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Abkhazia / Adjaria / Adygeia / Armenia / Astrakhan region / Azerbaijan / Chechnya / Dagestan / Georgia / Ingushetia / Kabardino-Balkaria / Kalmykia / Karachaevo-Cherkesia / Krasnodar region / Nagorny Karabakh / North Caucasus / North Osetia - Alania / North-Caucasian Federal District / Rostov region / Russia / South Federal District / South Osetia / Stavropol region / Volgograd regionRussian 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.
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 15 2010, 18:00
Russia's MFA calls international community to condemn "Imedi" for "report" on invasion into Georgia
| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation has treated the report about simulated Russian invasion into Georgia put on air by the "Imedi" TV Company as irresponsible and immoral. Andrei Nesterenko, official spokesman of the MFA, expressed hope that the international community would duly appraise the incident. A number of western diplomats have already made their damning statements to this end. |
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Mar 13 2010, 21:00; CK correspondent
Dagestan ambiguous as regards juries
| On March 15, the Russian Constitutional Court will consider the compliance of the amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP) adopted in December 2008, which cancelled the option of jurymen in a number of litigations, with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. In Dagestan, differing opinions can be heard on criminal trials by juries. |
Mar 13 2010, 19:00; CK correspondent
"Caucasian Knot" sums up its third photo contest
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The outcomes of the third contest of photo works "From civil journalism – to civil action", held by the Internet medium "Caucasian Knot".
Russia, Georgia, South Federal District, North Caucasus, Armenia
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Mar 13 2010, 16:00; CK correspondent
Builders of Sochi Olympic objects go on strike against salary delays
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On March 11, the builders of the dwelling district for resettlers from Imereti Lowland in Sochi began their strike. They refused to go to work until they are paid their salary debts for several months. About one hundred persons are on strike.
South Federal District, Russia, Krasnodar region
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Mar 12 2010, 23:50
USA express concern of human rights situation in Northern Caucasus
| On March 11, Hilary Clinton, State Secretary of the USA, presented another regular report on the situation in the sphere of human rights in the world. The document published in the official website of the US Department of State (DoS), dedicates 73 pages to criticism of the situation with human rights in Russia. |
Mar 12 2010, 22:40; CK correspondent
Picket in memory of Aslan Maskhadov held in Moscow
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Today in Moscow, in Chistye Prudy, at the monument to Alexander Griboedov, a picket was held in memory of the leader of Chechen separatists Aslan Maskhadov.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya, Russia
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Mar 12 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
Russian CC not to return juries on terror cases, experts say
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Lawyers do not believe, while waiting for the Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation to consider the conformity to the Constitution of the amendments made by the State Duma in the end of 2008 in the Russian Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) and concerning the trial by jury for those accused of especially grave crimes, that the right to be tried by jurymen will be returned.
Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 11 2010, 23:20; CK correspondent
Opening of "Verkhni Lars" is no indication of improved Russian-Georgian relations, Georgia's ambassador to Armenia says
| As stated at a press conference on March 11 by Grigol Tabatadze, ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, by having reopened the border check point "Verkhni Lars", Georgia sacrificed a lot and did it, first of all, to preserve good neighbourhood relations with Armenia. |
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