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12:00, 22 August 2012

Novomikhailovsky village introduces regime of emergency after flooding

Rainfall, which caused flooding in the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, left residents of several villages without electricity. About 11,000 persons have no electricity. Three out of four victims of the flooding in the village of Novomikhailovsky have been already identified. The village of Defanovka is also in the area of the flooding.

11:00, 22 August 2012

In South Ossetia, local authorities eliminate aftermath of hail storm in region

In the Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, rainfall with large hail affected local residents, involved in gardening, and tore roofs off houses in two dwelling settlements. This was reported by Valery Bibilov, Deputy Chief of the district administration.

23:00, 21 August 2012

At elections in Georgia party lists will have women's quotas

At the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia, the leading political parties will provide for quotas for women, which were approved legislatively on recommendation of the Venice Commission.

22:00, 21 August 2012

Inmate Khubiev stops his hunger strike in Nalchik SIZO

At the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where earlier Albert Khubiev, 24, sewed up his mouth and went on hunger strike, he stopped his protest action.

21:00, 21 August 2012

Suspect of plotting attempt on Putin seeks asylum in Ukraine

The Chechen native Adam Osmaev, the main suspect in the case of plotting an attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin, has filed an application for political asylum in Ukraine.

20:00, 21 August 2012

Head of rural settlement shot dead in Dagestan

Magomed Kazimagomedov, the head of the rural settlement Lyakhlya in Dagestan, was killed by gunfire, said the spokesman for the Investigatory Committee for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

19:00, 21 August 2012

Armenia: four candidates continue fighting for the post of Gyumri Mayor

In Armenia, according to the national Central Election Commission (CEC), one of the candidates for the Mayor of Gyumri – the non-partisan Rafael Asatryan – has announced his withdrawal. The four other candidates to be voted for on September 9 continue their race.

18:00, 21 August 2012

Volgograd rights defenders demand investigating disclosure of recruits' personal data

The Volgograd regional public organization "Mothers' Law" asks law enforcement agencies to clear out the circumstances of public disclosure by the Military Commissariat of personal data of recruits and their parents, and give a legal assessment of these facts.

16:00, 21 August 2012

Oil spillage registered in Batumi

An oil spillage from old depreciated pipes happened in the township of Bartskhana in Batumi. Special services are now busy in the place of spillage into the Bartskhana River.

15:00, 21 August 2012

Georgia: heavy rain floods streets in Rustavi

On August 20, in the Georgian city of Rustavi, region of Kvemo-Kartli, heavy rains, accompanied by gusty wind, led to flooding of streets and house basements. Fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.

14:00, 21 August 2012

Ruslan Ismailov's custody extended by two months in Dagestan

On August 21, the custody term of Ruslan Ismailov, detained on suspicion of committing a terror act and kept in SIZO-1 of Makhachkala, was extended by two months. His advocate Gadjimurad Izmailov complains that he is unable to meet his client, as SIZO workers took away the defender's ID card.

13:00, 21 August 2012

Head of Ingushetia accuses Dokku Umarov of organizing terror act in Sagopshi

The terror act at the funeral of the policeman in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia was organized by Dokku Umarov, the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov said today.

12:00, 21 August 2012

Workers of "Spetsstroy" in Chechnya complain that they got no money by Uraza-Bairam

Employees of the company "Spetsstroy", who are at forced vacations for about a year, failed to receive any debts or vacation allowances. The money was paid only to drivers of KAMAZ trucks involved in cleaning the Chernorechensky pond in the Zavodskoy District of Grozny.

11:00, 21 August 2012

Advocate of figurant in "Domodedovo" terror act case declares his client's innocence and demands open trial

Advocates of two defendants in the case of the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, which was began on 20 August at the Moscow Regional Court, intend to appeal against the decision of the court to hold a closed trial. According to Vladimir Kocharyan, his client Ilez Yandiev is innocent of the incriminated crimes.

23:00, 20 August 2012

Local resident Sheikhmagomed Magomedkerimov disappears in Dagestan, his father reports

Sheikhmagomed Magomedkerimov, 21, a resident of Derbent, was detained by policemen of the GOVD (City Interior Division); his whereabouts is still unknown, said his father Zainudin Magomedkerimov.

22:00, 20 August 2012

Two victims of explosion in Ingushetia brought to Moscow for treatment are in extremely grave condition

An aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has brought victims of the terror act in Ingushetia from Beslan to Moscow. The condition of seven of them is stably grave, and of two – as extremely grave, the Chief Department of the MfE in Ingushetia has reported.

21:00, 20 August 2012

Stavropol commemorates Holocaust victims

In Stavropol, in the Russian Forest, near the monument to tortured and executed Soviet citizens, a rally was held in memory of Holocaust victims. The event took place on August 19 at the initiative of the Jewish community of the Stavropol Territory.

20:00, 20 August 2012

Pyatigorsk: family of suspect of killing a 9-year-old girl put under guard

In fear of lynch law execution by local residents, Vladimir Ambartsumov, a resident of Pyatigorsk, who is suspected of raping and murdering a 9-year-old Anna Prokopenko, and his family are guarded by law enforcers.

19:00, 20 August 2012

Stavropol Territory: preliminary hearing on Merekha's case scheduled for August 22

On August 22, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory will hold a preliminary hearing on the criminal case opened against former district militiamen, accused of using violence to Vyacheslav Merekha, a local resident.

18:00, 20 August 2012

Ivanishvili calls President of Georgia to TV debates

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the oppositional coalition "Georgian Dream", has invited the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to televised debates and expressed his readiness to hold debates with members of the ruling party, should the President be unable to appear. Also, according to Ivanishvili, he is ready to hold debates with other parties, if they recognize their links with the "United National Movement".

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