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20:00, 11 October 2010

Putin's birthday was marked in Chechnya by establishing a youth movement named after him

A youth patriotic club called "Putin" was established in Chechnya. A fountain devoted to the Russian Prime-minister's birthday was also opened in Grozny and horse races passed off in Gudermes. Local observers think that the authorities of the republic are seeking to show their loyalty to the Kremlin once again.

19:00, 11 October 2010

The circumstances of an explosion in a private house in Chechnya are being established

Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic are investigating the circumstances of an explosion on October, 9, in a private house of a resident in the town of Ulus-Martan as a result of which two persons perished and one more got severely wounded.

18:00, 11 October 2010

A meeting against oil terminals was held in Yeisk

An ecologic meeting against oil terminals in the town passed off in Yeisk (Krasnodar region). Over 800 people took part in it, "Ecologic Watch of North Caucasus" reports.

22:00, 9 October 2010

Kalmykia delays commissioning of its WPPs till November

Start of wind power plants (WPPs) in Kalmykia was again postponed. The problems of the WPP park were discussed on October 7 at the sitting chaired by the republic's prime minister.

21:00, 9 October 2010

All referees of the top football league disqualified in Armenia

Following the meeting of Ruben Airapetyan, President of the Armenian Football Federation (AFF), with the leaders of the clubs of the local top league, a decision was made to disqualify all the referees who serviced the league matches.

20:00, 9 October 2010

Rostov-on-Don holds Science Festival, first in the south of Russia

From October 1 the city of Rostov-on-Don is hosting the first in the south of Russia Science Festival, organized by the Southern Federal University (SFU). On October 8, the central event of the festival took place - interactive scientific and learning exhibition.

18:00, 9 October 2010

Chechen authorities promise to restore water supply of large village before end of year

Residents of Alkhan-Kala village, Grozny District, have no centralized water supply for nearly twenty years; water which fails to meet sanitary standards is brought to them in tanks. The authorities promise to fix water supply till the end of this year.

17:00, 9 October 2010

Karachai-Circassia wins Caucasian Games

The national team of Karachai-Circassia has been recognized to be the winner of the first sports festival of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) - the Caucasian Games.

16:00, 9 October 2010

Kalmykia starts project on rural family businesses

The innovation project "Opening of 50 rural family businesses", which has acquired the status of the pilot project of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, is implemented in the Pervomaiskiy Rural Municipality Formation of the Republic of Kalmykia.

15:00, 9 October 2010

In Rostov Region, head of building company is accused of embezzling 150 million roubles from shareholders

The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don has sanctioned the arrest of the director of the construction company "Monolith", suspected of deceiving about 400 real estate shareholders to the sum of 150 million roubles, the press service of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the Rostov Region reports.

14:00, 9 October 2010

Ten GIBDD officers accused of bribe-taking face trial in Astrakhan

As reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office, a criminal case against a GIBDD (Russian equivalent for the STSI - State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) company commander and nine inspectors, accused of taking bribes when on duty service, has been sent to Astrakhan Regional Court.

13:00, 9 October 2010

Dagestan postpones election of Gergebil head for absence of candidates

Initially, four candidates were registered to the post of the head of Gergebil village, Gergebil District of Dagestan, but all of them recalled at the request of the village community. Thus, the election of the village head planned for October 10 was cancelled for absence of candidates.

11:00, 9 October 2010

ASU students make rally over universities of Southern Russia

A motor rally of the students of the Adyg State University (ASU), performed on October 4-6, was dated to the university's jubilee and was held under the motto "By Roads of Friendship".

23:40, 8 October 2010

Refugees, teachers and street traders hold solidarity rally in Tbilisi

On the initiative of the opposition Conservative Party of Georgia and the People's Party, on October 7 in Tbilisi, in front of the Parliament of Georgia, a solidarity protest rally was held by refugees, teachers and street traders, who spoke in defence of their rights.

23:20, 8 October 2010

In Moscow, Caucasians' wives state kidnapping of their husbands by power agents

In late September five of the natives of the Caucasus disappeared in Russian capital; their relatives suggest that they were detained by security agents and kept in one of Moscow's detention facilities. The wives of two of them - Zelimkhan Chibiev and Magomed Israpilov - told about it to human rights activists and asked for legal assistance.

23:10, 8 October 2010

Ingushetia commemorates Anna Politkovskaya

A memory rally of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", who was murdered 4 years ago, took place in Ingushetia, in the office of the human rights organization "Mashr".

Rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, journalist of "Novaya Gazeta".
Moscow, Chistoprudny Boulevard, October 7, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:00, 8 October 2010

Rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow brings hundreds of people together

From 300 to 500 persons gathered on October 7 in Moscow at the rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter of the "Novaya Gazeta", who was murdered four years ago. The event was attended by many journalists of Russian and foreign mass media.

22:50, 8 October 2010

Subscriptions are bagged for renaming Lesnaya Street after Anna Politkovskaya

The editorial board of the "Novaya Gazeta" in Moscow has started bagging subscriptions for commemorating Anna Politkovskaya and renaming Lesnaya Street, where she lived and died, in her honour.

22:40, 8 October 2010

Moscow will fail to have Zakaev extradited from Poland, experts believe

On October 26, the Court of Appeal will sit in Warsaw to consider the case of provisional arrest of Ahmed Zakaev, said the court spokesperson Barbara Trembska.

22:30, 8 October 2010

Active search of mosque attackers in Abkhazia

According to latest data, as a result of today's shelling of the house, used by the local Muslim community as a mosque, one member of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Abkhazia was killing and two more wounded.

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