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June 23, 2011 12:00

• Team captain of Dagestani “Anji” resented at the fans of “Krylia Sovietov”

  After the end of a game between “Anji” and “Krylia Sovietov” on June, 22, in Samara the hosts’ fans flung a banana into the playing field. Brazilian Roberto Carlos, team captain of Dagestani “Anji”, left the playing field as a sign of protest.

June 23, 2011 10:00

• A procession calling to help the refugees passed off in Armenia

  A series of actions devoted to the World Day of Refugees passed off in Yerevan on June, 19-20. Over one hundred people took part in a procession along the central streets of the capital with a slogan “Do at least something for a refugee!”

June 23, 2011 05:00

• An all-Russian holiday of blondes will be celebrated in Sochi today

  An all-Russian rally of blondes will be held in Sochi today. The only museum and memorial to blondes will be opened within its framework.

June 22, 2011 23:00

• Volgograd Region: journalists wins lawsuit against City Duma Chairman

  Court granted the lawsuit of three journalists of the newspaper "Novoe Vremya" (New Time) against Anatoly Antontsev, the Chairman of Mikhailov City Duma, who did not let the correspondents of this newspaper to attend the City Duma session.

June 22, 2011 22:00

• Georgia: changes in cellular networks

  On June 20 the numbering of cellular networks in Georgia has changed. A digit "5" was added to the two-digit cellular codes.

June 22, 2011 21:00

• Ingushetia: Sagopshi resident's house exploded

  On June 21 in the night, at approximately 4:00 a.m. Moscow time, in the village of Sagopshi of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons exploded the house, belonging to a local resident. There were no casualties and injured, because nobody lived in the house. The building suffered considerable damage.

June 22, 2011 20:00

• South Ossetia: detained Georgian citizens deported

  According to the decision of the Dzaus District Court of South Ossetia, on June 22, ten citizens of Georgia, who were detained on June 18 by Russian border guards, were transferred to Georgian.

June 22, 2011 19:00

• Two participants in Kizlyar terror act sentenced to life imprisonment, the third one – to 24 years of prison

  Today the Supreme Court of Dagestan convicted three residents of the republic, accused in the case of a double terror act in Kizlyar, which occurred on March 31, 2010.

June 22, 2011 18:00

• Winners of contest of "Caucasian Knot" among open letters and appeals defined

  The contest of open letters and appeals, published at the interactive sites of the "Caucasian Knot", summarizes the results. The Expert Council of the Human Rights Activists determined the winners. Five authors were awarded.

June 22, 2011 17:00

• Russia protests against US warship in Batumi port

  On June 20 the US warship "Monterey" approached the Georgian port of the city of Batumi for joint military training exercises of the USA and Georgia to combat piracy. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the visit of the US ship in the Georgian port, which is not the only case, will not contribute to stability in the region.

June 22, 2011 15:00

• Investment agreements of cooperation signed during Days of Dagestan in Austria

  Investment agreements of cooperation between Dagestan and “Wintertechnique Engineering” company on realization of investment projects in the territory of the republic have been signed in Austria.

June 22, 2011 15:00

• The Parliament of Georgia toughens the penalty for organizing paramilitary groups

  On June, 21, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Criminal code in first reading by 101 votes against one according to which the penalty for participation, forming or command of paramilitary groups will be toughened.

June 22, 2011 13:00

• Five servicemen perished and twelve got wounded during battles in Kizlyar district of Dagestan

  There is confirmed data of five lost and twelve wounded officers of law enforcement bodies as a result of a special operation going on in Kizlyar district of Dagestan, Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.

June 22, 2011 12:00

• The special operation in the South of Chechnya may last several months, members of power ministries state

  A large-scale special operation against participants of armed underground which started on May, 20, in Vedeno district of Chechnya has not yielded any results yet, a source in the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reports.

June 21, 2011 23:00

• Kucher: Muslims detained in North Ossetia have advocates

  In North Ossetia, lawyers and members of the Public Chamber have access to members of Muslim communities who were detained on May 31, stated a session of the Public Chamber of the republic.

June 21, 2011 22:00

• Yerevan: subway fare to be doubled since July 1

  Since July 1, subway fare in Yerevan will be doubled. Karen Karapetyan, the Mayor of Yerevan, announced this information.

June 21, 2011 21:00

• Prosecution demands life imprisonment for accused of Kizlyar attack

  The prosecutor Andrei Nazarov, speaking in the debates in the Supreme Court of Dagestan, demanded life imprisonment sentence for all three defendants in the case of terror act in Kizlyar on March 31, 2010.

June 21, 2011 20:00

• Ingushetia: fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin constructs garment factory

  Valentin Yudashkin, the fashion designer, approved the sites for the future garment factory which Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has shown him on June 21. The factory is to be built in the village of Ali-Yurt.

June 21, 2011 19:00

• Armenia: deputy Arzakantsyan gives money collected from opposition newspaper to charity

  Tigran Arzakantsyan, the representative of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, who won the lawsuit against the newspaper "Erkir" (Country) on the case of honour and dignity defence, intends to transfer the amount of 500 US dollars collected from the newspaper for charity. On June 21 he announced it to journalists.

June 21, 2011 18:30

• Nagorno-Karabakh: journalists watch life of people

  A group of journalists from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia and Armenia visit Nagorno-Karabakh. The programme of their visit schedules meetings with government officials, NGO representatives, travelling to remote regions of Nagorno-Karabakh.