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13:00, 21 March 2013

Khloponin finds the problem of waste disposal in NCFD critical

Over the past seven months, specialists have detected in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) more than 530 illegal dumps with a total area of over 300 hectares. The information was announced at the sitting of the Council on Local Self-Government in the NCFD, held in Nalchik on March 19. Alexander Khloponin, the presidential envoy for the NCFD, has treated the situation as critical.

12:00, 21 March 2013

Kabardino-Balkaria: imam of village mosque arrested on suspicion of financing militants

The investigatory authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria suspect the imam of the mosque of the village of Svetlovodskoe, Zolsky District, of funding members of the armed underground, the local department of the ICRF has reported today.

11:00, 21 March 2013

Special operation is on in Semender, Dagestan

In the course of a special operation conducted near Makhachkala, one power agent was killed and two others wounded, law enforcers of the Republic of Dagestan have confirmed. Prior to the armed clash, five women and one child went out of the house that was then stormed.

23:00, 20 March 2013

Local resident: power agents conduct mass searches in Tsumadin District of Dagestan

Gadji Magomedov, a resident of the village of Kvanada, has reported that today the village was blocked by power agents, who conducted mass searches.

22:00, 20 March 2013

Ingushetia opens ski slopes at "Armkhi" resort

The opening ceremony of the first ski slope in Ingushetia, which is a part of the resort "Armkhi" in the Djeirakh District of the republic, took place today.

21:00, 20 March 2013

At the trial on attack on Nalchik prosecution asks to leave 53 defendants in custody

At the trial at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of an armed attack on Nalchik in October 2005, the court has asked for another extension of detention of 53 defendants. As stated by advocates in the course of the session, on March 19, two defendants went on hunger strike.

20:00, 20 March 2013

A trial on Budanov's murder defence asks to remove a number of proofs against the defendant

Today, the advocates of Yusuf Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, moved a motion to exclude a number of proofs from the case files, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

19:00, 20 March 2013

"Terek" fined by 200,000 roubles for the incident during match with "Rubin"

The "Terek" FC from Grozny has been fined by 200,000 roubles and will hold one match on the neutral pitch, because of the incident in its match against "Rubin", said Arthur Grigoryants, the chairman of the Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union.

18:00, 20 March 2013

Azerbaijan hands over two persons detained while crossing the border to Armenia

The handover ceremony of the two Armenian citizens detained in Azerbaijan after crossing the border, took place today under the mediation of representatives of the Yerevan and Baku offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

17:00, 20 March 2013

In Georgia, opposition demands preferential voting on amendments to Constitution

The "United National Movement" has demanded to hold a preferential voting in order to identify the actual distribution of political forces. The members of the "Georgian Dream" were against the initiative.

16:00, 20 March 2013

Azerbaijan released former defence minister Ragim Gaziev

Ragim Gaziev, the ex-Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan, detained in the evening on March 19, was released tonight without charging. He did not rule out that his detention had to do with his open letter criticizing the head of the state.

15:00, 20 March 2013

Case on human deaths at flood in Krymsk sent to court

The indictment against four senior officials of the Krymsk District has been approved; and the case has been sent to the court. They are accused of negligence that resulted in human deaths during the flood in July 2012.

14:00, 20 March 2013

Aslan Cherkesov transferred to another colony for order violation, says GUFSIN

Aslan Cherkesov, convicted of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC, in a scuffle in Kronstadt Boulevard in Moscow, has been transferred to another colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory for systematic violations of the regime, said the spokesman of the Chief Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service (GUFSIN) of the territory.

Construction of the "Jewish District" in Tskhinvali, September 2009. Courtesy of the http://osinform.ru

13:00, 20 March 2013

Residents of Tskhinvali capture apartments in blocks under construction

The Tskhinvali residents in need of better housing conditions have squattered apartments in newly built houses that are almost ready for commissioning. They explained their actions by intolerable conditions in which they have lived until recently.

12:00, 20 March 2013

Lawyer from Dagestan Khadizhat Magomedova tells about threats addressed to her

She says that threats began to arrive after she wrote an application to the investigatory bodies asking to inquire into the fact of the attack on her by a Buinaksk policeman.

23:00, 19 March 2013

At trial on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport victim refuses to sue

As reported today by Anna Tyurina, the head of the press service of the Moscow Regional Court (MRC), at today's session one of the victims of the terror act at "Domodedovo" refused to file a civil action for compensation of damage.

22:00, 19 March 2013

Vladikavkaz commemorates victims of 1999 terror act

An action in memory of the victims of the terror act committed 14 years ago – on March 19, 1999, – was held today in Vladikavkaz. The attack on the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz killed 52 people. The participants of the action laid flowers and wreaths at the monument to the dead.

21:00, 19 March 2013

At trial on Budanov's murder, prosecution announces list of proofs of Temerkhanov's guilt

Today, a new trial on the murder of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov was launched at the Moscow City Court (MCC).

20:00, 19 March 2013

In Batumi, 20 hunger-strikers seek to dismiss prosecutors

Since March 17, 2013, 20 local residents are on hunger strike in demand of resignation of prosecutors Adzharia and of investigation against them. The hunger-strikers assert that they had suffered from actions of five prosecutors.

19:00, 19 March 2013

State Duma holds second reading of the bill on governors' elections

Today, the Russian State Duma has adopted in the second reading the bill allowing the regions to decide themselves on the procedure of electing their governors.

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