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18:00, 13 June 2012
Reduction of the number of victims of armed confrontation in Ingushetia is called forth by the dialogue the authorities of the republic are having with members of armed underground and their relatives convincing participants of paramilitary groups (PMG) to surrender to the authorities. This was declared on June, 6, by Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov in his exclusive video interview to the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 12 June 2012
In Stavropol, action in support of All-Russian "March of Millions" gather more than 100 participants
Today, the centre of Stavropol hosted a protest march, organized by the city opposition movement "Narodnaya Volya" (People's Will). It was attended by about 150 persons, and the action ended with a rally in Castle Hill Square.
22:50, 12 June 2012
Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan, the leader of the Regional Branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, called his detention cowardice and lawlessness of the authorities. At present, Oleg Shein has been released, and three of his supporters remain at the police station.
22:40, 12 June 2012
Today, in Krasnodar, several opposition rallies to mark the Day of Russia were held simultaneously. All events, initiated by supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (the LDPR), the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia), the "Left-Wing Front" and the "Yabloko" Parties, were sanctioned by the city authorities.
22:30, 12 June 2012
In Volgograd, during the opposition rally, held on June 12 by the Regional Branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (the CPRF), pensioner Galina Tikhenko was detained. According to law enforcement officers, the woman, who came with posters reading: "For Honest Government", "No Police State", etc., had to coordinate them with the organizers of the event.
22:20, 12 June 2012
Today, in Yerevan, the administrative court pronounced the verdict of guilty in the case against producer Tigran Khzmalyan, the fourth activist of the initiative group 'Brigade'' to protect the Mashtots Park. He was fined for the amount of 50,000 drams.
22:10, 12 June 2012
During the period of May 30 to June 8, 99 Sochi construction sites were visited by representatives of the mobile groups to stop unauthorized constructions. Following the results of the visits, construction works on 18 sites were suspended. This was reported by Anton Karpinsky, Chief of the Department for Municipal land Control of the Sochi administration.
22:00, 12 June 2012
In Dagestan, Khaidarbek Magomedgadjiev, a resident of the city of Yuzhno-Sukhumsk, stated that his son Abdulaziz Magomedgadjiev, who was killed in the special operation held on June 8, was not involved in the armed underground.
21:00, 12 June 2012
Two opposition activists, who were detained today in Krasnodar, are charged of violating the order of organizing the rally and disobeying the police. They are released pending trial.
20:00, 12 June 2012
Mekhman Guseinov, the correspondent of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), was detained in Azerbaijan. He is suspected of having committed acts of hooliganism.
19:00, 12 June 2012
Disappearance of Murad Ilyasov, a 47-year-old resident of the village of Verkhnie Ubeki of the Levashi District, which occurred on June 11, and the fact that till that time his whereabouts are unknown was reported by Mustafa Ilyasov, the son of the disappeared man.
18:00, 12 June 2012
No less than 25 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from June, 4, till June, 10, 2012. 13 out of them perished and 12 got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
23:00, 11 June 2012
In North Ossetia, a gathering of young residents of the city of Ardon occurred. The gathering adopted an appeal to local residents, NGOs and businessmen, which urged them to desist from the use of energy drinks and stop selling them. More than 50 persons took part in the discussion of the problem.
23:00, 11 June 2012
Film Festival "Kinotavr" in Sochi; the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Southern Caucasus and aggravation in Karabakh conflict zone; detention of high-ranking officials in Kabardino-Balkaria on suspicion of fraud; next round of Geneva Debates; mass fight of soccer fans with natives of Northern Caucasus in Moscow, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 4-10, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:40, 11 June 2012
Till present, the military engineer units cleared the Russian Defence Ministry in Chechnya, about 300 hectares of farmland, according to the military commandant's office of the republic.