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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 16-22
Hackers' attacks on websites of Azerbaijan state agencies; resignation of Anatoly Brovko, Governor of Volgograd Region; termination of criminal case against human rights defender Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov; first nominations for re-election of President of South Ossetia; start of election campaign for Abkhazian parliament; investigation into deaths of several babies at the Republic's Hospital in Nalchik, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 16-22, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Kabardino-Balkaria, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia, Volgograd region, South Caucasus, South Osetia, South Federal District, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
Society, Politics, Human rights, Incidents, Crime, Kadyrov vs Orlov
Jan 21 2012, 17:00
Alla Djioeva refuses to run for South-Ossetian presidency
| Alla Djioeva, a former presidential candidate in South Ossetia, said at a rally in Tskhinvali that she does not consider the repeated presidential election scheduled for March 25 as legitimate and would not take part in it. |
Jan 20 2012, 19:00
The military refuted the information of mass disease among Russian soldiers in South Ossetia
| Committee of Soldiers' Mothers reported mass disease among the servicemen of a Russian military base in South Ossetia which the command of Sothern military Okgug called fiction. |
Jan 16 2012, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 9-15 January
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Fifteen Georgian seamen back at home after Somalia captivity; Aslan Tkhakushinov re-enters presidency of Adygea; appointment of oppositionist as State Adviser to President of South Ossetia; re-qualification of indictment to Dagestan athlete, whose punch led to death of Moscow student; commissioning of cottage settlement in Ingushetia for resettlers from landslide area; investigation in the Rostov Region into the death of a child attacked by dogs, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 9-15, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Rostov region, South Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Adygeia, Georgia, Russia, Ingushetia, South Osetia, South Caucasus
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Jan 07 2012, 07:00
Orthodox believers of Southern Russia and Southern Caucasus celebrate Christmas
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At night on January 7, Orthodox believers have celebrated one of the major religious holidays – the Christmas. Many regions of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) and in the regions of Transcaucasia held Christmas services.
South Caucasus, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, North-Caucasian Federal District, Georgia, South Osetia, South Federal District, Russia
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Jan 06 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
Alan Lokhov, detained in Vladikavkaz for organizing protest action, released from IVS
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Yesterday, on January 5, the world champion in freestyle wrestling Alan Lokhov, who had been sentenced to five days in jail for organizing a march against arrests of the staff of the North-Ossetian office of Alla Djioeva, a former candidate for presidency of South Ossetia, was released from the Vladikavkaz temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the North-Ossetia Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Caucasus, South Osetia
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Jan 06 2012, 18:00
Orthodox Christians of Russian and Georgian Local Churches celebrate Christmas Eve
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Today, the Orthodox believers mark the Christmas Eve, the eve of one of the main church holidays – the Christmas. The Christmas Eve is celebrated by believers of four Local Churches of the world – Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian ones.
Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Federal District, South Caucasus, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Osetia
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Jan 05 2012, 21:00
Village of Nogkau gasified in South Ossetia
| The works on gasification of the village of Nogkau, Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, are over. Houses of the village are already receiving natural gas. |
Jan 03 2012, 15:00
Georgian MFA to seek the return OSCE observers
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The restoration of the mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the conflict zones with South Ossetia and Abkhazia is the top priority for the Georgian Government and the OSCE, said Sergi Kapanadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
Georgia, Abkhazia, South Caucasus, South Osetia
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Jan 02 2012, 21:00
Organizers of march in capital of North Ossetia sentenced to 10 and 5 days in jail
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The Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz has convicted two detained participants of the unauthorized march in the capital of North Ossetia on December 30, 2011.
North Osetia - Alania, South Caucasus, South Osetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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NGO Documents
Articles
- National Reconciliation in South Ossetia
- Georgia-Russia conflict: Ethnic Cleansing Continues in South Ossetian Conflict Zone in Georgia
- Blogger "failures" in the Georgian war, and the rise of citizen propaganda
- Russian bloggers go after YouTube
- Citizen war-reporter? The Caucasus test
- Misunderstanding cyberwar
- The Kremlin's Virtual Army
