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Jan 26 2012, 22:50
Investigators refuse to parents of Dagestani teen to initiate a case against policemen
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On January 24, the parents of Sharvili Ramazanov, a teenager from Dagestan, who had earlier reported that their son was beaten by policemen, received a statement on refusal to initiate a criminal case against policemen of the Magaramkent ROVD (District Interior Division). The parents plan to appeal against this decision in court.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jan 26 2012, 21:00
"Ecological Watch": discharge of treacle into the Black Sea registered in the neighbourhood of Temriuk
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Discharge of treacle into the water area of the Black Sea occurred near the settlement of Volna, Temriuk district of Krasnodar region, at a sea terminal of "Food Ingredients" limited company, "Ecological Watch on North Caucasus" reports.
South Federal District, Krasnodar region
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Jan 26 2012, 20:00
About 180 Uzbek workers in Volgograd region cannot return home
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About 180 workers from Uzbekistan in Volgograd region have to spend the winter in tents in an open field being unable to go home because they have not received their salary.
Volgograd region, South Federal District
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Jan 26 2012, 21:10
A man in Dagestan killed one of his abductors and escaped from prison
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Two residents of Derbent kidnapped a resident of the same town and were keeping him by force in a cellar of a gym for the purpose of extortion of two million rubles from him. The kidnapped mad managed to escape and he did it by means of killing one of the abductors, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jan 26 2012, 21:40; CK correspondent
Azerbaijan: deputy chair of Islamic Party sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment
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Today, the Sumgait City Court, chaired by Judge Zeigyam Guseinov, has finished the trial of Arif Ganiev, Deputy Chair of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA).
Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Jan 26 2012, 21:40
NGO holds action in support of the unemployed at the parliament of Georgia
| The action "Empty Pots", organized by the NGO named "Union of Unemployed for Employment", was held near the building of parliament in Tbilisi. |
Jan 26 2012, 21:20
A broadcasting station in Azerbaijan enacted a ban on French songs
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In connection with adoption of a bill on criminalization of denial of genocide by the Senate of France, broadcasting station Media FM in Azerbaijan removed songs performed by French singers and all the songs in the French language from the air today.
South Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Armenia
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Jan 26 2012, 19:00; CK correspondent
A local resident who disappeared in Ingushetia found in Moscow
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Adam Gagiev, resident of the settlement of Ekazhevo, Nazran district, who disappeared in Ingushetia on January, 5, was found in a social rehabilitation center in Moscow.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia
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Jan 26 2012, 18:00
Convicts in "Nubarashen" prison of Armenia went on a hunger strike
| Convicts in "Nubarashen" prison of Yerevan went on a hunger strike. The protestors sentenced to life imprisonment for murders demand reconsideration of their criminal cases. |
Jan 25 2012, 23:50; CK correspondent
Aslan Cherkesov's relatives outraged by Supreme Court's decision on his case
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Relatives of Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, convicted to twenty years in prison for murdering Yegor Sviridov, are outraged by the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia to mitigate his term by two months only. Cherkesov's relatives and fellow-countrymen do not exclude new protest actions in his support.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Jan 25 2012, 23:20; CK correspondent
Dagestan: organizers of rally against lawlessness of power agents refuse to hold it
| An official letter stating the refusal to hold a rally against power agents' lawlessness scheduled for January 27 in Makhachkala was sent to the Ministry of Justice of Dagestan by the organizer - Saadula Abusupyanov. |
Jan 25 2012, 22:10
Polina Zherebtsova, author of the book about Chechen War asks for political asylum in Finland
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Polina Zherebtsova, the author of the diary about the war in Chechnya, published in autumn 2011, asked for political asylum in Finland and intends to sue Russia.
Russia, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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North Caucasus - statistics of victims
- In 2011, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus killed and wounded 1378 people
- In 2011, 64 persons were killed and at least 224 others wounded in suicide bombings in Northern Caucasus and Moscow
- In 2011, in Chechnya, 201 persons fell victim to armed conflict
- Dagestan: 824 persons lost or wounded in 2011 in armed conflict
- Kabardino-Balkaria: 173 victims of armed conflict in 2011
- North Ossetia: in 2011, 14 persons fell victim to armed conflict
- Karachay-Cherkessia: 34 victims of armed conflict in 2011
