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22:10, 28 February 2012

Mikhail Saakashvili: Georgia to cancel visa regime for Russian citizens

Georgia is ready to cancel visa regime for citizens of Russia. This was announced by Mikhail Saakashvili in his annual report in the Parliament on February 28.

22:00, 28 February 2012

General Director of CCO in Chechnya dismissed for failure to pay wages

The leader of Chechnya dismissed Sultan Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Construction Office (CCO), from his position. The reason for dismissal of the top-ranking officer was in systematic failure to pay wages to workers of the organization. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the Office of the Chechen leader and the Government of the republic.

Fire suppression on tanker "Engineer Nazarov", February 28, 2012. Courtesy of the press service of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies for the Republic of Dagestan, www.05.mchs.gov.ru

21:00, 28 February 2012

Four persons were injured by fire on tanker at Makhachkala port, one of them deceased

The fire on the tanker "Engineer Nazarov" in the water areas of Makhachkala injured four persons, one of whom died. This was reported by the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Dagestan.

20:00, 28 February 2012

In Armenia, opposition holds rally to change election system

On February 28, in Yerevan, in front of the Armenian National Assembly building, a rally was held. The rally participants demanded the Parliament's approval of legislative initiate proposed by the opposition to introduce a 100-percent proportional election system.

19:00, 28 February 2012

Milan authorities to name one of streets after Anna Politkovskaya

The City Council of Milan decided to immortalize the memory of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist from the "Novaya Gazeta". It was decided to name one of the streets after her.

18:00, 28 February 2012

In Lermontov, hospitalized hunger-striker continues to protest at hospital

Mikhail Markus, a 75-year-old participant of the hunger strike held in the town of Lermontov, who was emergently hospitalized last night, was transferred from a resuscitation ward into a therapeutic unit. The pensioner continues his hunger strike. According to recent reports, the protest action involves 17 persons.

23:50, 27 February 2012

Ecologist attacked in Krasnodar Territory

On February 24, in the Krasnodar Territory, unidentified persons inflicted bodily injuries to Igor Golubenkov, a co-chair of the public organization "Save Taman" and assistant of the Deputy of the Temryuk Settlement Council. According to the victim, the attack was customized.

23:50, 27 February 2012

In Lermontov, hunger-striker of 75 hospitalized

Mikhail Markus, 75, one of the protesters against elections to the City Council of Lermontov, was taken to the intensive care unit after several days of hunger strike, a medic from the first aid city centre has reported today.

Participants of the rally "For Fair Elections" in Astrakhan, February 26, 2012. Photo by Sergey Kozhanov

23:40, 27 February 2012

Rally "For Fair Elections" in Astrakhan attracted about a hundred persons

On February 26, in Astrakhan, an oppositional rally "For Fair Elections" took place. The action adopted a resolution and collected signatures to the letter to the Prosecutor's Office demanding to address the systemic refusals to sanction rallies and transfer them from away from administrative buildings to sleeping districts.

23:20, 27 February 2012

Dagestan: policemen who failed to detain a criminal sacked

Four policemen, in whose eyes Abdullah Magomedov, a resident of the village of Tsekob, Shamil District of Dagestan, was shot dead in the Republic's Drug Treatment Clinic, have been fired for not attempting to detain the killer.

Participants of the rally "For Fair Elections" in Rostov-on-Don, February 26, 2012. Photo by Olesya Dianova for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:10, 27 February 2012

Rally "For Fair Elections!" was 300 strong in Rostov-on-Don

On February 26, a rally "For Fair Elections!" in Theatre Square of Rostov-on-Don brought together about 300 people. It is much smaller than at previous similar actions. Most of the protesters came there either with colourful banners or with flags of almost all oppositional parties and movements.

23:00, 27 February 2012

Ukraine confirms prevention of attempt on Putin

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has confirmed that jointly with Russian special services they had disrupted plans of terrorists to prepare an attempt on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Motor rally "For Fair Elections" in Pyatigorsk, February 26, 2012. Courtesy of the community "Motor rally in Pyatigorsk", vk.com

22:40, 27 February 2012

Kavminvody activists take part in motor rally "For Fair Elections" held in Pyatigorsk

The action in the form of a motor rally "For Fair Elections", held on February 26 in Pyatigorsk, was attended by about thirty cars, representing not only Pyatigorsk, but other cities of the region known as the Caucasian Mineral Waters (Kavminvody).

22:30, 27 February 2012

Defendant in Nalchik attack case confesses of slandering Kudaev and Nogerov under torture

In Kabardino-Balkaria, at the trial on the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, the defendant Azamat Akhkubekov, accused of attacking the road-and-post point "Khasanya", said that he had slandered Rasul Kudaev and Rasul Nogerov under torture and pressure from law enforcers.

Rally "For Fair Elections" in the village of Khuchni, Tabasaran District; Ruziyat Nadirova is speaking; Dagestan, February 27, 2012. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:20, 27 February 2012

In Dagestan, rally "For Fair Elections" gathers about 700 residents of Tabasaran District

Today, about 700 people took part in the rally "For Fair Elections" held in the village of Khuchni, Tabasaran District of Dagestan. After the event, opposition candidates have submitted applications to the Territorial Election Commission (TEC) to withdraw their candidates from the elections for deputies of the District Assembly.

22:10, 27 February 2012

In Sochi, ten residents hold picket "For Fair Elections"

Today, from midday till 4 p.m., in front of the Sochi administration a sanctioned picket "For Fair Elections" was held, which was attended by 10 locals.

Astrakhan, No. 151 Nikolai Ostrovsky Street, February 27, 2012, relatives and friends of the residents of the collapsed house in the place of the tragedy. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:00, 27 February 2012

Tenant prone to suicide lived in collapsed house in Astrakhan, other residents assert

Residents of the house in Astrakhan, part of which has collapsed as a result of explosion, assert that the local resident, prone to suicide, could be involved in the incident. Thus, they confirm the position of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), which included a gas explosion, a suicide attempt and a terror act into the main versions.

21:00, 27 February 2012

Baku Appeal Court leaves blogger Gadjiev in custody

On February 27, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Vagif Mursaglov, dismissed the complaint of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev against denial of his release under conventional early relief (CER).

Residents of Lermontov at a rally in support of hunger-striking candidates to the City Council, February 26, 2012. Photo by Alexander Sysoev, http://asysoev.rf

19:00, 27 February 2012

Fifteen hundred came in Lermontov to support hunger-strikers

On February 26, an action in support of the hunger-striking candidates for Deputies of the Lermontov City Council was held in the form of a meeting of citizens with Ilya Drozdov, the former coordinator of the Stavropol Regional Branch of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), now a Deputy of the Russian State Duma.

18:00, 27 February 2012

On February 20-26, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

At least two persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period from February 20 to February 26: one person was killed and one wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on their own materials and information from other public sources.

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