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'Mashuk-2016' opens in Pyatigorsk

'Mashuk-2016' opens in Pyatigorsk

The 7th North Caucasian Youth Forum 'Mashuk' started in Pyatigorsk today. According to the organizing committee, 2450 people are expected to participate in the forum this year. "The majority of participants will arrive …

 Will weather spare Moscow and North Caucasus?

Will weather spare Moscow and North Caucasus?

Over the past few days several tropical storms caused showers, thunderstorms and strong wind in Moscow. The elements were especially raging on July 13 when a number of streets were flooded, 300 trees were uprooted by wind, due to which 22 cars …

Gazprom comes up with punishment for Dagestan and Ingushetia

Gazprom comes up with punishment for Dagestan and Ingushetia

As reported in Gazprom, the company will stop investing in Ingushetia and Dagestan - in this way it intends to respond to the billions dollars debts of the two regions for already supplied gas. The object that are already under the construction …

Unique heart surgery on children held in Karachay-Cherkessia

Unique heart surgery on children held in Karachay-Cherkessia

The unique heart surgeries on ten children were held in Karachay-Cherkessia by the head of the Department of Surgery of Heart and Blood vessels of the M. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Alexander Osiev, in the …

Millions of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Millions of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr

The holy month of Ramadan has ended today with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, when millions of Muslims around the world refrained from food and drinks before sunset. Muslims are making festive prayers in the mosques since the early morning. Eid al-Fitr is the second main feast after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The day of Eid falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal. The Eid al-Fitr holiday is celebrated for one or three days in various Muslim countries. It is officially announced as a non-working day in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Crimea, Adygeya, Tatarstan and Bashkiria.

 Can Special Economic Zones of North Caucasus be closed?

Can Special Economic Zones of North Caucasus be closed?

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office conducted an audit of special economic zones, which shows "numerous violations of the law" in the activities of the federal and regional authorities, JSC 'Special Economic Zones' and …

Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan

Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan

Today, millions of Muslims around the world started the holy month of Ramadan. For 30 days Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that …

Body of UK mountaineer found on Elbrus

Body of UK mountaineer found on Elbrus

Rescuers have found a body of a UK mountaineer who fell down while descending from the summit of Mount Elbrus, the duty officer of the Elbrus mountain search and rescue team of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, Aslan …

Karachay-Cherkessia honors the memory of Caucasian war victims

Karachay-Cherkessia honors the memory of Caucasian war victims

Today, the cities and districts of Karachay-Cherkessia will host events dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Caucasian War victims.  In his speech at the anniversary of the Caucasian War, acting head of Karachay-Cherkessia …

Yevkurov visits Karachay-Cherkessia

Yevkurov visits Karachay-Cherkessia

The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, visited Karachay-Cherkessia today, where he was at the all-season ski resort Arkhyz and in the park district of Cherkessk ‘Green Island’. Following the visit, he instructed Ingush officials …