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August 11, 2010 23:00

• Russia announces deployment of S-300 air defence system in Abkhazia

  General-Colonel Alexander Zelin, Commander-in-Chief of Russia's Air Forces, has reported deployment of S-300 air defence systems in the territory of Abkhazia; the latter refutes the information.

August 11, 2010 22:00

• Seven persons catch African swine fever in Rostov Region

  As reported by the Department of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) for the Rostov Region, seven laboratory confirmed cases of West Nile Encephalitis (WNE) have been registered in Rostov-on-Don.

August 11, 2010 20:00

• In Georgia, street traders are holding protest actions

  On August 10, in front of the Tbilisi Mayoralty street traders held a protest action against liquidation of street trade.

August 11, 2010 19:00

• Tbilisi: refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia protest against forced eviction

  Today in the morning, the Tbilisi police violently ousted refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia out of the former building of the Headquarters of Russian Troops in Georgia; the refugees moved in there after the war of August 2008. Several hundreds of refugees tried to resist but failed; several persons were wounded.

August 11, 2010 17:00

• In Krasnodar Territory, huge jams paralyse "Don" Highway

  In the Krasnodar Territory, the Federal Highway "Don", running to the Black Sea shore, is paralysed by huge traffic jams. Within one day the road passes some 80-100 thousand cars, more than six-fold throughput of this highway.

August 11, 2010 16:00

• Teenager beaten and kidnapped in Ingushetia by power agents, rights defenders assert

  On August 8 in Ingushetia, in Surkhakhi village, employees of unidentified power agencies beat and kidnapped Magomed Alikhanovich Mutsolgov, 15. His father was not told where the boy was taken.

August 11, 2010 15:00

• Ingushetia sent 78 tons of mineral water to fire victims of Nizhniy Novgorod Region

  On August 10, the humanitarian truck train from Ingushetia with 78 tons of mineral water for residents-fire victims arrived in Nizhniy Novgorod.

August 11, 2010 13:00

• Azerbaijan holds the action "Be a volunteer too!"

  Within the project "Promotion of voluntary activities towards solution of social problems", a number of Azerbaijan districts are holding the action "Be a volunteer too!"

August 11, 2010 12:00

• Tbilisi wants to host UEFA's Europe League final match in 2012 or 2013

  President of the UEFA Michel Platini, who visited the capital of Georgia, gave particular recommendations to the government, so that Tbilisi could host the Europe League final match in 2012 or 2013.

August 11, 2010 11:00

• Militiamen hold protest rally in Ingushetia

  In the city of Karabulak, Ingushetia, militiamen express their unwillingness to work under command of the new boss of local GOVD (City Interior Department). On August 10, they held a protest rally in front of the GOVD building.

August 11, 2010 10:00

• Billionaire Donald Trump to build elite houses in Georgia

  American billionaire Donald Trump will build houses for most prosperous people of Georgia.

August 11, 2010 09:00

• Armenia holds action dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Peace Treaty of Sevres

  On August 10, in Yerevan, a march was held dated to the 90th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Sevres, under which Armenia should have been given the territory, which was under Turkey's jurisdiction.

August 10, 2010 22:00

• Grouping accused of terrorism faces trial in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Court on Grave Crimes of Azerbaijan, chaired by Tamilla Nasrullayeva, has started a trial of a group of persons accused of preparing terror acts in the territory of the country.

August 10, 2010 20:00

• Reconstruction of Baksan HPP in Kabardino-Balkaria will be over in 2.5 years

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the press service of the Kabardino-Balkarian Branch of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "RusHydro" that the full reconstruction of the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in Kabardino-Balkaria will be carried out during 2-2.5 years.

August 10, 2010 19:00

• Bread prices go sharply up in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, in shops of the city of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, price for bread and bakery products have gone up by 40 percent; same as for flour and pasta.

August 10, 2010 18:00

• Heat closes all car washes in Khasavyurt

  The website of the city administration of Khasavyurt (Dagestan) reports that with the aim of more rational water use in the heat season, they suspended all the city car washes till September 1.

August 10, 2010 17:00

• Verdict passed in Azerbaijan on massacre in ASOA

  Today, the Court on Grave Crimes of Azerbaijan, chaired by Ramella Allakhverdieva, finalized the trial on the massacre committed on April 30, 2009, at the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA), when Farda Gadirov entered the Academy, opened fire from his pistol, killed 12 persons, wounded 13 more and then committed suicide.

August 10, 2010 16:00

• Chechnya calls recruits to military service

  In Chechnya, 100 recruits became soldiers of the Internal Troops of Russia's MIA. They will serve in the "Sever" (North) special-purpose battalion of the Internal Troops. The republic's military commissariat states that it is the first "true" conscription for the last 20 years.

August 10, 2010 15:00

• Oil spill destroys crops in Dagestan

  In the Derbent District of Dagestan, a break of an oil-extracting well rendered a significant ecological damage to local agricultural lands. Now, the oil spill covers the territory of about 60 hectares.

August 10, 2010 14:00

• Adygea and Kalmykia help fire victims in other Russia's regions

  Residents of Adygea have sent their humanitarian aid to fire victims of the Verkhne-Mamon District of the Voronezh Region. Kalmykia also sent over 40 tons of humanitarian goods to fire victims in Central Russia.