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23:30, 23 February 2011
On February 20, a culture festival of Caucasian nations, organized by the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations (RCCN) with support of the Government of Moscow was held in the concert hall of the Metropolitan Hotel "Cosmos".
23:10, 23 February 2011
In January this year, the smouldering armed conflict in Northern Caucasus caused harm to 248 persons. Of them 84 were lost and at least 164 were injured. These are the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" on the basis of its own materials and information from other open sources.
23:00, 23 February 2011
The decision of the Parliament of Georgia to send eleven artillery officers to Afghanistan as instructors for local servicemen has caused protest of the Labour Party, which believes that Georgian troops should not serve there. Meanwhile, Tengiz Gogotishvili, head of the NATO Information Centre in Georgia, is strongly objecting and states that Georgia is interested in Afghanistan's stabilization.
22:20, 23 February 2011
As of February 23, 25 persons died from flu in Georgia, as reported the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Most of them died from H1N1 virus.
22:10, 23 February 2011
The Astrakhan independent journalist Oleg Teplischev has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he possesses plenty of documents confirming involvement of the Astrakhan Mayor Sergey Bozhenov in seizure of land plots and further awarding them to his relatives. Valentin Bogdan, lawyer of the movement "For Human Rights", talks about a possible links between the incident with Deputy Shabanov and the journalist's investigation. Bozhenov has not yet commented Teplischev's statements, while Shabanov insists that it was the journalist who had attacked him.
22:00, 23 February 2011
In Ingushetia, where today they commemorate victims of the total deportation of Ingush nationals to Middle Asia and Kazakhstan in 1944; several hundreds of persons took part in a nationwide rally that took place near the Memorial Complex to Victims of Political Repressions.
21:30, 23 February 2011
About 200 citizens of the republic, mainly Maikop residents, gathered to hold a rally in the central square of the city.
21:00, 23 February 2011
A new website named "Never-to-be-forgotten" appeared on the Internet; its topics are the issues relating to Stalin's deportation. The site was launched by the Archive Department of the Chechen Government and the Committee on Youth Matters with the support of the republic's parliament. It took them about four months to start a new web portal; and its database already keeps 60,000 deportees' personal files.
20:00, 23 February 2011
On February 22, the Lefortovo District Court held a session on the case of Issa Khashagulgov. Judge Alexander Rybak extended his custody till May 25, 2011. The prosecution believes that Khashagulgov was involved in the terror act in Vladikavkaz in September 2010; his relatives insist on his innocence.
19:00, 23 February 2011
According to unofficial sources, several dozens of young men have organized a march today in the afternoon in the Izmailovo Park and shouted nationalist slogans. The militia has not confirmed this information yet.
18:00, 23 February 2011
At midday on February 23, the "Russian March", sanctioned by the authorities, started from the House of Culture "Metroelectrotrans" in Volgograd. The main slogan of Volgograd nationalists was: "Down with Corruption and Russophobia in Governmental Bodies!"
23:50, 22 February 2011
Five law enforcers received gunshot wounds of varying gravity in the course of a clash with suspected militants in Kabardino-Balkaria.
23:40, 22 February 2011
According to General James Clapper, Director of the US National Intelligence Service, the latest steps of the official Tbilisi towards the nations of Northern Caucasus is a factor that could increase the tension in the region.
23:20, 22 February 2011
Nadir Mamedov, a resident of Nakhichevan, said that he was forced to leave the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) because of police pressure. This statement was made at a press conference on February 21 in Baku in the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS). The NAR's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) denied putting any pressure on Mamedov.
23:10, 22 February 2011
The litigation on the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova will be long and scandalous, since it has caused resonance in the ultra-right-wing environment. This is the forecast of Alexander Verkhovskiy, director of the "Sova" Information-Analytical Centre.