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20:00, 24 July 2010

Civil activist Timur Tskhovrebov beaten in Tskhinvali

Today, at about 1:00 p.m. in Tskhinvali, Timur Tskhovrebov, a civil activist and initiator of creation of the "Republican Party-Iron" in South Ossetia, was beaten. Supposedly, there were about 10 attackers.

19:00, 24 July 2010

Sukhumi airport failed to become international

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) made a decision not to award the international status to the airport in Sukhumi. The ICAO has reiterated the recognition of the united air space of Georgia.

17:00, 24 July 2010

University pro-rector shot dead in Ingushetia

Ruslan Malsagov, pro-rector for management of the Ingush State University was killed today at the gate of his own house in the Altievskiy municipal district of the city of Nazran.

16:00, 24 July 2010

Downpours flood dwelling houses in Karachai-Circassia

As a result of strong torrential rains, six houses in Kamenomost aul, Karachai District of Karachai-Circassia, were flooded, as reported by Azret-Ali Karaev, head of the administration of the rural settlement.

15:00, 24 July 2010

Georgia: opposition bags subscription for amending electoral legislation

The oppositional "National Forum" starts bagging subscriptions in support of its bill on amending the Electoral Code of Georgia.

14:00, 24 July 2010

100 trucks of forbidden things confiscated from Rostov prisons

In total, 100 trucks of forbidden things were confiscated from the inmates kept in the prisons and colonies of the Rostov Region. As stated by Alexei Velichko, deputy head of the Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement (known as "FSIN"), who announced today the outcomes of the check of the Rostov FSIN Department, the prisoners' rights were not broken.

12:00, 24 July 2010

Tenants of burnt-down hostel in Kaspiisk complain of absence of help

The tenants of the burnt-down family hostel of Kaspiisk have lost their housing and property and now live in tents in the street. According to their version, they get no help from the authorities.

11:00, 24 July 2010

Abkhazia to take part in the next round of Geneva negotiations

As stated on July 23 by Sergey Shamba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia, his republic would take part in the next round of Geneva negotiations on safety and stability in the Caucasus to be held on July 27.

10:00, 24 July 2010

Nino Burdzhanadze sues three mass media

On July 23, Nino Burdzhanadze, ex-speaker of the parliament of Georgia, filed a claim to the Tbilisi City Court against the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, the newspaper Prime Time and the Internet edition "Droni.ge" for dissemination, as she asserts, of false information.

08:00, 24 July 2010

Two supposed militants liquidated in special operation in Ingushetia

Today in the afternoon, in the course of a special operation conducted in the vicinity of Ekazhevo and Surkhakhi villages, Nazran District of Ingushetia, two suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were assassinated.

23:00, 23 July 2010

Head of rural settlement shot dead in Dagestan

As reported by a source in the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Rasul Magomedov, head of Cherniayevka village, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, was shot dead.

21:00, 23 July 2010

Refugees from Abkhazia hold rally at the Ministry of Economy

Abkhazian refugees came to hold a rally near the building of the Ministry of Economy in Tbilisi, demanding a meeting with Vera Kobaliya, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, to address the problem of their worthy housing.

20:00, 23 July 2010

Orlov petitions to close the criminal case initiated by Kadyrov

Today, Oleg Orlov, chairman of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and his advocate Genry Reznik signed a protocol that they had got acquainted with the materials of the slander criminal case initiated against Orlov by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

19:00, 23 July 2010

Dagestan: locals block "Kavkaz" Federal Highway

Near the city of Izberbash residents of Karanaiaul village blocked the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway demanding that the authorities of Dagestan interfere with the date of their fellow villager Usman Garisov, convicted in Azerbaijan for drug contraband and use.

18:00, 23 July 2010

Kozak: Sochi Olympiad will cost 185 billion roubles

As reported today by Dmitri Kozak, Russian Vice-Premier, during his working trip to Sochi, the 2014 Winter Olympiad will cost 185 billion roubles, of which the budget will allot 80 billion, and the rest will come, as they plan, from private investors.

17:00, 23 July 2010

Azerbaijan rejects the Hague Court's verdict on Kosovo independence

Despite the advisory opinion of the UN International Court in The Hague of July 22 on legitimacy of Kosovo's independence, Azerbaijan is still recognizing the territorial integrity of Serbia.

17:00, 23 July 2010

Kabardino-Balkaria sums up youth forum "Kavkaz-2020"

The main outcome of the youth forum "Kavkaz-2020", held in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, was accumulation of the "bank of projects" for developments of Northern Caucasus. About 20 such projects were presented by the participants of the forum.

16:00, 23 July 2010

"Committee in Defence of Freedom of Speech": less attacks on journalists in Armenia

As compared with last year, in 2010 the number of cases of physical violence over journalists in Armenia has more than halved, Ahsot Melikyan, head of the "Committee in Defence of Freedom of Speech", told journalists.

15:00, 23 July 2010

Final charges are presented to figurants in Markelov's murder case

In the near future, the figurants in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova - Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis - will start studying the materials of the case.

13:00, 23 July 2010

Dagestan: Chief Engineer of "Sulak Hydropower Cascade" kidnapped

In Shamilkala village, Untsukul District of Dagestan, unidentified persons kidnapped Vladimir Redkin, Chief Engineer of the Company "Sulak Hydropower Cascade".

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