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August 30, 2010 18:00

• Militiamen who returned from Chechnya are suspected of kidnapping

  On August 28 in Moscow four militiamen were detained on suspicion of kidnapping. These employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have recently returned from Chechnya, and took their psychological rehabilitation. This was reported by Oleg Mitvol, now one of Moscow prefects.

August 28, 2010 21:00

• In Dagestan, detainee Kurbanmagomedov is under pressure, relatives say

  Traces of torture are quite visible on the body of Timur (Suleiman) Kurbanmagomedov, who was detained by law enforcers on August 20, said his brother Zurab Kurbanmagomedov, a resident of Makhachkala.

August 28, 2010 19:00

• Arutyunyan: Khalafyan died because of policeman's irresponsible actions

  In Armenia, Ashot Arutyunyan, former head of the criminal police of Charentsavan, accused of incitement of Vaan Khalafyan, 24, to suicide, said in his evidences that there was no suicide; and Khalafyan's death was a result of irresponsible actions of one of policemen.

August 28, 2010 18:00

• Four casualties of special operation in Nalchik identified

  Today, the special operation in Nalchik, which started on August 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the house located in the crossing of Shogentsukova and Zakharova Streets, was completed. Five persons were killed.

August 28, 2010 17:00

• Possible burial of victims of political repressions found in Volgograd

  On August 27, in central Volgograd, a team of workers laying underground utilities came across a mass grave. Supposedly, it contains remains of victims of political repressions.

August 28, 2010 16:00

• FSB: over 30 militants liquidated in Northern Caucasus in August 2010

  Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau), told today at a working meeting with President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev that the special operations conducted in Northern Caucasus this August resulted in liquidation of more than 30 militants; a number of terror acts were prevented.

August 28, 2010 15:00

• In Armenia, tourist operators are worried about high hotel prices

  As stated to journalists by Bekor Papazyan, executive director of the Fund of National Competitiveness, in spite of the growth of the number of tourists visiting Armenia, no progress is observed in the sphere of quality of services and variety of tours. High hotel prices were mentioned by him as one of the problems.

August 28, 2010 14:00

• Over 200 prisoners pardoned in Georgia

  Today, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili signed a decree to pardon 211 prisoners. 29 other inmates will have their terms shortened.

August 28, 2010 13:00

• Suspects of murdering head of GTRK "Dagestan" released from SIZO

  The figurants in the murder case of Magomedgadji Abashilov, director of the GTRK (State Television and Radio Company) "Dagestan", have their freedom restriction regime changed: they were released from the SIZO (investigatory detention facility) under recognizance not to leave.

August 28, 2010 12:00

• Wounded TEC chairman dies in Dagestan

  Dadzhimurad Suleimanov, chairman of the territorial electoral commission (TEC) of the Novolak District of Dagestan, who was wounded in the evening on August 27, has died in hospital, a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported today.

August 28, 2010 10:00

• Explosion in coalmine in Georgia kills three miners

  An explosion happened in Mindeli coalmine, located in the Georgian city of Tkibuli, and killed three and wounded seven miners, the city authorities have reported.

August 27, 2010 23:30

• Bodies of two residents of Krasnodar Territory found in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today at night bodies of a man and a woman with traces of violent death were found in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria.

August 27, 2010 23:20

• Dagestan: unidentified persons shell civilians and kill two

  As reported by a source in the local MIA, in the evening on August 26, in one of the streets of the city of Kizilyurt, unidentified persons opened a heavy and chaotic fire. As a result, two persons were lost, and one more was wounded.

August 27, 2010 23:10

• Former Komi militiaman is suspected of beating Chechen residents

  The Investigatory Department of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of Russia) for the Chechen Republic has initiated a criminal case against former major of the MIA of the Komi Republic Mikhail Evseyev, suspected of beating peaceful residents of Chechnya during his official voyage to the republic in 2004, a source from the Department has reported.

August 27, 2010 23:00

• Tbilisi Sakrebulo refused to take refugees' and traders' problems to consideration

  At today's session, the deputies of the Tbilisi City Council - Sakrebulo - refused to put the issue to stop eviction of refugees from office buildings in the capital of Georgia and the problem of street traders on their official agenda.

August 27, 2010 22:10

• Isa Yamadaev refutes Kremlin's pressure in his reconciliation with Kadyrov

  Isa, one of the brothers of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, who was killed in Dubai, has declared today that his reconciliation with President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was a good-will gesture by Kadyrov, not based on any preconditions.

August 27, 2010 22:00

• Hilary Clinton notes active civil society in Armenia

  Reforms in the spheres of human rights and democracy are crucial for Armenia; and the country has its active civil society, ready to address these fundamental issues, says Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State, in her letter to Armenian human rights defenders.

August 27, 2010 21:00

• Georgia threatens to arrest foreigners who visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The foreigners who visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia without permit of Georgian authorities will be exposed to criminal liability, once they appear in the territory of Georgia. This was stated today by Shota Utiashvili, official spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia. Today, it became known that citizens of Russia and Armenia are already behind bars in Georgia for illegal border crossing.

August 27, 2010 20:00

• In Grozny, girls in streets are taught Islam

  Employees of the Centre for Spiritual and Moral Education and Development of Chechnya and activists of the Patriotic Club "Ramzan" have held an action in the Chechen capital under the motto "Woman in Islam", by telling girls and women in the streets of Grozny how they should dress and behave according to norms of Islam. Local residents express ambiguous attitude to the action.

August 27, 2010 19:00

• Human rights organizations raise money for treatment of the teenager beaten by militiamen in Dagestan

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "Civil Assistance" Committee are organizing a free-of-charge hospitalization of Makhmud Ahmedov, 14, who partially lost hearing after beating by militiamen in Dagestan, and his mother Aishat Guseinova in Moscow clinics. The "Civil Assistance" Committee has opened an account for donations aimed to treat the child.