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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 26-August 1
Attacks on militiamen in Astrakhan; protests of Abkhazian refugees in Tbilisi; rallies in defence of the freedom of assembly in the cities of Russia's south, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 26-August 1, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
South Federal District, Abkhazia, Astrakhan region, South Caucasus, Georgia, South Osetia, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
Human rights, Society, Politics
Aug 02 2010, 23:00
"Strategy-31" rallies held in South of Russia
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Actions in support of the All-Russian campaign "Strategy-31" took place in eight cities of the South of Russia, where participants demand from the authorities to respect Article 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which guarantees the citizens' right to peaceful assemblies. In each city the rallies were 10-50 persons strong.
South Federal District, Volgograd region, Krasnodar region, Rostov region, Astrakhan region, Kalmykia, Russia
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Jul 27 2010, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 19-25
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Explosion at Baksan HPP; severe beating of oppositionist in South Ossetia; loud statements of Balkar hunger-strikers, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 19-25, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
South Federal District, Astrakhan region, South Osetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jul 27 2010, 22:00
Data about attack on militiamen in Astrakhan is contradictory
| Different sources give different versions of the night incident in Astrakhan, where a militiaman was killed, and a girl-his colleague was wounded. |
Jul 26 2010, 22:00
Russia's southern regions lag behind by life quality, study says
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Ingushetia and Kalmykia are among five outsiders by the rating of life quality, compiled by the Institute of Regional Information for the first quarter of 2010. Unconditional leaders throughout the last five years are Moscow and St Petersburg, while the gap between the leaders and outsiders continues growing.
South Federal District, Volgograd region, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Krasnodar region, Rostov region, Astrakhan region, Ingushetia, Adygeia, North Osetia - Alania, Kalmykia, Dagestan, Russia, Stavropol region, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Jul 20 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
Teachers of Additional Education Centre in Astrakhan stop their hunger strike
| The teachers of the Astrakhan Regional "Centre of Children's Scientific and Technical Creativity", who demanded to cancel the order about reorganization of the "Centre of Children's Aesthetic Training", have stopped their hunger strike. |
Jul 20 2010, 01:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 12-18
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One year after Natalia Estemirova's murder; forced eviction of Imereti residents from "Olympic" lands; start of ethnographic expedition of Russian bloggers to the Caucasus, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 12-18, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
South Federal District, North Caucasus, Krasnodar region, Astrakhan region, South Caucasus, Kalmykia, South Osetia, Russia
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Jul 19 2010, 15:00; CK correspondent
Astrakhan: health condition of hunger-striking teachers gets worse
| Ambulances are called to the teachers holding their protest hunger strike several times in day: three of them were offered hospitalization; the condition of one more protester causes special doctor's alarm - if sugar in his blood will drops by one point more, he is under threat of coma. Despite it, none of the 19 persons who take part in the hunger strike is going to stop the action. |
Jul 08 2010, 22:30
14 children got poisoned in camp near Astrakhan
| The Investigatory Department for the Astrakhan Region of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office) has initiated a criminal case on the fact of a mass poisoning of children, who took their rest in the camp "Young Railwayman", located in the Privolzhskiy District of the Region, the press service of the Department reports. |
Jun 29 2010, 22:00
Astrakhan governor proposes to do business on grasshoppers
| Astrakhan oblast governor Alexander Zhilkin has moved an idea to make grasshoppers, which inflicted serious damage on southern Russia regions, a good business. |
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Astrakhan region: Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Tom de Waal "I look optimistically at the problem of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, since societies change and people become more open for possible changes"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Astrakhan region: NGO Documents
- Statement by NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer: "Detention of Article 31 Rally Participants Raises Human Right Concerns"
- Statement of Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova
- Appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks
- Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) Report, Chechnya Fact-Finding Mission
- Russian Federation: Mr. Oleg Orlov charged with criminal offence