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10:00, 26 June 2010

Nagorno-Karabakh starts economic forum "Bridge Artsakh"

Today, the city of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, opened the second economic forum named "Bridge Artsakh-2010", which will last till June 28.

09:00, 26 June 2010

Hailstones completely destroy crops in several Georgian villages

Hailstones that struck Georgia at night on June 25 caused a serious damage to agriculture of the Kakheti District. Several villages completely lost their crops; orchards and vineyards suffered; settlements of summer cottages and household yards were damaged.

08:00, 26 June 2010

All-Armenian forum of writers to take place in Yerevan

The Ministry on Diaspora Matters is organizing, together with the Union of Writers of Armenia, from June 28 to July 2 in Yerevan the 5th Forum of Writers under the motto "Armenian Literature Is Armenian Fortress". The forum is held within the festival "One Nation - One Culture" and will bring together about 100 writers from 20 countries.

23:50, 25 June 2010

Stavropol Territory: militiaman plants a bomb to improve his service record

A criminal case was initiated against an operative militiaman of the criminal inquiry division No. 3 of the Stavropol UVD (Interior Department) under the articles of "abuse of office" and "illegal storage, transportation and bearing of explosives". This was reported by the Russian ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office).

23:20, 25 June 2010

Suspect of series of terror acts in Sochi wanted to put poison into explosive device

In the Krasnodar Territorial Court, in the course of the trial on a series of explosions in Sochi, one of the suspects - a former TV cameraman Mikhail Denisenko - told about how they had prepared their crimes.

23:00, 25 June 2010

Prosecution in the Nalchik attack case appeals against change of Budtuev's custody

The state prosecution in the case dealing with the 2005 attack on power structures of Kabardino-Balkaria lodged a cassation presentation to the Supreme Court of Russia challenging the change of custody for defendant Kazbek Budtuev. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by lawyer Liza Shak, who is defending Budtuev.

22:10, 25 June 2010

In Azerbaijan, trial of resident of Dagestan Usman Garisov reappointed, his brother says

The Kusar District Court of Azerbaijan has reappointed the court session on the case of the resident of Dagestan Usman Garisov, accused of drug contraband and use on July 13, said Umar Garisov, the detainee's brother, a resident of Karanaiaul village of the Kayakent District of Dagestan.

22:00, 25 June 2010

Chavushoglu: PACE did not invite Zakaev to its session

Mevlut Chavushoglu, Head of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said that the Assembly did not invite Ahmed Zakaev, emissary of Chechen separatists, to its events.

21:00, 25 June 2010

"Rostransnadzor" warns that suicide bombers with implanted bombs may appear

Today it became known that the "Rostransnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising Transports) notified all Russian airports about possible acts of terrorism in air transport committed by female suicide bombers. According to the Agency's telegram of June 18, bombs may be implanted into women's bodies and triggered by means of injections, while women of Slavic appearance may be used for the actions.

20:00, 25 June 2010

In Kabardino-Balkaria, militiaman killed, another wounded

In the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria, tonight two unidentified persons used their firearms to attack employees of the Chegem ROVD. One of them was killed, and the other one - wounded and hospitalized.

19:00, 25 June 2010

Ingushetia: two DPS servicemen lost in shelling

Today, at about 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, in the suburb of the municipal district Alkievskiy of Nazran, in Nazran-Karabulak Highway, a DPS (Road and Post Service) car with three STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, known in Russia as "GIBDD") inspectors of the Ingush MIA inside was shelled. Two inspectors died.

18:00, 25 June 2010

President of Dagestan takes Sapiyat Magomedova's case under personal control

Ombudsperson in Dagestan Ummupazil Omarova went to hospital to visit lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten by employees of Khasavyurt GOVD (City Interior Department). According to Ms Omarova, President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov has ordered to bring those guilty persons to responsibility.

23:50, 24 June 2010

In Rostov-on-Don, organizations "Young Europe" and "Rainbow Syndrome" complain of provocation

The Rostov-based branch of the organization "Young Europe" and association "Rainbow Syndrome" deny their participation in appearance of the letter disseminated in Rostov-on-Don allegedly on behalf of the local LGBT-community (LGBT - lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transvestites). Activists of these organizations assert their names and phone numbers were used by someone for forgery.

23:30, 24 June 2010

Convict for attempt on Isa Yamadaev challenges his verdict

The verdict of the Moscow Regional Court to Khavazhi Yusupov, a native of Chechnya, which sentenced him to 8.5 years of imprisonment for his attempt on businessman Isa Yamadaev - a brother of earlier assassinated ex-deputy of the Russian State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev and ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion "East" Sulim Yamadaev, has been appealed against at the Supreme Court of Russia.

23:20, 24 June 2010

Georgian priest asks political shelter in South Ossetia

On June 23, a churchman from Georgia addressed the authorities of South Ossetia with a request of political shelter.

23:10, 24 June 2010

Advocate of defendants in Nalchik attack case complains of impossibility to defend them

The today's session at the trial on the attack on power agencies of Nalchik on October 13, 2005, started with an incident: lawyer Zalim Dzagashtov refused to present his bag for inspection at the entrance to the courtroom, left it at the securities, entered the room without documents and made a declaration about his impossibility to defend his clients.

Armenian soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh (1994). Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org

23:00, 24 June 2010

Armenia refutes information about could-be war in Karabakh

Tigran Balayan, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, has refuted the information disseminated by the Forum of the Armenian Societies of Europe (FASE), about an agreement reached between the USA and Russia about launching of a short-term war in the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with the aim to deploy Russian peacemakers in Kelbadzhar and American ones in Fizuli.

21:00, 24 June 2010

Georgia accuses Abkhazia's MIA of murdering a Gali resident

Vadim Gvindzhiya, head of the Gali ROVD (District Interior Division), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the charges of the Georgian party concerning the attack on the Andzhaparidze family in the village of Rep, Gali District of Abkhazia, are not legitimate.

20:00, 24 June 2010

In Georgia, oppositionists accuse authorities of teachers' political discrimination

Zurab Nogaideli, ex-prime minister of Georgia, now the leader of the oppositional political party "For Fair Georgia", accused today at a press conference the country leaders of mass "politically-motivated" lay-offs of teachers.

Rostov Region, Gukovo. At descend into the 50 Years of October mine. Poster on the left: "Be attentive and careful at descending into the mine!" Photo by www.gukovo.ru

19:00, 24 June 2010

Violations revealed in Don mines will not change situation for the better, trade-union leaders believe

According to Alexander Lozychenko, deputy chair of the Gukov Territorial Committee of the Russian Independent Coal Industry Workers' Trade Union ("Rosugleprof"), most likely, the prosecutor's checks conducted in the mines in the Rostov Region will not result in any improvement of the situation. According to his story, the revealed violations are usual for the regional coal industry.

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