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Adygea, Maikop, February 25, 2012, participants of the "Sotsprof" picket in support of small businesses. Photo by A. A. Solodukhin

23:00, 25 February 2012

"Sotsprof" picketers' "urge not to reorganize Maikop marketplaces

Today, the city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, hosted a picket, organized by the regional association of trade unions "Sotsprof". The protesters asked to address the problems of minor businesses, lack of places in kindergartens and delays in indexing workers' wages.

Students of the Adyg State University at the conference, Maikop, 2011. Courtesy of www.adygnet.ru

21:00, 25 February 2012

17 pupils and students take part in bloggers' contest in Adygea

The organizers of the first contest of young bloggers in Adygea expect that it will become a platform for realizing the potentials of the youth and will accustom them to actively expressing their civil position. The participants believe the contest to become their rewarding experience.

20:00, 25 February 2012

In Volgograd, ice falls from the roof and kills a man

A piece of ice weighing about a ton has killed a man in central Volgograd.

19:10, 25 February 2012

Leader of Conservative Party detained in Georgia

Lasha Chkhartishvili, one of the leaders of the Conservative Party of Georgia, was detained by policemen in central Tbilisi, in the Kikvidze Park.

19:00, 25 February 2012

Election campaign to start in Armenia on April 8

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved the schedule of activities relating to the conduct of the parliamentary elections. The election campaign will begin on April 8 and will be over on May 4.

18:00, 25 February 2012

Tarzan Kokoity refuses to run for presidency of South Ossetia

The former South-Ossetian president's representative in the parliament Tarzan Kokoity has refused to run for the presidency. Today, Mr Kokoity has addressed the Central Election Commission (CEC) with his appropriate statement, said the local CEC.

Colonel Kazbek Friev and film director Djanik Faiziev at the premiere of the movie "August. The Eighth", Vladikavkaz, February 25, 2012. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:00, 25 February 2012

Movie "August. The Eighth" presented in Vladikavkaz

On February 25, the city of Vladikavkaz saw the premiere of the movie "August. The Eighth", a story about the conflict in South Ossetia in 2008. After the screening, the film director Djanik Faiziev, actors and members of the filming crew addressed the audience.

15:00, 25 February 2012

Prosecutor's Office returns 19 land plots into Stavropol forest fund

The Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has returned 19 land plots back to the forest fund of Stavropol; now, about 400,000 trees will be planted there. According to the Office, the administration of the city had illegally granted the plots to individuals and legal entities.

Nina Dubovaya sends a letter to President of Russia through the terminal installed in the division of letters at No. 23 Sovetskaya Street in Sochi, February 24, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:00, 25 February 2012

Sochi launches a terminal "e-reception office of Russian president"

A terminal, by means of which people can send a verbal or written communication to the President of the Russian Federation in electronic form, was launched in Sochi. The new service is available from February 22.

13:00, 25 February 2012

Chechen MIA denies beating protesting builders

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic denies reports of disproportionate use of force at dispersal in Grozny of the rally of builders who had worked for Turkish construction companies.

23:00, 24 February 2012

Rally of builders from Turkish companies dispersed in Chechnya

Today in Grozny, near the central mosque, women and men, who had worked for the Turkish construction companies "Penta" and "Bora Inshaat" and who were not paid their wages, held a rally with a demand to the authorities to address their problems. In total, by different estimates, from 250 to 400 people took part in the action.

22:00, 24 February 2012

In Volgograd Region, educator detained on suspicion of beating a child

A six-year-old child was hospitalized unconscious into the intensive care unit of the Kotovo District of the Volgograd Region. The woman-educator of the family group is suspected for committing the crime, who, according to investigators, beat the child for his taking candies without a permit.

21:00, 24 February 2012

Djioeva not to ask for political asylum outside South Ossetia

Alla Djioeva, an ex-presidential candidate in South Ossetia, remains under guard in hospital of Tskhinvali. According to her story, she would not seek political asylum outside South Ossetia and Russia. Her supporters also report that she has failed to get at the hospital a copy of the official conclusion of the forensic examination on the fact of her bodily injuries.

20:00, 24 February 2012

In Kabardino-Balkaria, experts exhume bodies of children who died in Nalchik hospital

Experts have exhumed the bodies of six infants who died in the Republic's Children Clinical Hospital in Nalchik, said the spokesman for the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the ICRF.

18:00, 24 February 2012

There are 12 hunger-strikers in Lermontov now

Starting from today, because of poor health state of the hunger-strikers in the city of Lermontov, doctors will examine them three times a day. The protesters do not rule out that the prosecutor's office could tell that they were taking food by mistake. Today the number of the participants of the action has increased from 10 to 12 persons.

18:00, 24 February 2012

Defrauded housing investors hold protest in Baku

Today, approximately 50 shareholders of the construction Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) "Kyamran", "Fuad" and "Gen" held a protest in front of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan. The police pushed the demonstrators away from the building.

Picket with a demand of better access and higher quality of preschool education in Volgograd, February 24, 2012; Natalia Latyshevskaya, a Deputy of the Volgograd Regional Duma, addresses the protesters. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:00, 24 February 2012

Women of Volgograd hold picket demanding from authorities to address the problem of kindergartens

Today, Volgograd hosted a picket on availability and quality of preschool education. The protesters demanded to increase funding for the network of kindergartens; and in the existing ones – to increase funds per capita and educators' salaries. Natalia Latyshevskaya, a Deputy of the Volgograd Regional Duma, told the audience that the authorities were preparing a bill on compensations to those parents who cannot place their children in kindergarten.

15:00, 24 February 2012

Workers of Volgograd Shipyard ask to remove them from voters' lists of Russian presidential election

The workers of the Volgograd Ship-Building Factory (known as "VgSZ") do not want to go to the presidential election on March 4 and ask to delete them from voters' lists. This is stated in the open letter to the workers, which was signed by 63 persons.

13:00, 24 February 2012

Kalinovskaya: critics of Sochi Olympiad were not let to "Channel One" programme

A scandal burst out at filming the programme "Freedom and Justice" on "Channel One" of the Russian television. This is asserted by the participants invited from Sochi. The programme was on preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics; however, Natalia Kalinovskaya, the chair of the Sochi Territorial Self-Government Body (TOS) "Psou", could not get into the channel studio, although she arrived in Moscow at the invitation and expense of the programme.

12:00, 24 February 2012

Armenian singers refused to participate in “Eurovision-2012” in Baku

Armenian singers declared that they refused to take part in “Eurovision-2012” song contest in the capital of Azerbaijan in connection with “anti-Armenian policy” this state pursued.

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