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January 10, 2011 18:00

• Valery Suchkov attacked in Sochi: attempt had to do with my public activities

  Valery Suchkov, a member of the City-Planning Council of Sochi and a well-known public activist, who was hospitalized with traumas on January 7, is sure that the attack on him was pre-planned and related to his public activities.

January 10, 2011 17:00

• A footballer from Azerbaijan will play for the first time in the English Premier League

  Araz Abdullaev, halfback of “Neftchi” Football Club (Baku) and youth combined team of Azerbaijan, is moving to the famous English team “Everton”. He will become the first representative of Azerbaijani football in the English Premier League.

January 10, 2011 16:00

• Four men perished in Chechnya during firing upon a checkpoint

  According to the latest data, four men perished during an attack at a checkpoint in Lenin district of Grozny on January, 9, and from six to eight persons got wounding of different extent of gravity.

January 10, 2011 15:00

• Georgian Government monitors information on the sailors captured by pirates of Somali

  Today the families of the Georgian sailors captured by pirates of Somali are holding an action of protest in front of the building of the Supreme Council of Adzharia in Batumi to draw Georgian Government’s attention to the hostages’ fates.

January 10, 2011 14:00

• European Court refused trial on over 1500 claims from South Ossetia

  European Court of Human Rights has dismissed actions on almost half of the cases against Georgia connected with the events of 2008 because of failure to submit necessary information by the claimants, a representative of Press service of the Court reported.

January 08, 2011 23:00

• Armenia reduces dollarization of its economy

  In 2010, Armenia saw reduction of the level of dollarization by 3-4 percent, as Arthur Dzhavadyan, Chairman of the Central Bank, has summed up. According to his story, the reduction of the dollarization of the economy was reached by still slow but certain reduction of the current account deficit, as well as by neutralization of the dram devaluation.

January 08, 2011 21:00

• One person lost and two wounded in shooting in Volgograd Region

  In the course of a quarrel that burst out in a bar in the city of Volzhskiy, Volgograd Region, two men opened fire on the visitors. One person was killed and two more wounded. The gunmen were detained.

January 08, 2011 20:00

• Georgian TV "Maestro" to be on air since January 10

  The TV Company "Maestro" will partially resume its broadcasting on January 10. However, no money for full-scale operation has been found yet.

January 08, 2011 19:00

• Blogger Dudko will stay in custody

  The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has extended the detention term of blogger Alaudin Dudko, also known under the nickname ingushetiya_ru, by three months more. The investigation into his case is still on.

January 08, 2011 18:00

• Activists of Islamic Party detained in Azerbaijan

  Employees of the Nariman District Police Department of the city of Baku have detained Mokhsun Samedov, leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), his driver Mirgusein Kazymov, Vagif Abdullaev, head of the organizational division of the IPA, and a member of the Party Elchin Gasanov.

January 08, 2011 15:00

• Solo pickets in support of political prisoners held in Rostov-on-Don

  On January 7, activists of opposition movements "Solidarity", "United Civil Front" and "Left-Wing Front" held solo pickets in support of political prisoners. The organizers report about militiamen's attempts to detain them.

January 08, 2011 08:00

• In Georgia, march "Alilo" held in honour of Christmas

  The Christmas procession "Alilo", which has 15 centuries of history, was held on January 7 in Georgia. During the "Alilo" donations were gathered to be later distributed among orphanages, old-age homes, hospitals and needy families.

January 07, 2011 23:00

• Human rights activists in Georgia demand impartial investigation of dispersal of the veterans’ action

  Twelve non-governmental organizations of Georgia have signed a joint statement with a demand that the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Prosecutor General's of Georgia should carry out an impartial investigation of dispersal of the veterans’ action in Tbilisi.

January 07, 2011 22:00

• Over 240,000 citizens of Chechnya are jobless

  According to the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry of Labour, in 2011 the emphasis in the fight on unemployment will be placed on development of small businesses.

January 07, 2011 21:00

• People's Party holds rally in the capital of Armenia

  The People's Party, its supporters, as well as many of the viewers of the TV Channel "ALM", will continue their struggle for justice. This was stated by Tigran Karapetyan, leader of the People's Party and the owner of the "ALM", at a rally in Yerevan, where about one thousand persons gathered.

January 07, 2011 20:00

• In Sochi, public activist Valery Suchkov was hospitalized with traumas

  Valery Suchkov, a member of the Sochi City Planning Council and an active public figure, was hospitalized with traumas. He was told that he was hit by a car. Suchkov himself believes that he was a victim of an intentional attack.

January 07, 2011 19:00

• Azerbaijan: Russian officer was killed by his guests, inspectors assert

  The Russian officer Sergey Grachov, an employee at the Gabala Radar Station in Azerbaijan, was killed by his co-workers at night on January 1, after celebration of the New Year. His apartment was robbed, said a source from law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan.

January 07, 2011 18:00

• Armenians cannot afford winter resorts because of high prices

  Excessively high accommodation rates of hotels, rest and guest houses of Armenia make the country unattractive for winter holidays. The "Caucasian Knot" learnt about it from the interpreter-guide Ovanes Karapetyan.

January 07, 2011 17:00

• Counterterrorism in Northern Caucasus-2010: Kabardino-Balkaria

  In 2010, Kabardino-Balkaria saw a marked splash of activities of the armed underground.

January 07, 2011 16:00

• Orthodox believers of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug celebrate Christmas

  Preparation for the holiday was darkened by firing upon an Orthodox church in the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya from a grenade launcher. None of the congregation or churchmen was injured.