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July 14, 2009 15:00

• Sochi General Plan adopted, despite protests of ecologists and Russia's "Minprirody"

  Today, the session of City Assembly of Sochi has adopted the General Plan of civil development. According to city's Chief Architect Oleg Sheveiko, the overall objective of the Plan is in further development of Sochi and its transformation into the world-level tourist centre.

July 14, 2009 13:00

• National Mortgage Company launched in Armenia

  As reported by Arthur Dzhavadyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, a universal credit organization named "The National Mortgage Company" was founded and started in Armenia with the aim to develop and stimulate the local mortgage market.

July 14, 2009 12:00

• Militants' Amir killed in Dagestan

  According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, today at night, in the Karabudakhken District of the republic, the following suspected militants were liquidated: Amir Magomedmurad Osmanov with radio call sign 'Zubair" and a militant Magomed Batyrbekov with call sign "Ibragim". The person of the third casualty is now established.

July 14, 2009 11:00

• Downpour in Pyatigorsk brings 30-million-worth damage

  Experts have computed the damage caused by storm rains on July 10 to the economy of the city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the information department of the City Duma of Pyatigorsk that under a tentative estimate, the overall damage has made more than 30 million roubles.

July 14, 2009 09:00

• Terek Cossacks want to restore Terek Region

  On July 7, at the Terek Cossack Circle (Assembly) in Vladikavkaz, Cossack Atamans raised the idea to restore the enlarged North-Caucasian Region in the form of the Terek Region that existed in the tsarist Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Mikhail Inkavtsov, Ataman of the Terek Cossack Army.

July 13, 2009 23:00

• Estemirova: power agents order relatives of the girl assassinated in Grozny to bury her "without noise"

  Representatives of power agencies have burnt down the house of relatives of Madina Yunusova, 20, the wife of Said-Selim Abdulkadyrov, who was killed in the course of a special operation on July 2, and gave out her body to relatives on July 5, having ordered to bury the girl "without noise". This was reported by Natalia Estemirova, representative of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

July 13, 2009 22:00

• Georgia finds Russian President's visit to South Ossetia to be a provocation

  As stated by Temur Yakobashvili, Vice-Premier and State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia, the today's Dmitri Medvedev's visit to South Ossetia is a provocation.

July 13, 2009 20:00

• Russian President Dmitri Medvedev makes his first visit to South Ossetia

  Today, the first visit of Russian President to South Ossetia, after Russia had recognized its independence, took place. In the course of the visit, which was a surprise not only for residents of the republic, but also for Ossetian officials, Dmitri Medvedev has reiterated that Russia will help South Ossetia in restoring its economy and social sphere.

July 13, 2009 18:00

• Nabucco treaty signed in Turkey

  Heads of the governments of Turkey, Austria and Hungary, and of energy companies from Bulgaria and Romania have initialled the intergovernmental treaty on the Nabucco Project.

July 13, 2009 17:00

• Doctors do not exclude Evkurov's transfer to ordinary ward

  A source from the Vishnevskiy Surgery Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences has reported that President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was heavily wounded in an attempt on June 22, is still is the resuscitation ward; however, he is much better now and can be removed to an ordinary ward.

July 13, 2009 16:00

• CTO regime cancelled in Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, from 6 a.m. on, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was lifted in the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the press service of the CTO Operative Headquarters.

July 13, 2009 14:00

• Five suspected militants killed in Chechnya

  Today in the morning, in southwest and southeast of Chechnya, five persons, who rendered armed resistance to power agents, were liquidated. This was stated by law enforcement bodies of the republic. None of the power agents, who took part in these special operations, suffered, the militia asserts.

July 13, 2009 13:00

• Suspects of attempt on Argishti Kiviryan arrested in Armenia

  The National Security Service of Armenia has arrested two persons suspected of a murder attempt of Argishti Kiviryan, coordinator of the Internet edition "Armenia Today".

July 13, 2009 12:00

• Chechnya: captured separatists' leader calls Doku Umarov to surrender

  In the evening on July 12, one of Chechen TV Channels showed a video report with Rustam Makhauri, the militants' field commander captured in the end of last week by power agents in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. He said that he had understood his misbehaviour and called the leader of separatists Doku Umarov to surrender to the authorities.

July 13, 2009 03:00

• MIA: 12 militants liquidated in Chechnya in two days

  On July 11-12, in several districts of the republic and in the capital Grozny, fighters of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Chechnya killed in total 12 suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who rendered armed resistance.

July 11, 2009 20:00

• Georgian parliament toughens rules on street actions

  At their extraordinary session, Georgian MPs have passed in the first reading a legislative package, initiated by the party in power and aimed to toughen the rules on holding protest actions.

July 11, 2009 19:00

• Ex-Russian ambassador to Georgia is now in Armenia

  Vyacheslav Kovalenko, former ambassador of Russia to Georgia, has been appointed a new Russia's plenipotentiary in Armenia, as reported in the official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

July 11, 2009 18:00

• Four suspected militants killed on Ingush-Chechen border

  In the forest between the villages of Chemulga (Ingushetia) and Achkhoy-Martan (Chechnya), today in the course of a special operation conducted by the MIAs of these two republics, four suspected militants were liquidated.

July 11, 2009 17:00

• More complaints on quantity and quality of potable water in Dagestan

  The government of Dagestan has held a special sitting dedicated to the problems with drinking water in the republic and convoked because of an increased number of complaints from the population on deficit or poor quality of the water they have to use.

July 11, 2009 16:00

• WorleyParsons to manage construction of a new NPP in Armenia

  Armenia has signed a contract with the international consortium WorleyParsons to the sum of 500 million US dollars on organizing and managing the construction of a new nuclear power unit. The contract will be implemented in four stages, as reported by Armen Movsisyan, Minister of Energy of Armenia.