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23:00, 14 March 2012

"Caucasian Knot" awarded with Geuzenpenning Medal

The "Caucasian Knot" has won a prestigious award – the Geuzenpenning Medal. The presentation ceremony of the Medal, awarded to the edition for its human rights activities, was held on March 13 in the Netherlands.

22:00, 14 March 2012

In Armenia, picketers at Mashtots Park report on dispersing of action by police

In the park near Mashtots Avenue, police disperses the participants of the sitting day-and-night picket. This was reported by the activist Mariam Sukhudyan.

21:00, 14 March 2012

Electricity supply to inhabitants of Imereti Lowland restored

The electricity supply to the houses of the inhabitants of the Imereti Lowland in Sochi, which was interrupted as a result of rupture of power cable, was restored.

20:00, 14 March 2012

Police reports on disclosure of "Imarat Kavkaz" branch in Volga penal colony

The activity of the religious organization of the North-Caucasian militants "Imarat Kavkaz" in one of the correctional facilities of the Volga District was suppressed. This was reported by the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). About 30 persons were detained on the case.

19:14, 14 March 2012

Activists Gazaryan and Dutlov, detained in Tuapse, sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest

Today, the Tuapse District Court held two trials against Suren Gazaryan, the member of the Board of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the member of the "Yabloko" Party, his lawyer, and Viktor Dutlov, the member of the "Yabloko" Party.

19:00, 14 March 2012

Relatives of bodyguards of President of South Ossetia, killed in Vladikavkaz, intend to challenge court decision

Relatives of the state bodyguards of ex-South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, perished in the nightclub "Retro", do not agree with the sentence to Albert Tsgoev, accused of the murder, and intend to challenge it. This was announced by the sister of deceased Oleg Ikaev.

18:00, 14 March 2012

Authorities announce record investments in Dagestan and establish investment support centre

In 2011, investors allocated to the economy of Dagestan 135 billion roubles. To monitor qualitatively the investment projects, the "Centre for Investment Promotion" will be established in the republic. This was announced by Magomedsalam Magomedov, the leader of Dagestan.

16:00, 14 March 2012

Rostov Region to test all ninth grade pupils for drug use

In the new school year, schools of the Rostov Region start testing for drugs of pupils of ninth grade. This was announced by Tatiana Bykovskaya, Health Minister of the Region. To perform the testing, the Region has purchased high-tech mobile laboratories.

15:00, 14 March 2012

Lawyers of Oleg Gagiev, sentenced in Rostov Region to life imprisonment, treat verdict as unjustified

Lawyers of Oleg Gagiev, who was sentenced by the North-Caucasian District Military Court to life imprisonment on charges of resonant murders in North Ossetia, treat the verdict pronounced on March 13 as unjustified and intend to challenge it. In his turn, the prosecutor in the criminal case stated that only such a sentence would be lawful.

12:00, 14 March 2012

In Sochi, pensioner Chubenko receives documents for room to live in

On March 13, officials from the apartment and legal service of the city of Sochi gave the 75-year-old Nadezhda Chubenko the resolution of the City Mayor on allocation to her a room in a social house.

06:00, 14 March 2012

Alla Djioeva's Open Letter to President-Elect of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

23:00, 13 March 2012

Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsman visit detainees after riots in Guba

On March 13, people from the office of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan visited five detainees in the context of events in Guba on March 1, currently kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), situated in the village of Kyurdakhany.

22:00, 13 March 2012

Restart of ammunition causes people's complaints in Astrakhan

With the restart of blasting works aimed to dispose obsolete ammunition at the military training ground "Ashuluk", seismic quakes are again registered in the Astrakhan Region.

21:00, 13 March 2012

Victims of gas explosion in Vladikavkaz ask not to punish the defendant

The victims of the explosion of a gas cylinder at the wedding party in Vladikavkaz on June 25, 2011, ask not to punish the defendant Vadim Vazagov.

20:00, 13 March 2012

Ecologist Suren Gazaryan complains of beating and confiscation of equipment near summer cottage of Governor of Krasnodar Territory

Beatings, seizure of equipment and forced detentions were reported today by Suren Gazaryan, a member of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", and his advocate Victor Dutlov; the incident happened in the Krasnodar Territory, in the forest near the summer cottage of Governor Alexander Tkachov.

19:00, 13 March 2012

Major entrepreneurs run for Armenian Parliament

In Armenia, a few major businessmen, including incumbent MPs, have announced their decision to participate in the elections to the National Assembly, scheduled for May 6, 2012.

18:00, 13 March 2012

All casualties of special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria identified

All the six persons killed during the special operation conducted in the settlement of Mir in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria have been identified as Arslan Gegraev, Rustam Zhuboev, Zalimkhan Khakonov, Azret Suyunbaev, Abdul Zhanikaev and Diana Gulieva, the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (IC RF) has reported.

17:00, 13 March 2012

Rustam Aushev was kidnapped by power agents of Ingushetia, his lawyer reports

Rustam Aushev, a resident of Ingushetia, was kidnapped in the city of Minvody by FSB agents from Ingushetia and now may be kept in Magas, said Magomed Gandaur-Egi, Mr Aushev's lawyer. He asked rights defenders to find out the exact whereabouts of the defendant. The FSB Department for Ingushetia said that they knew nothing about Aushev's whereabouts.

15:00, 13 March 2012

Figurant of case on terror act in Vladikavkaz marketplace sentenced to 16 years

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has announced the verdict to Suliman Khashagulgov, the defendant in the case of the terror act committed in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010. He was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment in a high security colony.

14:00, 13 March 2012

Court sentences Cherkes Rustamov to life imprisonment for committing terror act in Stavropol

The Stavropol Regional Court found Cherkes Rustamov, a 22-year-old native of Dagestan, guilty of committing a terror act in May 2010 near the Palace of Culture and Sports in the centre of the city of Stavropol. The Court's decision sentenced Cherkes Rustamov to life imprisonment.

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