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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

December 07, 2010 23:00

  • Mamuka Areshidze doubts that terror acts in Georgia were organized by Russian special agencies

    Experts in Georgia are actively discussing the arrest of six suspects of the autumn terror acts. According to Mamuka Areshidze, an expert in Caucasian matters, Russian security services are actively using residents of Abkhazia as their scouts in the territory of Georgia. A military expert Irakli Sesiashvili does not exclude that should the suspects' guilt be proved, a diplomatic scandal may burst out between the USA and Russia.

December 07, 2010 22:50

December 07, 2010 22:40

  • Wife and daughter of blogger Yanissimo at the Filatov Hospital in Moscow. Photo by http://yanissimo.livejournal.com Volgograd resident complains to Medvedev on poor work of hospitals

    A 27-year-old resident of Volgograd has posted in his blog under his nickname Yanissimo in LiveJournal an appeal to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev with complains against the obstacles he faced in treating his little daughter, deeply rooted into the health care system. His story has caused wide public resonance. Yesterday, on December 6, Mr Medvedev read the text of the open appeal.

December 07, 2010 22:30

December 07, 2010 22:20

  • Medvedev orders GPO to check facts from video appeal of inspector from Kuschevskaya

    Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has instructed Yuri Chaika, head of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), to supervise the investigation into the facts set forth in the video appeal of inspector Ekaterina Rogoza, who stated that investigators of the Kuschevskiy District, Krasnodar Territory, had been forced by their bosses to stop criminal cases.

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December 06, 2010 23:50

  • Armenia releases another political prisoner

    Gabriel Gabrielyan, convicted for participation in the demonstration on March 1, 2008, has been early released today from the penitentiary institution named "Hospital for Convicts".

December 06, 2010 23:40

  • Chechnya starts preventive "New Year Tree" operation

    In Chechnya, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have launched a large-scale prophylactic operation aimed to reduce the risk of fires and other emergencies in the days of the New Year celebrations.

December 06, 2010 23:20

  • Tbilisi International Film Festival opens today

    Today, Georgia will start the 11th Tbilisi International Film Festival. In December 6-12, in total about 100 films will be screened, represented by 19 countries, including Poland, Britain, Russia, Germany, Turkey, etc.

December 06, 2010 23:10

December 06, 2010 23:00

  • In the course of protest action in Krasnodar on December 5, militiamen detain Andrei Rudomakha (on the left), coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" Ecologists detained in Krasnodar released till trial

    Andrei Rudomakha and Suren Gazaryan, activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", detained by militia in Krasnodar in the course of their protest action on December 5, were sent home, after interference of local human rights defenders, till the sitting of the local magistrate court.

December 06, 2010 22:40

  • The place of the emergency landing of the "Dagestani Airlines" aircraft. Moscow, Domodedovo Airport, December 4, 2010. Photo was provided by a passenger Investigators have no priority version of Dagestani aircraft's accident in Domodedovo

    The considered versions of the emergency landing of the Tu-154 of "Dagestani Airlines" in Domodedovo include technical disorder of the craft before takeoff; failure of mechanisms of the aircraft after takeoff; error of the crew; and fuel of poor quality. At the moment, the Investigatory Committee of Russia does not move any of the above as a priority.

December 06, 2010 22:30

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December 06, 2010 20:00

  • Alekseeva: human rights activists' work in Ingushetia is an exploit

    Everyday activities in the sphere of defense of human rights and liberties in Ingushetia is an exploit, Liudmila Alekseeva, Chairman of Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), commented awarding the prize of MHG to Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of Ingush human rights center "MASHR" which was held on December, 5, in the hall of the Museum of Modern History of Russia in Moscow for a reporter of "Caucasian Knot".

December 06, 2010 19:00

  • A militiaman wounded a woman in Dagestan

    A woman got wounded as a result of militiamen's firing at a car the passengers of which refused to show their documents, a source in the Department of Interior Affairs of Makhachkala reported.

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