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Mar 17 2010, 10:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 8-14
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Five years after death of Ichkeria President Maskhadov; Dagestan records for Guinness Book; detentions of journalists and rallies against kidnappings in Ingushetia; oil projects in Azerbaijan; religion-motivated persecutions in the south of Russia; visit of Georgian oppositionists to Moscow and scandal with report on Russia's attack on Georgia, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of March 8-14, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Georgia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Russia, Rostov region, South Federal District
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Mar 15 2010, 21:50
Russian media to bring action on "Imedi" for using their video materials
| Russian information resources will go to court against the "Imedi" TV Channel for the illegal, in their opinion, use of their materials in the scandalous report about alleged invasion of Russian troops into Georgia and assassination of President Saakashvili. |
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
NATO exercises of in Vasiani and Putin's revelations on Georgian democracy.
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
The Patriarchy interferes and calls; it was all clear with it long ago! Misha, having released the detainees; this test has failed, and it's my great, GREAT! pity:-(
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Gorgud, Azerbaijan, Baku. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
Will they really succeed? Azerbaijan can do without imprisoning journalists
Mar 15 2010, 19:00
Patarkatsishvili family demands "Imedi" back
| The family of the deceased businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, who was the founder of "Imedi", has treated the hoax about invasion of Russian troops into the country as a provocative experiment and demanded to immediately return the confiscated TV Company back to them. |
Mar 12 2010, 23:20; CK correspondent
Schools teachers in several districts of Chechnya complain of salary delays
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Schools teachers of several districts of the Chechen Republic see no salaries for two months already. The issue was discussed on March 11 in Grozny at a sitting with participation of the head of the Ministry of Education, city and regional departments of education and school directors. The authorities promise to solve the problem in the near future.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Mar 10 2010, 22:00; CK correspondents
Participants of Moscow-Tbilisi-Yerevan space bridge differ in assessing "Verkhni Lars" opening
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In the course of the space bridge held on March 9 by the RIA "Novosti" between Armenian, Georgian and Russian experts, who discussed the opening of the surface border between Russia and Georgia at the check points "Darial" and "Verkhni Lars", it became clear that the experts viewed the event differently. Alexei Malashenko from the Carnegie Institute treated the fact positively, while Georgiy Khaindrava, one of the leaders of the non-parliamentary opposition, found incompatible such factors like "occupation of Georgian regions" and simultaneous restoration of communication between the two countries.
Armenia, Georgia, Russia
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Mar 08 2010, 23:00
Georgia and EU to create united air space
| Georgia and the European Union have signed the agreement on united air space. The document assumes to build, within 2 years after signing, the united Georgian-EU aviation space. |
Mar 08 2010, 21:00
Georgia voices readiness to restore air traffic with Russia
| If accord is reached by private airlines, the official Tbilisi is ready to resume regular air flights between Georgia and Russia, said Nino Kalandadze, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia. |
Mar 04 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Residents of South Ossetia state that they received no compensation
| Many residents of South Ossetia complain that they received no compensations, due to them under the decision made after Russia had recognized independence of South Ossetia. The compensations were intended to the victims of the warfare in August 2008. Many of those who received the money assure that it was enough to reimburse only a small part of damage. |
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Mar 03 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Chechnya reveals drug overpricing
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The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has established numerous facts of deliberate overpricing of medicinal goods by medical establishments and drugstores of the republic. Nine officials are brought to administrative responsibility.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Mar 03 2010, 21:00; CK correspondent
In Dagestan, workers of Gimri Tunnel are examined for TB
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The administration of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dorstroyholding" has obliged all the workers engaged in construction of the Gimri Tunnel, without any exception, to undergo x-ray examination. The necessary medical equipment was brought to the construction site specifically for this purpose.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 02 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Chechen authorities refute introduction of livestock and poultry tax
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The authorities of the Chechen Republic have officially announced that the rumours about introduction of taxation of domestic animals and poultry have nothing to do with reality. The efforts of local administrations who make house-by-house visits and register livestock and poultry are explained only by the intention of the authorities to have a "clear idea about the population of privately owned animals."
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 01 2010, 19:00
Russian-Georgian border check point "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars" reopened
| Today in the morning, the border check point "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars" started its operation. Its Kazbegi section works under the legislation of Georgia, while the Verkhni Lars one - according to the Russian legislation. |
Feb 27 2010, 10:00
Georgian MFA explains how to pass through "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars"
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has explained the conditions of passing through the only check point in the Georgian-Russian border named "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars", which will be reopened on March 1.
Georgia, North Osetia - Alania, Russia
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Feb 26 2010, 23:40; CK correspondent
Travel companies see no prospects for tourism in Chechnya yet
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After President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov announced construction of a mountain-ski resort in the Argun Gorge, the republic's authorities began talking about the tourist attractiveness of the region; however, tourist experts and businessmen are rather sceptical to this idea, thinking that tourists would not come to Chechnya in near future.
North Caucasus, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 25 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh plan to launch airport this autumn
| Construction of the Stepanakert Airport continues in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Anait Vardanyan, Minister of Town-Planning, has noted that construction goes on at a high rate, and by October 2010 the Airport will receive first passengers. |
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Feb 25 2010, 22:40; CK correspondent
Residents of Chechen villages report accounting of animals and poultry
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Residents of some Chechen villages report that officials from district and settlement administrations are touring over households and register all the animals raised by local residents. Under peasants' stories, such officials' actions have the aim of subsequent taxation.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 25 2010, 22:10; CK correspondent
Prime Minister of Dagestan plans to attract investments and create free economic zones
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Magomed Abdulaev, who was appointed today to the post of the chairman of the government of Dagestan, has defined the main priorities of economic development of the republic. Among the first-order tasks are development of industry, attraction of investments and creation of a free economic zone in Dagestan.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 24 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
North Ossetia to present in Paris its development projects for mountainous territories
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In March-April 2010, the 183rd Session of the Executive Council of the UNESCO in Paris will see the presentation "Sustainable Development of Mountainous Territories", prepared by the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, North-Caucasian Mining-Metallurgy Institute and Innovation-Technological Centre.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 24 2010, 23:10; CK correspondent
Alexander Khloponin defines strategy of NCFD development
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Progress in power engineering, tourist-recreational, agro-industrial and innovative-educational sectors will make the basic strategy of development of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). This was stated today by Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary in the NCFD, at the sitting of the government of North Ossetia.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District, North Caucasus
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Feb 23 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Energy-saving programme for the capital of North Ossetia extended to five years
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On February 22, Mayor of Vladikavkaz Sergey Dzantiev and officials of the Russian Power Agency discussed a programme draft for saving energy and improving the power efficiency in the capital of North Ossetia. Implementation of its first-order measures will demand about 270 million roubles from the local budget.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
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