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March 16, 2010 22:00

• South Ossetia to spend this night in darkness

  Today, from early morning repair crews have left for the place of the accident, where electricity power lines got broken; however, they could not reach the point named Dzomag, where one of the most serious accidents in these two days happened. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of South Ossetia, the search of broken places would restart on March 17 from 6 in the morning.

March 16, 2010 22:00

• EU Mission in Georgia names "Imedi" actions irresponsible

  The "Chronicle" simulated by the "Imedi" TV Company could destabilize the situation in conflict zones in Georgia. This was stated today by the Observation Mission of the European Union in Georgia.

March 16, 2010 21:40

• Angela Sineok: trial of "Chernovik" in Dagestan is meaningful

  The litigation against the newspaper "Chernovik" (Blueprint) in Dagestan should affect the enforcing practice of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Kindling hatred or enmity and humiliation of one's dignity". This was stated by Angela Sineok, Director of the Rostov Regional Centre (RRC) "Law and Mass Media". In her opinion, at present the authorities use this article to suppress the freedom of speech.

March 16, 2010 21:20

• US apologizes to Azeri students for wrong data on drug addicts

  The US embassy in Azerbaijan has apologized for incorrect data in the report of the Department of State (DoS) on the situation with drugs in this country. On March 2, the DoS reported that Azerbaijan has about 100,000 students-drug addicts.

March 16, 2010 21:00

• Georgia's Communications Commission compels "Imedi" to apologize for "special report"

  Georgian communications regulator found the hoax report about invasion of Russian troops into Georgia broadcast by the "Imedi" TV Company to be a breach of journalistic ethics; however, decided not to cancel its license. The scandalous report was criticised by politicians and journalists in the West and in Russia, as well as the Georgian opposition.

March 16, 2010 20:00

• Money reward announced for information about Maksharip Aushev's killers

  Relatives and friends of the Ingush human rights activist Maksharip Aushev who was assassinated last October in Kabardino-Balkaria are conducting their investigation of the crime and have announced a reward for any information about his murderers. The sum of the reward makes 500,000 US dollars. In the opinion of Musa Pliev, advocate of the Aushevs, the investigation is inactive.

March 16, 2010 19:00

• Storms rage in Georgia: hundreds of houses flooded, electricity supplies unstable

  Several villages of Eastern Georgia have been flooded as a result of showers incessant for several days. Floods and rains caused electricity supply problems in the area: 122,000 residents are without power, while today the high-mountainous Onsk District in Western Georgia was cut off from the outer world by a landslide, which rushed down on the 11th kilometre of the Kutaisi-Altana-Mamisoni highway. As reported by the "Imedi" TV Company, the landslide was caused by heavy showers.

March 16, 2010 18:00

• UN experts: Olympic preparations in Sochi damage environment irreparably

  Experts of the United Nations have published a special report summing up the January inspection held by the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) mission and accusing Russian officials of protracting with their decision-making on mitigating negative effects of Olympic preparations on the ecology.

March 15, 2010 23:50

• War films presented in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Within the Project "Cinema Dialogues", the city of Stepanakert hosted a presentation of films dedicated to the conflict in the region and created by young journalists - authors of documentaries from Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

March 15, 2010 23:00

• Militiamen were attacked twice in Kabardino-Balkaria

  On March 13 and 14, in Kabardino-Balkaria, two attacks on law enforcers were committed; fortunately, without victims.

March 15, 2010 22:40

• Owners of Chechen forum report a powerful hacker's attack

  A powerful hacker's DDoS attack on the Chechen forum named "Adamalla.com" and opened in Europe lasted for several days. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by an E-mail sent by the administration of the website.

March 15, 2010 21:50

• Russian media to bring action on "Imedi" for using their video materials

  Russian information resources will go to court against the "Imedi" TV Channel for the illegal, in their opinion, use of their materials in the scandalous report about alleged invasion of Russian troops into Georgia and assassination of President Saakashvili.

March 15, 2010 21:20

• North-Ossetian "Rospotrebnadzor" refuses conciliating with "Electrozink"

  Today, at the Arbitration Court of Vladikavkaz, the Department of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) in North Ossetia rejected an amicable agreement on the lawsuit with the "Electrozink" Factory. In the opinion of the Department's representatives, the terms of the agreement fail to meet the requirements for creating a due sanitary-protective zone around the enterprise.

March 15, 2010 21:00

• "Dosh" journalists: they took us for foreigners

  Israpil Shovkhalov, editor-in-chief and Abdullah Duduev, chief-editor, of the Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh", detained by unknown power agents in Ingushetia, told the details of the incident and expressed their opinion that people of the Ingush President had nothing to do with it. They also supported the MIA's version that they could have been taken for foreign journalists.

March 15, 2010 20:00

• In Dagestan, "Chernovik" trial postponed for studying petitions

  Today, another hearing was held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on the criminal case initiated against journalists of the local weekly "Chernovik", accused of kindling national, racial and religious enmity. After interrogation of several witnesses, the litigation was postponed till March 16 because of necessity for the judge to study the submitted petitions.

March 15, 2010 19:00

• Patarkatsishvili family demands "Imedi" back

  The family of the deceased businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, who was the founder of "Imedi", has treated the hoax about invasion of Russian troops into the country as a provocative experiment and demanded to immediately return the confiscated TV Company back to them.

March 15, 2010 18:00

• Russia's MFA calls international community to condemn "Imedi" for "report" on invasion into Georgia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation has treated the report about simulated Russian invasion into Georgia put on air by the "Imedi" TV Company as irresponsible and immoral. Andrei Nesterenko, official spokesman of the MFA, expressed hope that the international community would duly appraise the incident. A number of western diplomats have already made their damning statements to this end.

March 13, 2010 21:00

• Dagestan ambiguous as regards juries

  On March 15, the Russian Constitutional Court will consider the compliance of the amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP) adopted in December 2008, which cancelled the option of jurymen in a number of litigations, with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. In Dagestan, differing opinions can be heard on criminal trials by juries.

March 13, 2010 20:00

• In Kalmykia, Burulov's claim on defence of honour and dignity denied

  The court has rejected the claim lodged by Mayor of Elista against mass media on defence of his honour, dignity and business reputation.

March 13, 2010 19:00

• "Caucasian Knot" sums up its third photo contest

  The outcomes of the third contest of photo works "From civil journalism – to civil action", held by the Internet medium "Caucasian Knot".