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October 28, 2010 19:00

• A Fund of persons desiring to return to Abkhazia established in Georgia

  Georgian Ministry of Justice has registered a Fund of persons desiring to return to Abkhazia.

October 28, 2010 18:00

• A detained businessman's wife in Krasnodar started a hunger strike in front of the office of regional Administration

  In Krasnodar Irina Kolesnikova, the wife of Sergey Kolesnikov, one of the defendants on the case of limited company "Promavtomatika-Invest", declared a hunger strike in front of the office of Krasnodar regional Administration demanding to release her husband from custody.

October 27, 2010 23:40

• In Krasnodar, businessman Yevgeny Konovalov released from SIZO on arrival of anti-corruption commission

  In the evening on October 26, businessman Yevgeny Konovalov, one of the defendants in the resonant case of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Promautomatika Invest" was released from the Krasnodar SIZO (pre-trial prison) on recognizance not to leave.

October 27, 2010 23:20

• Azerbaijan and Armenia to exchange captives

  Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev and Serzh Sargsyan agreed to exchange prisoners of war, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a press conference after a tripartite meeting with the heads of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

October 27, 2010 23:10

• Hackers' leader detained in Armenia

  On October 26, a supposed leader of a criminal grouping involved in spread of computer viruses was detained in Armenia. He coordinated the work of one of the world's largest bot-nets named "Bredolab".

October 27, 2010 23:00

• Krasnodar journalist complains to ECtHR that customs officers broke his privacy

  Yuri Ivaschenko, a photo journalist from Krasnodar, has turned to the Strasbourg Court (European Court of Human Rights - ECtHR) with a complaint that Russia had broken the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), when Sochi customs officer broke his privacy of correspondence.

October 27, 2010 22:50

• In Grozny, protesters against terror burn down portraits of militants' leaders

  On October 26 in Grozny, activists of Chechen youth organizations held a mass rally against terror. Several hundreds of young people marched along the main street of the Chechen capital - Putin Avenue - and on the bank of the Sunzha River burnt down portraits of the leaders of the armed underground: Umarov, Zakaev Vadalov and Gakaev.

October 27, 2010 22:40

• Unique Eneolithic burial found in Armenia

  Local archaeologists have detected a nicely-preserved burial place of the Copper-Stone Age, or Eneolithic. Excavations in the cave complex "Areni-1" in the Vayots Dzor Region are shared by Armenian archaeologists with their colleagues from the US University of California and the Irish University of Kirk.

October 27, 2010 22:30

• Nana Pipiya commits self-immolation after meeting official from Georgian Refugees' Ministry

  A participant of the refugees' protest action, who was an eyewitness of the incident, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Nana Pipiya, who has committed self-immolation in Tbilisi, had long prepared the step, but finally decided to do it after her conversation with some official from the Ministry of Georgia on Refugees' Matters, who had invited her to go to Western Georgia and "eat grass there."

October 27, 2010 22:20

• Students who danced lezginka at night expelled from Pyatigorsk University

  In the city of Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory) students, who organized a noisy dancing party in front of the city administration, have been expelled from the local higher school, the information-analytical division of city mayoralty reports.

October 27, 2010 22:10

• Kabardino-Balkaria holds action "North Caucasus without alimonies"

  On October 26, Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), hosted the action named "North Caucasus without alimonies" and organized by the Service of Court Marshals of the regions of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District).

October 27, 2010 20:00

• A soldier perished at the border between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh

  A serviceman perished yesterday, October, 26, at about 16:45 local time, as a result of firing upon the stationing of Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army in the North-Eastern (Martakert) direction of contact line between armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

October 27, 2010 19:00

• Attempt of blasting military sappers committed in Chechnya

  A fougasse exploded during engineering reconnaissance of the territory by the servicemen of a sapper unit of federal forces in the South-East of Chechnya. There have been no victims among the personnel.

October 27, 2010 18:00

• A group detained in Krasnodar region for suspicion of a large-scale land fraud

  Participators of an organized group which included the Head of Trade Department of the Administration of Tuapse district have been detained in Krasnodar region. The detained are suspected of bribe-taking of 71 million rubles for illegal extermination of lands out of state property, Alexander Nazarov, Deputy Chief of the Department of economic security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, reported.

October 26, 2010 23:40

• Azerbaijani public figures urge convicted journalist Fatullaev to stop hunger strike

  A group of journalists, human rights activists and intellectuals - members of the Committee in Defence of Freedom of Expression - believe that the hunger strike announced by Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan", kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), has already caused quite a broad public resonance.

October 26, 2010 23:20

• Dagestani project of water purification gets Grand Prix of British Invention Show

  At the recent British Invention Show, the innovation project of the Dagestani State Agricultural Academy (DSACA) "Water Purification Complex and Technology for Water Purification from Arsenic" received main awards - the Platinum Grand Prix, Gold Medal and Honorary Diploma.

October 26, 2010 23:10

• Residents of Dagestani capital complain about census takers

  Gadji Kadiev, a resident of Makhachkala, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that none of census takers visited his house at 19 Gamidov Avenue, where he lives with his family.

October 26, 2010 23:00

• 300 persons came to commemorate Dubrovka victims in Moscow

  On October 26 in Moscow, more than 300 persons gathered in the square in front of the Theatrical Centre: victims and relatives of the casualties of the Dubrovka terror act, and victims of other terror acts - exploded houses in Guryanova Street and Kashira Highway in Moscow, in Volgodonsk and at Beslan school capture.

October 26, 2010 22:40

• Attack on Vinyukov in Sochi was made by hired criminals, his associates say

  According to Alexei Dymovskiy, leader of the "White Tape" movement, and Yuri Dzaganiya, local CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) leader, the attack in Sochi on Mikhail Vinyukov, chairman of the Sochi branch of the "White Tape", was an ordered the crime, organized by those dissatisfied with the activities of the rights defender.

October 26, 2010 22:30

• Refugees in Georgia demand resignation of Minister in charge of IDPs

  On October 25 in Tbilisi refugees broke a tent camp at the Ministry for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees and Accommodation, demanding resignation of Minister Koba Subeliani. Refugees believe that the government fails to address their housing problems; while the Ministry finds their claims to be ungrounded.