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Internet users raise over 7500 US dollars on multimedia project about Grozny
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
Society, Culture
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, 23:40; 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 24 2012, 22:40
Moscow honours memory of victims of terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport
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Today, on the day of the anniversary of the terror act in the Moscow international "Domodedovo" Airport, relatives of victims gathered at the place of tragedy to honour their memory. The terror act took 38 human lives.
Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia, North Caucasus
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Jan 24 2012, 22:00; CK correspondent
In the course of the week of January 16-22 at least 11 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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At least eight humans were lost and three others wounded over the past week, that is, on January 16-22, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Ingushetia, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Chechnya
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Jan 23 2012, 23:00; CK correspondents
Residents of Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody demand to stop cutting trees on Mount Mashuk
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Representatives of the public ecological organization "Solnechny Patrul" (Solar Patrol) brought to the Essentuki office of Alexander Khloponin, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), an open letter of residents of the region named Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (Caucasian Mineral Waters) demanding to stop cutting trees on Mount Mashuk. The similar letters were sent to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Stavropol region, North-Caucasian Federal District, North Caucasus
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Jan 20 2012, 22:30
Khloponin: NCFD regions are leaders in money laundering
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To date, Northern Caucasus is in the lead among Russian regions in money laundering, Alexander Khloponin, Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said today at the Collegium of the MIA of the NCFD.
North-Caucasian Federal District, North Caucasus
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Jan 18 2012, 23:10; CK correspondent
DSINE hosts meeting "No to rallies!"
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In Dagestan, an ordinary meeting of students of one of the departments of the Dagestan State Institute of National Economy (DSINE) has turned into an agitation against participation in the protest rallies that take place in the republic.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, North Caucasus
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Jan 18 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
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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Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Articles
- North Caucasus: Police raid offices of Independent Journalist
- Interview with David J.Kramer
- The world fiddles as the North Caucasus simmers
- Amnesty International: Russia's North Caucasus
- Under the Sign of Kadyrov
- Worse Than a War
