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December 13, 2010 23:20

• Another participant in the brawl where "Spartak" fan was killed arrested in Moscow

  Today, on December 13, the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has sanctioned arrest of Arthur Arsibiev, 2, a native of Dagestan, an alleged participant of the mass brawl, where Yegor Sviridov, a football fan of "Spartak", was killed.

December 13, 2010 23:10

• Cherkesov's relatives treat murder of "Spartak" fan as tragic accident

  Relatives and friends of Aslan Cherkesov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a football fan of "Spartak" in Moscow, consider what had happened to be a tragic accident, which was caused by a fatal coincidence.

December 13, 2010 23:00

• Investigation reveals suspects of death of student from Kabardino-Balkaria in Vladikavkaz

  The Investigatory Committee (IC) for North Ossetia has established four more suspects, who took part in the brawl between students of the North-Caucasian State Steel Institute, as a result of which Kuanch Guliev, a student, died in hospital from received injuries.

December 13, 2010 22:50

• ICPO: 120 kidnappings investigated in Chechnya

  As reported today by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Russian Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO), the special division on kidnappings of the ICPO's Department for the Chechen Republic is running over 120 criminal cases.

December 13, 2010 22:40

• Resident of Ingushetia sentenced to 23 years for kidnappings

  The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced Ruslan Oligov, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of kidnapping two persons, to 10 years of imprisonment. By accumulation of charges, he will serve his term of 23 years.

December 13, 2010 22:20

• Militiamen suspected of beating teenager charged in Dagestan

  The employees of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Khebda village, Shamil District of Dagestan, - Magomed Magomedov, Gamzat Nurudinov, Shamil Magomedov and Aliaskhab Nuruchinov, - who on July 20, 2010, beat Makhmoud Akhmedov, 14, have been charged under Part 2, Article 286 (abuse of official powers), of the Russian Criminal Code.

December 13, 2010 22:10

• Zaur Alibekov, missing resident of Dagestan, found murdered

  On December 12, Zaur Alibekov, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who disappeared on December 8, was found dead. As reported by his wife Gulnara Alibekova, her husband's body had numerous traces of torture and gunshot wounds.

December 13, 2010 21:00

• Ukraine started the process of extradition of the suspects of the murder in Kuschevskaya to Russia

  All those suspected of having committed mass murder in the stanitsa of Kuschevskaya have been detained. Two more suspects, Viacheslav Ryabtsev under the alias of "Buba" and Vladimir Alekseev under the alias of "Bespredel" ("Outrage") were detained in Berdyansk (Ukraine).

December 13, 2010 20:00

• Three persons injured during a mass scuffle in Dagestan

  A mass scuffle took place on December, 12, in the town of Izberbash, Dagestan. Two militiamen and a participant of the scuffle got injured as a result, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

December 13, 2010 19:00

• 12 thousand dollars collected in Georgia for rescue of the sailors captured in Somali

  About 12,1 thousand dollars were collected in Georgia for rescue of the sailors captured by Somali pirates more than three months ago. One million dollars is needed as a ransom.

December 13, 2010 18:00

• The opposition in Rostov-on-Don failed to hold the action "The Day of Anger"

  "The Day of Anger" organized by the activists of the "Left Front" in Rostov-on-Don was planned for Sunday, December, 12, however the opposition failed to hold the meeting because of a warning of its dispersal from riot squad.

December 11, 2010 23:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, car blows up and kills a man

  On December 11, in the village of Elbrus, Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons blew up a Lada Priora car, killing the driver, according to law enforcement bodies of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District).

December 11, 2010 21:00

• Sochi holds competitions among wheelchair athletes from Krasnodar Territory

  The traditional Sochi Cup among locomotive invalids attracted about 60 amateur athletes who competed in table tennis, darts and street ball in their wheelchairs.

December 11, 2010 20:00

• Rally of football fans in Moscow escalated into clash with OMON fighters

  At the rally of football fans, held in Manege Square in Moscow in memory of Yegor Sviridov, who perished on December 6 in a mass brawl of football fans with residents of Northern Caucasus, several persons were detained.

December 11, 2010 18:00

• At a rally in Krasnodar, members of garage cooperative complain of massive extortions

  The Komsomolsk District of Krasnodar hosted a protest action of city residents, members of the garage-building cooperative (GBC) No. 44, claiming massive extortions of bribes by their GBC bosses and inaction of the authorities.

December 11, 2010 17:00

• In Moscow, 3000 fans commemorate "Spartak" fan killed in a mass brawl

  Over three thousand persons gathered today in Kronshtadt Boulevard in the north of Moscow, where a fan of the "Spartak" FC Yegor Sviridov was shot dead in a mass brawl of football fans with residents of Northern Caucasus.

December 11, 2010 16:00

• Karachay-Cherkessia starts project "Peace to Caucasus"

  Within the project of open discussion platforms "Peace to Caucasus", which begins its work in Karachay-Cherkessia, the working group headed by the project author Maxim Shevchenko arrived in the republic.

December 11, 2010 15:00

• Kokoity nationalizes real estate of some residents of South Ossetia

  Authorities of South Ossetia have annulled real estate transaction in the Leningor District, concluded under the jurisdiction of Georgia. Tbilisi is stating persecution of ethnic Georgians.

December 11, 2010 11:00

• Two residents of Karachay-Cherkessia convicted for attacking militiamen

  They were found guilty by the republic's Supreme Court of attacking law enforcers and participation in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and received long prison terms.

December 11, 2010 10:00

• Georgia offers residents of South Ossetia to move freely across the border

  The official Tbilisi has allowed residents of South Ossetian to freely cross the administrative border. The initiative was announced on December 10 at the meeting of the mechanism to prevent incidents, involving representatives of the Observers' Mission of the Council of Europe (OMCE), OSCE, Georgia, South Ossetia and Russia in the Georgian village of Ergneti.