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November 17, 2010 22:10

• "Transparency International": Georgia is behind Russia in terms of budget transparency

  According to the studies made by the international NGO named "Transparency International", the index of Georgia's budget transparency made 55 points, while in 2006 this same index was still lower - only 34 points. Georgia, along with Russia, which gained 60 points, got into the second category of countries, which "provide some information".

November 17, 2010 22:00

• In Armenia, trial on revision of Pashinyan's sentence postponed till November 19

  Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak", convicted in connection with the post-election events of 2008, is judicially challenging his sentence, arguing that it should be revised. The first hearing of the case was held on November 16 at the penitentiary establishment "Kosh", which was chaired by Judge Suren Mnoyan.

November 17, 2010 21:00

• Main suspect of murdering 12 persons in Kuschevskaya arrested

  Sergey Tsapok, suspected of organizing the murder of 12 people in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, was put behind bars by decision of the Essentuki City Court.

November 17, 2010 20:00

• Sagalaev: Russian Prime Minister gives security assurances to journalist Aslamazyan

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised safety to journalist Manana Aslamazyan, Director of the "Internews-Armenia", who had left Russia. This was stated today by Eduard Sagalaev, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, at the awarding Ms Aslamazyan with the "TAFI-2010" Award.

November 17, 2010 19:00

• Yakobashvili: NATO's resolution will bring new realities into Geneva talks

  Georgia has favourably perceived the resolution of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA), adopted on November 16 in Warsaw, which supports the Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Some experts and politicians expect that the document will be followed by real actions aimed to change the situation in the region, others are doubtful.

November 17, 2010 18:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria: suspect of setting store on fire detained

  As reported today by the press service of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the resident who committed arson of a store in the city of Chegem was detained.

November 16, 2010 23:40

• Arkady Babchenko's book on war in Chechnya presented in Finland

  On November 15 in Helsinki, Finland, Kokoteatteri Theatre hosted a press conference on the occasion of publication of the book "The Colour of War" in the Finnish language. The book was written by Arkady Babchenko, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" and a veteran of the warfare in Chechnya.

November 16, 2010 23:30

• "Beslan Mothers" state authorities' intention to conceal proofs of Beslan terror act

  In North Ossetia, members of the organization named "Beslan Mothers" assert that the repairs made in the Beslan School No. 1 will completely hide the traces of the terror act committed there in September 2004.

November 16, 2010 23:20

• Militia prevents mass brawl in Stavropol

  The GUVD (Chief Interior Department) for the Stavropol Territory reports about suppression of a mass brawl in Stavropol that was near to burst out between groups of recruited builders from Turkmenistan and Armenia.

November 16, 2010 23:10

• Inspectors still choose among versions of historian Pykhalov's beating

  The militia of St Petersburg is searching the unidentified assailants who attacked on November 11 the local historian and publicist Igor Pykhalov, who wrote about deportation of Caucasian nations.

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November 16, 2010 23:00

• Two women injured by explosion in a Krasnodar cafe

  A gas explosion happened in the cafe named "Obzhorka", located at intersection of Mira and Kommunarov Streets in Krasnodar. Two women were hospitalized with burns; the building was damaged.

November 16, 2010 22:50

• Prosecutor's Office of Georgia solves mass thefts at ecology ministry

  Today, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has announced disclosure of a "big corruption scheme" in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and detention of a number of ministerial officials.

November 16, 2010 22:40

• Nanuashvili: criminal structures could not kidnap Jopua in the territory of Georgia

  The case of kidnapping Garry Jopua has still remained undetected, Shota Utiashvili, head of Informational and Analytic Department of Georgian Ministry of Interior Affairs, said.

November 16, 2010 22:30

• Residents of Chechnya are celebrating Kurban Bairam

  Today the population of Chechnya like the whole Moslem world started celebrating the holiday of sacrificial offering Kurban Bairam (Id-al-Adkh). From the early morning the Moslem believers gathered in the mosques for festive prayer after which the ceremony of sacrificial offering traditionally starts.

November 16, 2010 22:20

• Gamsakhurdia will sue to ECtHR on procrastination of trial on his cases by the court of Tbilisi

  The party of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia's defense declared they would appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in connection with unlawful prolongation of the terms of trial on his cases by the Municipal court of Tbilisi.

November 16, 2010 22:10

• Two militiamen from Chechnya blown up by a mine in a forest in Dagestan

  On November, 15, two officers of law enforcement bodies of Chechen Republic got wounded as a result of an explosion of a mine in Kazbek district of Dagestan, a source in the Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.

November 16, 2010 22:00

• Deceived housing shareholders in Rostov Region declare their intention to fight for their flats

  According to regional authorities, today in the Rostov Region more than 80 percent of high-rise buildings under construction are funded by shareholders. In some cases, they fall into the category of deceived shareholders and start fighting for rights to own apartments. According to activists, there's little success in this fight; while the government, while dealing with the problem, not always involves victims in the process.

November 16, 2010 21:00

• Explosion of ammunition kills two persons in Volgograd Region

  An explosion was triggered today in the morning in the Volgograd Region in the field of an agricultural enterprise in the vicinity of the village of Karpovka, which resulted in two deaths; two more persons with injuries were taken to hospital.

November 16, 2010 20:00

• Alternative show of film about journalist Baburova to take place in Moscow on November 19

  Today, in the House of Journalists, friends of the "Committee of January 19" will hold an action intended to invite the visitors of the festival "Profession: Journalist" to the show of the alternative documentary dedicated to Anastasia Baburova, a journalist who was shot dead on January 19, 2009, together with lawyer Stanislav Markelov.

November 16, 2010 19:00

• Ex-Minister of alternative government of South Ossetia sentenced to 13 years of high security colony

  The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has completed consideration of the case, initiated against Teimuraz Dzherapov, former minister of economy of the government of South Ossetian in exile (temporary administration of the republic formed in Tbilisi).