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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".

March 13, 2010 18:00

• Rally of deceived interest-holders held in Rostov-on-Don

  A rally of deceived interest-holders in housing construction was held today; by a visual estimate of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the event was at least 150-person strong.

March 13, 2010 16:00

• Builders of Sochi Olympic objects go on strike against salary delays

  On March 11, the builders of the dwelling district for resettlers from Imereti Lowland in Sochi began their strike. They refused to go to work until they are paid their salary debts for several months. About one hundred persons are on strike.

March 13, 2010 15:00

• Resident of Dagestan complains of being beaten and robbed by militiamen

  Today, Magomedtaga Nurulaev, 30, a resident of Mutsalaul village, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has stated that he was tortured and robbed by power agents.

March 13, 2010 12:00

• Court in Volgograd passes verdict of guilty to human rights activists

  Members of the Volgograd-based UNESCO Club named "Child's Dignity" Irina Molovichko, Ulyana Ilyakhina and Tatiana Zagumennova, accused of plundering grant money in the sum of 18,000 roubles in 2006-2008, received conditional custody terms. The convicts refused to plead guilty, asserting that the court has passed an unfair sentence.

March 13, 2010 11:00

• Snow in Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories was tinted by Sahara sand

  Experts explain the coloured snow that fell on March 9 in the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories by the presence of dust, sand and clay particles in precipitations brought by the wind from Northern Africa, and state that the deposits are harmless.

March 13, 2010 10:00

• US' DoS criticizes situation with human rights in Armenia

  The political crisis in Armenia that stemmed from essential violations in the course of the 2008 presidential election is not over, and the atmosphere in the country continues to remain tense. This was stated in the report of the United States' Department of State (DoS) published on March 11.

March 13, 2010 08:00

• Landslip threat forces MfE to evacuate residents of Buinaksk suburb

  At night on Saturday, March 13, the Dagestan city of Buinaksk suffered from a powerful landslip. Rescuers evacuated 82 persons, including 26 children, the local Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

March 12, 2010 23:55

• International human rights organizations call Azerbaijan to release convicted bloggers

  The international human rights organizations "Committee to Protection Journalists", Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have made statements on the refusal of the Baku Appeal Court to cancel the verdict to bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, convicted to 2 and 2.5 years of imprisonment respectively.

March 12, 2010 23:50

• USA express concern of human rights situation in Northern Caucasus

  On March 11, Hilary Clinton, State Secretary of the USA, presented another regular report on the situation in the sphere of human rights in the world. The document published in the official website of the US Department of State (DoS), dedicates 73 pages to criticism of the situation with human rights in Russia.

March 12, 2010 23:40

• CE reminds Armenia of ECtHR's decision on "A1+" TV Company

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CE) has reminded the government of Armenia about the need to enforce the decision of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) on the "A1+" TV Company. According to the verdict, Armenia should give chance to the Company to take part in the tender for broadcasting frequencies and for its return on air.

March 12, 2010 23:20

• Schools teachers in several districts of Chechnya complain of salary delays

  Schools teachers of several districts of the Chechen Republic see no salaries for two months already. The issue was discussed on March 11 in Grozny at a sitting with participation of the head of the Ministry of Education, city and regional departments of education and school directors. The authorities promise to solve the problem in the near future.

March 12, 2010 23:00

• In Dagestan, court refuses to reconsider Natalia Krainova's case

  On March 11, Federal Judge of the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala Gasankadi Dzhunaidiev rejected the application lodged by Natalia Krainova, a journalist of the local weekly "Novoe Delo" (New Business), who asked to revise the verdict of April 22, 2009, prescribing her to pay, together with her colleague Svetlana Anokhina, 24,000 roubles in equal shares to Zaur Gaziev, a journalist of the newspaper "Free Republic".

March 12, 2010 22:40

• Picket in memory of Aslan Maskhadov held in Moscow

  Today in Moscow, in Chistye Prudy, at the monument to Alexander Griboedov, a picket was held in memory of the leader of Chechen separatists Aslan Maskhadov.

March 12, 2010 22:20

• Train in Dagestan was blown up by pressure-action mine

  In Dagestan, experts have established the type and power of the bomb that was triggered in the evening on March 11 on the railway in Makhachkala. The power of the bomb was 2 kilos of trotyl equivalent.

March 12, 2010 22:00

• In Dagestan, trial on "Chernovik" case postponed till certificates arrive

  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.

March 12, 2010 21:00

• Three residents of Dagestan set records for the Guinness Book of World Records

  Today, competitions were held in the Dagestan village of Khadzhalmakhi, where three persons have broken world records in lifting weights attacked to hair, pulling up on a horizontal bar on one hand and keeping a 24-kilo weight by one leg.