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June 20, 2011 19:00

• Chechnya: policeman accidentally kills man at wedding

  On June 19 in the village of Znamenskoye, Nadterechny District of Chechnya, a policeman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) accidentally shot and killed a local resident, 21-year-old man.

June 20, 2011 18:00

• Car voyage "Sochi-Torino-Sochi" plans to learn European experience of waste management

  Six Sochi residents in three cars started today an automobile trip from Sochi around the European Olympic capitals. During the trip they intend not only to talk about preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics, but also to get acquainted with the European experience of waste management.

June 20, 2011 17:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria: bodies of WW II soldiers found

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, on Mount Elbrus, bodies of three soldiers of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) were found. Konstantin Shershov, an alpine skiing instructor, discovered the remains of the perished soldiers.

June 20, 2011 16:30

• HRC "Memorial": investigation into lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova's beating in Dagestan gave no results

  A year ago, on June 17, 2010, Sapiyat Magomedova, a lawyer of the Bar "Omarov A. S. and Partners" was beaten by militiamen at the Khasavyurt GOVD (City Interior Division) in Dagestan. As at June 17, 2011, in the case on Magomedova's beating there were no detainees and convicted, a preliminary investigation has not been finished yet.

June 20, 2011 16:00

• South Ossetia accuses EU mission of intelligence activities

  In the course of the trilateral meeting (Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia) within the Mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents (MPRI), which was held on June 17 in the Georgian near-border village of Dhwani, the South Ossetian side focused attention on the "violations of the state border in Znaur District" and measures to prevent them.

June 20, 2011 15:00

• Defendants in Nalchik attack case to remain in custody for three months more

  Today the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has extended for another three months the detention of 56 defendants in the case on the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005. Kazbek Budtuev and Zalim Ulimbashev faced an extension of pre-trial restriction: recognizance not to leave.

June 20, 2011 14:00

• Vanuatu's new Prime Minister overturns previous government's recognition of Abkhazia

  Edward Natapei, the new Prime Minister of Vanuatu, stated that he overturns the government's decision to recognize independence of Abkhazia. Mr Natapei also requested Donald Kalpokas, the representative of Vanuatu at the United Nations, to start the process of establishing official relations with Georgia.

June 20, 2011 13:00

• South Ossetia: KGB confirms detention of ten Georgian citizens

  Georgian citizens were detained in South Ossetia for violation of the state border. Now the investigative activities are carried out, told the press service of the KGB of South Ossetia the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 20, 2011 12:00

• Dagestan: two children injured during special operation

  On June 19 in the evening in Makhachkala a teenager and a child received tangential wounds in a shootout, while Shamil Paizullaev, who led the "Izberbash" grouping of militants, was killed, informed a source from the MIA of Dagestan.

June 18, 2011 23:00

• Russian State Duma approves protocol on extension of Russian military base in Armenia

  On June 17, the Russian State Duma ratified the protocol on extension of the 1995 bilateral agreement on the Russian military base deployed in the Armenian city of Gyumri.

June 18, 2011 22:00

• Batumi: from July on tourists will use public bicycles

  Starting July 1, the tourists visiting the capital of Adzharia will be able to use public bicycles. 150 of them have been already brought from France for this purpose.

June 18, 2011 21:00

• Armenia: EU and CoE to help Armenia in ensuring freedom of the media

  "The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) will help Armenia to reach the European media standards," Leila Dervishagich, an adviser for the CoE's cooperation division, said in Yerevan.

June 18, 2011 20:00

• Vanuatu reconfirms recognition of Abkhazia's independence

  The Republic of Vanuatu confirms its decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia, said Alfred Carlot, the Foreign Minister of Vanuatu.

June 18, 2011 19:30

• Armenia: 455 persons released under amnesty

  The Criminal-Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia announced the release of prisoners under amnesty declared in connection with the 20th anniversary of independence proclamation, and reduction of punishment terms. 455 prisoners have been already released and 54 prisoners face reduced punishment terms.

June 18, 2011 19:00

• Budanov's retinue to be questioned on his murder

  Close friends and acquaintances of Yuri Budanov, an ex-Colonel of the Russian Army Colonel, will be questioned in the investigation of his murder, said a source from law enforcement bodies.

June 18, 2011 18:00

• Dagestan: a woman injured in police car shelling

  On June 17 a car was shelled in the village of Bayramaul of Khasavyurt District. A woman was injured and a policeman perished.

June 18, 2011 17:00

• Georgia: changes to the Tax Code adopted

  On June 17 the Parliament of Georgia in the first reading adopted amendments to the Tax Code of the country. According to these amendments, together with the current taxation system for owners of private hotels a fixed tax is introduced, and now the owners will be able to choose a payment system by themselves.

June 18, 2011 16:00

• Azerbaijan: Russia to pay more for the Gabala Radar Station

  Russia and Azerbaijan conduct negotiations about renewing the conditions of the lease agreement for the Gabala Radar Station, said Grigory Karasin, the Secretary of State, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

June 18, 2011 15:00

• NAC claims to prevent a series of terror acts in Dagestan

  As a result of special operation in Dagestan during one day several terror acts were prevented, reported the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorism Committee of Russia (NAC).

June 18, 2011 14:00

• Frog Zoich: unofficial mascot of the Olympic Games in Sochi

  The Organizing Committee of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games has registered intellectual property rights to the informal mascot of the Olympics, frog Zoich.