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September 30, 2008 17:50

• Hammerberg reveals results of studying post-election events in Armenia

  Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights, has published results of studying this March events in Yerevan. The report notes that it is promptly necessary to resolve the problem of prisoners and find those in charge of the post-election events of spring 2008 in Armenia.

September 30, 2008 15:42

• In Karachaevo-Circassia, NGO leaders are concerned about situation in Abazin villages

  Living standards in Abazin villages of Karachaevo-Circassia is extremely low, leaders of the Abazin public movements assert. The main reason of the situation is in disregarding the legislation on national minorities' rights.

September 30, 2008 15:38

• "Ossetia Accuses" action held in Strasbourg

  On September 29, activists of the South-Ossetian Public Organization People's Forum "South Ossetia Accuses" picketed the Palace of the Europe in Strasbourg, where the PACE autumn session is taking place.

September 30, 2008 14:46

• In capital of Chechnya, 26 families of forced migrants are at risk to remain homeless

  The 26 families of forced migrants who live in the so-called "hostel for persons in need of improvement of their housing conditions" (this is the way they now call, after an enforced decision of Chechnya's leadership, former Refugees' Temporary Accommodation Centres (TAC), located in the Republic), situated in the Staropromyslovskiy District of the city of Grozny, can remain homeless within the next few days.

September 30, 2008 14:41

• Abkhazia celebrates 15th anniversary of its independence

  Today, Sukhumi hosts celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the Independence Day. After laying wreaths and flowers to the Glory Memorial in the Freedom Square, a military parade was held.

September 30, 2008 14:38

• European Commission admits that South-Ossetian conflict was triggered by Georgia

  Eneco Landaburu, head of the General Directorate of the European Commission for Foreign Contacts, has agreed that the conflict in South Ossetia was initiated by Georgia. This was stated today by Nikolai Kobrinets, Russia's permanent representative at the European Union.

September 30, 2008 14:31

• Investigation of the attempt on Ingushetia's Interior Minister entrusted to SFD inspectors

  The attempt on the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia Musa Medov will be investigated by the Chief Investigatory Department for the South Federal District (SFD); this assignment was made by Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia.

September 30, 2008 14:27

• Opponents to construction of Sochi Cargo Port detained by militia

  On September 29, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) "Rosmorport" met no opposition to bringing reinforced concrete structures to the construction site of the "Second Cargo District of Sochi Port", as Sochi militia had detained two activists of the actions held against this construction.

September 29, 2008 14:48

• US Senate condemns Russia's "disproportionate response" to Georgia

  The US Senate has condemned Russia's "disproportionate military response" to Georgia, but recognized thus that mutual interests of the USA and Russian Federation can ensure "in due course" improvement of Russian-American relations.

September 29, 2008 14:45

• Georgia's ambassador to Russia joins opposition to Saakashvili

  Erosi Kitsmarishvili, Georgia's ambassador to Russia, said today in his interview to the Georgian weekly "Kviris Palitra" that after the August events in South Ossetia he cannot stay with the Georgian power structures headed by President Mikhail Saakashvili.

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.