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"Environmental Patrol of Stavropolye" will hold a picket in protection of natural resources
On January, 29, a picket of non-governmental organization "Environmental Patrol of Stavropolye" will be held in 200th Anniversary square in order to draw public attention to the problems of protection of natural resources, i.e. the springs and forests. The action will last from 13 till 15 o'clock and, according the organizers' preliminary estimation, will gather no less than three hundred people.
Jan 23 2012, 23:00; CK correspondents
Residents of Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody demand to stop cutting trees on Mount Mashuk
| 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. |
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Jan 20 2012, 22:00
A resident of Stavropol region convicted for misappropriation of 40 million rubles from the budget
| Cherkessk city court acknowledged resident of Stavropol region Oleg Motylev guilty of misappropriation of 40 million rubles from federal budget funds. |
Jan 19 2012, 20:00
Natives of Stavropol region and Uzbekistan detained for untrue statement of preparation of terror in "Domodedovo"
| According to more precise data, a native of Stavropol region and a citizen of Uzbekistan were detained on January, 18, near "Domodedovo" airport of Moscow after one of them declared that he was going to commit an explosion. This was reported by Press service of Chief Transport Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Central Federal Okrug. |
Jan 18 2012, 19:00
Residents of Pyatigorsk and ecologists ask Khloponin to protect the Mashuk mountain
| The authorities of Pyatigorsk ignore destruction of a unique natural memorial, the Mashuk mountain. This was a statement of the activists of regional youth environmental movement "Sunny Patrol". They sent a round robin to Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in South-Caucasian Federal Okrug (SCFO), asking him to pay attention to construction on this mountain. |
Jan 10 2012, 23:40
Ingush leader Evkurov is among three most open Russian governors
| 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. |
Jan 10 2012, 22:30
Stavropol Territory: case of theft of medical products worth 20 million roubles brought to court
| Today, the deputy prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory brought to court a criminal case against staff members of the regional clinical centre of specialized types of medical care and managers of commercial organizations accused of theft of medical products in the amount of 20,184 million roubles. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory. |
Jan 03 2012, 21:00; CK correspondent
Stavropol: officials of local "MinPrirody" fight against construction of villas in state reserve "Russkiy Les"
| The Stavropol Regional Court is considering a number of complaints lodged by Yuri Gridnev, the head of the local "MinPrirody" (Ministry of Natural Resources), against alienation of land plots in the territory of the state reserve "Russkiy Les" (Russian Forest), located near the city of Stavropol in the vicinity of the village of Grushevoy. |
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Jan 02 2012, 08:13
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 26-January 1
| About 200 Circassians from Syria, where riots are on since March 2011, appeal to Russian leadership and government of Adygea asking for help in their resettlement to Russia; Governor of Stavropol Territory takes control over situation in the city of Lermontov, where the mayor and city manager are in open conflict; first sentence on mass slaughter in Kuschevskaya; exchange of prisoners between Georgia and South Ossetia; actions in defence of political prisoners, supported in Southern Russia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 26, 2011, to January 1, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot". |
Dec 28 2011, 22:50
2012 budgets of NCFD regions approved with deficit
| In December, several regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) have adopted draft budget laws. According to released information, none of the regions has adopted its budget with net surplus. The anticipated budget deficit will make from more than 5.2 billion roubles in the Stavropol Territory up to 66.3 million roubles in the Chechen Republic. |
Civil Society
- Veterans of Military Action in Hotspots Union, Stavropol Regional Organization
- Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov (Faith, Hope, Love), public organization assisting displaced people and refugees in Stavropol Region
- Stavropol Region Library for the Blind named after V. Mayakovsky, state culture institution


