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August 23, 2017 09:23

• MIA to reward for information on whereabouts of suspected murderer of power lifter Andrei Drachov

  The Khabarovsk law enforcement agencies promised to pay 500,000 roubles for the information about the whereabouts of Anar Allakhveranov, an Azerbaijani native, suspected of murdering power lifter Andrei Drachov.

August 23, 2017 03:45

• Lezginka dancer transferred to Pyatigorsk hospital

  Salim Akhobekov, detained for dancing lezginka in Gelendzhik for five days, has been transferred to the hospital in Pyatigorsk. Physicians suspect that the man was poisoned by gas sprayed during his detention. Angela Maxidova, an injured eyewitness of the lezginka dancers' detention, still stays in the hospital.

August 22, 2017 22:34

• Charity action in Pitsunda raises funds to treat a three-year-old boy

  Organizers of a charity action held in the city of Pitsunda managed to raise 315,240 roubles for treatment of a three-year-old boy, suffering from epilepsy, in Krasnodar.

August 22, 2017 20:41

• Sochi resident Lyubov Garaeva sentenced to three years in prison

  The court in Sochi has sentenced Lyubov Garaeva, a local resident, to three years of freedom deprivation under the article of a fraud. She was arrested in the courtroom.

August 22, 2017 19:50

• Rostov-on-Don residents urge to cancel City Day because of fire victims

  Townspeople have called on the authorities to help the fire victims by the funds allotted to celebrate the City Day. The respective motion has gathered 12,252 signatures in less than 24 hours.

August 22, 2017 17:41

• Defence treats extension of Magomadov’s arrest as unjustified

  The court in Krasnodar has refused to grant a complaint against the extension of the arrest of Anzor Magomadov, a resident of Sochi, suspected of preparing a terror act and an attempt to join militants in Syria. Magomadov's guilt has not been proved; and he has been unreasonably kept in custody for over a year, his advocate has stated.

August 22, 2017 17:30

• “Fontanka”: at least 10 “Wagner” fighters from Southern Russia perished in Syria

  The Internet newspaper "Fontanka" has posted the names and passport data of natives of Southern Russia, who took part in warfare in Syria as members of the "Wagner" Private Military Company and perished there. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refuted this data.

August 22, 2017 15:21

• "Novaya Gazeta": scandal with torture in Chechnya draws Kremlin’s attention

  The repentance action of Grozny residents, who wrote a letter about torture to the Prosecutor General, did not take place, because of the intervention of the administration of Russian President, after Kadyrov's conversation with the head of the Chechen FSB Department. This was reported by the “Novaya Gazeta”.

August 22, 2017 14:31

• Fire at Georgian National Park breaks out with renewed vigour

  Georgia has asked neighbouring countries to help in extinguishing the fire in the Borjomi Gorge, where the fire has already covered 12 hectares.

August 22, 2017 12:28

• Georgian President announces date for local elections

  In Georgia, elections to the local self-administration bodies will be held on October 21. This was reported by Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili.

August 22, 2017 12:01

• Murad Dalgatov becomes business ombudsman for Dagestan

  Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov has appointed Murad Dalgatov the Commissioner for the protection of entrepreneurs' rights. This was reported by the press service of the administration for the leader and the government of Dagestan.

August 22, 2017 11:01

• Dagestani media report involvement of an official in fatal road accident

  A road accident in Makhachkala, in which a woman had been killed, was not included in the operative bulletins prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), reported the media. According to them, a car was driven by an official. Videos from the place of the road fatal accident were posted on the Internet.

August 22, 2017 09:01

• Armenian activist Karo Yegnukyan refuses to take part in trial against "Sasna Tsrer"

  Armenian activist Karo Yegnukyan, accused of aiding and abetting the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), has voiced his fear of violence from escorting wards and drive to the trial.

August 22, 2017 03:51

• BCA refuses Afghan Mukhtarly in his relatives' visits

  On August 21, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the request of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), about visits of his relatives and their representatives. The defence reports that the SIZO administration "tries to keep in secret" the journalist's health problems.

August 22, 2017 01:52

• Explosives in house of Karpenko and Grishina detected as of industrial origin, witness reports

  The explosives, found in an outbuilding near the house of Tatiana Karpenko and Natalia Grishina, are industrially made. This was reported by an expert from the forensic centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Investigators did not explain how the explosives could appear in the young women's house, the defence reported.

August 22, 2017 00:16

• Armenian wrestler wins World Cup gold medal

  In Paris, in the final of the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship, Arthur Alexanyan, an athlete from Armenia, has defeated Russian athlete Musa Evloev.

August 21, 2017 22:03

• Native of Dagestan and her seven children detained in Egypt

  The Egyptian police have detained Asiyat Abdulkarimova and her seven children after their flight from Kiev, where the native of Dagestan was rejected asylum.

August 21, 2017 18:58

• Number of fire victims in Rostov-on-Don reaches 27

  In Rostov-on-Don, five persons have been hospitalized as a result of a fire. One of the victims is a member of the rescue team from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). This was reported by medical officers from the hospital.

August 21, 2017 17:27

• Fire victims from Mokok call their village "Russian Aleppo"

  The authorities, who promised to pay compensation to fire victims from Mokok, do nothing to keep their promise. This was reported by local residents. At present, the Dagestani village with burned down houses "looks like the Syrian city of Aleppo," noted Tagir Magomedov, a local resident.

August 21, 2017 15:32

• Mokok residents demand compensation for burned houses

  On the anniversary of the fire in the Dagestani village of Mokok, about 200 fire victims came to a protest action. According to them, each fire victim got from the authorities only 5000 roubles of compensation.