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16:00, 17 December 2012

NGOs of Russia and the “Eastern Partnership” are going to monitor electoral democratic character

Twelve non-governmental organizations from Russia, the countries of European Union and member states of “Eastern Partnership” EU program instituted an alliance: European Platform for democratic election (EPDE) whose goal is to secure electoral democratic character.

15:30, 17 December 2012

Ecologists of Volgograd ask to intensify state control of the quality of children’s goods

Within the framework of international project “Toxic metals in children’s goods” ecologists of Volgograd studied children’s toys and costume jewellery on sale in trading networks of the city. High content of toxic metals was discovered in every third sample of toys.

15:00, 17 December 2012

Ruslan Kutaev: two men kidnapped in Chechnya

Two men, Mikail Dautov and Imam Arkhimirzoev, were kidnapped by unknown people in the settlement of Valerik, Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya, after the evening prayer on December, 16, Ruslan Kutaev, President of Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus and Head of international Committee for problems of Northern Caucasus, reported. Law enforcement officers are sure that there is no question of kidnapping.

19:34, 14 December 2012

Figurant in the case of attack on Nalchik says he did not shall OMON base

At the trial of the attack on Nalchik, the defendant Amur Khakulov gave his testimony; according to the investigation, he was a member of the grouping, which attacked the OMON (riot police) base in Kabardino-Balkaria. According to Khakulov, he did not know about the attack and did not make a single shot.

18:58, 14 December 2012

Sochi: "Olympstroy" seeking to ban visiting beaches of Imereti Lowland

Today, the Adler District Court of Sochi will hear the lawsuit lodged by the State Corporation (SC) "Olympstroy" against Natalia Kalinovskaya, the chair of the territorial public self-government "Psou", and her deputy Svetlana Berestenyova on removal of obstacles to the use by the SC "Olympstroy" of the land of the coastline.

18:23, 14 December 2012

Rights activists share CPJ's findings about persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan

Human rights activists of Azerbaijan share the concerns of the international "Committee to Protect Journalists" (CPJ) based in New York about the fate of the media people arrested in the country. They agree with the assessment of the CPJ and also urge the Azerbaijani authorities to release the arrested journalists and human rights defenders.

18:00, 14 December 2012

Public stops construction of cement plant in North Ossetia

As reported on December 12 to the press conference by Valentin Bazrov, the deputy chairman of the government of North Ossetia, the construction of the cement plant in Alagir was suspended because of dissatisfaction of local residents.

17:45, 14 December 2012

In Azerbaijan, two suspects of riots in Guba sentenced to 4 and 5 years in prison; seven more – conditionally

Today, the Guba District Court in Azerbaijan has announced the verdict to nine persons accused of disorders (riots) in the city of Guba. Two of them received real sentences, and seven more were sentenced conditionally. Yesterday, on December 13, on the same events eight more persons were sentenced, including six of them – conditionally.

17:17, 14 December 2012

Doctor Marat Gunashev, detained in Makhachkala, was secretly taken to North Ossetia, his advocate says

The advocate of the anaesthetist Marat Gunashev, detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Akhmed Magomedov, the Chief of the UVD (Interior Department) of Makhachkala, said that his client had been was illegally taken out of Dagestan and his life is in danger.

16:58, 14 December 2012

Second suspect of murdering Kazbek Gekkiev identified in the KBR

The law enforcement agencies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have identified the second suspect in the murder of journalist Kazbek Gekkiev, said the Russia's Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev. It is Inoyat Tabukhov, 24, a native of Nalchik, said the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

16:39, 14 December 2012

Anvar Guseinov's advocates present video to the court with his story about torture at Khasavyurt ROVD

On December 13, during a session of the Khasavyurt District Court, which considers the case of Anvar Guseinov, the defence released a video in which the defendant tells about his torture at the local ROVD (District Interior Division).

15:40, 14 December 2012

ECtHR requests data on Buzurtanov's kidnapping from Russian authorities

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the request for application of urgent measures under Rule 40 of the Regulations of the ECtHR regarding the kidnapping in North Ossetia of Akhmed Buzurtanov, a resident of the village of Maiskoye, the lawyer Musa Pliev said today.

15:00, 14 December 2012

MCC found Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty in Politkovskaya's murder case

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, today the Moscow City Court (MCC) has found Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty in the murder case of the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. The court has also obliged him to pay three million roubles to the children of the late journalist as compensation of moral harm.

21:00, 13 December 2012

Ruslan Djappuev: my pregnant daughter was in blocked house in Tyrnyauz

Ruslan Djappuev, a resident of the village of Bylym, insists that his pregnant daughter Indira Djappueva and her father-in-law were inside the private house in the city of Tyrnyauz, where a special operation was conducted.

20:00, 13 December 2012

Khloponin: 2 billion roubles to be allotted to restore Derbent

As reported by Alexander Khloponin, the plenipotentiary envoy of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), after a meeting at the Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, "in the near future" two billion roubles will be allocated for elimination of consequences of the flood in Derbent. The flood-affected people say that now, two months after the disaster, the city is still "in a deplorable state."

19:29, 13 December 2012

Azerbaijan announces verdict to a group of figurants in the Guba riots case

Today, the Guba District Court has announced the verdict at the trial of a group of eight defendants accused of organizing disorders in the city of Guba. Two defendants were sentenced to real imprisonment, six more were given conditional terms.

18:45, 13 December 2012

Woman from Makhachkala states disappearance of her husband

A disappearance of the 42-year-old resident of Makhachkala Gadji Akhmedov, a father of five babies, said his wife Patimat Akhmedova. She does not rule out that her husband could have been kidnapped.

18:00, 13 December 2012

Over 50 residents of Adygea came to Maikop to picket in support of Syrian Circassians

The picketers arrived from different regions of Adygea, including students and several Syrian Circassians. According to Sergey Koblev, a member of the "Adyge Khase", since the mass action had not been agreed with the authorities, they held solo pickets.

17:19, 13 December 2012

During the trial on the case of Budanov’s murder Public Prosecutor’s office interrogated an investigator

Trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder on June, 10, 2011, was continued in Moscow city court today. An investigator who participated in search of the defendant’s flat was among the witnesses interrogated in court.

16:58, 13 December 2012

Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia declared impossibility of Givi Targamadze’s extradition to Russia

Givi Targamadze’s extradition to Russia is impossible, inquiry concerning him can be carried out only inside the country, Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia declared. However, according to a representative of the office, Georgia has not yet received the respective request from the Russian party on the issue.

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