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Rally against "Electrozink" held in Vladikavkaz
Today, residents of Vladikavkaz again staged a rally demanding to close the "Electrozink" Factory, because, in their opinion, the amicable agreement between the enterprise bosses and the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) of North Ossetia is not fulfilled.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
Nature And Ecology, Society
Lawyer: Khashagulgov was tortured to knock out confessions
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Issa Khashagulgov, a resident of Karabulak, accused of organizing a terror acts at the Central Marketplace in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, was tortured by unidentified persons, who demanded that he gave evidences as wanted by the investigation, said Issa's advocate Batyrbek Akhilgov.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia
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On January 9-15, 58 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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During the last week of January 9-15, at least 22 persons were killed and other 36 were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia
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A well-known Ingush footballer killed in South Ossetia
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Zelimkhan Dzangiev, a well-known goal scorer of "Angusht" Ingush football club, was killed in Vladikavkaz. According to unofficial information, it happened as a result of a scuffle near a night club.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia
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North-Ossetian Cossacks to be rewarded for state border protection
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Starting this year, Cossacks of North Ossetia will be rewarded by the Government of North Ossetia for the protection of the Russian-Georgian border in the amount of 75 roubles per hour of their service.
North Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Ingush leader Evkurov is among three most open Russian governors
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According to the Russian media rating of the "National Monitoring Service" and the "Institute for Independent Political Research", following the results of 2011, the Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov entered the top three most information transparent heads. According to the study, the most inaccessible leader in Southern Russia is Alexei Orlov, the leader of Kalmykia. Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, occupies the 30th position in the rating.
Rostov region, South Federal District, North Osetia - Alania, Russia, Krasnodar region, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Stavropol region, Astrakhan region, Volgograd region, North-Caucasian Federal District, Kalmykia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Adygeia
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 2-8
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Human rights defenders criticize the Georgian Code of Administrative Offences; protest action of Vladikavkaz residents against operation of "Electrozink" Factory; Orthodox believers of the Caucasus celebrate Christmas; complaint of Azerbaijani UN representative against violations of ceasefire in Karabakh conflict zone; first in the new year skirmish in Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria with casualties and victims, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 2-8, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia, South Federal District, Chechnya, Georgia, Krasnodar region, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, North Osetia - Alania, Rostov region, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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In 2011, 15 suicide bombings in Moscow and Northern Caucasus claimed 64 lives
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As a result of 15 suicide bombings committed in 2011 in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Moscow, 64 persons were killed, and at least 224 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on the information of its own correspondents and other open sources.
Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Russia, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Osetia - Alania, Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan
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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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North Ossetia: picketers against "Electrozink" factory promise to hold regular protests
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The participants of the picket organized in Vladikavkaz by public organizations against pollution of the environment by the metallurgical factory "Electrozink" said that they would go on with their protests.
North-Caucasian Federal District, North Osetia - Alania
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Civil Society
Articles
- North Caucasus: Police raid offices of Independent Journalist
- Valery Dzutsev: Kosovo and duplex plan for peace settlement in Georgian-South Ossetian conflict
- An Appeal to Russian Public and International Community, to All People of Good Will from Ingush residents of Prigorodny district of North Ossetia, who were forced to start a timeless hunger strike
- The world fiddles as the North Caucasus simmers
- An Appeal to the European Union Concerning Chechnya. EU-Russia Summit. November 11, 2004
- From the Conflict Zone. Bulletin of Human Rights Center "Memorial". September 2004
- The Ashes of Beslan
- Report on Russian Media Coverage of the Beslan Tragedy: Access to Information and Journalists' Working Conditions
- Beslan: the Hostage-taking at the School
