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18:18, 3 January 2014

In Sochi, the mountain Olympic village was opened in the territory of the ski resort "Rosa Khutor". One of the key objects of the 2014 Winter Games is ready to receive 2600 athletes and sports officials.

17:05, 3 January 2014

Karachay-Cherkessia: police investigates abduction of a minor

Three residents of the Malokarachay District of Karachay-Cherkessia are suspected of abducting a minor girl, the press service of the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Ski jumping complex "Russian Hills" in Sochi. Photo http://www.gornaya-karusel.ru/

14:13, 3 January 2014

Putin to inspect problem Olympic facilities

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Sochi planning to hold total inspection of readiness of Olympic facilities and infrastructure, said his press secretary Dmitry Peskov, adding that special attention will be given to problem objects.

Entrance to Embassy of Russia in Berlin. Photo: Doug, http://www.flickr.com/photos/caribb

14:12, 3 January 2014

Russian consulates abroad open "Olympic visa windows"

All the major Russian missions abroad have opened special "Olympic visa windows", where visas for foreign guests of the Winter Olympics in Sochi can be draw up on the day of address, said Vladimir Titov, a Deputy Foreign Minister.

Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo: Abashilov Marat, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

06:39, 3 January 2014

Woman from Samara detained in Makhachkala is back at large

Anastasia Dulevskaya, a native of Samara, detained on January 2, has been released, said an activist of the DRPO "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Currently Dulevskaya is at home.

Stavropol. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/nick_touz

05:52, 3 January 2014

Stavropol: Ingush student accused of inciting interethnic enmity

The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Stavropol has started the preliminary hearing of the criminal case initiated against Magomed-Bashir Archakov, born in 1993, a 4-year student of the Institute for Construction, Transports and Engineering, accused of incitement of interethnic hatred and enmity.

00:56, 3 January 2014

Casualty of special operation in Khasavyurt identified as Marat Shikhshaidov

As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, the person killed on January 2 in the city of Khasavyurt was identified as Marat Shikhshaidov; Aisha Idigova, who was also killed in the same operation, was his civil law wife.

19:58, 2 January 2014

Volgograd hospitals still keep 46 victims of terror acts

As reported by the regional government, the number of hospitalized victims of the terror act has increased to 46, while the count of grave patients has dropped to three.

18:43, 2 January 2014

MIA: "Vikhr-Anti-Terror" operation in Volgograd results in over 700 detainees

More than 700 people were detained for various offenses during the operation "Vikhr Anti-Terror", conducted in Volgograd after the terror acts, said the MIA of the Volgograd Region.

16:22, 2 January 2014

Special operation in Khasavyurt: two people killed

Two persons blocked in a flat of apartment block in Khasavyurt were killed, said the law enforcement spokesman of Dagestan.

Police detains youth activists at the protest action in Baku on December 29, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:45, 2 January 2014

Five arrested young men stop hunger strike in Baku

The five young activists arrested for taking part in the December 29 unsanctioned protest in Baku have stopped their hunger strike at the insistence of their parents, said Tural Abbasly, a board member of the "Musavat" Party. According to his story, the health condition of the arrested Orkhan Eyubzade became worse.

14:08, 2 January 2014

Chechen MIA: New Year celebrations pass without incidents

The celebrations of the New Year in Chechnya pass without any major incidents, said the local MIA. However, in the context of recent explosions in the Southern Federal District (SFD), policemen and rescuers are in the high alert regime.

On the streets of Sochi on the eve of New Year. January 31, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko by "Caucasian Knot"

13:33, 2 January 2014

Sochi residents welcomed New Year at home for fear of terror acts

Sochi streets were practically empty on December 31, 2013, and January 1, 2014, seeing only police patrol units cruising through the city, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. Sochi residents explain their reluctance to leave home by fear of terror acts.

10:25, 2 January 2014

After explosions in Pyatigorsk and Volgograd, North Ossetia strengthen security measures

As reported by Alla Akhpolova, the press secretary of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), after the explosions Volgograd and Pyatigorsk, law enforcement bodies of North Ossetia were put into the strengthened regime of service.

Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia. Photo: http://osradio.ru/

04:36, 2 January 2014

Public local lore movement "For Our Vladikavkaz" founded in North Ossetia

About 30 people have attended the foundation conference of the public movement "For Our Vladikavkaz", held in the capital of North Ossetia. The initiators report that they intend to implement projects related to the development of the urban ambient, environment protection and improvement of the tourist potential.

Senior sergeant Saak Melkonyan at the front line. Martuninsky District of Nagorno-Karabakh, December 30, 2013. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

03:19, 2 January 2014

Movses Akopyan: in 2013, count of shots at the forefront in Nagorno-Karabakh went down

During their New Year visits to military units, officials of Nagorno-Karabakh recorded violations of the ceasefire. Compared with 2012, 2013 saw a decreased number of shots at the frontline, but an increased number of attacks from heavy sniper weapons, said Lieutenant General Movses Akopyan, the head of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

23:58, 1 January 2014

800 families from landslide zone receive new apartments in Ingushetia

The city of Malgobek has commissioned opening 32 houses with the total floor area of 90,400 square meters, built for residents of the landslide area, which contain the new apartments for 800 families. Besides, in the city of Magas, they have commissioned a new residential complex of 17 houses.

19:15, 1 January 2014

Mutsolgov: in 2013 no crime in Ingushetia was qualified as terror act

In 2013, not a single crime in Ingushetia was qualified as an act of terror, said Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the Ingush human rights organization "Mashr", adding, by summing up the year, that the republic saw no kidnappings and no disappearances.

18:32, 1 January 2014

"Eco Watch" activists released from detention centre in Tuapse

On Wednesday, activists of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus" Alexei Mandrigelya, Anna Mikhailova and sisters Tatiana and Valentina Borisova, sentenced to three days of administrative arrest, left the detention centre in Tuapse, Krasnodar Territory.

16:32, 1 January 2014

Baku: five youth activists go on hunger strike

Today, five youth activists kept in Baku under administrative arrest have announced a hunger strike in protest against torture and inhuman treatment. The start of the action was reported by their parents.

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