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November 25, 2010 23:20

• Audit Chamber threatens to sue blogger for claiming money laundering at ESPO laying

  The Audit Chamber may sue blogger Alexei Navalny by asserting that the materials published in his blog about multi-billion embezzlements during construction of the pipeline "Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean" (ESPO) were untrue. The "Yabloko" Party demands disclosure of the results of the checks conducted by the Audit Chamber, about which the blogger writes.

November 25, 2010 23:10

• Ingushetia: earlier kidnapped Zurab Tsoloev returns home

  Zurab Tsoloev (Tseloev), who was kidnapped on October 29 from his house in Nazran by armed persons in masks and camouflage, was released on November 5 and returned home. As it turned out, he was detained by mistake.

November 25, 2010 23:00

• In Adygea, most of indigenous locals support Sochi Olympiad

  In total, 61.8 percent of the indigenous population of Adygea supports the idea of holding the Winter Olympics in Sochi; however, 25.1 percent are still neutral in their attitude to the Games. Besides, most of respondents find it important to use Adyg symbols during the Olympiad - these are the results of the polling conducted in Adygea from January to August 2010.

November 25, 2010 22:50

• "Memorial" employees evidence at Orlov vs. Kadyrov slander litigation

  The today's session at the Khamovniki Court of Moscow, considering the criminal case against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in connection with his statements about responsibility of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov for the murder of Natalia Estemirova began more than half an hour later, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports, because the judge had been considering another case.

November 25, 2010 22:40

• Relatives of soldier accused of murdering his comrades-in-arms in Karabakh believe that he was forced to confess

  Relatives and advocate of serviceman Manvel Azroyan soldier accused of killing four soldiers in a military unit of Nagorno-Karabakh do not exclude that the soldier's confession was obtained under pressure of law enforcement officials.

November 25, 2010 22:30

• One of major websites of Krasnodar Territory suffered from DDOS-attack

  Today, a DDOS-attack (Distributed Denial of Service) on the website "Zhivaya Kuban", which positions itself as the Internet diary of Krasnodar Territory, lasted for several hours.

November 25, 2010 22:20

• Trial on children's death in Eisk Spit reappointed on December 6

  Today, the Eisk City Court has postponed the trial on the death of six schoolchildren from the "Azov" Summer Camp in Eisk Spit.

November 25, 2010 22:00

• Directors and accountants of three kindergartens arrested in Georgia

  Personnel of the Department of Constitutional Security of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia arrested directors of six kindergartens and seven accountants in Kutaisi for accusation of misappropriation of budget money.

November 25, 2010 21:00

• Convicts Ryno and Skachevskiy are suspected of one more murder

  Investigation started new criminal proceedings on the clause "murder" against Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy formerly convicted for crimes on ethnic grounds, a source in Moscow law enforcement bodies reported.

November 25, 2010 20:00

• A telethon in support of Karabakh is starting in Los Angeles

  Telethon-2010 carried out by the All-Armenian Fund "Ayastan" which will be broadcasted from Los Angeles, this year has a slogan "Water is Life". The donations collected will be directed to financing of building water supply systems in Nagorno-Karabakh and assistance to the program of village development in Armenia.

November 25, 2010 19:00

• Drug policemen in Chechnya confiscated drugs from an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations

  On November, 23, in Shelkovskoy district of Chechnya, drug policemen detained an employee of fire-prevention service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations who is suspected of illegal drug storage.

November 25, 2010 18:00

• Journalists of Armenia held an action in support of Nikol Pashinyan

  Editors and journalists of several printed and online mass media of Armenia held an action of protest in Yerevan demanding from the authorities to "stop acts of violence committed in prison against Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of Armenian "New Times" paper" and release him immediately.

November 24, 2010 23:30

• Kadiev: Dagestani commission on militants' adaptation is idling; its lawyers were put in wrong

  In Dagestan, the system for returning militants to peaceful life is ineffective, lawyer Rasul Kadiev asserts. As an example he gives the case, when relatives of the missing resident of the republic Sheikhulislam Abusupyanov approached him as a member of the above commission. However, the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan failed to take steps to search him; and Abusupyanov was soon found murdered.

November 24, 2010 23:20

• President's Office of Affairs claims one million roubles from "Novaya Gazeta" for article on corruption in Sochi construction

  The Office of Affairs of the Russian President has filed a lawsuit on protection of honour, dignity and business reputation, as well on collection of one million roubles of compensation from the "Novaya Gazeta" for dissemination of false information, said Ekaterina Korotova, press secretary of the Basmanny Court of Moscow.

November 24, 2010 23:10

• Residents of Kuschevskaya file over 180 applications about crimes

  In the course of the reception session, residents of Kuschevskaya village, Krasnodar Territory, submitted over 180 allegations of crimes to the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO). Currently, all the received information is analyzed and summed up.

November 24, 2010 23:00

• Dagestan: OVD building shelled from grenade launcher

  Tonight, unidentified attackers made a shot from a rifle-attached grenade launcher at the building of the OVD (Interior Division) in the Dagestan city of Derbent. There are no casualties and victims, said a source from local law enforcement bodies.

November 24, 2010 23:00

• Girl of 12, who disappeared in Makhachkala, returns to family, but poorly recalls what happened to her

  Ruzana Ivanova, 12, whose disappearance in Makhachkala was earlier declared by her mother Elena Ivanova, a resident of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, returned to her relatives at night on November 17, having managed to escape from her kidnappers. Her relatives are dissatisfied with the progress of the investigation.

November 24, 2010 22:50

• Political prisoner Musheg Sagatelyan released in Armenia

  Today, Musheg Sagatelyan, an activist of the opposition and a member of the "Republic" Party, was let free from the criminal-correction institution "Nubarashen" after having served half of his sentence.

November 24, 2010 22:50

• Clergymen call traders in Grozny to honesty

  At the republic's shopping centre "Berkat" in Grozny, employees of the Centre of Spiritual and Moral Education and Development held an action with an appeal to fair trade. Traders in the marketplace were given letters; and sermons were read on the issue of fair trade.

November 24, 2010 22:40

• Soldier suspected of killing his four colleagues arrested in Nagorno-Karabakh

  One of the four soldiers, who were wounded in the incident in the Gadrut unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army - Manvel Azroyan - has been charged of murder one or more persons. His arrest was chosen as a freedom restriction measure, reports the Investigatory Service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.