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22:20, 8 December 2010

In Dagestan, father of detainee on suspicion of burning down a shop states innocence of his son

Zainudin Magomedov, a resident of Dagestan, has appealed to human rights organizations, the prosecutor's office and interior minister asking to restore violated rights of his family members. According to his story, his sons were illegally detained by law enforcement officers, who had also tortured the detainees.

22:10, 8 December 2010

Sydoruk: this year, number of terror acts in Northern Caucasus doubled

Today, at the working meeting of law enforcement bodies in Vladikavkaz, Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy General Public Prosecutor of Russia, said that the number of terror acts committed this year in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), has increased by 100 percent as compared with the same last year's period.

22:00, 8 December 2010

ECtHR condemns Russia for custody conditions in SIZO of Rostov-on-Don

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaints of two women from Rostov-on-Don on torturous detention conditions at the local pre-trial detention facility (known as SIZO) justified and ruled that Russia should pay out compensation to them in the sum of 50,000 euros.

20:00, 8 December 2010

Experts are concerned about seismic situation in Yerevan

Overload of the center of Yerevan with high-rise buildings can result in seismic risks because an increase of the number of high-rise buildings in the center of the city in case of an intensive earthquake may cause "domino effect". This was reported to the journalists by Alvaro Antonyan, Director of Seismic Service of Armenia.

20:00, 8 December 2010

Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia: a resident of Abkhazia accused of terrorism acknowledged his guilt

Gogita Arkania, resident of Gali district detained on accusation of terrorism, has acknowledged his guilt at the same time accusing Russian major Evgeny Borisov of organizing acts of terror in the territory of Georgia. This was reported by representatives of Georgian Ministry of Interior Affairs.

18:00, 8 December 2010

A member of "Memorial" Human Rights Center beaten up in Moscow

On December, 7, an assault upon Bakhrom Khamroev, member of Russian "Memorial" Human Rights Center, took place in Moscow.

23:50, 7 December 2010

Inspectors reject the version of poor-quality fuel in Tu-154 of "Dagestani Airlines"

The investigation has rejected the version that the crash of the Tu-154 of the "Dagestani Airlines" at the Domodedovo Airport on December 4 was caused by low-quality fuel, put into the aircraft fuel tanks at the stay at the Vnukovo Airport. As reported by the Airport, the Transport Department of the Russian ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) has allowed using the earlier sealed up vessel of fuel for fuelling other aircrafts.

23:40, 7 December 2010

Residents of Dagestan discuss technical condition of local aircrafts

The crash of the aircraft of "Dagestani Airlines" on December 4 is actively discussed on local blogs and forums. Dagestani Internet users note that they would prefer to fly by aircraft of other airlines, but this is not possible.

Zalimkhan Akhmedov, Deputy Commander of the Tu-154 Squadron. Makhachkala, December 6, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:20, 7 December 2010

Pilots of "Dagestani Airlines" reject the version of crew error

The pilots of the company deny that the reason for the emergency landing of the Tu-154 aircraft in the Domodedovo Airport on December 4 was the fault of the crew.

23:10, 7 December 2010

Cossacks rally in a village of Stavropol Territory

Today, in the village of Tatarka, Stavropol Territory, local Cossacks held a rally to protest against deteriorating living standards and problems of the settlement.

23:00, 7 December 2010

Mamuka Areshidze doubts that terror acts in Georgia were organized by Russian special agencies

Experts in Georgia are actively discussing the arrest of six suspects of the autumn terror acts. According to Mamuka Areshidze, an expert in Caucasian matters, Russian security services are actively using residents of Abkhazia as their scouts in the territory of Georgia. A military expert Irakli Sesiashvili does not exclude that should the suspects' guilt be proved, a diplomatic scandal may burst out between the USA and Russia.

22:50, 7 December 2010

Residents of Astrakhan Region hold picket in Moscow

Today, in Pushkin Square, residents of the Astrakhan Region held a picket against the "lawlessness", reigning in the region, as they assert.

Wife and daughter of blogger Yanissimo at the Filatov Hospital in Moscow. Photo by http://yanissimo.livejournal.com

22:40, 7 December 2010

Volgograd resident complains to Medvedev on poor work of hospitals

A 27-year-old resident of Volgograd has posted in his blog under his nickname Yanissimo in LiveJournal an appeal to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev with complains against the obstacles he faced in treating his little daughter, deeply rooted into the health care system. His story has caused wide public resonance. Yesterday, on December 6, Mr Medvedev read the text of the open appeal.

22:30, 7 December 2010

Residents of Volgograd Region claiming that they live "like in Kuschevskaya" detained in Moscow

Seven residents of the Korostin village, Kotovsk District of Volgograd Region, have been detained in Moscow near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for holding an unsanctioned picket. According to the picketers, a similar gang as in Kuschevskaya, sheltered by local militia, operates in their village.

22:20, 7 December 2010

Medvedev orders GPO to check facts from video appeal of inspector from Kuschevskaya

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has instructed Yuri Chaika, head of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), to supervise the investigation into the facts set forth in the video appeal of inspector Ekaterina Rogoza, who stated that investigators of the Kuschevskiy District, Krasnodar Territory, had been forced by their bosses to stop criminal cases.

20:00, 7 December 2010

Remains of an ancient Polovtsian settlement discovered in Kalmykia

In Gorodovikovsky district of Kalmykia archaeologists discovered remains of a settlement dating back to 10-11-th centuries AD, i.e. the period of existence of the Polovtsian khanate.

Ecologists collect signatures under appeal to Russian President against actions of the OJSC "Plastcard". Volgograd, December 4, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

19:00, 7 December 2010

Ecologists of Volgograd asked the President of the Russian Federation to take the criminal case of "Plastcard" under his personal control

A piquet devoted to the problem of treating unsafe waste products of "Plastcard" public corporation passed off in Krasnoarmeisky district of Volgograd on December, 4. The piquet was organized by Informational Center (IC) "Volgograd-Express" and "Ecology" club with participation of regional unit of "Yabloko" party and representatives of CPRF.

18:00, 7 December 2010

Krasnodar Magistrate's court deemed the accusations against ecologist Gazaryan groundless

A judge of Kuban district Magistrate's court of Krasnodar discovered violations in the protocols of detention of Suren Gazaryan, one of the leaders of "Ecologic Watch" in Northern Caucasus, and returned the documents to the Department of Interior Affairs of Western district of Krasnodar.

23:50, 6 December 2010

Armenia releases another political prisoner

Gabriel Gabrielyan, convicted for participation in the demonstration on March 1, 2008, has been early released today from the penitentiary institution named "Hospital for Convicts".

23:40, 6 December 2010

Chechnya starts preventive "New Year Tree" operation

In Chechnya, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have launched a large-scale prophylactic operation aimed to reduce the risk of fires and other emergencies in the days of the New Year celebrations.

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