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September 29, 2008 14:27

• EU military observers arrive to Zugdidi area in Georgia

  The first military observers of the European Union (EU) have already arrived to the buffer zone located in Georgia's border with Abkhazia in the vicinity of the city of Zugdidi. This was reported today by General-Lieutenant Nikolai Uvarov, official spokesman of the Ministry of Defence of Russia.

September 29, 2008 14:19

• Andramonov: animals in Krasnodar Territory's Dolphinarium are kept in awful conditions

  The Gelendzhik Dolphinarium in the Krasnodar Territory is the single swimming pool in the world, where visitors are allowed to swim with dolphins without any medical examination and permit. Meanwhile, the death rate among the dolphins kept here is the highest in the world, as asserted by biologist Konstantin Andramonov, former employee of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Gelendzhik Dolphinarium".

September 29, 2008 14:15

• PACE Bureau decides not to deprive Russia of any powers because of events in South Ossetia

  The statutory body of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) - its Bureau - has not supported the initiative of 24 MPs who demanded to adopt sanctions against Russian delegation because of the situation around South Ossetia, as Konstantin Kosachov, head of the RF's delegation, has reported.

September 29, 2008 13:52

• Ministry for Emergencies' specialists coming to demine Chechnya

  This October, a group of experts from Russian Ministry for Emergencies (ME) will come to Chechnya with the mission to clear agrarian lands from mines. In total, the ME's sappers will have to demine about 90 hectares of arable land.

September 29, 2008 13:48

• Chechen residents are afraid of possible clashes between Kadyrov's and Yamadaevs' adherents

  The murder of ex-deputy of Russian Duma Ruslan Yamadaev can lead to serious clashes between those who support President Kadyrov and their opponents from the Yamadaev clan.

September 27, 2008 23:27

• Stavropol Territorial Militia reports detention of a group of militants

  Today, militiamen of the Stavropol Territory have reported detention of several militants involved in the attack on the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in 2005.

September 27, 2008 22:14

• Woman killed by explosion in the capital of Dagestan

  A woman of 50, who was a passenger of fixed-route taxi, was killed by an explosion tonight in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.

September 27, 2008 14:08

• Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey decide to go on negotiating

  The heads of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey find it necessary to speed up negotiations and speak in favour of the idea of the so-called "Safety and stability platform in the Caucasus".

September 27, 2008 12:57

• North Ossetia holds ecological action "oBEREGAy"

  Today, North Ossetia has launched an ecological action named "oBEREGAy" (Protect banks and coasts), which is held under the Charitable Programme "Sail of Hope".

September 27, 2008 10:50

• Musicians of the Caucasian Mineral Waters, Stavropol Territory, to commemorate Solzhenitsyn

  On December 11, the Stavropol Territorial Musical College named after V. I. Safonov, located in the city of Mineral Waters, plans to hold a number of jubilee events. This day will be the 90th birthday of the outstanding writer and public figure Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

September 26, 2008 23:53

• Imereti Valley residents at war against construction of Sochi Cargo Port

  Protest actions are held in the Imereti Valley practically on the daily basis, but September 26 was a "silence day". Therefore, the "green" activists were marking, together with local residents, the trees, which they had managed to save from cutting.

September 26, 2008 23:06

• Kabardino-Balkaria to publish Memory Book of Victims of Political Repressions for people's money

  The Kabardino-Balkarian branch of the all-Russian public charitable organization of pensioners and invalids and the Russian organization of victims of political repressions have prepared for printing the Memory Book of Victims of Political Repressions.

September 26, 2008 21:59

• Over two thousand persons take part in "Ossetia accuses" action

  Over two thousand persons have taken part in the patriotic action "Ossetia accuses", which was held today in Tskhinvali.

September 26, 2008 21:47

• Observers state violations during Azerbaijani election campaign

  Today, the Centre for Election Monitoring (CEM) has promulgated its interim report about the first monitoring stage of the presidential election appointed on October 15 in Azerbaijan.

September 26, 2008 18:37

• Website "Ingushetia.Ru" closed, website "Ingushetia.Org" started

  On Thursday, September 25, the regional centre for domain registration closed, on decision of the court, the website "Ingushetia.Ru", which belonged to Ingush oppositionist Magomed Evloev, who was murdered on August 31, but a similar website named "Ingushetia.Org" has appeared on the Internet.

September 26, 2008 15:28

• Ruslan Yamadaev, murdered in Moscow, buried in Gudermes

  Ex-Deputy of State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in Moscow, was buried today in the morning in the city of Gudermes. Sulim Yamadaev was not present at the funeral, same as none of the top officials, Ruslan's brother Isa Yamadaev has reported.

September 26, 2008 14:22

• Volgograd Region to become Russia-China transit point

  Supposedly, the international transport corridor Russia - Kazakhstan - China will go across the Volgograd Region. The point was discussed at the 5th Forum of the heads of the pre-border regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, which took place on September 21-22 in the city of Aktobe.

September 26, 2008 14:05

• SFD power engineers draft renewable energy

  Rostov-on-Don has hosted a seminar "Status and Prospects of Renewable Energy in South Federal District (SFD)". It was attended by representatives of Russian and foreign power companies, experts in power engineering and renewable energy sources (RESs).

September 26, 2008 12:44

• House of Institute of Economy and Law's Rector shelled in Ingushetia

  In Nazran, unidentified persons shelled from their automatic fire-arms the private house belonging to Sulambek Khalukhaev, Rector of the Institute of Economy and Law.

September 25, 2008 12:19

• Lavrov and Rice talk Georgia at the UN General Assembly

  In New York, negotiations took place of Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, and Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State. The topic was the cool-down of relations of the two countries after events in Georgia.