian blogosphere: blowing up Domodedovo was no problem

  After the terror act in Domodedovo, the Internet community is trying to understand how the suicide bomber could freely enter the building with nobody checking and stopping him. Blogs express different versions of what happened.

January 25, 2011 20:00

• Terror act in Domodedovo could be prepared by "Nogai Battalion", says source from law enforcement bodies

  According to the source, members of the so-called "Nogai Battalion", who took revenge on power agents for conducted special operations, could be involved in the terror act in Domodedovo Airport.

January 25, 2011 19:00

• Baku Court of Appeal upholds sentence to journalist Fatullaev

  The sentence against journalist Fatullaev remains in force; this was the end of considering the journalist's appeal complaint at the Baku Court of Appeal. It was a surprise for the advocates and the journalist, because the hearing of parties' arguments had been appointed for today.

January 25, 2011 18:00

• At least 12 foreigners suffered in Domodedovo terror act

  According to the updated list of victims of the terror act in Domodedovo, posted on the website of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia, among those hospitalized there were citizens of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia and France - one of each; the list also includes three citizens of Tajikistan, two citizens of Moldova and one - of Uzbekistan.

January 24, 2011 23:30

• SC would not move trial on death of schoolchildren in Azov Sea to Moscow

  The Russian Supreme Court (SC) refused to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case dealing with the death of six Moscow schoolchildren on the Yeisk Spit in the Azov Sea on July 7, 2010, having rejected the petition of the victims, who asked to transfer the trial from the Yeisk City Court to Moscow.

January 24, 2011 23:10

• Mass brawl involving Azerbaijanis bursts out in St Petersburg

  Twenty persons were detained on suspicion of involvement in a mass brawl that occurred yesterday, on January 23, in the south of St Petersburg. Eight of them are the natives of Azerbaijan. At present, the suspects are questioned by law enforcement officials.

January 24, 2011 23:00

• Armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus: 1710 victims in 2010

  No less than 1710 people became victims of smouldering armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus in 2010. 754 people were killed and 956 more got wounded as a result of an armed conflict between enforcement agencies and armed underground. These are the results of "Caucasian Knot's" calculation based upon its own data and information from open sources.

January 24, 2011 22:10

• Inspectors believe that Domodedovo terror act was committed by suicide bomber

  The experts, who examined the scene of the explosion in Domodedovo, came to the conclusion that a suicide bomber blew himself up in the terminal building. Supposedly, his head was found in the venue.

January 24, 2011 22:00

• More than 150 persons suffered from explosion at Domodedovo Airport

  The explosion was triggered near the customs control at Domodedovo; therefore, according to eyewitnesses, there are many foreign nationals among the victims of the terror act. According to the statement posted on the website of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the total count of victims went up to 152, 58 of them were hospitalized, and 31 persons died. According to other sources, 35 persons were killed.

January 24, 2011 22:00

• "Memorial": Chechen authorities evict refugees from hostels and put resettlers from the new buildings in Argun instead there

  Hostels in Grozny are liberated for internally displaced persons (IDPs), who lost their housings during the war in Chechnya and who were provided flats in 2007 in two high apartment buildings in the city of Argun at 111 Kadyrov Street and 9a Titov Street. Human rights activists assert that the authorities are conducting a "chain reaction" of evicting people from flats into hostels, and from hostels into the street.

January 24, 2011 21:00

• Woman from Rostov-on-Don complains to Medvedev of negligence of Moscow hospital

  Elena Kolosova, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, states that employees and bosses of medical institutions have disregarded the rights of the mother and the child and neglected her personal dignity. She appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the surgery made on her son Yaroslav, as she believes, badly, and with the bad attitude of the medical personnel of the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital (RCCH) in Moscow to their patients.

January 24, 2011 19:00

• Armenian rights defenders and politicians wait for Hammarberg's objective report

  Now, in the aftermath of the visit to Armenia of Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, local human rights activists and politicians expect that his report on the visit will reflect the real situation with human rights in Armenia.

January 24, 2011 18:00

• In Georgia, refugees getting ready to apply for asylum in the West

  The displacement persons are going to lodge petitions for political asylum to the Embassies of the USA and European countries. This was announced today at a briefing, organized by the "Refugees' Civil Movement" in front of the Parliament of Georgia.

January 24, 2011 17:00

• Norwegian police arrests North-Ossetian Maria Ameli before deportation

  Following the decision of the kingdom's authorities, today the Norwegian police have arrested Madina Salamova, a native of North Ossetia, better known under the pseudonym of Marie Ameli, who will be soon deported to Russia because of problems with her documents.

January 22, 2011 23:00

• Picket against civil rights violations held in Sochi

  Today in Sochi about 50 persons came out to hold another protest action against violations of citizens' rights by local authorities.

January 22, 2011 22:00

• Kalitsov: ban on sale of border land to foreigners is aimed at protecting these territories

  According to Sergey Kalitsov, Deputy Minister on Property and Land Relations of North Ossetia, the main idea of the ban on sale of land to foreign persons introduced in several regions of Russia is to ensure safety of these territories.

January 22, 2011 21:00

• Dagestani authorities condemn Zhirinovsky's utterances on North-Caucasian nations

  Today, the department of information policy and the press service of Dagestan have spread a statement condemning the utterances of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the LDPR (Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia) and Vice-Speaker of Russian State Duma, on the situation in the country and about nations of Northern Caucasus.

January 22, 2011 19:00

• Militiamen detain two local residents in Dagestan

  Zulfiya Magomedova, a resident of the village of Shamkhal-Station, Kirov District of Makhachkala, has reported that local law enforcers took away - without any explanations - her two brothers: Abdurakhman and Magomed Gaziev.

January 22, 2011 17:00

• Explosion in Georgian mine kills one person and injures four

  Today at night, one person was killed and four others injured in an explosion in the coal mine in Tkibuli (Western Georgia).

January 22, 2011 16:00

• Russian citizen convicted for smuggling uranium released in Georgia

  Oleg Khintsagov, a Russian citizen and a resident of North Ossetia, has been released after serving his term for uranium contraband. Thanks to the presidential amnesty he spent in custody four years instead of eight.