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23:00, 12 January 2012
In Volgograd, TEC head sacked
The Volgograd Regional Central Election Commission (CEC) has dismissed Sergey Smirnov, the chairman of one of territorial election commissions (TECs), who on December 6, 2011, refused to recount the votes in his district after the State Duma elections.
Skiing area on the hillside of Cheget Mount in the Mount Elbrus vicinity, Kabardino-Balkaria, 2010. Photo by Marziyat Kholaeva
22:30, 12 January 2012
About 3000 spent New Year holidays near Mount Elbrus
In early 2012, during the New Year and Christmas holidays, the vicinities of Mount Elbrus welcomed about three thousand tourists, two times less than last year, said the press-service of the administration of the Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Inside the burned down Church Surb Nshan in Tbilisi, January 11, 2012. Photo: http://times.am
22:20, 12 January 2012
Leaders of AAC call on Georgian authorities to save Surb Nshan
The Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has issued a statement expressing concern about the fact of collapse of the Armenian Church Surb Nshan in Tbilisi and calling on the Georgian authorities to take immediate steps to save it.
22:10, 12 January 2012
Dagestan: explosion in medical centre injures two persons
An explosion occurred in a private medical centre "Med-Luxe" in Kizlyar, which wounded two persons. The reasons of the explosion are being established, said the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Dagestan.
Orthodox volunteers hand out leaflets and brochures against abortion. Rostov Region, township of Matveev-Kurgan, January 11, 2012. Courtesy of the press service of the Rostov-on-Don Eparchy
22:00, 12 January 2012
Two anti-abortion rallies held in Rostov Region
On January 11, believers of Rostov-on-Don and the town of Matveyev-Kurgan held two rallies against abortions. Their participants were handing out leaflets and held talks with passers-by.
22:00, 12 January 2012
Georgia introduces programme of removing juveniles from criminal liability
The programme of removal (exclusion) of juveniles from criminal punishments, which is now operating in six cities in Georgia, will be gradually spread throughout the whole country.
21:40, 12 January 2012
Dagestani woman asks Russian president to protect her son from power agents
Zagra Magomedova, a resident of Makhachkala, has sent a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev asking him to stop the harassment by local law enforcers of her sick son Ruslan Magomedov.
A military helicopter in the mountains of Chechnya. Photo by Vitaly Ragulin, http://dervishv.livejournal.com
21:30, 12 January 2012
Chechen MIA: search of militants in the mountains failed
Law enforcers have failed to find some of the militants who were blocked on January 8 in the mountainous Vedeno District of Chechnya. The power agents do not exclude that about ten militants could break through the cordon and hide at one of their mountain bases.
21:10, 12 January 2012
A program of involvement of disabled children in pre-school education is starting in Azerbaijan
Implementation of a project "Reform of social rights: involving disabled and physically challenged children in pre-school education" is beginning in Azerbaijan.
21:00, 12 January 2012
Production of 48 enterprises will be labeled "Made in Northern Caucasus"
Production of 48 enterprises of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug (NCFO) is planned to be promoted at the all-Russian and World market under the brand "Made in Northern Caucasus". 19 out of these enterprises are located in Dagestan.
20:00, 12 January 2012
A group of journalists from Azerbaijan files a lawsuit against Armenia to the European Court
A group of journalists residing in Azerbaijan after being replaced as a result of occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia will file an appeal against Armenia to the European Court of Human Rights.
19:00, 12 January 2012
The police personnel in Armenia accused of stealing books from the National Library
A Special Investigative service in Armenia is carrying out investigation on a criminal case of theft of books from the National Library and the library of Yerevan State University in 2010-2011. There are six figurants in the case, including two policemen and a citizen of Georgia.
18:00, 12 January 2012
A ceremony of opening a cottage community for residents of the landslip zone held in Ingushetia
On January, 11, a new cottage community for resettlement of residents of a landslip zone in Malgobek district was opened in the rural settlement of Nizhniye Achaluki, Ingushetia.
23:40, 11 January 2012
Journalist of "Astrakhanskaya Pravda" intends to challenge judge's decision
Alexander Kirpichenko, the journalist of the "Astrakhanskaya Pravda" (Astrakhan Truth), the activist of the CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), disagrees with the decision of the magistrate, who fined him in the administrative case for violation of the established order of the rally held on December 24, 2011, in Astrakhan. Alexander Kirpichenko intends to challenge the court's ruling at the higher court. Supporters of the journalist believe that his detention and the trial had political background.
23:10, 11 January 2012
Kalmykia: death of two workers poisoned at sewage cleaning is investigated
In the village of Tsagan-Aman of the Yusta District of Kalmykia, during the clean-up of the distribution sewage wells, five persons were poisoned by gas. One of them died in place, another one in the district hospital.
Traces of tree cutting down revealed by activists of social organization "Bicycle+" in Azat Gorge of Armenia, January 6, 2012. Photo from Samvel Ovanesyan's page on the Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/samoxsamox
23:00, 11 January 2012
In Armenia, mass felling of trees in Azat Gorge under investigation
On January 6, in Armenia, activists from the NGO "Velosiped+" (Bicycle) found traces of the mass felling of trees in the Azat Gorge. At present, the Republic's Ministry of Nature Protection conducts the investigation into the incident.
Georgian journalist Lazo Lazareishvili at a press conference in the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) in Baku. January 11, 2012. Courtesy of www.irfs.az
22:50, 11 January 2012
Georgian journalist Lazo Lazareishvili asks for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan
Georgian journalist Lazo Lazareishvili, the editor of the newspaper "Metro", asked President Ilham Aliev for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan. This was reported by Lazo Lazareishvili at today's press conference at the office of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) in Baku. Administration of the Azerbaijani Presidential still does not comment on the statement of the journalist, and the Georgian Embassy in Azerbaijan has reported that the allegations of Lazo Lazareishvili are unfounded.
22:30, 11 January 2012
Bus drivers in Nalchik go on strike
Starting from January 10, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, staff members of the municipal unitary enterprise "Nalchikavtobustrans" went on strike to protest against arrears on wages and poor working conditions. More than two hundred of city and intercity buses did not come to their routes.
22:20, 11 January 2012
In Rostov-on-Don, two tax inspectors conditionally sentenced on bribery charges
In Rostov-on-Don, Eduard Avanesyan, the former deputy chief of the Inspection of the Federal Tax Service in the Proletarsky District of the city of Rostov-on-Don, and Vyacheslav Avanesiyan, the former chief state tax inspector of the same inspection, accused of receiving large bribes, were conditionally sentenced.
22:00, 11 January 2012
Georgian Labour Party holds protest action against fee for ambulance call
Today, the Labour Party of Georgia held a rally called "Sorry, you will die". The protest of the Labour Party was caused by the resolution adopted by the Tbilisi government, which had determined the fee for ambulance.
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The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

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A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

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