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August 24, 2010 13:15

• Charge of murdering Umar Israilov presented to three suspects in Austria

  The Austrian Office of Public Prosecutor has presented a charge to three natives of Chechnya, suspected of murdering – in January 2009 in Vienna – Umar Israilov, a former security of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 24, 2010 12:39

• Isa Yamadaev: Sulim was buried in Dubai

  The former commander of the "Vostok" battalion, Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev was buried today in Dubai, as reported by his brother Isa Yamadaev. Sulim's commemoration is held in the city of Gudermes.

August 24, 2010 11:35

• Relatives of Meskhetian Turks' leader, who was arrested in Georgia, address rights defenders for help

  Details of the charge presented to Suleiman Barbakadze, a citizen of Russia and Georgia and president of the "Vatan" International Society of Meskhetian Turks, arrested on July 26 in Georgia, have become known.

August 24, 2010 10:15

• Refugees from Abkhazia go on hunger strike in Tbilisi

  In protest against forced eviction and resettlement to other regions of Georgia from Tbilisi, several refugees from Abkhazia went on hunger strike near the building of the European Commission's representative office. The United Nations' High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed his regret on the occasion of the event.

August 24, 2010 09:29

• New Armenian NPP is worth USD 5 billion

  The Russian party will make direct investments into construction of a new nuclear power unit in Armenia; and Russian companies will be directly engaged in the works, as Tigran Sarkisyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, told journalists.

August 23, 2010 22:14

• Restoration works are underway in Pyatigorsk in the place of terror act

  In the morning on August 21, teams of workers started restoration works in the place of the terror act committed in central Pyatigorsk.

August 23, 2010 21:03

• Abkhazia rejects concept of protection of Russians' property rights

  As stated by Sergey Shamba, head of the Abkhazian government, the authorities of Abkhazia have refused to consider the concept concerning the property rights of the Russians living in the republic.

August 23, 2010 20:44

• Deputy city head heavily wounded in Kizlyar, Dagestan

  Today in the morning, in Kizlyar, Dagestan, an attempt was committed on Vasily Naumochkin, deputy head of the city municipal formation. He was brought to local hospital with a heavy backbone wound.

August 23, 2010 18:00

• Tkhagapsoev: candidates for presidency in Kabardino-Balkariya were no rivals

  On August 23, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev brought his nominee Arsen Kanokov to consideration of the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria for approval as president. Other candidates were Alexander Merkulov, local Prime Minister, and Anuar Chechenov, local Speaker. However, experts note that that Medvedev's decision was anticipated and predictable, and there was no rivalry among the candidates.

August 23, 2010 16:00

• Sulim Yamadaev's death reported by his brother

  Today, the family of Sulim Yamadaev, Hero of Russia and ex-commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion, decided to switch off his life-supporting equipment, as a result of which Sulim died. This was announced by his brother – Isa Yamadaev.

August 23, 2010 14:00

• In Dagestan, refusal to register CPRF candidate turned into skirmish

  On August 22, as a result of a fire opened on supporters of the CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) candidate in the Babayurt District of Dagestan one person was lost, two militiamen and two locals were wounded. With a demand to punish all those guilty over 200 persons blocked the "Kavkaz" Highway and de-blocked it only after interference of the First Vice-Premier Rizvan Kurbanov.

August 23, 2010 13:00

• Ingushetian and Chechen disappear on their way to Moscow

  On August 10 or 11, on their way from Brest (Belarus) to Moscow, two natives of Northern Caucasus who live in Belgium – Ramzan Makhauri and Islam Borchashvili – disappeared. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

August 23, 2010 12:00

• Ukrainian seamen, holding strike in Novorossisk, go to court

  Ukrainian seamen from the commercial ship named REF-607 have filed a claim asking to arrest their vessel. They try to get their salary debt from the ship owner in the sum of about 60,000 US dollars.

August 23, 2010 10:25

• Girl and young woman wounded in Dagestan at attack on militia post

  Today at night unidentified persons shelled a militia post in the Dagestan city of Derbent and wounded two local women, the local law enforcement bodies report.

August 21, 2010 20:00

• Hurricane damages 30 houses in Georgia

  The sudden hurricane that came on today in the Georgian city of Poti has damaged about 30 dwelling houses and fell trees. A special commission was set up to count up the damage caused to the city.

August 21, 2010 19:00

• Militia major and supposed militant killed in special operation in Grozny

  In the course of an armed clash with a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, a senior militia officer was lost and six more were wounded. This was reported by the Headquarters of the United Army Grouping in Northern Caucasus.

August 21, 2010 18:00

• In Azerbaijan, soldier convicted to 13 years after return from Armenian captivity

  On August 20, the Military Court on Grave Crimes passed a verdict to the soldier who was in Armenian captivity. Gasanov was accused of high treason and sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment.

August 21, 2010 17:00

• Summit of CSTO member-states comes to end in Armenia

  During the informal meeting of the heads of the member-states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Yerevan the parties have agreed to hold the next CSTO summit in December this year in Moscow, where the presidency in the organization will pass over to Belarus.

August 21, 2010 16:00

• Power agents report liquidation of militants' leader Magomedali Vagabov in Dagestan

  Leader of militants Magomedali Vagabov, who is regarded by power agencies to be the organizer of the March terror acts in Moscow metro, is dead, as reported by a source from power structures of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

August 21, 2010 13:00

• Azerbaijan: several enterprises fined for discharging wastewater into Caspian Sea

  The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the MIA of Azerbaijan have conducted a raid aimed to check the handling of wastewater on the coast of the Caspian Sea, which resulted in fines imposed on several enterprises.