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14:00, 1 November 2010

Two Georgian residents in Malaysia may be sentenced to death penalty for accusation of drugs contraband

Darejan Kokhtashvili and Babutse Gordadze, two women natives of Georgia, may be sentenced to death penalty if they are acknowledged guilty of contraband of 10 kilogram of drugs. The trial is appointed for November, 2.

13:00, 1 November 2010

40 new private houses are ready for commission in Tskhinval

New private houses restored after the events of 2008 will be commissioned in the capital of South Osetia in the nearest future. This news was reported by Soslan Bekoyev, Director of State Unitary Enterprise "Directorate of Implementation of Priority National Projects" during his circuit round the municipal objects under restoration.

12:00, 1 November 2010

Ten militiamen suffered in special operation in Grozny

Ten law enforcers received wounds and contusions in the course of a special operation aimed to neutralize a supposed member of the armed underground in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny.

12:00, 1 November 2010

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 25-31

Bodies of flood casualties are still found in Krasnodar Territory; Northern Caucasus commemorates victims of repressions, Ossetian-Ingush conflict and terror acts; pre-election situation is heating up in Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the review of the week of October 25-31, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

11:00, 1 November 2010

NGOs of Ingushetia: consequences of Ossetian-Ingush conflict not eliminated

The tragic consequences of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict have not been eliminated, while Ingush leaders and deputies of the People's Assembly of the Republic fail to take legal action towards defending the constitutional rights and vital interests of the Ingush people. This was stated by the members of the Coordination Board of Ingush NGOs in their address to Ingushes.

20:00, 30 October 2010

Prosecutors check violations during elections in Makhachkala

The Prosecutor's Office of the capital of Dagestan has initiated checks of violations during the vote on October 10, the details of which were published by the "Caucasian Knot".

19:00, 30 October 2010

Woman from Ingushetia states kidnapping of her son

Lisa Tseloeva, a resident of the city of Nazran, asserts that her 28-year-old son Zurab was kidnapped.

18:00, 30 October 2010

Action in memory of victims of political repression held in North Ossetia

The event took place at the monument "Stone of Tears" in Vladikavkaz, where more than 100 persons gathered: city residents, NGO activists, state officials and high school pupils.

17:00, 30 October 2010

Political prisoner Ashot Manukyan released in Armenia

Today, by a court ruling, Ashot Manukyan, one of the thirteen opposition activists remaining in prison, was released before term.

Top-level officials of North Ossetia come to commemorate victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict. Vladikavkaz, October 30, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

16:00, 30 October 2010

North Ossetia commemorates victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict

Today, more than 1500 persons came to the memorial cemetery in Vladikavkaz to pay tribute to victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict.

Dismantling of monument to Stalin in Gori, Georgia, June 25, 2010. Photo by http://netgazeti.ge

15:00, 30 October 2010

Georgian Parliament adopts "Freedom Charter" in first hearing

The legislative initiative submitted by Giya Tortladze, a minority MP, was adopted by the Georgian Parliament by 75:1 vote in the first hearing. The "Freedom Charter" deals with strengthening of security measures and contains provisions on lustration and liquidation of Soviet and Nazi symbols.

14:00, 30 October 2010

Armenian Ombudsman presents his 2009 report

The report on the work of the office of Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, in 2009 was heard by the MPs at the autumn session of the Parliament of Armenia.

13:00, 30 October 2010

Sochi residents are offered to get fingerprinted

The bosses of Sochi UVD (Interior Department) have urged citizens to pass a voluntary fingerprint registration.

12:00, 30 October 2010

Rostov Region: director of building company suspected of embezzlement

The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Bataisk, Rostov Region, has sent to the court the criminal case initiated against the builder Larissa Tarasenkova, accused of embezzlement of equity holders' money in the sum of more than 30 million roubles.

11:00, 30 October 2010

Best brewer defined in North Ossetia

The first nationwide cultural contest of Ossetian beer is over in the republic. Out of 500 participants the winner was chosen - Elena Margieva, a resident of Zmeiskaya village, who received her prize money of 50,000 roubles.

10:00, 30 October 2010

Kabardino-Balkaria bans selling strong alcohol at night

On October 29, the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria passed the final wording of the republic's law, restricting the retail sale of spirits.

09:00, 30 October 2010

Part of Dagestani pilgrims will not be able to go to Hajj this year

As reported on October 29 by President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov at the regular session of the Republic's Parliament, it would not be possible to send all the wishing local Moslems to the Hajj.

Body fragment of the suicide bomber's car near the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz, September 9, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:00, 30 October 2010

In Ingushetia, Khashagulgov's relatives keep children away from school for fear of power agents

Four children from the Khashagulgov family are missing their school in Karabulak for a week already. Their mother Pyatimat says that she received threats addressed to her family.

23:50, 29 October 2010

Detainee reports about bomb in Grozny; later it was neutralized

Today a powerful explosive device was neutralized by Chechen law enforcers in the Staropromyslovsky District of Grozny. The republic's MIA asserts that the location of the hideout with a fougasse was shown by a local resident detained on suspicion of helping militants.

23:40, 29 October 2010

Defender of convict in "White Wolves" case satisfied with verdict

Vyacheslav Kireev, advocate of Dmitri Ufimtsev, convicted member of the neo-Nazi grouping called "White Wolves", was pleased that his client was not sentenced to life-long imprisonment and believes that the verdict was passed in line with the law.

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