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November 26, 2010 22:50

• Head of Kayakent ROVD wounded by explosion in Dagestan

  Late at night on November 25 unidentified persons threw a grenade into the car of the head of the Kayakent ROVD (District Interior Division) in Dagestan; the militiaman was slightly wounded, as reported by regional law enforcement bodies.

November 26, 2010 22:40

• Relatives of Shakov and Beshkurov, detained in Kabardino-Balkaria, are sure of their innocence

  Relatives of Mohammed Shakov and Islam Beshkurov, detained in Kabardino-Balkaria and suspected of illegal possession of ammunition, declare innocence of these guys and demand investigation into their beatings. Their advocate asserts that after arrival of the petition about illegal methods of investigation to the prosecutor's office, filed on November 19, his clients have not yet been interrogated.

November 26, 2010 22:20

• Georgian opposition holds protest again

  In Tbilisi, at the building of the Parliament, another rally of opposition parties is held today; about 500 have gathered for the action.

November 26, 2010 22:10

• Strasbourg Court obliges Russia to pay more than 240,000 euros to relatives of casualties in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made a decision on the murder of four young residents of Chechnya in 2000.

November 26, 2010 22:00

• In Armenia, 50 environmental groups protest against building dolphinarium in Yerevan park

  International and Armenian public ecological organization demand from city authorities of Yerevan and Armenian leaders to stop construction of dolphinarium in the Komitas Park.

November 26, 2010 22:00

• In Ingushetia, a car blown up and a man wounded

  An explosive device was triggered tonight in the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, under the bottom of a car; the driver has suffered, said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.

November 26, 2010 21:00

• Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office: children's home teachers punished pupils by placing them in mental clinic

  Violations of pupils' rights have been revealed in the state educational institution "Volgograd Children's Home": as punishment, children were placed in mental hospital for forced treatment. This was reported by the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

November 26, 2010 20:00

• A group of persons who had forged certificates of employment of State Security Service and sold them in Northern Caucasus detained in Moscow

  A group of people who have manufactured and sold forged certificates of employees of State Security Service in Northern Caucasus has been arrested in Moscow. The certificates had been used for committing grave and especially grave crimes, Center of Public Relations of the Department of State Security Service reported on November, 25.

November 26, 2010 19:00

• Chief of Novorossiisk customs suspended from office

  Victor Tsyganov, Chief of Novorossiisk customs suspected of abuse of authority, has been suspended from office. This news came on November, 25.

November 26, 2010 18:00

• A human rights activist from South Osetia states that she is denied meetings with her son who is in custody

  Fatima Margieva, a human rights activist from South Osetia whose son is currently in prison in Tshkinval, states that although Dmitry Kaloev in connection with the state of his health had already been taken to a resuscitation unit of a hospital she has not yet got a permission to visit him. Margieva is going to appeal to Russian human rights activists for help.

November 25, 2010 23:40

• Explosion in a cafe in Ingushetia

  Tonight, an explosion happened in a cafe in the city of Nazran in Ingushetia, located near the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway.

November 25, 2010 23:30

• Residents of Dagestan complain of difficulties in obtaining maternal capital

  Facts of corruption associated with payment of maternal capital in Dagestan were announced at the meeting of Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), by candidate for the newly-created Public Council of the NCFD. Residents of the republic said that a maternal capital certificate can be obtained only after paying a bribe.

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.