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September 22, 2010 23:10

• Doku Umarov discharged the commanders of Chechen sector of gunmen

  On September, 21, Doku Umarov, head of Chechen gunmen, deprived Aslanbek Vadalov, Khusein Gakaev and Tarkhan Gaziev, leaders of Chechen sector of "Caucasus" Imarat, of their ranks and titles for having disobeyed him. On Umarov's decision the degraded commanders had to be brought before shariat court.

September 22, 2010 23:00

• Officer in video with violence in Armenian army charged

  Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia has published the names of the officer and two soldiers - heroes of the video "True Face of Our Army" placed on the Internet. According to the statement of the Ministry, Major Sasun Galstyan was arrested and is accused of abusing his official duties. The regular service sergeant and a private have been recognized as victims.

September 22, 2010 23:00

• Appellate Court of Tbilisi left the first Georgian President's son in prison

  On September, 21, the Appellate Court of Tbilisi delivered a standing judgment on the verdict of the court of first instance concerning Gamsakhurdia, the first Georgian President's son according to which the convict had to stay in prison nine years and six months.

September 22, 2010 22:40

• Journalists from Ingushetia and South Ossetia call their nations to dialogue

  Journalists from Ingushetia and South Ossetia have adopted a joint address to the nations of both republics calling them to dialogue. Reaction followed from the youth and Internet community; however, the authorities remain indifferent, said Maria Pilon, a journalist from the South-Ossetian newspapers "21st Century".

September 22, 2010 22:20

• Rostov court rejects complaint of human rights activist Baranov

  On September 21, a court session took place in Rostov-on-Don on case dealing with the challenge of the decision of the prosecutor's office of the Rostov Region, which made a warning about inadmissibility of extremist earlier this February to Konstantin Baranov, head of the Rostov branch of the public organization "Young Europe".

September 22, 2010 22:10

• Karachai-Circassia stops searching the German who disappeared in mountains

  Rescuers have stopped searching the tourist from Germany, who disappeared two weeks ago in the vicinity of the settlement of Dombai in Karachai-Circassia, Andrei Mozgov, deputy head of the search-and-rescue detachment of the local Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), has reported.

September 22, 2010 22:00

• Mother of judge Novikov holds a mono-picket in Krasnodar Territory

  On September 21, Tamara Novikova, mother of Dmitri Novikov, a judge from Sochi, spent several hours in a solo picket in front of the territorial administration and the old and new buildings of the territorial court, trying to draw attention of journalists, public, authorities and Russian President to corruption problems within local authorities.

September 22, 2010 21:10

• Grozny resumes city subbotnik started in June

  The wide-scale subbotnik aimed to clean the streets of the capital of Chechnya from garbage and improve their appearance, which was suspended because of the month of Ramadan, will restart within the next few days.

September 22, 2010 21:00

• Khloponin discusses counteracting extremism with churchmen in Makhachkala

  On September 21, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), and Magomedsalam Magomedov, head of Dagestan, discussed, at the meeting with representatives of the Muslim, Christian and Judaic faiths, the problems of religious extremism and the reason, forcing the youth to "go to the forest."

September 22, 2010 20:00

• Road accident causes gas main fire in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A road accident caused a fire of the gas main; a nearby house burnt down; and there are casualties.

September 22, 2010 19:00

• Lawyer Tagirova, beaten in Dagestan, states that inspector involves false witnesses

  Lawyer Dzhamilya Tagirova, who was beaten by Kerim Mazaev, an inspector of the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, in his study, has revealed that certain militiamen appeared in the criminal case, who had allegedly been eyewitnesses of the incident and evidenced that it was the lawyer who had attacked the inspector.

September 22, 2010 18:00

• Explosion near US embassy in Tbilisi

  Today at night in the cemetery, located in the Digomi District between the territory of the former car market and US embassy in Tbilisi, an explosion was triggered; it has harmed nobody, and the circumstances are now studied.

September 21, 2010 23:50

• Rally against kidnappings and power structures' arbitrariness held in Dagestan

  Today in Makhachkala, in front of the Avar Theatre, a protest rally against kidnappings and arbitrariness of power agencies was organized by human rights activists, lawyers and journalists of Dagestan.

September 21, 2010 23:30

• Bareheaded women in Chechnya were not admitted to a party

  Armed guards did not admit the women who had come bareheaded to a festive concert devoted to the Day of Chechen Woman.

September 21, 2010 23:10

• Deputy chief of Inner security department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs got wounded in Kabardino-Balkaria

  An attempt at Deputy chief of Inner security department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria took place on September, 20, in Nalchik, capital of the Republic. The officer got wounded.

September 21, 2010 23:00

• A bomb exploded under a militiaman's car in Kizlyar district of Dagestan

  In the evening of September, 20, there was an attempt at a militia officer in Kizlyar District of Dagestan. While the officer was driving his "UAZ-2206" car an explosive device was activated.

September 21, 2010 22:40

• A Refugee from Abkhazia in Georgia won his law suit against Georgian authorities in the international court

  Batalbi Saginadze, resident of Georgia, has won his law suit against Georgian authorities in the international court. The case dealt with eviction of Saginadze who is a refugee from the cottage he had been occupying since 1994.

September 21, 2010 22:20

• Akhilgov: Ingushetian authorities check statement of Maksharip Aushev's father

  After the statement of Magomed-Hadji Aushev, father of human rights defender Maksharip Aushev, who was killed last year, that he knows the names his son's murderers, the authorities of Ingushetia have initiated a check. This was announced by Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of the President of Ingushetia.

September 21, 2010 22:10

• Union of Journalists of Krasnodar Territory doubts authenticity of Novikov's interview

  The Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists of the Krasnodar Territory has questioned the authenticity of the interview taken by journalist Svetlana Kravchenko from Dmitri Novikov, former judge of the Khosta District of Sochi "Into One Prisoners' Dock", in which he spoke about corruption that covered, in his opinion, the judicial community of the region. However, the Collegium of the Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists of Russia, which will sit later, may nullify the decision of the Krasnodar Jury, Vitaly Chelyshev, a member of the Collegium, said.

September 21, 2010 22:00

• "Spetsstroy" workers in Chechnya complain of losing their paid vacations

  A number of subdivisions of the organization "Spetsstroy" in Chechnya have partially suspended their work for lack of POLs (petroleum, oil and lubricants). The workers are forced to apply for indefinite-term non-paid vacations. This is reported by the workers, while their bosses prefer to refrain from comments.