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August 06, 2010 18:00

• Resident of Grozny was beaten and detained without presenting any charges

  Residents of the capital of Chechnya report about a young man detained and beaten by power agents. Now, he is still in hospital guarded by law enforcers. This was reported by a source in one of local human rights NGOs.

August 06, 2010 17:00

• In Dagestan, fire victims have to stay overnight in the street

  Residents of Anchikh village, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who lost their houses in a fire on August 5, had to spend their night in the open air. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Isa Magomedov, a villager.

August 06, 2010 16:00

• Nalchik to build a large Islamic centre

  As announced today by Anas Pshikhachev, Chairman of the Spiritual Moslems' Administration (SMA) of Kabardino-Balkaria, a multifunctional Islamic centre will be built in Nalchik.

August 06, 2010 15:00

• Volgograd: ex-deputy Babkin found guilty of paedophilia

  Today the court of the Traktorozavod District of Volgograd sentenced Yuri Babkin, a former teacher and deputy of the City Council, accused of paedophilia, to 15 years of deprivation of freedom in a high security colony.

August 06, 2010 14:00

• Early Christianity church found in Georgia

  Ruins of the church dated back to the 5th-6th centuries were found in Georgia in the territory of Dzabvu village, Ozurget District.

August 06, 2010 13:00

• Influential Georgian businessman arrested in Tbilisi

  Anzor Kokoladze, the founder of the largest Georgian network of electric equipment shops "Elite Еlectronix", was detained on suspicion of appropriation of a huge sum of money through a fraud.

August 06, 2010 12:00

• Unusual children's camp - "Stone Age village" - opened in Rostov Region

  The project "Lost World" is implemented in the Ust-Donetsk District of the Rostov Region by the public organization "Don Archaeological Society". The idea is to study the history by placing kids into material environment of a certain epoch.

August 06, 2010 11:00

• In Dagestan, an ambulance was shelled and robbed, driver wounded

  As reported today by the spokesman of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, on August 5 in the evening, an unknown person opened fire on an ambulance and stole over 1.5 million roubles - the salaries of the hospital employees - out of it.

August 06, 2010 10:00

• UN Court to consider Georgia's claim against Russia in September

  The judicial hearing of the Georgia versus Russia case on application of the International Convention on Eradication of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will take place on September 13-17.

August 05, 2010 18:10

• Ex-mayor of Kislovodsk is suspected of official misconduct

  As reported by the Investigatory Department of Russia's ICPO for the Stavropol Territory, inspectors have initiated a criminal case against Sergey Demidenko, former mayor of the city of Kislovodsk, who is suspected of service abuse.

August 05, 2010 18:00

• In Volgograd Region, drought destroys half of grain crops

  The hot summer has told fatally on grain crops in the Volgograd Region: the drought has ruined half of the expected crops; the suffered districts are provided with financial help.

August 05, 2010 16:00

• Two peaceful residents lost in Dagestan at attack on a car

  On August 4, in the Sergokalin District of Dagestan, unidentified persons shelled a car with two persons inside.

August 05, 2010 15:00

• Two OMON fighters wounded at shelling in Ingushetia

  As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in a skirmish in the municipal district Plievo in Nazran, two servicemen of the OMON (Special Militia) were wounded.

August 05, 2010 14:00

• Armenian doctors are concerned of growth of drug addicts in the country

  In Armenia, drugs are mainly used by people aged 25-35, mostly resident of Yerevan. By official data, the number of drug addicts in the country has doubled. This was stated by Petros Semerdzhyan, director of the Narcology Centre of Armenia and Chief Narcologist.

August 05, 2010 13:00

• Karachai-Circassia to chop wood around settlements to prevent fires

  As reported by Anna Lyzina, press secretary of the FSB Department for Karachai-Circassia, it was decided to take preventive measures against fires near dwelling settlements and crucial and potentially hazardous objects.

August 05, 2010 12:00

• Umarov's contradictory statements are caused by a serious split among militants, experts believe

  Experts are sure that the contradictory statements of the leader of Chechen militants Dokku Umarov, who has refuted his recent statement on his resignation and appointment of the militant Aslambek Vadalov to the post of Amir of the forbidden Imarat Kavkaz, were caused by a serious split among militants, experts are assured. According to political scientist Abdullah Istamulov, head of the Research Centre "SK-Strategy", under one of the versions, the leaders of the Kabardino-Balkarian subdivision of the Imarat forced Umarov to recall his resignation statement.

August 04, 2010 23:30

• Azerbaijan: coalition on public supervision is open for human rights NGOs

  The coalition of NGOs for public supervision, set up under the "National Preventive Mechanism", which was founded by six public associations of Azerbaijan, is open for new NGOs, engaged in human rights activities. This was stated by Elchin Bekhbudov, coordinator of the coalition and head of the Azerbaijani Committee Against Torture.

August 04, 2010 23:10

• In Azerbaijan, suspect commits suicide in SIZO

  At night on August 3, a suicide was committed in the Baku pre-trial detention facility (known as "SIZO"). As reported by the Sabunchin District Prosecutor's Office of the city of Baku, Alim Ismajlov, 41, hung himself in the cell. The reason of his suicide is unknown yet. According to Elchin Bekhbudov, head of the Azerbaijani Committee Against Torture, it already the third suicide in Azerbaijan among persons kept in custody from the start of this year.

August 04, 2010 23:00

• Ex-militiaman guilty of Magomed Evloev's death killed in Ingushetia

  As reported by a source in the Ingush MIA, in a shelling in central Nazran Ibragim Evloev, 35, former deputy head of the State Security Centre of the MIA of Ingushetia, who was earlier convicted for an imprudent murder of Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositionist website "Ingushetia.Ru".

August 04, 2010 22:20

• Seminar on defence of journalists' rights opened in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, correspondents of local newspapers will discuss legal aspects of their work in the course of the seminar organized by the Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR).