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Mar 06 2014, 23:32; CK correspondent
Residents of Aragatsot District of Armenia block highway demanding to stop building water line
| In Armenia residents of the villages of Ushi, Oganavan, Artashavan, Karbi, Sagmosavan, Erznka and Egvard, located in the Aragatsot Region, blocked the highway Ashtarak-Aparan. They demand to stop the construction of a new hydropower plant (HPP) on the water line Aparan-Yerevan. |
Mar 06 2014, 22:10; CK correspondent
Sochi residents report low citizens' interest in Paralympic Torch Relay
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The final stage of the Paralympic Torch Relay was held in Sochi today with a small number of spectators, unlike the Olympic Torch Relay, local residents report.
Krasnodar region, Russia, South Federal District
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Mar 06 2014, 19:25; CK correspondent
Stavropol Territory holds two rallies in support of Russian-speaking population of Ukraine
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Rallies, declared as actions in support of Russian-speaking population of the Crimea and the entire Ukraine, were held today in Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk. The participants expressed their support for Russia's official position on the Crimean issue.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia, Stavropol region
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Mar 06 2014, 16:03; CK correspondent
Alisoy, PFPA activist, sentenced to administrative arrest in Azerbaijan
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In Azerbaijan, Tyurkel Alisoy, a member of the Board of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was subjected to administrative detention for 20 days. This decision was made today by the Nasimi District Court of Baku, which found Alisoy guilty of disobeying lawful demands of policemen.
Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Mar 06 2014, 12:22; CK correspondent
Sochi Relay unites Paralympic Flames from all regions of Russia
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Sochi has launched the final stage of the Paralympic Winter Games Torch Relay. On March 5, the Central Square of the Ski Centre "Roza Khutor" in Krasnaya Polyana was the venue of the symbolic unification of the Paralympic Flame, which had visited – within 10 days – 46 cities in eight federal districts of Russia.
Krasnodar region, South Federal District
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Mar 06 2014, 09:27
Two brothers from Dagestan suspected of preparing terror act detained near Volgograd
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As reported on March 5 by a law enforcement source, two brothers from Dagestan – Arsen and Arthur Khabibulaev – were detained in the Svetloyarsky District of the Volgograd Region on suspicion of preparing a terror act.
Dagestan, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Federal District, Volgograd region
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Mar 06 2014, 07:01; CK correspondent
Clash in Geguti Prison in Georgia results in inmate's death
| Inquiry is underway in Geguti Prison No. 14 into the murder of the convict Gigi Pertanadze, committed at night on March 4 during a scuffle of five inmates, says the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia. |
Mar 06 2014, 03:43; CK correspondent
Kabardino-Balkaria releases a book on Balkars' deportation
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The publishing house of Maria and Victor Kotlyarov in Kabardino-Balkaria has published a book written by them – "Balkaria: Deportation. Eyewitnesses Evidence", dated to the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Balkar people.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 06 2014, 02:49; CK correspondent
In Volgograd, Communists send over 50 kilos of small coins to Governor Bozhenov
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Volgograd Communists have mailed more than 50 kilograms of small coins to the regional governor, which were collected during the campaign "Give your last kopeck to Bozhenov!"
South Federal District, Volgograd region
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Mar 06 2014, 00:01; CK correspondent
Yerevan: four picketers detained in front of Russian Embassy
| The police have detained four activists who held a picket in front of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. In total, about 30 persons protested against Russia's actions in relation to Ukraine. |
Mar 05 2014, 23:09; CK correspondent
Baku: 10 picketers protest near Russia's Embassy
| Today, opposite the Russian Embassy in Baku a picket was held in protest against the policy of Russian authorities in Ukraine. It was attended by about 10 young people. |
Mar 05 2014, 21:13; CK correspondent
SC of KBR cancels Syrian student's deportation
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Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has quashed the February 10 decision of the Nalchik City Court to deport Atakhman Ayal, a Syrian Circassian and a student of Kabardino-Balkarian Agricultural University, away from Russia.
Kabardino-Balkaria, Krasnodar region, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Federal District
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Mar 05 2014, 19:10
At the trial of Politkovskaya's murder witness testifies against defendant Rustam Makhmudov
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Oleg Golubovich, a citizen of Belarus, a witness in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", has identified the defendant Rustam Makhmudov as the direct perpetrator.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Mar 05 2014, 16:12; CK correspondent
Dagestani resident accuses power agents of coercion to give DNA assay
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Magomed Maitiev, a resident of Makhachkala, reports that in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) he was forced to give a DNA assay against his will; and now he is forced to sign documents on the criminal case of policeman's murder, to which, according to his story, he has no relation.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 05 2014, 14:52
Dmitry Bulatov, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, states boycott of Sochi Paralympics
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The Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Dmitry Bulatov has officially announced the decision to boycott the 11th Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi; however, the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC) has not yet made a final decision.
Krasnodar region, South Federal District
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- Infographics. Statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus in Quarter 4 of 2013 under the data of the Caucasian Knot
- Infographics. Statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus in December 2013 under the data of the Caucasian Knot
