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May 15 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
Relatives of people kidnapped in Dagestan plan massive protest action
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Today, in Makhachkala, relatives of people kidnapped in Dagestan again gathered near the Republic's Prosecutor's Office. They claimed that they planned to hold a large-scale protest action in Makhachkala.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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May 15 2012, 22:10; CK correspondent
"Yabloko" activist hit by car near courthouse in Tuapse, eyewitnesses assert
| Today, near the building of the Tuapse District Court, during the trial on the case against Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko, a man pierced wheels of the car, in which Krasnodar activists had arrived. While escaping in a car, he hit Igor Kharchenko, the activist of the "Yabloko" Party, who tried to detain him, eyewitnesses report. |
May 15 2012, 23:20; CK correspondent
Policemen stop disturbing parishioners of mosque in Kaspiisk after interference of top-ranking official
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In Kaspiisk, officers of the local OVD (Interior Division) do not hamper parishioners of the mosque, located in Aeroflotskaya Street, to perform prayers in the building, although yet on April 21, they asked parishioners not to do that. This was reported by Timur Emirbekov, the leader of local Muslims. The incident was resolved after interference of a top-ranking official.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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May 15 2012, 18:00; CK correspondent
A trestle bed set in the courtroom for one of the defendants on the case of assault at Nalchik
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Defendant Zaur Tokhov will participate in the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik in a lying position for one month and a half. A special trestle bed was set in the courtroom for this purpose.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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May 15 2012, 21:00; CK correspondent
In Azerbaijan, oppositionist Elnur Medjidli released from prison
| In the evening of May 15, in Baku, Elnur Medjidli, the activist of the youth organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was released from prison. |
May 15 2012, 19:00; CK correspondent
Gerter: the sufferers from the road accident in the neighbourhood of Pyatigorsk will get financial aid
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The families of the lost people and those who got injured in the road accident with the participation of buses in the settlement of Inozemtsevo, Stavropol region, will get financial aid, Ivan Gerter, Chairman of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria, said at a session of the Government on May, 14.
Stavropol region, North-Caucasian Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria
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May 15 2012, 22:40
Azerbaijan: soldier kills his comrade and commits suicide
| Vyusal Nabiev, a soldier of the Azerbaijani National Army, shot dead his colleague Medjnun Garazade from service weapon and then committed suicide. |
May 15 2012, 23:40
Health of figurant of case on Anna Politkovskaya's murder deteriorates sharply
| State of health of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-officer of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Division), the figurant of the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", has deteriorated during the May holidays, in SIZO (pre-trial prison), he had four epileptic attacks. This was stated by a source in the secret services. |
May 15 2012, 23:30; CK correspondent
In Azerbaijan, convicted oppositional activists go on hunger strike
| Today, in Azerbaijan, at penal institutions, convicted oppositional activists recognized by the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" as "prisoners of conscience", went on a hunger strike demanding their release. This was reported by Gyulaga Aslanly, Secretary of the Coordinating Council (CC) of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC). |
May 15 2012, 23:50
Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group concerned over incidents on contact line in Karabakh conflict zone
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Igor Popov (Russia), Robert Bradtke (USA), and Jacques Faure (France), the co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, who visited Yerevan and Baku on May 11-14, expressed their concern over incidents on the contact line in the conflict zone.
Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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May 15 2012, 22:00
Volgograd: teenager killed by explosion of unidentified device
| In the Soviet District of Volgograd, in one of the private houses, an explosion of unidentified device occurred. As a result, a 16-year-old teenager got serious injuries and died in hospital. |
May 14 2012, 23:50; CK correspondent
Resident of Kaspiisk claims his brother's kidnapping of power agents
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In the city of Kaspiisk, relatives of Sedritdin Khalibekov, a local resident, seek help from rights defenders in searching for him. They believe that Makhachkala policemen had to do with Sedritdin's disappearance. However, law enforcers fail to confirm this information.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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North Caucasus - statistics of victims
- In April 2012, 97 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
- Dagestan: 116 victims of armed conflict in the first quarter of 2012
- In January-March 2012, 258 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
- In Kabardino-Balkaria, 43 people fell victim to armed conflict in the first quarter of 2012
- 78 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Chechnya during the first three months of 2012
- In Ingushetia, in the first quarter of 2012, 16 people fell victim to armed conflict
- North Ossetia: four persons fell victim to armed conflict in the first quarter of 2012
