Krasnodar Territory: ecologists report pollution of Azov Sea April 25, 2011 22:00 As reported by the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", after an accident at the sewage collector, waste water got into the Yeisk Estuary in the Krasnodar Territory.
23 workers poisoned with caustic gas vapor hospitalized in Rostov region April 25, 2011 21:00 Over 20 workers got poisoned with caustic gas vapor while pressing a metallic cask at a ground of "Lomprom" public corporation in the territory of Rostov electro- metallurgical plant (REMP) in the town of Shakhti, Press service of the district Department of preventing and elimination of emergency situations reported.
Hundreds of former residents of Chechnya arrived in the republic to celebrate Easter April 25, 2011 20:00 Orthodox believers in Chechnya have celebrated Easter. Over 500 former residents of the republic currently living in other regions came to celebrate the holiday.
A healer killed in Dagestan April 25, 2011 19:00 In the evening of April, 24, some unknown people in Kizlyar district of Dagestan shot down a man who had practiced alternative medicine and healing, a representative of the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.
A "hotline" for investors opened in Southern Federal Okrug April 25, 2011 18:00 The Apparat of Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in Southern Federal Okrug has established a telephone "hotline" where entrepreneurs could ask questions or submit their offers on improving investment climate in the okrug.
Torchlight march and rally held in Nagorno-Karabakh in memory of victims of Armenian Genocide April 23, 2011 23:00 Tonight in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, the youth wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutun" of Artsakh and the "Aram Manukyan" Student Union organized a torchlight march in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Picket in support of homeless animals held in Sochi April 23, 2011 22:00 Today, residents of the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, went out to hold a picket as part of the All-Russian action in support of the law on protection of animals.
Yerevan holds torchlight march in memory of victims of Armenian Genocide April 23, 2011 21:00 A torchlight march dedicated to the 96th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide was held in Yerevan today. This year saw coincidence of two important dates for Armenia - the Easter and the Remembrance Day of Armenian Genocide.
Fifth bomb within a day found in Dagestani railway April 23, 2011 20:30 As reported by the press service of the Department for Dagestan of the Russian FSB, today's fifth bomb was found in the railway section Kizilyurt-Temirgoe in this republic; the bomb was successfully defused.
Magomed Khazbiev's family announces reward for information about his kidnappers April 23, 2011 19:00 The family of the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has announced a reward of one million roubles for information about the persons who on March 23 captured him and his two brothers, Murad and Berd, in their own home and delivered to the GUVD (Chief Interior Department).
Moscow hosts rally against subsidizing Northern Caucasus April 23, 2011 18:30 The participants of the rally started today at 3:00 p.m. near Chistye Prudy metro station are protesting against allocation of budget funds for supporting North-Caucasian republics.
Gizatulin: some of our pilgrims go to Mecca as tourists or tradesmen April 23, 2011 18:00 On the eve of the upcoming May accreditation of tourist operators for the Hajj, different viewpoints are expressed. The governmental commission on religious communities believes that travel agencies and mediation companies are the perpetrators of the problems encountered by pilgrims. The board of muftis puts part of the blame on pilgrims as such.
Three women detained in Dagestan at attempt to sell a baby April 23, 2011 17:30 On April 22, law enforcers of Dagestan and Chechnya conducted an operation and detained three female residents of Khasavyurt who tried to sell a newborn baby.
Picket against high-rise buildings is on in Sochi April 23, 2011 17:13 In front of the Central Marketplace in Moskovskaya Street of Sochi, a picket is being held from 2 to 4 p.m., organized by Evgeniy Zakharov, a member of the initiative group for protection of the resort city against skyscrapers.
Kvedaravichyus: film about kidnappings and torture in Chechnya gives an actual picture April 23, 2011 16:30 The documentary "Barzakh" telling about facts of torture and kidnappings in Chechnya, which was presented at film festivals in Lithuania, Switzerland and Spain, aims to tell the world about the situation in today's Chechnya, the Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravichyus told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Grocery store burnt down in Kabardino-Balkaria April 23, 2011 16:00 At night on April 22, in the village of Khasanya, a suburb of Nalchik, unidentified persons set fire to a grocery store, which burned down completely. Nobody was hurt.
Housing construction suspended in South Ossetia April 23, 2011 15:00 As reported by the State Committee for Restoration Projects in South Ossetia, the funding of housing construction in Tskhinvali has been suspended; it is unknown when it may be resumed.
Dagestan: protesters demand to investigate policemen's murders April 23, 2011 08:00 On April 22, Makhachkala hosted a rally of residents of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan and public activists. The action in defence of law enforcers was about 600 persons strong.
Meeting of relatives of captured sailors with head of Adzharia postponed April 22, 2011 23:40 Yesterday, on April 21, a meeting was to take place of relatives of the Georgian sailors, kept for over eight months by Somalia pirates, with the head of the government of Adzharia Levan Varshalomidze; however, it was reappointed on April 27.
For the week of April 11-17 armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away 17 lives April 22, 2011 23:40 During the week from April 11 to April 17, at least 17 persons were killed and at least 15 more were wounded in the glowing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.