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22:00, 16 March 2011

Brazil helps Armenia to neutralize Nubarashen landfill of toxic chemicals

Within the programme of humanitarian aid, aimed at neutralizing the Nubarashen land fill of toxic chemicals, the government of Brazil decided to transfer equipment worth over 80,000 US dollars to their Armenia counterpart as a gift.

21:00, 16 March 2011

NAC: militant liquidated in Kabardino-Balkaria was trained in Lebanon

As reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), Aslan Emkuzhev, who was assassinated at night on March 16 in Nalchik, had held his subversive and terrorist training in Lebanon and took part in warfare in the ranks of the radical Palestinian organization Fatah al-Islam.

20:00, 16 March 2011

Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office investigates involvement of Chief Ecologist in coastal pollution

The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (known as "Rosprirodnadzor") believes that the connivance of the officials from the Committee for Environment Protection of the Rostov Region had seriously damaged the ecology of the region. The prosecutor's office is investigating the case against Grigory Skripka, head of the Committee, initiated under the articles of "abuse of power" and "excess of power".

19:00, 16 March 2011

Operating Chairman of OSCE called for ensuring democratic freedoms in Azerbaijan

Audronus Azhubalis, operating Chairman of OSCE and Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, called for democratic reforms in Azerbaijan. Azhubalis declared at a meeting with the leaders of political parties of the country on March, 14, that Azerbaijan had a great potential to become the closest partner for Europe.

18:00, 16 March 2011

Seven persons killed in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during a week

No less than seven people were killed, eight wounded and two kidnapped in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during the week from March, 7, till March, 13. This is the result of counting done by "Caucasian Knot" based upon its own data and information from other open sources.

23:30, 15 March 2011

Earlier dismissed judges reinstated in Kuschevskaya

Today, the Disciplinary Judicial Bench of the Krasnodar Territory reinstated two magistrate judges from the village of Kuschevskaya, who had been found guilty of links with the Tsapok's grouping.

Tchaikovsky Street after the beginning of Olympic construction. February 27, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:20, 15 March 2011

Sochi Mayor discusses problems of parallel road with the public

On March 14, Anatoly Pakhomov, Sochi Mayor, provided his study for talks on compensations and damage caused to the city by Olympic construction with 15 public activists who came there.

Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".
Photo from www.ingushetiyaru.org

23:10, 15 March 2011

"MASHR": In Ingushetia in peacetime people die like at war

Despite the absence of warfare in Northern Caucasus, annually armed conflicts in the region take away lives of dozens of civilians. The year 2009 became the bloodiest for the Republic of Ingushetia - 304 casualties; in 2010, the death toll halved - 148 casualties. The figures are presented in the blog of the "Caucasian Knot" by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".

23:00, 15 March 2011

In Kabardino-Balkaria, militants' parents urge their sons to lay down arms

A group of 11 parents from the Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has addressed their sons, who are on the wanted list and accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), with an appeal to lay down their arms.

22:20, 15 March 2011

Oppositionist Samson Khachatryan arrested in Armenia

A two-month arrest has been chosen as a freedom restriction measure for Samson Khachatryan, a famous boxer and opposition activist, who was detained on March 13 in Yerevan.

22:10, 15 March 2011

Kremlin detects double overpricing of construction materials for Sochi Olympic objects

The Audit Department of Russian President has established facts of overpricing the construction materials used for building Olympic venues, said Konstantin Chuichenko, head of the Department.

Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia and former head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yerevan, March 15, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

22:00, 15 March 2011

In Armenia, Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of "Heritage" Party, goes on hunger strike

A termless hunger strike was announced by Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia and former head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in protest against the situation in the country.

21:00, 15 March 2011

Defence of suspects of murdering Markelov challenge the judge

The defence advocates in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova have addressed the Judicial Qualification Board (JQB) of Moscow with a complaint against Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk, who is chairing the trial. According to the defence, the judge had broken ethical norms.

20:00, 15 March 2011

Georgian death toll in Afghanistan reaches 7 persons

On March 14, the Georgian Ministry of Defence issued a release about the death in a German hospital of Corporal Valery Verskiani, who on March 5 hit a mine in Afghanistan.

19:00, 15 March 2011

Seven persons got injured during an assault at the building of the Department of Interior Affairs in Dagestan

According to the latest data, seven militiamen got injured as a result of an assault at "Kizilyurt" Department of Interior Affairs in the Republic of Dagestan and an explosion near it. Bomb technicians are currently trying to neutralize a bomb found in Kizilyurt, a representative of law enforcement bodies of Kizilyurt district said.

Police getting ready to disperse opposition rally in Fountain Square in central Baku, March 12, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

18:00, 15 March 2011

Attorney of the participants of a meeting on March, 12, in Azerbaijan reports violation of his clients' rights

Fifteen participants of an antigovernment action held on March, 12, in the center of Baku by "Musavat" party underwent administrative sanctions. Nine of them were arrested for a term of 7 to 10 days on accusation of insubordination to the police. Five more persons were fined to a sum of 20 to 30 manats (24 - 36 dollars) and one was released from the courtroom after getting a notice.

23:10, 14 March 2011

Election Commission and "Golos" differ in assessing elections in Adygea

The Election Commission of the Republic of Adygea has fixed no violations during the elections to the State Council-Khasse of the Republic held on March 13. At the same time, activists of the Association "Golos" state numerous violations.

23:00, 14 March 2011

Stavropol: member of election commission states massive violations during voting

Sergey Kulagin, a member with decisive vote of the precinct election commission No. 10 of the city of Stavropol, said that at 60-70 percent of polling stations during elections of deputies of the City Duma, the required voter turnout was achieved by bringing voters from aside.

Yaroslav Kolosov (centre) at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, Moscow, January 2011. Photo by Elena Kolosova from the appeal to Russian President posted on LiveJournal at http://yarik-kolosov.livejournal.com

22:30, 14 March 2011

Woman from Rostov, who accused Moscow doctors of dishonesty, wants to take her son to Germany for treatment

Elena Kolosova, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, who had accused Moscow doctors of disrespectful attitude in treatment of her one-year-old son Yaroslav at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, is going to take her child away to Germany. Financial support to the family was promised by sponsors, who were found through the Ministry of Social Development.

22:10, 14 March 2011

Militiaman wounded in Moscow after concert of Chechen performers

Last night, on March 13, in central Moscow, in the "Mir" Concert Hall, where a concert with participation of Chechen performers took place, an unidentified person wounded a militiaman from a traumatic pistol. This was reported by a source from law enforcement bodies of the capital.

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