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September 08, 2010 22:40

• In Georgia, defence of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia accuses police of falsifying detention protocol

  The defence of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the first president of Georgia, who was sentenced to 9.5 years of imprisonment for a murder attempt, brings a claim against the patrol police challenging the legality of the detention procedure.

September 08, 2010 22:20

• Semneby meets Azerbaijani refugees, oppositionists and authorities in Baku

  The situation around Karabakh settlement and the parliamentary elections forthcoming on November 7 in Azerbaijan were the main topics during the meetings held by Peter Semneby, EU's Special Representative for Southern Caucasus, during his visit to Baku on September 5-7.

September 08, 2010 22:10

• After April 2011, Chechen leader will be named "Head of the Republic"

  According to Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, speaker of Chechen parliament, the post of the president of Chechnya will be officially renamed only next April, after expiry of Ramzan Kadyrov's term.

September 08, 2010 22:10

• Rostov court satisfies petitions of head of "Young Europe" challenging decisions of prosecutor's office

  On September 7, the Leninskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don held its first session on the case contesting the legitimacy of the decision of the Prosecutor's Office of the Rostov Region, which had announced a warning to Konstantin Baranov, head of the regional branch of the public organization "Young Europe", about inadmissibility of extremist activity.

September 08, 2010 22:00

• Rostov-on-Don: militia studies circumstances of attack on local residents

  Rostov-on-Don has seen attacks of a grouping of young men, who hid their faces in medical masks on city residents. Unidentified youngsters are beating those who drink alcohol in the streets.

September 08, 2010 21:00

• Official from Krasnodar Territory convicted for bribery in Moscow

  Today, the Moscow City Court has sentenced Sergey Tulinov, ex-head of the Yeisk District, Krasnodar Territory, found guilty of taking a bribe of 3 million roubles, to 7.5 years of high security colony. His defence believes the arguments of the prosecution unpersuasive.

September 08, 2010 21:00

• Ilyumzhinov wants to stay in Kalmykia after retirement

  After leaving the post of the head of Kalmykia, which he has been occupying for 17 years, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov plans to get engaged in social-charitable projects and preparation of Dalai Lama's visit to the republic, he said today at a press conference.

September 08, 2010 20:00

• North Ossetia starts a project aimed to defend consumers' rights

  Today at 2:00 p.m., the project named "People's Control" was presented in Vladikavkaz, launched under the initiative of the North-Ossetian regional branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party.

September 08, 2010 19:00

• Dagestan: lawyer who suffered from ensign of drug control agency wants to sue him

  Gyulnara Bammatova, a lawyer from the "Kavkaz" Bar, who was hospitalized as a result of actions of the employee of the local drug control department, who presented himself as "Magomed Magomedovich Magomedov", is going to sue him, despite the offer of reconciliation that she received.

September 08, 2010 18:00

• Human rights defenders discuss situation in Russia with DoS delegation

  Russian human rights defenders had a meeting with William Burns, undersecretary of the US Department of State (DoS), and Michael MсFaul, adviser of the US president. Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", said that "criticism on the topic of human rights was one of the central issues" of the meeting.

September 07, 2010 23:30

• Suicide bomber who committed terror act near Buinaksk identified

  Experts managed to identify the terrorist-suicide bomber, who committed the terror act on September 5 in the "Dalni" training range near Buinaksk in Dagestan. According to the MIA of Dagestan, it was Zamir Terekbaev, 26, a native of Andrei-Kurgan village, Neftekum District of the Stavropol Territory.

September 07, 2010 23:30

• Arrested director of Russian building company goes on hunger strike in South Ossetia

  Svetlana Osipova, director general of the construction Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Astereya", who is kept in Tskhinvali prison, on September 2, went on hunger strike in protest against the charges presented by South-Ossetian authorities.

September 07, 2010 23:00

• Khloponin presents NCFD's development strategy till 2025 to Russian government

  The development strategy of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) till 2025 was presented by Alexander Khloponin, Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the District, for approval to Russian Premier Vladimir Putin during the meeting to Sochi on September 6.

September 07, 2010 22:20

• Working group of Russia's Public Chamber: situation in Dagestan is close to critical

  Recent events in Dagestan show that the situation in the republic is getting out of control, runs the official statement of the working group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for development of public dialogue and institutes of civil society in the Caucasus, passed on September 6.

September 07, 2010 22:10

• Forests are still on fire in Dagestan

  The forests located near the dwelling settlements of Khelaturi and Alak, Botlikh District, and of Anchikh, Akhvakh District, are captured by fire. Local residents find the efforts of the authorities to liquidate the calamity insufficient.

September 07, 2010 22:00

• Evkurov reports prevention of suicide bomber's terror act in Ingushetia

  The law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia have prevented a large terror act planned by militants with use of a terrorist-suicide bomber. This was stated today by Ingush President Yunus-Bek Evkurov in his speech addressed to parliamentarians and the government.

September 07, 2010 21:20

• Muftiyat of Chechnya: special commission reconciles 18 blood feudists

  The special commission for reconciliation of families in the state of blood feud, which was set up in Chechnya in August, has reconciled 18 blood feudists. According to the republic's Muftiyat, the commission still has 40 more cases pending consideration.

September 07, 2010 21:10

• Father of assassinated oppositionist Aushev says he knows killers' names

  Magomed-Hadji Aushev, 80, father of Maksharip Aushev, an Ingush oppositionist and human rights activist, who was killed in autumn of 2009, asserts that he knows the assassins. The father is himself engaged in active public work in Ingushetia and does not exclude that he can become the next victim of gunmen.

September 07, 2010 21:00

• In Azerbaijan, consideration of Fatullaev's appeal postponed

  Today, the Baku Appeal Court has again reappointed the preparatory session on the case of journalist Einullah Fatullaev on September 17.

September 07, 2010 20:00

• RF's AC is concerned of waste disposal in Sochi

  The ecological situation in Sochi is close to critical - this is the conclusion of the auditors of the Russian Federation's Audit Chamber, who have revised expenditures on ecological monitoring and nature protection, which had been allocated by the 2009 federal budget in the sum of 208.3 million roubles.