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Investigators refuse to parents of Dagestani teen to initiate a case against policemen
On January 24, the parents of Sharvili Ramazanov, a teenager from Dagestan, who had earlier reported that their son was beaten by policemen, received a statement on refusal to initiate a criminal case against policemen of the Magaramkent ROVD (District Interior Division). The parents plan to appeal against this decision in court.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
Crime, Human rights, Society
Jan 26 2012, 21:30
Internet users raise over 7500 US dollars on multimedia project about Grozny
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For more than two years, photojournalists Olga Kravets, Maria Morina and Oksana Yushko have been making photos of the capital of Chechnya; their works are forming the multimedia project "Grozny: Nine Cities". To have the project finished, a fundraising campaign was launched on the Internet.
North Caucasus, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jan 26 2012, 21:10
A man in Dagestan killed one of his abductors and escaped from prison
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Two residents of Derbent kidnapped a resident of the same town and were keeping him by force in a cellar of a gym for the purpose of extortion of two million rubles from him. The kidnapped mad managed to escape and he did it by means of killing one of the abductors, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jan 26 2012, 19:00; CK correspondent
A local resident who disappeared in Ingushetia found in Moscow
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Adam Gagiev, resident of the settlement of Ekazhevo, Nazran district, who disappeared in Ingushetia on January, 5, was found in a social rehabilitation center in Moscow.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia
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Jan 25 2012, 23:50; CK correspondents
Remizov: shortening prison terms of figurants in Volkov's won't repeat Manege Square riots
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The mitigation of sentences to those guilty of murdering Yuri Volkov adopted by the Russian Supreme Court will not lead to mass protests, said Mikhail Remizov, President of the National Strategy Institute. Fans of the "Spartak" FC also believe that shortening of the terms would not cause any broad social response.
North Caucasus, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Jan 25 2012, 23:50; CK correspondent
Aslan Cherkesov's relatives outraged by Supreme Court's decision on his case
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Relatives of Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, convicted to twenty years in prison for murdering Yegor Sviridov, are outraged by the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia to mitigate his term by two months only. Cherkesov's relatives and fellow-countrymen do not exclude new protest actions in his support.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Jan 25 2012, 23:40; CK correspondent
Solution of Russian interethnic problems starts with studying their roots, debaters on Putin's article on national issue believe
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Russia needs an authority to deal with interethnic relations; and in order to solve national problems, we should first find their roots - these are the ideas expressed by public activists, including those from the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations (RCCN), who took part in the roundtable on "Russia's Interethnic and Inter-Confessional Challenges", held on January 24 in Moscow at the RIA "Novosti".
North-Caucasian Federal District, North Caucasus, Russia
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Jan 25 2012, 23:30; CK correspondent
Situation in Northern Caucasus is key point in Russia's chapter of HRW's global human rights report
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The chapter on Russia of the report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on human rights situation in the world highlights - along with concerns about the last December's parliamentary elections - a worry about the continuing human rights violations in Northern Caucasus. According to Tatiana Lokshina, the deputy head of the Moscow HRW office, the report point to the fact that little has changed here since early 1990s.
Russia, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jan 25 2012, 23:20; CK correspondent
Dagestan: organizers of rally against lawlessness of power agents refuse to hold it
| An official letter stating the refusal to hold a rally against power agents' lawlessness scheduled for January 27 in Makhachkala was sent to the Ministry of Justice of Dagestan by the organizer - Saadula Abusupyanov. |
Jan 25 2012, 22:50; CK correspondent
Grozny residents complain of forced eviction
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Residents of the township of Voikova, Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny, report about forced eviction and demolition of their houses. According to the city authorities, this is caused by the large-scale reconstruction undertaken in the township.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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