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02:00, 31 October 2013

Professor Maltsev: in Sochi, we need to restore shore protection structures after each storm to protect Olympic palaces

In Sochi, usual autumn storms have destroyed structures of shore protection in the Imereti Lowland in the area of construction of the Olympic cluster. The construction was carried out in violation of the rules and without considering the conditions of Sochi, and thus, such incidents will repeat periodically. This was stated by Vyacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

01:15, 31 October 2013

Makhachkala resident claims her relatives detained by law enforcers

On October 30, Nargiz Babaeva, a resident of Makhachkala, reported that during the search, law enforcers detained her mother Larisa Babaeva and sister Olesya Babaeva.

23:59, 30 October 2013

HRW: 100 days till Sochi Olympics – human rights violations continue

One hundred days are left till the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should use the time to make a public statement on the violations related to the preparation for the Games in Russia, says the International Human Rights Watch (HRW).

At the site of explosion. Makhachkala, October 30, 2013. Photo Twitter.com/Ramazan Gaziev

23:32, 30 October 2013

ICRF: car that brought Makhachkala bombers around found

As a result of two explosions triggered in Dakhadaev Street in Makhachkala, according to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, 18 people were injured, one of them died. Investigators found the VAZ-2114 car which the bombers had used.

23:14, 30 October 2013

ECtHR accepts 11 complaints on violations at parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

As reported by Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Enlightenment Society of Azerbaijani, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted complaints of 11 citizens on violations of the law during the 2010 parliamentary elections.

22:11, 30 October 2013

Tenants of house in Krasnodar block street in protest against electricity outage

Residents of some houses in Korenovskaya Street in Krasnodar have tried, for some time, to block one of the major city streets in protest against the absence of electricity in one of the houses for two days. Due to the protest, a traffic jam was formed towards the exit from the city.

21:05, 30 October 2013

Krasnodar Mayoralty refuses to sanction "Russian March"

On November 4, activists of national-patriotic movements of the Krasnodar Territory are planning to gather in central Krasnodar, despite the refusal of the city Mayoralty to sanction the "Russian March" applied for by them. Organizational issues of the non-sanctioned gathering are discussed in several groups of social networks.

14:39, 30 October 2013

Advocates in the trial of terror act in Domodedovo ask not to appoint life sentence to the defendant

The defence of Islam Yandiev, accused of committing the terror act at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport in the winter of 2011, has asked the court not to sentence him to life imprisonment, because he had committed his crime under the influence of "the people involved in Wahhabism."

12:23, 30 October 2013

In Chechnya, plastic surgeons start free surgeries as part of "Operation Smile"

In Chechnya, a team of specialists in the field of plastic surgery has launched the next charity event called "Operation Smile". Within the project, surgeons will carry out surgeries for 70 children with maxillofacial pathologies, who live in different regions of the Caucasus. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Chechnya.

Mosque in Kislovodsk under construction. October 2012. Photo: http://zlatosfera.ru

09:38, 30 October 2013

Relatives of detained Imam of Kislovodsk refute official investigators' version

Close relatives of Kurmanali Baichorov, the Imam of the mosque of Kislovodsk, have refuted the version of law enforcers, according to which the Imam was brought to the police station by GIBDD (road police) inspectors for possession of drugs.

04:26, 30 October 2013

Ingush NGOs demand to solve problems of refugees affected by Ossetian-Ingush conflict

Non-Governmental Organizations of Ingushetia has appealed to the authorities of the republic in connection with the anniversary of the events of 1992 in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. According to the appeal, the republic's authorities should ensure the return of refugees to their places of residence and to take measures to bring to justice the persons responsible for the outbreak of the conflict.

02:15, 30 October 2013

Rostov-on-Don: residents collect signatures against construction of plant for sludge incineration

Residents of Rostov-on-Don collect on the Internet signatures against the construction of a plant for sludge incineration, which is planned to be built in 2014. Residents of Rostov-on-Don doubt the safety of the future plant, while the authorities assure its full environmental friendliness.

Bidzina Ivanishvili at the press conference discussing the results of presidential election in Georgia. Tbilisi, October 28, 2013. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

01:38, 30 October 2013

Premier Bidzina Ivanishvili promises to resign on November 24

On November 24, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, intends to resign from his post. He has announced that at the press conference held on October 28.

Sochi schools marked the 100 days remaining till the start of the Games-2014 with "Olympic lessons". Sochi, October 29, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

23:26, 29 October 2013

100 days till Sochi Olympics-2014 marked with "Olympic lessons"

On October 20, Sochi schools marked the 100 days remaining till the start of the Games-2014 with "Olympic lessons". Some participating pupils expressed their opinion that Sochi is more appropriate for summer, not winter Olympics.

21:49, 29 October 2013

Relatives of kidnapped entrepreneur Cherkasov hold picket in Karachay-Cherkessia

Today, relatives and friends of the kidnapped entrepreneur and philanthropist Nauruz Cherkasov have held a picket in the central square of the city of Cherkessk. They explained their initiative by their non-indifference to the fate of the kidnapped person.

Military unit №63354, Dagestan, Buynaksk, 2013. Photo: Tatiana159, http://mamasoldata.mybb.ru/

19:57, 29 October 2013

Sister of soldier lost in Dagestan complains to Putin about investigators

On October 28, Tatiana Ermolenko, a resident of the city of Kamishin, Volgograd Region, addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to take steps towards quicker investigation into the death of her brother Alexei Ermolenko, who died on his duty post in Buynaksk.

17:48, 29 October 2013

Chechnya and Dagestan in the lead of social stratification of population

Russia's leaders by the size of the gap between the rich and the poor are Chechnya, Moscow and Dagestan. At the same time, according to a ranking released by the RIA "Rating", the republics of Northern Caucasus and Kalmykia have the lowest level of the average salary.

14:05, 29 October 2013

Chechen MIA: suicide bomber blown up at Sunzha ROVD identified by blood samples

A suicide bomber, who blew himself up in September near the building of the Sunzha ROVD (District Interior Division) of Chechnya, has been identified. This was reported by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

12:52, 29 October 2013

Trial in case of Anna Politkovskaya's murder postponed again

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has for the seventh time postponed the consideration of the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", in connection with the quarantine at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 4, where defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov is kept.

11:04, 29 October 2013

Relatives of soldiers, killed on training range in Dagestan, reject investigators' version

Residents of Chelyabinsk demand to investigate the death of two regular soldiers, who died at the training range "Dalny" in Dagestan. In their letter addressed to Mikhail Yurevich, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, the residents of Chelyabinsk claim that investigators and officials conceal the true cause of the soldiers' death.

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