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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 regionRussia'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.
Mar 11 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Trial of Fatima Margieva postponed
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The planned today's session on Fatima Margieva, a teacher of the South-Ossetian State University, accused of firearm and explosive illegal purchase and storage, has been postponed till March 18. The reason is in the problems with the stay in Tskhinvali of Margieva's lawyer, who is from Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia).
North Osetia - Alania, South Osetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 11 2010, 10:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 1-7
| Liquidation of Said Buryatskiy, militants' ideologist in Northern Caucasus; trial of Fatima Margieva, an activist of the People's Party of South Ossetia; protests of residents of Ingushetia and Dagestan against continued kidnappings and torture, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of March 1-7, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot". |
Mar 09 2010, 23:00
Rally in support of Fatima Margieva held in Vladikavkaz
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On March 8, in North Ossetia, the committee for release of the teacher of the South-Ossetian State University Fatima Margieva held a sanctioned rally. The protesters gathered in the Theatre Square of Vladikavkaz with a demand to stop criminal prosecution of Margieva.
South Osetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, North Osetia - Alania
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Mar 09 2010, 22:50
Lebedev: UN Special Representative's report on his visit to South Ossetia is lopsided and biased
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The Russian delegation labelled as politicized the report of Walter Kelin, Special Representative of Secretary General of the United Nations on Internally Displaced Persons' Rights, which summed up his visit to South Ossetia. The report was presented on March 8 at the 13th Session of the United Nations on Human Rights (HRS) held in Switzerland. In the opinion of Mikhail Lebedev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Branch and other international organizations in Geneva, the report is lopsided, biased and contains factual mistakes.
South Osetia, Russia, Georgia
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Mar 05 2010, 10:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 22-28
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Inspectors report about solving resonant murders in Northern Caucasus; exchange of prisoners of was between Georgia and South Ossetia is in deadlocked; Chechnya celebrates Prophet Mohammed's birthday; human rights activists are beaten in the Kuban River area, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of February 22-28, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Rostov region, Volgograd region, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Georgia, Krasnodar region, South Federal District, South Osetia
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Mar 04 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Residents of South Ossetia state that they received no compensation
| Many residents of South Ossetia complain that they received no compensations, due to them under the decision made after Russia had recognized independence of South Ossetia. The compensations were intended to the victims of the warfare in August 2008. Many of those who received the money assure that it was enough to reimburse only a small part of damage. |
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Mar 04 2010, 22:30; CK correspondent
Fatima Margieva's trial reappointed on March 11
| Today, the Tskhinvali hall of judicial sessions hosted the hearing of the case of Fatima Margieva, a teacher of the South-Ossetian State University, accused of illegal purchase and keeping of firearms and explosives. |
Mar 02 2010, 21:40; CK correspondent
People's Party of South Ossetia demands release of Fatima Margieva
| Today, the People's Party of South Ossetia has made a statement with indignation against the arrest of its member and public figure Fatima Margieva. In the opinion of the deputies who represent this party, her arrest is illegal and was caused by her political activities. |
Feb 27 2010, 23:00; CK correspondent
Hammarberg not to deal with missing residents of South Ossetia
| Investigation of the cases of missing citizens of South Ossetia has been commissioned to two international experts - Bruce Richard Pegg (Australia) and Nicolas Cebir (France). This was reported to journalists in Tskhinvali by Thomas Hammarberg, Supreme Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights, who added that he will deal with the cases of prisoners. |
South Osetia: Articles
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- Blogger "failures" in the Georgian war, and the rise of citizen propaganda
- Russian bloggers go after YouTube
- Citizen war-reporter? The Caucasus test