Investigation into murder of anti-fascist Dzhaparidze completed in Moscow January 30, 2012 23:00 In Moscow, the materials of the investigation into the case of the murder of anti-fascist Ilya Dzhaparidze were presented to parties for studying.
Yerevan hosts protest action against removal of kiosks into park January 30, 2012 22:50 The capital of Armenia hosted a protest action against the transfer of the demolished kiosks from Abovyan Street to the territory of the park, located in the area of Mashtots Avenue.
In Nagorno-Karabakh, Lance Corporal suspected of murdering soldier on combat post January 30, 2012 22:40 Lance Corporal Khachatur Sarkisyan, a serviceman of a regular term, is suspected of murdering Pailak Shakhnazaryan, a regular term soldier, in an army unit of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.
In Georgia, women-prisoners interrupt their protest hunger strike January 30, 2012 22:20 Today, in Georgia, a group of prisoners of the Tbilisi women's colony stopped their hunger strike to protest against transfer of children under three years old to children's homes.
Resident of Karachay-Cherkessia kills suspect of road accident, where his sister died January 30, 2012 22:10 A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, without waiting for trial on case of a road accident that killed his sister, stabbed with a knife a suspected perpetrator of the road accident. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Republic's Investigatory Committee.
Defence of Arakcheev, convicted for murdering three Chechen residents, demands his case reconsideration January 30, 2012 22:00 Defence of Sergey Arakcheev, ex-officer of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in a colony for murdering three Chechen residents in January 2003, asks the General Prosecutor's Office to reopen the case, since new reasons for its reconsideration have appeared.
An environmental picket passed off in Stavropol January 30, 2012 21:00 On January, 29, activists of non-governmental organizations, scientists and ecologists held a picket in Stavropol "Healthy life-style is our people's happy future". At the action the participants called for maintenance of the springs in the forests of the city and elimination of pollution of water storages in order not to harm the residents' health.
Almost 20 educational institutions in Rostov region totally closed because of cold January 30, 2012 20:00 19 schools and kindergartens in Rostov region were totally closed, seven more institutions stopped functioning in part. The reason was that the temperature in these buildings dropped under admissible level.
Parents of the lost members of power ministries in Kabardino-Balkaria called for the authorities to take over the control of the situation in the republic January 30, 2012 19:00 Parents of lost servicemen of law enforcement bodies called for the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria to take over the control of the situation in the republic, provide people with jobs and eliminate corruption. On January, 28, they held their first organizational meeting in the town of Baksan. About twenty persons took part in it.
Installing web-cameras in Dagestan will not help solve the problem of ballot rigging, some local observers consider January 30, 2012 18:00 Part of local observers in Dagestan where installation of web-cameras started at the polling stations for the election of President of Russia are sure that the cameras will not help solve the problem of ballot rigging during voting. In their turn, the authorities state that the systems of video surveillance will make the election more transparent.
Participants of unauthorized protest action detained in Georgia January 28, 2012 23:00 Near the building of the Parliament of Georgia, the police detained seven participants of an unsanctioned oppositional action in memory of the killed employee of the "United Bank of Georgia" Sandro Girgvliani. The protesters tried to block traffic in Rustaveli Avenue.
Two children injured by explosion in Makhachkala January 28, 2012 22:00 Two children suffered as a result of two explosions in Makhachkala, the spokesperson of the Dagestani MIA has reported.
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of breaking ceasefire January 28, 2012 21:00 The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated that today and on January 27 the Armenian Armed Forces repeatedly violated the ceasefire regime. At the same time, the Armenian MoD has claimed that on January 22-28 they registered about 150 cases of ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani party.
Alaudin Almurziev, a native of Ingushetia, goes on hunger strike in jail January 28, 2012 19:00 The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about the 17-day-long hunger strike of Alaudin Almurziev, a native of Ingushetia, who is serving his term in the Kamchatka Territory, from his grandmother Minovsi Almurzieva. According to her story, Alaudin Almurziev is hunger-striking against violation of his rights in the colony.
Forum of Azerbaijani Intellectuals initiates a mass rally in Baku January 28, 2012 18:00 The Forum of Azerbaijani Intellectuals (FAI) is initiating a mass protest rally against adoption by the French Senate of the law on responsibility for denial of the Armenian Genocide; in the coming days the FAI plans to send an application to the city mayoralty.
Dozens of settlements in Azerbaijan remain without electricity as a result of snowfall January 28, 2012 17:00 From January 27 on, due to heavy snowfalls in the northwest of the country, 18 villages and one township in the Balakan District are suffering from power outage.
"United Abkhazia" nominates 11 candidates for MPs January 28, 2012 16:00 The city of Sukhumi has hosted the congress of the pro-government party "United Abkhazia", where 11 candidates were nominated to run for the parliamentary elections.
In Volgograd Region, Uzbek workers get their salary debts January 28, 2012 15:00 According to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office, on January 27, the 188 workers from Uzbekistan, who spend their winter in tents, received in full their salary debts.
North Ossetia: large families will get land for construction free of charge January 28, 2012 14:00 On January 27, the North-Ossetian MPs adopted – in the second and final readings – the Law "On Free Provision of Land Plots into Ownership of Large Families".
Yerevan to be capital of Bologna Process for three years January 28, 2012 12:00 In June 2012, Armenia will be the ninth country, entrusted with the responsibility for organizing the Bologna process for the next three years, said Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Sciences of Armenia.