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08:00, 25 May 2010

Armenian Diaspora in Georgia worries about non-participation of Armenian candidates at elections

The Assembly of Tbilisi Armenians is concerned with the "fact of ignoring the interests of the 86-thousand-strong Armenian community in Georgia" at local government elections to be held on May 30.

07:00, 25 May 2010

HRC "Memorial": members of Ozdiev family detained in Chechnya

On May 21, in Chechnya, Isa and Belal Ozdiev - members of the family of well-known Chechen businessmen - Ozdiev brothers were detained. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports with reference to eyewitnesses of the incident that the brothers were beaten at detention.

23:00, 24 May 2010

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 17-23

Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh caused a resonance far abroad; human rights defenders meet President of Russia and tell him about the burning problems of Northern Caucasus, while people are still perishing and kidnapped in the region, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of May 17-23, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

23:00, 24 May 2010

OSCE not to recognize elections in Nagorno-Karabakh

As stated by Kanat Saudabaev, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the current OSCE Chairman, the May 23 parliamentary elections held in Nagorno-Karabakh did not promote any conflict settlement in the region.

22:00, 24 May 2010

54 passengers on a flight from Tbilisi to Moscow

Today, 54 passengers have departed on the first spring-summer charter flight from Tbilisi to Moscow performed by Airzena, Georgian Airways.

21:00, 24 May 2010

Bagapsh: Abkhazia to extract Black Sea oil

As stated today in Sukhumi at a press conference by local President Sergey Bagapsh, Abkhazia, like other countries of the Black Sea region, would develop sea oil fields.

19:21, 24 May 2010

Free Motherland Party leads in Nagorno-Karabakh election

Karabakh central electoral commission (CEC) has published the results of the parliamentary election held on 23 May. They show that Free Fatherland party received the 41 percent of the votes (29252 voters).

18:00, 24 May 2010

Widow of Georgia's late president Gamsakhurdia threatens self-immolation in front of Parliament

Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, the widow of Georgia`s late president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, announced intention to commit a suicide for attracting the public attention to her son Tsotne Gamsakhurdia who was sentenced to 9,5 years prison on charges of attempted murder, illegal possession and carrying of firearms.

17:00, 24 May 2010

Fraud suspects arrested in Rostov

In Rostov, the board chairman of "Mutual loan" cooperative society Alexander Hevelev and his ex-wife, Natalya Samokhina, who are suspected of defrauding nearly 3500 shareholders for over 347 million rubles, were arrested, the Rostov regional prosecutor's office reports.

Azerbaijan, flooded roads in Sabirabad village. May 12, 2010. Photo by Azer Ismailov for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:00, 24 May 2010

In Azerbaijan, three villages more went under water

In Azerbaijan, the three villages more were flooded in Gadzhygabulsky district - Meiniman, Khilya and Alatli. Meiniman alone numbers 1,500 residents and about 500 houses.

13:00, 24 May 2010

Bomb triggered in Nalchik, a militiaman wounded

Today in the morning in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, an explosive device was triggered and wounded an employee of the militia post-and-patrol service (PPS), as reported by the Investigatory Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russian ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office).

11:00, 24 May 2010

Schoolchildren in Chechnya to study Koran at special courses

During summer school vacations Chechen mosques plan to open classes for reading the Koran. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the republic's Muftiat.

09:00, 24 May 2010

Suspect of organizing Kizlyar terror act detained in Dagestan

On May 22 in Dagestan, law enforcers detained a car with a suspected organizer of the terror act committed in Kizlyar on March 31.

23:00, 22 May 2010

Two explosions triggered in Dagestan - one casualty

Tonight, explosions happened in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, and in Kasumkent village, Suleimanstal District of the republic. A suspected suicide bomber perished, and three militiamen were injured.

19:00, 22 May 2010

In Georgia, lawyers suspend their protest action in front of parliament

Georgian lawyers have suspended their protest action held in front of the building of the parliament of Georgia for ten days. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by lawyer Shalva Khachapuridze, the organizer of the action.

17:00, 22 May 2010

Three employees of women's colony shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria

Three employees of the Department of the Federal Correction Service (known as "UFSIN") for Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in a shell, one more was wounded.

16:00, 22 May 2010

Azeri MoD holds press conference in contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops

Last Friday, on May 21, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan organized the first tour of a group of local journalists to the contact line of armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Terter direction.

15:00, 22 May 2010

Ahmet Palankoev elected to be Senator from Ingushetia at the Council of Federation

Ingushetia has elected its new representative of its legislative body to the Council of Federation - Ahmet Palankoev, 47, an entrepreneur and patron of arts.

One of oldest blocks of Butyrka Prison. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org

14:00, 22 May 2010

Human rights activists worry of the fate of the blogger arrested in Moscow

Russian rights defenders are concerned of the state of health of blogger Alaudin Dudko, known in the Internet under nickname ingushetiya_ru, who was arrested in Moscow.

13:00, 22 May 2010

Kalmykia proclaims Buddha's Birthday to be a national holiday

President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has signed a decree announcing May 27 to be the national holiday "Birthday of Buddha Sakya-Muni".

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