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20:00, 1 November 2012

Prosecutor's Office of KBR intervenes with medical treatment of newborn baby of members of Jehovah's Witnesses community

The Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) obliged the Chief Doctor of the Perinatal Centre not to break the law during the medical treatment of a newborn baby of members of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. Parents refused blood transfusion and insisted on an alternative medical treatment. The baby's mother denies the information about the refusal of medical treatment.

19:00, 1 November 2012

Court to consider complaint, filed by David Sanasaryan, member of public initiative, against Ruben Airapetyan, owner of "Harsnaqar" Restaurant

The General Jurisdiction Court of Yerevan communities of Avan and Nor-Nork accepted for consideration the claim, filed by David Sanasaryan, a member of the public initiative group "We demand to punish all the persons, responsible for the incident at the 'Harsnaqar' Restaurant", against Ruben Airapetyan, the owner of the Restaurant. David Sanasaryan urges Ruben Airapetyan to make public apologies for the offending, inflicted on him.

18:00, 1 November 2012

Magomed Mutsolgov and Rasul Kadiev are among candidates to Human Rights Council, introduced to Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to the Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights to discuss its expansion by including the leaders of Internet voting, including Magomed Mutsolgov, the leader of the organization "Mashr" and a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot". Vladimir Putin also promised to consider additional candidates, voiced by Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Council, including Rasul Kadiev, a lawyer from Dagestan.

17:00, 1 November 2012

North Ossetia and Ingushetia commemorate victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict

On October 29 and 30, Ingushetia and North Ossetia held actions to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict of 1992. In their turn, the people, who suffered in those events, state that till present, 20 years later, they feel the effects of the conflict.

16:00, 1 November 2012

Five hunger-strikers in Ingushetia arrested for 15 days

Magistrate court of the Central District of Nazran left five participants of the hunger strike, organized by supporters of the regional public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", under administrative arrest for 15 days for disobeying the police. This was reported by Idris Abadiev, the leader of the organization.

15:00, 1 November 2012

David Sergeenko: Georgian government to pay for rent of apartments for persons in extreme need

The government of Georgia has developed a plan for actions for socially disadvantaged persons, who occupied different institutions. After checking their status, the persons in extreme need will receive funds for rental of housing. This was reported by David Sergeenko, Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.

14:00, 1 November 2012

The Government of Kabardino-Balkaria dissolved

Today Head of Kabardino-Balkaria dismissed the Government of the republic. Arsen Kanokov explained his decision by the necessity of changes, Press Service of Head of Kabardino-Balkaria reported.

11:00, 1 November 2012

Alexey Kravets evicted from his house in Sochi reports theft of his belongings

On October, 31, resident of Sochi Alexey Kravets appealed to the police reporting theft of his belongings that remained in the place of his house pulled down for construction of an Olympic object.

10:00, 1 November 2012

Refugees in Georgia broke into the territory of Republican hospital in Zugdidi

Ten refugee families broke into the territory of Republican hospital in Zugdidi. An attempt of several families to intrude into the building of a research center in Poti failed.

09:00, 1 November 2012

Tatiana Goncharova injured in an explosion in Rostov-on-Don on the Teacher’s Day left hospital

Employee of the Ministry of Education of Rostov region Tatiana Goncharova injured during an explosion of a parcel with a bomb on the Teacher’s Day left Rostov Emergency hospital No 2. The physicians successfully saved her eyesight.

07:00, 1 November 2012

The Government of Armenia allotted about 50 thousand euros to pay the fines on the cases lost in the European Court

Today at the session of the Government it was decided to allot from state budget about 50 thousand euros to pay the fines on the cases the Republic of Armenia lost in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

23:00, 31 October 2012

In Rostov-on-Don, participant of action in support of Article 31 of Constitution detained

Today, in Rostov-on-Don, within the "Strategy-31", solo pickets were held: six persons came to the square with posters. One of the activists was brought by the police to the police station. Five more participants of the protest action stood for about an hour with posters in support of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution and went home.

22:00, 31 October 2012

Law "On Ossetian Family Names" adopted In South Ossetia,

Today, the Parliament of South Ossetia adopted the law, under which citizens of the republic would be able to change their family names in accordance with their historical sounding.

21:00, 31 October 2012

Sochi: 12-year-old boy, taken from his mother by social workers, returned to his family

A 12-year-old Svyatoslav Gorbunov, who was kept in the social rehabilitation centre for minors "Rodnik", was given out to his relatives. This was told on October 31 to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Valentina Gorbunova, the boy's mother.

20:00, 31 October 2012

Alibek Botashev: ex-President of Karachay-Cherkessia to be questioned at trial on case of Fral Shebzukhov's murder

Today, the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia continued questioning of prosecution witnesses on the case of the murder of Fral Shebzukhov, the advisor of Boris Ebzeev, ex-President of Karachay-Cherkessia.

19:00, 31 October 2012

In Georgia, negotiations of administration and workers of Poti Port fail to resolve labour dispute

In Poti, the administration and the workers of the port failed to reach an agreement on the amount of wages and improvement of working conditions.

18:00, 31 October 2012

House of paralyzed Makhachkala resident searched, his lawyer asserts

Unidentified armed men in masks conducted a search at the house of Sadir Gyulaliev, a resident of Makhachkala, a Category I invalid, paralyzed since his childhood, and seized a laptop. This was reported by his lawyer Israpil Gadadov.

17:00, 31 October 2012

In Armenia, for 10 years, number of residents decreased by 195,000 persons, census reports

According to preliminary results of the census of 2011, the number of permanent population of Armenia reached 3,018,854 persons. This was reported today at the press conference in Yerevan by Karine Kuyumdjyan, the head of the division for census and demography of the National Statistical Service of Armenia. The second census took part in Armenia on October 12-21, 2011.

15:00, 31 October 2012

VTSIOM: most Russian citizens treat penalty for shooting at Dagestani wedding in Moscow as too lenient

Most Russian residents are convinced that the shooting at the Dagestani wedding in Moscow is a consequence of lack of culture and of impunity and not a part of tradition, and the penalty for the shooting was inadequate lenient. This was reported by the All-Russian Centre for Public Opinion Research (known as VTSIOM).

14:56, 31 October 2012

Leaders of "Mekhk-Kkhel" decide to move hunger strike from Ingushetia to Moscow

The authorities of Ingushetia impeded holding in the republic a mass hunger strike, declared by members of the regional public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", and because of that fact, it was decided to move it to Moscow. This was reported by Idris Abadiev, the leader of the movement.

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