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03:43, 16 December 2013
During the week of December 9-15, 2013, at least 15 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, nine people were lost and six more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
03:41, 14 December 2013
This year has marked an increased number of HIV/AIDS cases among residents of the Chechen Republic in comparison with 2012, says the local Ministry of Public Health.
15:13, 13 December 2013
The Board of the Chechen Parliament has held an extraordinary sitting and decided to send a special appeal to the Chairman of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin demanding to dismiss Vladimir Zhirinovsky of his parliamentary activities, the press service of the Chechen Parliament has reported.
07:54, 13 December 2013
On December 11, North Ossetia opened a travelling museum-and-exhibition project "Legends of the Caucasus". The project presents unique historical, archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from the National Museum of North Ossetia. Today, the exhibition project will leave North Ossetia and begin the journey to the neighbouring regions.
19:14, 12 December 2013
Officials of the Department of Culture of the city of Grozny have asked to vacate the building of the Central City Library (CCL) as soon as possible, the librarians assert.
16:56, 12 December 2013
The verdict passed by the Savyolovo District Court of Moscow, as well as the punishment appointed thereby for the murder of the Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, will be appealed against, said the advocates of the defendants Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov.
13:58, 12 December 2013
On December 11, European MPs approved a resolution calling to prohibit entry into the territory of the European Union (EU) for the Russian officials, put on the so-called "Magnitsky List", including two natives of Chechnya – Lecha Bogatyryov and Kazbek Dukuzov.
19:03, 11 December 2013
The Russian Parliamentary Ethics Commission has condemned the statements of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), about Northern Caucasus in the "Poedinok" (Duel) TV programme. The commission has issued a warning against the use of such rhetoric methods by an MP.
10:10, 11 December 2013
A former head of the administration of one of the settlements of the Naur District of Chechnya was fined by 110,000 roubles on charges of fraud and abuse of office and deprived of the right to take managerial posts for two years.
14:16, 9 December 2013
Today, the court has sentenced Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov, who were found guilty of complicity in the murder of the Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, a Pro-Rector of the Modern Humanitarian Academy.
12:50, 9 December 2013
The investigating authorities have completed the investigation initiated against four members of the community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists". According to investigators, the organization was involved in crimes motivated by ideological and ethnic hatred, in particular, in the murders of the resident of Dagestan Muslim Abdullaev and the lawyer Stanislav Markelov.
09:00, 9 December 2013
Resignation of the head of Kabardino-Balkaria; visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Armenia; increase of prices for gasoline and diesel fuel in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 2-8, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
07:29, 6 December 2013
In the Russian regions, xenophobic sentiments are intensifying. Moreover, authorities, staff members of state institutions and media also adhere to them. This was stated by human rights defenders from the Northern Caucasus in their appeal to Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation.
22:12, 5 December 2013
The All-Russian Public Movement "Civil Dignity" has run a contest among the non-profit organizations (NPOs) involved in human rights activities for governmental grants. The winners are 124 projects from 47 regions of Russia; 13 of them were presented by the NPOs working in the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD).
11:13, 5 December 2013
For the second day already, a special operation to search for members of the armed underground is on in the vicinity of the village of Shalazhi, Urus-Martan District, in the foothill area of Chechnya; however, with no results.