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Feb 01 2012, 18:00; CK correspondent
Azerbaijani MFA: Foreign Relations Committee of Pakistani Senate recognizes Khodjaly events as genocide
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Today, the meeting of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate of Pakistan unanimously adopted resolution to recognize the tragic events that occurred in 1992 in the town of Khodjaly in Nagorno-Karabakh as genocide. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.
Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Armenia
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Jan 31 2012, 22:20
ICRC officials meet Sergeant of Azerbaijani Armed Forces detained in Nagorno-Karabakh again
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Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have visited the Azerbaijani prisoner of war kept in Nagorno-Karabakh, Shakhla Gakhramanova, the press secretary of the ICRC office in Azerbaijan, said today.
Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh, South Caucasus, Armenia
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Jan 30 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
Investigation into murder of anti-fascist Dzhaparidze completed in Moscow
| In Moscow, the materials of the investigation into the case of the murder of anti-fascist Ilya Dzhaparidze were presented to parties for studying. |
Jan 27 2012, 21:50; CK correspondent
Complaint to ECtHR on Cherkesov's sentence to be sent not earlier than March, his lawyer says
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The defence of Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, convicted for killing Yegor Sviridov, is getting ready to continue the litigation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said Dmitry Pankov, Cherkesov's advocate. According to his story, the complaint will be filed no earlier than March, after receipt of the cassation decision of the Russian Supreme Court (SC). On the other hand, Roman Kuchin, who is representing the victims, finds the SC's decision lawful and justified.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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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.
Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria
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Jan 25 2012, 23:50; CK correspondents
Remizov: shortening prison terms of figurants in Volkov's won't repeat Manege Square riots
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The mitigation of sentences to those guilty of murdering Yuri Volkov adopted by the Russian Supreme Court will not lead to mass protests, said Mikhail Remizov, President of the National Strategy Institute. Fans of the "Spartak" FC also believe that shortening of the terms would not cause any broad social response.
Chechnya, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Jan 25 2012, 23:40; CK correspondent
Solution of Russian interethnic problems starts with studying their roots, debaters on Putin's article on national issue believe
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Russia needs an authority to deal with interethnic relations; and in order to solve national problems, we should first find their roots - these are the ideas expressed by public activists, including those from the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations (RCCN), who took part in the roundtable on "Russia's Interethnic and Inter-Confessional Challenges", held on January 24 in Moscow at the RIA "Novosti".
Russia, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jan 24 2012, 18:00; CK correspondent
Cherkesov considered the verdict on the case of Sviridov's murder unjustified
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During consideration of his appeal in the Supreme Court of Russia Aslan Cherkesov earlier acknowledged guilty of murder of football fan Yegor Sviridov asked the court to avoid the sentence and refer the case to a new consideration. The Supreme Court reduced his custody term from 20 to 19 years and 8 months. The verdict of guilty was confirmed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria
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Jan 23 2012, 22:00
Moscow football fans demand to punish Caucasian who injured their comrade in Maloyaroslavets
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On January 21, several hundred fans of Moscow football clubs arrived in the city of Maloyaroslavets, Kaluga Region, where they held an action with a demand to punish the young man from the Caucasus, who had knifed their comrade friend in a mass brawl.
Russia, Armenia, South Caucasus
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Jan 19 2012, 21:50; CK correspondent
Participants of press conference in memory of Markelov and Baburova declare inadmissibility of penetration of nationalists into public organizations
| This inadmissibility was emphasized in the course of the press conference "Democracy and Nazism are Incompatible", dedicated to the third anniversary of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. The event was held in Moscow, at the Independent Media Centre. |
Jan 17 2012, 22:30
In Turkey, Hrant Dink's killers sentenced to life imprisonment
| On January 17, the Turkish court sentenced the two persons accused of involvement in the murder of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish newspaper "Agos", printed in Istanbul, to lifelong imprisonment. |
Dec 28 2011, 22:40; CK correspondent
Young men from Chechnya not called up to Russian Army again
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Like in previous years, the autumn call-up in the Chechen Republic completed with medical examination of potential recruits and registration of young men above 18 years old in military records. Recruits from Chechnya were not called up to the Russian Army again.
Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Dec 22 2011, 22:30; CK correspondent
Ulyanovsk: six football fans suspected of distributing anti-Caucasian leaflets
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Six residents of Ulyanovsk are suspected of inciting hatred based on ethnic grounds against players and fans of the "Anji" FC (Makhachkala). According to the prosecutor's office, fans of the "Volga" FC prepared and distributed leaflets with extremist content.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Russia
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Dec 21 2011, 21:20
Mother of young metro fighter with Caucasians wants to leave Russia
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The Moscow resident Inga Kharitonova, the mother of the student Gleb Kharitonov, who in mid-October participated in a fight in the Moscow metro with immigrants from the Caucasus, has decided to leave Russia. She states that she will go to Latvia, after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin answered her letter during the "hot line".
North Caucasus, Russia
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Dec 12 2011, 23:10; CK correspondent
Nationalists' torchlight procession held in Volgograd
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In the evening of December 11, a torchlight procession of nationalists was held in Volgograd. The action was dedicated to the anniversary of the events in Manege Square in Moscow after the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan. Young people formed the main part of the procession participants.
South Federal District, Volgograd region
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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
