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23:10, 17 March 2010

An opposition meeting planned in South Ossetia

Opposition plans to hold meetings on March 20 and 21 in the South Ossetia capital.

23:00, 17 March 2010

Wages started to be paid to builders on strike in Sochi

The prosecutor's office of Krasnodar Territory has enforced payment of outstanding wages to the builders of Olympic facilities in Sochi, reports Marina Gridneva, official representative of RF General Prosecutor's Office.

22:50, 17 March 2010

Armenian opposition holds many-thousand strong march

On March 16, on the eve of the sitting of the Committee on Monitoring of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, an action of protest was held in the capital of Armenia attended by more than ten thousand people.

22:40, 17 March 2010

Opposition in Sweden considers position of Premier on genocide of Armenians illegal

The opposition Social-Democratic Party of Sweden has filed a lawsuit against Prime-Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has assured his Turkish counterpart that the resolution on genocide of Armenians adopted by the Swedish parliament is not going to be effective as law.

22:40, 17 March 2010

European Commission concerned about the video of "Imedi" TV channel shown in Georgia

Today, Jose Manuel Barroso, chairman of the European Commission, has expressed his concern to the Georgian Prime-Minister Nike Ghilauri in connection with the report of the "Imedi" TV channel broadcast on March 13 about the alleged invasion of Russian troops.

First congress of Jehovah's Witnesses after USSR collapse. Moscow, 1993. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/46219261@N06/4320959644

22:00, 17 March 2010

Deputy prosecutor of Taganrog interrogates the ex-chair of local community of Jehovah's Witnesses, believers fear criminal prosecution

On March 12, Nikolai Trotiuk, the former chair of the "Taganrog" local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (Rostov region), was summoned to the deputy prosecutor of the city. The believers fear that this fact may be the start of criminal prosecution of the organization followers. This has been reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Grigory Martynov from the press service of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

22:00, 17 March 2010

Krasnodar court refuses to consider the suit by Dymovskiy on reinstatement at work

The Pervomaiski district court of Krasnodar has denied Alexei Dymovskiy, the former militia major, to consider the lawsuit filed with the region internal affairs department to invalidate the order on his dismissal and reinstatement at work. This has been reported by Valeri Melnikov, representative of the plaintiff.

21:30, 17 March 2010

Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of opposition newspaper, pardoned in Azerbaijan

Today, Ilham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree on granting pardon to 72 convicts, including Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of an opposition newspaper. The pardon is linked with the Novruz holiday marked on the day of the vernal equinox.

21:10, 17 March 2010

Wild-leek picker killed in submountain Chechnya

Chechnya law enforcement agencies investigate the murder of a 49-year-old resident of the Martan-Chu village, Achkhoi-Martan district, who was captured by armed persons while picking up wild leek in the forest and later found killed in the mountain forest area several kilometres from the village.

10:00, 17 March 2010

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 8-14

Five years after death of Ichkeria President Maskhadov; Dagestan records for Guinness Book; detentions of journalists and rallies against kidnappings in Ingushetia; oil projects in Azerbaijan; religion-motivated persecutions in the south of Russia; visit of Georgian oppositionists to Moscow and scandal with report on Russia's attack on Georgia, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of March 8-14, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

23:50, 16 March 2010

New inspector on "execution list" case appointed in Dagestan

In Dagestan, Criminal Case No. 96892 dealing with appeals to murders and grave crimes (the so-called "execution list") was transferred to Basyr Magomedov, an inspector on especially important cases of the investigatory committee at the prosecutor's office of Dagestan. This was reported by Isalmagomed Nabiev, chairman of independent trade union of drivers and entrepreneurs of Dagestan.

23:30, 16 March 2010

In Sochi, builders on strike because of wage delay address President Medvedev

In Sochi, the builders of the dwelling complex for resettlers from the Imereti Lowland went on strike and addressed their complaint to President Dmitri Medvedev against many-month delays of wages by the General Contractor - the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Moskonversprom".

Chechnya, Achkhoy-Martan. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/15534964

23:20, 16 March 2010

Soldier and militiaman wounded in southwest of Chechnya

On March 15, in the foothill Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, an explosion of a land mine and shelling wounded a Russian military man and a Chechen militiaman. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it in law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.

Grozny, Central Marketplace "Berkat", December 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:10, 16 March 2010

Chechnya launches a broad-scale operation against illegal migrants

From March 14 on, employees of law enforcement bodies of Chechnya and the local Department of the Federal Migration Service (DFMS) are running broad-scale actions aimed at revealing illegal migrants. A respective order was given by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

23:00, 16 March 2010

Trial of ex-minister of education of South Ossetia reappointed on March 19

In South Ossetia, on March 15, the premises of the Tskhinvali City Court hosted a judicial session on the case of Alla Dzhioeva, ex-minister of education, accused of abuse of office, bribery and forgery of documents of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO). Under request of the public prosecutor, the process was reappointed on March 19.

22:40, 16 March 2010

Friends of assassinated Aslan Zhukov hold protest action in Karachai-Circassia

Aslan Zhukov, one of the leaders of Circassian youth, killed on March 14, was buried on the following day - on March 15 in Karachai-Circassia. Having returned from the cemetery, his friends and supporters immediately organized a protest action. They demanded from law enforcers to find and punish Zhukov's killers.

22:20, 16 March 2010

"Imedi" boss accuses Russian special services of faking his telephone conversation

In Georgia, Giorgiy Arveladze, Director General of the "Imedi" TV Company, treated the record of his alleged telephone conversation with his assistant on the eve of the scandalous programme put on air on March 13 as a "forgery" prepared by Russian special services. The record appeared in the Internet and was promulgated by many mass media.

22:00, 16 March 2010

South Ossetia to spend this night in darkness

Today, from early morning repair crews have left for the place of the accident, where electricity power lines got broken; however, they could not reach the point named Dzomag, where one of the most serious accidents in these two days happened. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of South Ossetia, the search of broken places would restart on March 17 from 6 in the morning.

22:00, 16 March 2010

EU Mission in Georgia names "Imedi" actions irresponsible

The "Chronicle" simulated by the "Imedi" TV Company could destabilize the situation in conflict zones in Georgia. This was stated today by the Observation Mission of the European Union in Georgia.

21:40, 16 March 2010

Angela Sineok: trial of "Chernovik" in Dagestan is meaningful

The litigation against the newspaper "Chernovik" (Blueprint) in Dagestan should affect the enforcing practice of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Kindling hatred or enmity and humiliation of one's dignity". This was stated by Angela Sineok, Director of the Rostov Regional Centre (RRC) "Law and Mass Media". In her opinion, at present the authorities use this article to suppress the freedom of speech.

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