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September 07, 2011 23:50

• Three defendants on case of riots at Manege Square in Moscow plead partially guilty

  One of the defendants on the case of riots at Manege Square in Moscow in last December pled guilty in incriminated deeds, two defendants pled guilty in part, and two others did not consider themselves guilty.

September 07, 2011 23:40

• Krasnodar Territory to test its schoolchildren for drug use

  Medical professionals began rapid testing of students for drug use in schools and vocational schools of all cities and districts of the Krasnodar Territory.

September 07, 2011 23:20

• In Georgia, military helicopter with foreign journalists crashes with no victims

  In the mountainous district of Georgia, a helicopter "Mi-8" of the Armed Forces of the republic suddenly lost control and fell. According to the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the helicopter had its crew, Georgian and foreign journalist camera crews on its board. The affected persons suffered minor injuries.

September 07, 2011 23:10

• In Volgograd, ex-deputy accused of paedophilia pleads guilty in court

  On September 6, the Dzerzhinsk District Court of Volgograd held the first session on the case of Nikolai Volkov, ex-deputy of the Regional Duma, who is accused of a series of sexual crimes against children, forging a passport and escape, and a series of crimes against sexual inviolability of juveniles. At the trial, Volkov pled guilty.

September 07, 2011 23:00

• Armenian soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone by his colleague

  Aik Mkrtchyan, a 19-year-old regular soldier of the Armenian Army, perished as a result of violation of rules for handling weapons by Lendrush Nazlukhanyan, his colleague. This was reported by the press service of Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 07, 2011 22:50

• IC: deputy wounded and his relative killed in Dagestan

  According to obtained information, as a result of an armed attack in the city of Makhachkala, Gadjibutta Alunkachaev, the deputy of the District Assembly of Novolakskoe District of Dagestan, was wounded and his relative was killed. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee (IC) of Dagestan.

September 07, 2011 22:40

• Investigators verify information about soldier's slavery at factory in Dagestan

  Military investigators check information about holding soldier Andrei Popov as a slave at a brick factory in Dagestan.

September 07, 2011 22:20

• In Azerbaijan, 16 persons arrested on suspicion of smuggling weapons and drugs

  16 persons suspected of drug smuggling, illegal keeping and carrying of firearms and ammunition, were arrested due to the operational activities conducted by the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan.

September 07, 2011 21:00

• An Armenian serviceman killed in the zone of Karabakh conflict

  This morning a nineteen-years-old soldier of Armed Forces of Armenia Aik Mkrtchyan was killed during his combat duty on the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

September 07, 2011 20:00

• Two men killed in the capital of Dagestan

  This afternoon, an unidentified person opened fire at two men in Makhachkala. According to preliminary data, they both perished, a source in law enforcement bodies of the capital of Dagestan reported.

September 07, 2011 19:00

• A conference devoted to conflicts in Southern Caucasus will be held in Washington

  On September, 15, a conference "Twenty years of independence in Southern Caucasus: achievements and problems" devoted to territorial conflicts in Southern Caucasus will be held in Washington.

September 07, 2011 18:00

• Building Bridges, young Abkhazians and Georgians together in Italy to attend an international campus in Rondine

  The Building Bridges international camp took place in Rondine from 18th to 31th July 2011. Among the participants, twenty young Abkhazians and twenty young Georgians, along with Rondine's students and young adults from the Italian civil society. The initiative, realized through the COBERM program “Confidence Building Early Response Mechanism”, was funded by the EU and managed by the UNDP.

September 07, 2011 18:00

• Human rights activists in Chechnya reported kidnapping and beating two persons by members of the top brass

  According to human rights activists, two young people were carried away from their houses by force and cruelly beaten up in Staropromislovsky district of Grozny. Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya do not confirm this information.

September 06, 2011 23:50

• Armenia: right defenders to demand resignation of Supreme Commander-in-Chief

  The leaders of several human rights organizations of Armenia express their concern about the situation in the Armenian Army and declare that, if no serious steps on solving crimes in the army are taken within a month, they will demand resignation of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

September 06, 2011 23:40

• HRC "Memorial": kidnapped and murdered Dzhalka resident earlier was convicted for armed clash

  In 2001, Ayub Dovletukaev, a resident of the village of Dzhalka of Gudermes District of the Chechen Republic, who was kidnapped and murdered in Chechnya, was sentenced on charges of involvement on the militants' side in the armed clash, which took place in the hospital of Gudermes, and he was serving his term in a psychiatric hospital. In 2005, unidentified armed men kidnapped Rustam Dovletukaev, his brother.

September 06, 2011 23:30

• APPF: Azerbaijan has 11 new political prisoners

  The Alliance for Protection of Political Freedoms (APPF) issued a statement expressing concern about the increasing number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. According to the APPF, eleven people sentenced in the country during the three summer months of this year are political prisoners.

September 06, 2011 23:10

• Medrese teacher and his students kidnapped in Chechnya released

  On August 29, Roman Magomadov, a medrese teacher, and his students Rustam Seliev, Viskhan Geliskhanov and Ruslan Sakkazov, who had been kidnapped in Chechnya, were released.

September 06, 2011 23:00

• Makhachkala opens women's beach

  On September 6, an opening ceremony of the beach intended for women and children, named "Goryanka" (Mountain Woman), was held in the city of Makhachkala. The beach has its own security system, and it is fenced off from the outside world. This project, carried out by a private investor, was supported by the city administration, which believed that the beach would be able to assist in solving many social problems of Dagestani women.

September 06, 2011 22:50

• Viktor Makeev, detained at rally in Vladikavkaz, released

  The organizer of the memorial rally on the seventh anniversary of the death of 384 persons during the hostage-taking terror act in Beslan was released by the police and waits for summon.

September 06, 2011 22:30

• Three persons suffered in explosion at Baku factory

  Today, at about 6:30 a.m. local time, an explosion occurred at the steel mill located in the Azerbaijani capital and injuring three people.