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October 19, 2010 22:00

• Russia's GPO puts Ahmed Zakaev on international wanted list again

  As reported by Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia, Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI), was announced into international search again. The Yessentuki City Court, the Stavropol Territory, has arrested Zakaev in absentia.

October 19, 2010 21:00

• Picketers in Yerevan find holding forum "In the Name of Democracy" in Armenia inappropriate

  In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, participants of a today's six-hour-long picket in support of political prisoners and democracy, held in parallel with the Council of Europe's forum "In the Name of Democracy", believe that it is not reasonable to hold such events in a country, which has political prisoners and failed to properly investigate the events of March 1, 2008.

October 19, 2010 20:00

• Journalist Fatullayev in Azerbaijan is starting a hunger strike

  Einulla Fatullayev, a journalist serving in a penitentiary is starting an open-ended hunger strike on October, 19, demanding execution of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on his immediate release by the authorities of Azerbaijan.

October 19, 2010 19:00

• Journalists in Ingushetia state that their car was fired upon by members of the top brass during a meeting

  During a meeting in Ingushetia at the crossroads of a federal highway and a road in the direction of the town of Magas, a car with Moscow reporters of "Partner Plus" press agency, while they were taking photos of the action, was fired upon by members of the top brass, Elena Sevriukova, leader of the agency, reported.

October 19, 2010 18:00

• Director of children's rehabilitation center shot down in Dagestan

  According to a report of District Department of Interior Affairs, last night unidentified people in the town of Kizil-Yurt (Dagestan) shot down the Director of children's inter-district rehabilitation center and his companion.

October 18, 2010 23:30

• Independence Day of Azerbaijan passes without public celebrations

  October 18 is celebrated in Azerbaijan as the Day of State Independence. On this day in 1991, the Azerbaijani parliament adopted the Constitutional Act on restoration of independence of Azerbaijan.

October 18, 2010 23:10

• North Ossetia starts recruiting people's guards

  The voluntary people's guards will take their 3-month courses on the basis of the "Taktika" Training Centre. This time will be spent in mastering the basics of security, unarmed combat, shooting, medical help, as well as evacuation at emergencies such as natural disasters or terror acts.

October 18, 2010 23:00

• Flood in Krasnodar Territory: residents rebuild homes, forecasters predict new emergencies

  The authorities of the Tuapse District, Krasnodar Territory, which was affected by severe flooding on October 16, are calculating the caused damage. According to preliminary data, it will be in hundreds of millions roubles. Residents of the district have already begun rebuilding their homes. However, the local Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has announced a new emergency warning about possible new emergencies.

October 18, 2010 22:50

• Defence of convicts of Ruslan Yamadaev's murder plan to challenge the verdict

  Advocates of those defendants who were sentenced today on charges of murdering Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, a former State Duma Deputy, plan to file, within their legitimate 10 days, an appeal against the verdict. They assert that witnesses' evidences were unreliable, and the case materials were falsified.

October 18, 2010 22:40

• In Ingushetia, relatives of kidnapped local resident do not rule out restart of rally in Magas

  Magomed Gagiev, brother of Dzhamaleil Gagiev, who disappeared in Ingushetia on October 14, said that at that point of time the rally of the members of the victim's clan was suspended, while Magomed himself was summoned to the Investigatory Committee, where he hoped to get information about the fate of his brother, because the family did not exclude that he could be detained by special agencies.

October 18, 2010 22:30

• Advocate of Ingush residents, accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, is sure of their innocence

  Aza Yandieva, advocate of the ten residents of the Ingush village of Ekazhevo, accused of blowing the "Neva-Express" trains in 2007 and 2009, arrived in Moscow to meet her clients. In her view, the new allegations against them are ungrounded.

October 18, 2010 22:20

• Today, 40 days after the terror act in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz

  Today, residents of North Ossetia mark 40 days after the date of the terror act committed on September 9 at the central marketplace in Vladikavkaz. From early morning, the venue is attended by people, who bring flowers, candles and portraits of the dead.

October 18, 2010 22:10

• At trial in Moscow, suspect of killing Dagestani inspector pleads guilty

  Rashid Mamedov, a resident of Dagestan, who in 2007 in Moscow killed, according to investigators, senior inspector for especially important cases of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan Nazim Kaziahmedov, said today at the Moscow City Court that he has fully admitted his guilt. The second defendant, Karen Aslanov, accused of complicity, said that he had not taken any part in the murder.

October 18, 2010 22:00

• US to hold telethon in favour of Karabakh

  The city of Stepanakert hosted discussion of preparatory works for the upcoming annual telethon of the "Aiastan" Foundation, which will be broadcast on November 25, when the USA will celebrate the Thanksgiving Day.

October 18, 2010 21:00

• "Climate Week" was opened in Tbilisi

  On October, 17, a ceremonial opening of a week devoted to the International Day of Struggle against climate changes was held in front of the building of the Georgian Parliament.

October 18, 2010 20:00

• Moscow court acknowledged three natives of Chechnya guilty of the murder of Ruslan Yamadayev

  Today the Moscow Municipal court sentenced three natives of Chechnya to imprisonment terms of 14 to 20 years acknowledging them guilty of the murder of Ruslan Yamadayev, ex-deputy of State Duma of the Russian Federation.

October 18, 2010 19:00

• A human rights activist and her daughter beaten up in Grozny

  In the evening of October, 17, in Lenin district of Grozny, some strangers beat up a member of a non-governmental organization "Human Rights Center of Chechen Republic" and her daughter aged 18.

October 18, 2010 18:00

• A cafe fired upon in the town of Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria

  Unidentified people in the town of Baksan fired upon "Tamara" cafe located in the ground floor of a domestic building. Window glasses have been knocked out but no one got injured. A source in law enforcement bodies shared this news with a reporter of "Caucasian Knot".

October 16, 2010 21:00

• Two passers-by injured by explosion in Makhachkala

  Two local residents were wounded, when an attempt was undertaken to blow up a militia car.

October 16, 2010 20:00

• Flood in Krasnodar kills 11 and injured over 20 persons

  Today, heavy rain in the Krasnodar Territory caused overflowing of mountain rivers and led to flooding of 20 settlements. As a result of the flood eleven persons were lost, said Boris Frolov, deputy head of the investigatory division of the city of Tuapse.