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October 11, 2010 22:10

• Publicist Nabiev states violations at election of Makhachkala Mayor

  The election of Mayor of the city of Makhachkala was accompanied by numerous violations. This was stated by Isalmagomed Nabiev, a resident of Makhachkala, a publicist and chairman of the independent trade union of entrepreneurs and drivers of Dagestan. He said that he had witnessed the members of the election commission filling in ballot papers by taking out passport data from voters' lists.

October 11, 2010 22:00

• Prosecutor demands 23 years of prison for the accused of murder of Ruslan Yamadayev

  The prosecutor in Moscow municipal court has demanded to sentence Aslanbek Dadayev accused of murder of Ruslan Yamadayev, ex-deputy of the State Duma, and the attempt at Sergey Kiziun, military ex- commandant of Chechnya, to 23 years of imprisonment.

October 11, 2010 21:00

• Chief of criminal investigation department wounded in Nalchik

  This morning, at about half past eight, an explosion took place near the house No 188 in Akhohov street in Nalchik. An unidentified explosive device of about 100 gram trotyl equivalent power had been placed under the "VAZ-2131" service car with the chief of criminal investigation unit of Department of Interior affairs of the city of Nalchik in the cabin.

October 11, 2010 20:00

• Putin's birthday was marked in Chechnya by establishing a youth movement named after him

  A youth patriotic club called "Putin" was established in Chechnya. A fountain devoted to the Russian Prime-minister's birthday was also opened in Grozny and horse races passed off in Gudermes. Local observers think that the authorities of the republic are seeking to show their loyalty to the Kremlin once again.

October 11, 2010 19:00

• The circumstances of an explosion in a private house in Chechnya are being established

  Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic are investigating the circumstances of an explosion on October, 9, in a private house of a resident in the town of Ulus-Martan as a result of which two persons perished and one more got severely wounded.

October 11, 2010 18:00

• A meeting against oil terminals was held in Yeisk

  An ecologic meeting against oil terminals in the town passed off in Yeisk (Krasnodar region). Over 800 people took part in it, "Ecologic Watch of North Caucasus" reports.

October 09, 2010 22:00

• Kalmykia delays commissioning of its WPPs till November

  Start of wind power plants (WPPs) in Kalmykia was again postponed. The problems of the WPP park were discussed on October 7 at the sitting chaired by the republic's prime minister.

October 09, 2010 21:00

• All referees of the top football league disqualified in Armenia

  Following the meeting of Ruben Airapetyan, President of the Armenian Football Federation (AFF), with the leaders of the clubs of the local top league, a decision was made to disqualify all the referees who serviced the league matches.

October 09, 2010 20:00

• Rostov-on-Don holds Science Festival, first in the south of Russia

  From October 1 the city of Rostov-on-Don is hosting the first in the south of Russia Science Festival, organized by the Southern Federal University (SFU). On October 8, the central event of the festival took place - interactive scientific and learning exhibition.

October 09, 2010 18:00

• Chechen authorities promise to restore water supply of large village before end of year

  Residents of Alkhan-Kala village, Grozny District, have no centralized water supply for nearly twenty years; water which fails to meet sanitary standards is brought to them in tanks. The authorities promise to fix water supply till the end of this year.

October 09, 2010 17:00

• Karachai-Circassia wins Caucasian Games

  The national team of Karachai-Circassia has been recognized to be the winner of the first sports festival of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) - the Caucasian Games.

October 09, 2010 16:00

• Kalmykia starts project on rural family businesses

  The innovation project "Opening of 50 rural family businesses", which has acquired the status of the pilot project of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, is implemented in the Pervomaiskiy Rural Municipality Formation of the Republic of Kalmykia.

October 09, 2010 15:00

• In Rostov Region, head of building company is accused of embezzling 150 million roubles from shareholders

  The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don has sanctioned the arrest of the director of the construction company "Monolith", suspected of deceiving about 400 real estate shareholders to the sum of 150 million roubles, the press service of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the Rostov Region reports.

October 09, 2010 14:00

• Ten GIBDD officers accused of bribe-taking face trial in Astrakhan

  As reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office, a criminal case against a GIBDD (Russian equivalent for the STSI - State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) company commander and nine inspectors, accused of taking bribes when on duty service, has been sent to Astrakhan Regional Court.

October 09, 2010 13:00

• Dagestan postpones election of Gergebil head for absence of candidates

  Initially, four candidates were registered to the post of the head of Gergebil village, Gergebil District of Dagestan, but all of them recalled at the request of the village community. Thus, the election of the village head planned for October 10 was cancelled for absence of candidates.

October 09, 2010 11:00

• ASU students make rally over universities of Southern Russia

  A motor rally of the students of the Adyg State University (ASU), performed on October 4-6, was dated to the university's jubilee and was held under the motto "By Roads of Friendship".

October 08, 2010 23:40

• Refugees, teachers and street traders hold solidarity rally in Tbilisi

  On the initiative of the opposition Conservative Party of Georgia and the People's Party, on October 7 in Tbilisi, in front of the Parliament of Georgia, a solidarity protest rally was held by refugees, teachers and street traders, who spoke in defence of their rights.

October 08, 2010 23:20

• In Moscow, Caucasians' wives state kidnapping of their husbands by power agents

  In late September five of the natives of the Caucasus disappeared in Russian capital; their relatives suggest that they were detained by security agents and kept in one of Moscow's detention facilities. The wives of two of them - Zelimkhan Chibiev and Magomed Israpilov - told about it to human rights activists and asked for legal assistance.

October 08, 2010 23:10

• Ingushetia commemorates Anna Politkovskaya

  A memory rally of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", who was murdered 4 years ago, took place in Ingushetia, in the office of the human rights organization "Mashr".

October 08, 2010 23:00

• Rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow brings hundreds of people together

  From 300 to 500 persons gathered on October 7 in Moscow at the rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter of the "Novaya Gazeta", who was murdered four years ago. The event was attended by many journalists of Russian and foreign mass media.