Homeless people in Rostov are taught computer literacy December 09, 2011 18:00 A complex social center rendering aid to homeless persons in Rostov-on-Don (CSC) has organized courses of computer literacy for maladjusted citizens living in the center.
In Sochi, policeman sentenced for beating detainee December 08, 2011 23:50 In Sochi, a police officer was sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment for beating a detainee.
Personnel of Azerbaijani newspaper "Khural" claim being threatened December 08, 2011 23:40 Journalists of the Azerbaijani oppositional newspaper "Khural" reported on threats coming to their address from unidentified persons.
Azerbaijani human rights defender Intigam Aliev claims that he was beaten at Istanbul airport December 08, 2011 23:20 Intigam Aliev, the well-known Azerbaijani human rights defender and lawyer, the head of the Society of Legal Education, claims that on December 7 he had been detained at the Istanbul airport and subjected to pressure and violence by Turkish policemen. According to Intigam Aliev, he was released and deported to Baku only after intermediation of international human rights organizations.
Website of Association "Golos" re-opened December 08, 2011 23:10 The website of the Association "Golos" (Vote), which observed the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation and which was attacked by hackers on the day of the parliamentary elections, was fully re-opened.
American Academy of Tourism awards Adzharia December 08, 2011 23:00 On December 7, the city of Cannes hosted the annual awards ceremony of the American Academy of Tourism and Services. Georgia was represented by Adzharia, which won in three nominations at once.
Chechen MIA denies information about sending police regiment to Moscow December 08, 2011 22:50 The information that one of the units of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is quartered in Moscow is absolute disinformation and falseness. This was reported by the republic's law enforcement agencies.
Woman from Makhachkala claims disappearance of her brother December 08, 2011 22:20 On December 7, in the capital of Dagestan, unidentified armed men kidnapped Rashid Shuaibov, a resident of Makhachkala, and his whereabouts is still unknown. This was reported by his sister Subigat Gasanova, a resident of Makhachkala.
Employee of South-Ossetian MoD wounded at oppositional rally in Tskhinvali December 08, 2011 22:00 On December 8, Soslan Gabuev, a staff member of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia, got a knife wound during an opposition rally in the city of Tskhinvali. This was reported by Uruzmag Margiev, the deputy head of the city GOVD (Chief Interior Division).
More than 170 Nalchik residents hospitalized with poisoning December 08, 2011 21:00 Starting from December 6, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, 170 persons, including 68 children, were hospitalized with a diagnosis of "acute gastroenterocolitis", "food toxic infection". The infection source is still unidentified: the samples of water showed its compliance with the standard.
70 persons detained by power agents in Triumphal Square, opposition asserts December 08, 2011 19:00 In Moscow, Triumphal Square hosted an unsanctioned rally of people who wanted to express their discontent with the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the Sixth Convocation. According to the preliminary information of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), about 30 persons were detained during the rally; the opposition reports that policemen detained 70 persons.
Dagestani native claims kidnapping of his brother December 08, 2011 18:00 On December 4, unidentified persons kidnapped Magomed Mutalibov, born in 1985, a resident of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of Dagestan. According to his brother Nazim Mutalibov, power agents are involved in the kidnapping.
In Sochi, copies of election protocols stolen from city CPRF office December 07, 2011 23:00 At night on December 6, the doors of two rooms of the city office of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), located on the ground floor of the five-storey apartment building at 13 Gorky Lane, were broken. Copies of protocols of the Sochi polling stations at the December 4 State Duma elections were stolen from the office.
Bill on open-type prison drafted in Georgia December 07, 2011 22:40 The Georgian MPs have been presented a new bill, under which the country will have an open-type correction facility. As stated by Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Minister for Correction, Probation and Legal Assistance of Georgia, it would be "a prison without bars."
Dagestan: adaptation commission to petition for five IAF members December 07, 2011 22:40 Today, the Makhachkala city commission for helping those, who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities, in adapting to peaceful life, has decided to support the appeal of five residents of Dagestan, who asked to allow them to serve their prison terms in the territory of the republic.
Project of "Preventive Reaction Group" to facts of pressure on journalists launched in Azerbaijan December 07, 2011 22:30 The aim of the project "Preventive Reaction Group" (PRG) is to prevent threats to journalists and investigate cases of violence applied against them, and unjustified prosecution of journalists. Two groups have been formed so far, engaged in the inquiry into the murder of journalist Rafig Tagi and the arrest of the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper Avaz Zeinalov.
ECtHR satisfies one of complaints of Azerbaijani businessman Aliev December 07, 2011 22:20 Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced its decision on consideration of the complaint lodged by Rafig Aliev, a well-known Azerbaijani businessman and former head of the "Azpetrol" Oil Company, who is serving his prison term.
In Moscow police pulls forces to Triumphal Square December 07, 2011 22:10 Policemen are putting metal fences around the Triumphal Square in central Moscow and evacuating cars away from nearby streets. However, in spite of that, the opposition called on its supporters to go out to a rally on December 10.
Woman from Nazran reports kidnapping of her son Aliskhan Khadazhev December 07, 2011 22:00 In Ingushetia, Debukhan Khadazheva, a resident of the city of Nazran, said her son, Aliskhan Khadazhev, 37, was kidnapped and beaten by unidentified men in masks.