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23:00, 9 March 2010

Rally in support of Fatima Margieva held in Vladikavkaz

On March 8, in North Ossetia, the committee for release of the teacher of the South-Ossetian State University Fatima Margieva held a sanctioned rally. The protesters gathered in the Theatre Square of Vladikavkaz with a demand to stop criminal prosecution of Margieva.

22:50, 9 March 2010

Lebedev: UN Special Representative's report on his visit to South Ossetia is lopsided and biased

The Russian delegation labelled as politicized the report of Walter Kelin, Special Representative of Secretary General of the United Nations on Internally Displaced Persons' Rights, which summed up his visit to South Ossetia. The report was presented on March 8 at the 13th Session of the United Nations on Human Rights (HRS) held in Switzerland. In the opinion of Mikhail Lebedev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Branch and other international organizations in Geneva, the report is lopsided, biased and contains factual mistakes.

22:40, 9 March 2010

Chief Physician of RCH fined in Dagestan

As regarded by the Prosecutor's Office and Antimonopoly Service, the Chief Physician of the largest medical establishment of Dagestan - the Republic's Clinical Hospital (RCH) - has broken the legislation on purchase and circulation of medical products and medical equipment; therefore he was fined by 50,000 roubles.

Nevinnomyssks. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org

22:30, 9 March 2010

Wind with dust caused rose-coloured snowfalls in Stavropol Territory

The reason of multi-coloured snowfalls in the Stavropol Territory was a strong gusty wind, which lifted up clouds of dust into the air. This was reported by the local Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ("Minprirody").

22:20, 9 March 2010

Claim of Novorossisk UVD head to Dymovskiy and Karastelyov to be considered on March 23

Today, the Primorskiy District Court of Novorossisk has obliged the city UVD (Interior Department) bosses to present the proofs of the fact that it was personally Major Alexei Dymovskiy who had placed a video appeal in the Internet with criticism of the situation in law enforcement bodies. Today, also the date was appointed for consideration of the suit of the head of the UVD to human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov.

22:10, 9 March 2010

Inspectors deny detention of second suspect of attacking human rights activist Karastelyov

The Investigatory Committee refutes information about detention of the second suspect in the case about the attack committed against Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights, who is representing the interests of former militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy.

22:00, 9 March 2010

In Sukhumi, residents of Abkhazia bid farewell to first President Vladislav Ardzinba

Today, people in Sukhumi follow Vladislav Ardzinba, their first President and a symbol of the national-liberation struggle of the people of Abkhazia, to his grave. At 9 in the morning the coffin with his body was placed in the Abkhazian State Philharmonic Society. The mourning ceremony will last till 3:00 p.m. Moscow time.

Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/19503934

21:20, 9 March 2010

Fate of Chechen resident who disappeared in Ingushetia still unknown

Mair-Ali Vakhaev, a resident of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya who disappeared on February 11 in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, is still undetected. The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic now nothing about his fate. A source from there does not exclude that Vakhaev could be killed by militaries, and his body hidden.

21:00, 9 March 2010

Armenian Appeal Court cuts journalist Pashinyan's imprisonment

The Appeal Court of Armenia has upheld the verdict passed by the general jurisdiction court of communities Kentron-Nork-Marash to oppositionist Nikol Pashinyan. At the same time, the court ruled to apply amnesty and halved his custody term.

20:00, 9 March 2010

Defendants in Nalchik attack case tell about persecutions of Moslems before the conflict

At today's session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, which considers the attack of militants on power agencies in Nalchik, defendant Zaur Tokhov said that before the events on October 13, 2005, local law enforcers were beating local Moslems and searched their houses. The militiamen who gave evidences denied it.

Spontaneous rally in Ingushetia on kidnapping of Mikail Pliev. Plievskiy Municipal District. March 6, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

19:00, 9 March 2010

In Ingushetia, Pliev's relatives, who failed to find him in SIZO of Pyatigorsk, resume picket

Relatives of Mikail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia who disappeared in Pyatigorsk, refute the information that Mikail was found. On March 8, his wife received a call from a man, who presented himself as an inspector and said that her husband was in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Pyatigorsk. However, when relatives and a lawyer came there, they failed to find Mikail there, while SIZO employees asked them to come again on March 12.

18:00, 9 March 2010

Israpil Shovkhalov and Abdullah Duduev, editors of "Dosh" magazine, detained In Ingushetia

The editor-in-chief of the Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh" Israpil Shovkhalov has reported by telephone that today together with the chief-editor of the magazine Abdullah Duduev they were on business trip in Ingushetia, and were detained there by power agents.

23:50, 8 March 2010

Georgiy Vashadze: the oldest woman lives in Georgia

Antisa Khvichava, a native of Sachire village, Tsalendzhikh District of Georgia, is 129 years old, and might be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest resident of the planet.

Nalchik. Memorial to victims of violent deportation of the Balkar nationals. S.Ragozina for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:40, 8 March 2010

Nalchik holds rally on Memory Day of Balkars' deportation victims

The rally of Balkars, held today in Nalchik, at the Memorial to victims of violent deportation of the Balkar nationals, has instructed the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP) and the organization named "Balkaria" to initiate the process of self-identification of the Balkar people, since the problems raised by the BEBP on behalf of the nation are not solved. About 500 persons present at the event have voted unanimously for the initiative.

23:30, 8 March 2010

Short-circuit announced as fire reason in Georgian colony

The commission that makes inquiry in Georgia into the fire in one of the units of the Ksan minimum and high security prison tends to believe that poor electric wire had provoked ignition.

23:10, 8 March 2010

Rostov inspectors see murder as the main reason of children's disappearance

On the fact of disappearance of children in the Rostov Region, the local Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case under part 2, Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Murder"). However, the versions of an accident and kidnapping are still considered.

23:00, 8 March 2010

Georgia and EU to create united air space

Georgia and the European Union have signed the agreement on united air space. The document assumes to build, within 2 years after signing, the united Georgian-EU aviation space.

Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru

23:00, 8 March 2010

Chechnya celebrates Eighth of March

In honour of the International Women's day Chechnya held mass festivities. In the streets of cities and large settlements women are presented flower and CDs with congratulation on behalf of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

22:40, 8 March 2010

Chechnya: car race postponed for a week because of rain

The first legitimate night car race in Chechnya appointed for the night of March 7 was postponed for a week because of rains which made the track dangerous for fast driving, as reported by Ibragim Dzhamaldinov, president of the Federation of Motor Racing of Chechnya.

22:30, 8 March 2010

Woman from Dagestan gets into Guinness Book of World Records

In Dagestan, Sakinat Khanapieva, 76, a resident of Sultan-Yangiyurt village, has been recognized to be the strongest grandmother in the world. The woman was registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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