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July 12, 2011 16:04

• Dagestan: resident of Tsuntin District complains of threats from villagers and policemen

  Magomed Gamidov, a resident of the village Zekhida of Tsuntin District of Dagestan, appealed to the human rights activists with the complaint on the villagers and the policemen. According to him, the former villagers forced him to leave the village, and at his new place of residence he is being persecuted by police.

July 12, 2011 16:00

• Children from Circassian Diaspora in Turkey are happy with their visit to Adygea

  During three weeks in Adygea 26 children and young people from the Circassian Diaspora in Turkey visited the town of Maikop, Shapsug villages, the mountainous part of the republic, Krasnodar, and the all-Russian camp "Orlyonok" (Eaglet) and Circassian villages of Lazarev district on the Black Sea coast.

July 12, 2011 15:00

• HRW to report on human rights situation in Gali District of Abkhazia

  On July 15 the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) will present the report outlining the human rights problems and specific recommendations to the authorities of Abkhazia and the international community to improve the situation in Gali District.

July 12, 2011 14:00

• Policemen threw grenades at civilians' houses in Dagestan, witnesses assert

  Armed policemen, who went this morning around households in the village Mutsalaul of Khasavyurt District, threw grenades to the house where brothers Ali and Umar named Zainalabidov lived. As a result, the building received considerable damage, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by Rasul Magomedkhanov, a resident of the village.

July 12, 2011 12:00

• North-Caucasian track and field athletes won over ten medals at the championship of Russia in Cheboksary

  627 athletes from 61 Russian regions took part in the championship of Russia which passed off in Cheboksary from July, 1 till July, 3, the Ministry of Sports of Chuvash Republic reported. Participants from Northern Caucasus got over ten medals during the events.

July 12, 2011 11:00

• Western Georgia bore damages from pelting rains

  The settlement of Jikhaskari, Zugdidi district of Western Georgia, bore strong damages as a result of a heavy rain and flood in the river of Tarchia, highways and bridges were also troubled.

July 12, 2011 10:00

• 520 convicts amnestied in Armenia

  As of July, 9, 767 persons were granted an amnesty in Armenia, Press service of Criminal executive department of the Ministry of Justice reported.

July 11, 2011 23:00

• Over 15 men are suspected of raping 14-year-old girl in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Police Colonel Yuri Begidov, head of the Chegem ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), that 15 persons are checked for involvement in raping a 14-year-old girl from the village of Nartan in Kabardino-Balkaria: suspects' DNA an other analyses are made.

July 11, 2011 22:00

• Retransmission centre burnt down in Dagestan

  On July 11, in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, unidentified criminals attacked the Radio and Television Broadcasting Centre (RTBC); they destroyed and burned it down.

July 11, 2011 20:00

• South-Ossetian social-democrats to nominate their presidential candidate

  Reporters were informed by Dmitry Tasoev, Chairman of the earlier legally liquidated Social-Democratic Party of South Ossetia, that his party will participate in elections at all levels.

July 11, 2011 19:00

• Protest actions against detention of journalists held in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, at the initiative of the Board of the Charter of Journalistic Ethics, journalists held protest actions associated with the "photographers' case" at the buildings of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the US Embassy. The members of the Board demanded from the country's authorities to remove the "secrecy status" from the case and urged the international community to monitor the inquiry.

July 11, 2011 18:00

• Moscow to host presentation of French film about Estemirova's murder

  On Friday, July 15, at 6:00 p.m., the new premises of the International Society "Memorial" in Moscow, located at the intersection of Karetny Ryad Street and Sadovoe Ring, a party will be held in memory of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova. The event will see the film "Who killed Natasha?"

July 11, 2011 17:12

• The parents of the children who sank in Yeisk appealed against the sentence of Yeisk court

  The parents of the children who sank in Yeisk last year disagree both with the judgment agaist the teachers acknowledged guilty of their chilren’s loss and the actions of the court concerning the aggreived persons themselves.

July 11, 2011 17:00

• In Geneva, consultations held with Georgia on Russia's accession to WTO with participation of customs experts

  On July 8 and 9 Geneva hosted another round of consultations between Russia and Georgia on the former's accession to the WTO. According to Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia, customs experts took part in the meeting.

July 11, 2011 16:00

• Organizers of the mountain multi-race in Adygea plan to make it annual

  The organizers of the mountain multi-race "Caucasus Adventure Race 2011", which was held on July 8-10 in the territory of the Lagonaki Highland and the Fisht-Oshten Massive of the Republic of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory, intend to start holding it every year. In the future, they plan to add the marine component to the race.

July 11, 2011 15:00

• In Dagestan, lawyers fear that mosque parishioners may be accused of schoolmaster's murder

  Dagestani advocates do not rule out that after the murder of the school principal Sidikullah Akhmedov, committed in the village of Sovietskoe, repressions may be launched against the parishioners of the local mosque, who had been already beaten once.

July 11, 2011 14:00

• Dagestan to open a new medrese by September 1

  By September 1, the village of Novo-Sasitli will open a new Islamic school- medrese for 150 pupils. The construction is funded by Muslims' donations.

July 11, 2011 13:00

• Ekazhevo villager disappears in Ingushetia

  The fact that Adam Kartoev, born in 1986, a resident of the village of Ekazhevo, Nazran District of Ingushetia, departed on July 7 in his VAZ-2107 car to Nazran and never returned was reported to the on duty unit of the Nazran ROVD by his mother Ferdovs Kartoeva.

July 11, 2011 12:00

• European schoolchildren's boxing championship in Chechnya attracts 155 athletes from 16 countries

  The championship in boxing among schoolchildren was opened on July 10 in the Chechen capital. The tournament will be held from July 10 to July 16.

July 11, 2011 11:00

• Four people injured as a result of gas explosion in Vladikavkaz are still staying in resuscitation departments

  As of 14:00, July, 11, twelve persons injured as a result of an explosion of a gas bottle in Vladikavkaz are still staying in clinics of St. Petersburg, Irbek Doev, Head of Press service of the Permanent Mission of North Osetia, reported.