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22:00, 16 February 2012

Azerbaijani journalist receives Gerd Bucerius Award

The journalist from Azerbaijan Khadija Ismailova has become one of five winners of Award "The Free Press of Eastern Europe," named after Gerd Bucerius and awarded by the German Foundation "Zeit-Stiftung" and the Norwegian Foundation "Free Speech".

21:00, 16 February 2012

Court extends Rasul Mirzaev's arrest until May 17

The Presnya Court of Moscow has repeatedly addressed the issue of extension of the arrest of the sambo fighter Rasul Mirzaev, after whose punch the 19-year-old Muscovite Ivan Agafonov died, and decided to keep the athlete in custody until May 17.

20:00, 16 February 2012

In Grozny, two children kidnappers detained

Two young women, residents of Grozny, were detained by law enforcers on charges of kidnapping two young boys for ransom, the local MIA asserts.

A pelican that perish from starvation on a Makhachkala beach, February 15, 2012. Courtesy of the Dagestani Branch of the HRC "Memorial"

19:00, 16 February 2012

Rights defenders report death of pelicans in Makhachkala Bay

The pelicans, who settled there because of abnormal frosts, are dying in Makhachkala Bay. The staff of the Dagestani Ministry of Natural Resources has stopped feeding the birds, the Dagestani Regional Branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" asserts. The ministry denies this information.

Protest action against construction of kiosks in a Yerevan park, February 16, 2012. Photo: www.1in.am

18:00, 16 February 2012

After meeting Mayor, activists decide to continue protests against building kiosks in Yerevan park

The members of the initiative groups "We are owners of this city" and "Our city", who demand to suspend the transfer of the kiosks dismantled in Abovyan Street to the public park near Mashtots Avenue, were not satisfied with the outcomes of their meeting with the Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan and decided to continue their protests. The Mayor promised that no construction would be run in the city at the expense of green zones.

16:00, 16 February 2012

Four Georgian sailors ask for help in Sukhumi port

Four Georgian sailors, who are staying for about a year aboard the Turkish cargo ship Hakki Cillioglu in the Sukhumi port, ask to help them to return home. The Abkhazian party denied information about detention of sailors.

14:10, 16 February 2012

The gunmen of Dagestan confirmed emir Daudov’s death, members of power ministries report appointment of a new leader of the underground

The gunmen confirmed that leader of armed underground of the republic Ibrahimhalil Daydov (known as emir Salih among the gunmen) was killed in Dagestan. Sheikh Abdusalam, ethnic Turk, became his successor, a source in power-wielding structures of NCFO reports.

12:00, 16 February 2012

Four persons perished as a result of an explosion in a vessel

Four people perished and one got wounded as a result of an explosion in a vessel standing at a dock of Bakinskaya bay in the settlement of Zykh, Press secretary of State Nautical Administration of Azerbaijan (SNAA) Er-Salam Aliev reported.

11:00, 16 February 2012

A presentation of a joint Georgian-Ossetian film “Trace of War” passed off in Tbilisi

A presentation of a joint documentary by a Georgian and an Ossetian producer “Trace of War” narrating about friendship between a man from Georgia and one from South Ossetia passed off on February, 15, in “Rustaveli” cinema, Tbilisi.

08:00, 16 February 2012

Athletes from Northern Caucasus acknowledged the best weightlifters of 2011

Natives of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia Khajimurat Akkaev and Svetlana Tsarukaeva are the best weightlifters of 2011. This was acknowledged based on the results of voting held by “World Weightlifting” journal together with International Weightlifting Federation.

23:00, 15 February 2012

Levinson: Jehovah's Witnesses are deliberately pictured as enemies

The religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses has announced 197 cases of violations of their rights in the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) of Russia after the religious organization was banned in the Rostov Region in 2009. Expert's opinions on the operation principles of the community in Russia remain controversial: some of them still believe that Jehovah's Witnesses fail to observe the Russian legislation. Others are certain that the community is persecuted for ideological and political reasons.

22:00, 15 February 2012

At trial of ex-employees of Ingush MIA witness speaks in Nalgiev's defence

Today, the Karabulak Court of Ingushetia held a session on the case of former employees of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, accused of torturing their detainees. During the court session, Gazdieva, a defence witness was questioned and asserted that Ilyas Nalgiev had an alibi.

21:00, 15 February 2012

10 victims of explosion in Volgograd cafe brought to Moscow

A special flight of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) with ten victims of the explosion in the Volgograd cafe has landed in Moscow today.

Aslan Khutov, photo borrowed from the social network "VKontakte"

19:00, 15 February 2012

Karachay-Cherkessia to hold charity action in support of 17-year-old Aslan Khutov

On February 17, in Karachay-Cherkessia, the Drama Theatre of the city of Cherkessk will host a charity concert in support of the 17-year-old Aslan Khutov, who was diagnosed a malignant tumour of the spinal cord. His relatives are raising money, including through social networks.

18:00, 15 February 2012

Victims' defence insists on new examination in Mirzaev's case

Advocates of Ivan Agafonov's family expect that law enforcement bodies will agree to conduct a new examination in the case of world champion in mixed martial arts Rasul Mirzaev accused of causing death by negligence to Muscovite Ivan Agafonov.

17:00, 15 February 2012

Inspectors are considering three versions of Ismailov's murder

The investigation has chosen three versions of the murder of Kurban Ismailov, Deputy Mufti of the Stavropol Territory. So far, they have no suspects. Today the religious leader was buried in his homeland.

15:00, 15 February 2012

Volgograd Region: former militiamen convicted for committing mass murder

The Volgograd Regional Court has sentenced three members of a criminal grouping accused of killing four people. All the three are former law enforcers.

14:00, 15 February 2012

Alla Djioeva may apply for political asylum outside South Ossetia and Russia

Alla Djioeva, a former South-Ossetian presidential candidate, is ready to continue – when she recovers – insisting on recognition of her victory at the election; however, she does not exclude her quitting politics and turn to one of the countries for political asylum.

Building for divine services "Kingdom Hall" belonging to the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Stavropol. Courtesy of the gptu-navsegda.livejournal.com

12:00, 15 February 2012

Jehovah's Witnesses report 197 cases of violation of their rights in SFO and NCFO after prohibition of the community in Rostov region

From December, 8, 2009, when the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation liquidated the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog and prohibited the activities of believers of this confession in two more districts of Rostov region, till the end of 2001, 197 cases of violation of the rights of this religious organization took place in the South of Russia. This was told to the “Caucasian Knot” in the Management Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

11:00, 15 February 2012

A break was announced in the trial on Novikov’s case in the court of Krasnodar

On February, 14, the third trial in Krasnodar regional court passed off during which the question of taking Dmitry Novikov, retired judge of Khosta district of Sochi, into custody. A break in the trial was announced till February, 16.

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