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August 24, 2011 14:00

• Woman from Dagestan reports kidnapping and murder of her husband

  Shamil Alisultanov, a resident of Kaspiisk, who had been missing since August 19, was found murdered in the Buinaksk District, said his wife Kamilla Mamaeva. According to her story, power agents had to do with her husband's death.

August 24, 2011 13:00

• Explosion in Astrakhan Region was shell self-triggering, militaries say

  As reported today by a source from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), the reason of explosion of ammunition on August 23 in the Astrakhan Region in the Ashuluk training range was a spontaneous self-triggering of the propulsion engine of one of the shells.

August 24, 2011 12:00

• Eviction of residents of Russian enclave from Azerbaijan to Dagestan suspended

  Today is the deadline of the three-month period, which was provided by the Azerbaijani party to residents of the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba for making their decision: either to get legalized in Azerbaijan or to move to Dagestan. Forced deportation was avoided after the talks of the leader of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov and First Vice-Premier of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyubov.

August 23, 2011 20:00

• Youth expert-political forum "Foros. Abkhazia" opened in Gagra

  80 young people from Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Stavropol and Moscow are participating in the international youth expert-political forum "Foros. Abkhazia" that was launched in the city of Gagra.

August 23, 2011 19:00

• Residents of Razdan are concerned about development of mine with possible uranium content

  The Armenian government is considering the application of residents of the city of Razdan and a number of public organizations, in which they expressed their concern about the exploitation of the iron mine. According to their story, uranium was detected in the area of the deposit.

August 23, 2011 18:00

• In Georgia, theatre staff refuses to accept dismissal of stage director Sturua

  The company of the Rustaveli Theatre said that they still consider Robert Sturua, who was dismissed from his post of artistic director by the Minister of Culture of Georgia, to be their stage director. The statement on behalf of the company was announced on August 22 by actor Zaza Papuashvili in front of the theatre building.

August 23, 2011 17:00

• Dagestan: case of beating lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova by militiamen sent to court

  The indictment has been approved in Dagestan on the criminal case against employees of the OVD of Khasavyurt, accused of beating the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, said the prosecutor's office of Dagestan.

August 23, 2011 16:00

• Resident of Dagestan reports kidnapping and murder of his brother by power agents

  Abdurakhman Asludinov, a resident of the village of Shamkhal (a suburb of Makhachkala), who was killed on August 18 by MIA agents in the capital of Dagestan, had been kidnapped before his death by power agents, said today Magomed Asludinov, Abdurakhman's brother.

August 23, 2011 15:00

• League of Voters: "Georgian card" again played at presidential election in Abkhazia

  In Abkhazia, the League of Voters "For Fair Elections" has published an interim report on results of observation over the election process of President of Abkhazia.

August 23, 2011 14:00

• Ex-head of Georgian Forestry Department released in Spain

  Bidzina Giorgobiani, the secretary for international affairs of the Conservative Party of Georgia and former head of the Forestry Department, who was detained in Spain at the request of the Georgian party, is at large, said Lasha Chkhartishvili, one of the leaders of the party.

August 23, 2011 13:00

• "Anji" officially announces purchase of Samuel Eto'o

  Today, the final agreement was reached between Football Clubs "Anji" (Makhachkala) and "Inter" (Milan) on transfer of Samuel Eto'o, the latter's striker, into the Makhachkala club.

August 23, 2011 12:00

• Ex-militia lieutenant-colonel detained on Politkovskaya murder case Retired

  Lieutenant-Colonel Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was detained on suspicion of organizing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, said Vladimir Markin, the official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

August 22, 2011 21:00

• Dagestan: policemen's rally postponed, because of participants' absence

  The rally of policemen, who had failed to pass attestation and stand against corruption in the law enforcement system of Dagestan, scheduled for today in Makhachkala, has been postponed to September 30.

August 22, 2011 20:00

• Twenty-one persons suffered in explosions in Makhachkala

  According to latest data, the two explosions triggered near the supermarket "Yastreb" (Hawk) in Makhachkala wounded and contused 21 persons, including three children and six policemen, briefed the MIA of Dagestan.

August 22, 2011 19:00

• In Azerbaijan, activist of "Yeni Fikir" denied CER

  Today, in Baku, a travel session of the Nizami District Court was held at the high security penal institutions No. 1 of the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan and considered an application of Ruslan Bashirli, the head of the youth organization "Yeni Fikir" (New Thinking), about conditional early relief (CER).

August 22, 2011 18:00

• Strasbourg Court accepts lawsuit of Dagestani rights defender against Khasavyurt OVD

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted a complaint submitted by Nasurdin Rasulov, a human rights activist from Khasavyurt and the lawyer of the public organization "Fighter for Justice". According to his story, employees of the OVD (Interior Division) of Khasavyurt had illegally initiated a criminal case against him.

August 22, 2011 17:00

• Dagestani court sends case of policemen, guilty of beating teenager, to reconsideration

  Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has decided to review the case of the employees of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division) accused of beatings a 14-year-old boy in June 2009. The case will be returned to the first instance court, said Bakanai Magomedova, the victims' advocate.

August 22, 2011 16:00

• Anji" managers suspected of putting pressure on referees during break of match with "Dynamo

  The Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) has officially requested a video record of the incident, which occurred with the crew of referees during the break of the August 22 match "Anji"-"Dynamo", when representatives of the club from the capital of Dagestan spoke with referees in an aggressive manner.

August 22, 2011 15:00

• In Georgia, about 100 prisoners recommended for pardon

  The Pardon Commission under the President of Georgia made recommendations for early release of about 100 prisoners.

August 22, 2011 14:00

• Labourites urge Spanish authorities not to extradite Giorgobiani to Georgia

  The Labour Party of Georgia calls on Spanish authorities not to extradite Bidzina Giorgobiani, the former head of the Forestry Department, to Georgia.