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Krasnodar Territory, Krymsk, July 8, 2012. Announcement in a shop window in the centre of the city. Photo by Natalia Dorokhina for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 10 July 2012
Krymsk residents: no one warned us of danger
Residents of the city of Krymsk of the Krasnodar Territory claim that they had not been warned of possible flooding. According to the local residents, they are provided with assistance, and they are supplied with food products and water.
13:00, 10 July 2012
In Chechnya, relatives of man, suspected of killing policeman, claim being tortured by power agents
Parents and sisters of Magomed Akaev, a native of Chechnya, stated that policemen tortured them to reveal whereabouts of Akaev, who was put on international wanted list. They file an appropriate complaint to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". The press service of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) refuses to comment on the situation.
11:00, 10 July 2012
A kidnapped official of Prosecutor General's found killed in South Ossetia
Dead body of Roland Chitaev, Chief of Investigative Department of Prosecutor General's kidnapped in the evening of July, 9, was found in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Merab Chigoev, Prosecutor General of South Ossetia, reported.
Participants of the "Russian Jogging" in the city of Mineralnye Vody, July 8, 2012. Photo by Veronica Borisova
10:00, 10 July 2012
About 50 people in Mineralnyye Vody took part in a "Russian jogging"
On July, 8, an action in form of a "Russian jogging" with the participation of about 50 persons, young people from different towns of Kavkazskiye Mineralnyye Vody (KMV), was held near Lenin memorial in the central square.
05:00, 10 July 2012
Prosecutor's Office investigates reasons for inflammation of car, belonging to Makhachkala resident, considered kidnapped
The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan made public the preliminary results of the investigation into the causes of inflammation of the car, belonging to Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was considered kidnapped. Relatives of Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov refute the version of self-explosion.
04:00, 10 July 2012
Djavakhk Armenians condemn prosecution of Melik Raisyan, Georgian ex-MP
The Coordinating Council for Protection of Rights of Djavakhk Armenians issued a statement, in which it condemned "a new wave of political repression in Djavakhk, initiated by Georgian authorities." The reason for the statement was the prosecution of Melik Raisyan, Georgian ex-MP from the Akhalkalaki District, and Georgy Mkhchyan, Djavakhk activist.
23:30, 9 July 2012
9 persons, injured in road traffic accident in Chechnya, remain in grave condition
9 persons, injured in a road traffic accident in the Schelkovskaya District of the Chechen Republic, are in serious condition. All of them were hospitalized in the Republic's Clinical Hospital of the city of Grozny. This was reported by the Republic's Ministry of Health.
23:00, 9 July 2012
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 2-8
Catastrophic flood in the Krasnodar Territory; Communists' actions in South of Russia against Russia's accession to the WTO; loss of Kadyrov's representative of litigation against HRC "Memorial"; removal of deputy's immunity from Vladimir Bessonov, Rostov Region's State Duma MP; hunger strike in Makhachkala SIZO and action against the ban imposed on "Anji" FC to play Europa League matches in Dagestan; poisoning of dozens of people in Georgia with chlorine and support by the country's parliament of the renewed government, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 2-8, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Krasnodar Territory, Krymsk, July 8, 2012; city streets after the flood. Photo by Natalia Dorokhina for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 9 July 2012
Red Cross allocates 10 million roubles to help 1000 families, affected by Kuban flooding
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (ICRC) has allocated 300,000 Swiss francs (about 9.9 million roubles) to render operational assistance to 1,000 families (2,500 persons), affected by the flooding in the Krasnodar Territory.
22:40, 9 July 2012
Defence in Ilya Dzhaparidze's murder case to file supervisory appeal against court's verdict
Alexander Vasiliev, the lawyer of the defendant in the case of murder of Ilya Dzhaparidze declared his intention to file a supervisory appeal against the verdict against his client Yuri Tikhomirov. The defender hopes to mitigate the verdict of guilty.
22:30, 9 July 2012
Azerbaijan suspends investigation into case against Avaz Zeinalov accused of tax evasion
In Azerbaijan, criminal proceedings against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", accused of tax evasion, were suspended.
Krasnodar Territory, Krymsk, July 9, 2012; a volunteer talks to locals. Photo by Nikita Serebryannikov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 9 July 2012
Krymsk residents fear re-flooding
At present, staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), police and volunteers try to reassure residents of the city of Krymsk, where today the information on impeding of the second wave of flooding appeared.
22:00, 9 July 2012
Administration of Krasnodar Territory: only head of Krymsk District dismissed from office
Vasily Krutko, the head of the Krymsk District, was dismissed from his position, and Vladimir Ulanovsky, Mayor of the city of Krymsk, continues to perform his duties. This was reported by the press service of the Administration of Krasnodar Territory.
21:00, 9 July 2012
ICRF: 146 persons perished in Krymsk Region of Krasnodar Territory
According to recent information, the death toll in the flooding in the city of Krymsk and Krymsk District reached 146 persons, including 44 men and 102 women. This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Krasnodar Territory.
20:00, 9 July 2012
Vladimir Puchkov: alert system failed to warn population of flood threat in Krasnodar Territory
According to Vladimir Puchkov, Minister for Emergencies of the Russian Federation, population of the Krasnodar Territory was not duly notified about the threat of flooding, since the warning system failed to work properly. Heads of the Division of Civil Defence and Emergencies of the Krymsk District Administration, responsible for notifying the population, claim that residents of the district had been notified of impending flooding by sirens, SMS-messages, loudspeakers, and by carrying out house visiting.
19:00, 9 July 2012
A woman got injured as a result of an explosion in Dagestan
A local woman was wounded in the settlement of Majalis, Kaitag district of Dagestan, as a result of a grenade explosion.
18:00, 9 July 2012
The Ministry of Interior Affairs: bodies of 20 victims in Krasnodar region still remain unidentified
Twenty persons out of over 170 who perished during the flood in Krasnodar region still remain unidentified, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation reports. Data about injured and lost people in Crimea district is being clarified promptly.
23:00, 7 July 2012
Armenia starts its "Golden Apricot" Film Festival
The Ninth International "Golden Apricot" Film Festival will open in Yerevan on July 8 with screening of the Amo Beknazaryan's film "Shor and Shorshor". This year, the festival received a record number of applications – 1250; of them, 150 films from 44 countries were selected.
Sitting of the Board of Elders of the Kumyk Nation, Dagestan, Makhachkala, July 7, 2012. Photo by Ruslan Gereev
22:00, 7 July 2012
Kumyks ask Putin to add their representative to the Council on Interethnic Relations
The Board of Elders of the Kumyk Nation asks to include their representative into the Council of Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation. A respective appeal to President Vladimir Putin was adopted at the sitting of the Board on July 7 in Makhachkala.
Implications of the flood in Krymsk, July 7, 2012. Photo by Ekaterina Mischenko, www.yugopolis.ru
21:00, 7 July 2012
Social networks start gathering aid for flood victims in Krymsk
A resident of Krasnodar Uliana Kononovich has announced through social networks a start of the campaign to collect donations for flood victims in the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory. More than twenty persons have already reacted.
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A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

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