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August 16, 2010 21:00

• Hacker Saaev sentenced to 2.5 years for cracking official North-Caucasian websites

  The Supreme Court of Chechnya has sentenced Albert Saaev, who cracked official websites of the authorities of several republics of Northern Caucasus, to 2.5 years of high security colony for complicity to militants.

August 16, 2010 20:00

• Court extends arrest of suspect of Markelov's murder

  The nationalist Nikita Tikhonov, accused of murdering lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in January 2009, will continue staying in custody.

August 16, 2010 19:00

• Armenia: TV Companies "А1+" and "GALA" try to resume broadcasting

  After eight years of suspension, the TV Company "А1+" will making everything possible to win objectivity of the National Commission on Radio and Television (NCRT) and will surely take part in the contest for the right to broadcast, as Mesrop Movsesyan, director of the Company, told journalists.

August 16, 2010 18:00

• Split in "Imarat Kavkaz" evidences drop of Umarov's influence, experts believe

  A number of local experts believe that the statement of some field commanders about exit away from subordination to Dokku Umarov is a symptom of serious contradictions within the armed underground and an abrupt drop of the authority of the Amir of the Caucasus, as Umarov calls himself.

August 16, 2010 17:00

• Authorities of Rostov Region object to transfer of "Azov-City" to Anapa

  The offer put forward by the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory to move the gambling zone "Azov-City" to Anapa was negatively perceived by their counterparts in the Rostov Region, who believe that it will poke away investors and damage the business.

August 16, 2010 16:00

• Archaeological monuments found during construction in Sochi

  As reported by Roman Mimokhod, head of the archaeological expedition, in the course of the broad-scale archaeological studies, conducted in parallel to construction of Olympic sites, several dozens of monuments were found.

August 16, 2010 15:00

• Three candidates run for presidency in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The incumbent head of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov, and chairs of local government and parliament Alexander Merkulov and Anuar Chechenov, accordingly, are on the list of candidates for the head of the region, drafted today by the Party "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia).

August 16, 2010 14:00

• Court extends custody of the Ingush who provoked incident in Domodedovo

  The Moscow City Court has found lawful the arrest of Magomed Patiev, a citizen of Kazakhstan and a native of Ingushetia, accused of an attempt to capture an aircraft in Domodedovo Airport.

August 16, 2010 13:00

• Two explosions triggered in Makhachkala

  This night two explosions were triggered in the capital of Dagestan in a couple of minutes one after the other, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

August 16, 2010 12:00

• Jehovah's Witnesses from south of Russia complain of stronger pressure

  In the south of Russia, pressure on Jehovah's Witnesses continues; three facts of this sort were registered in July. According to the report of the religious organization, in April-May, the SFD (South Federal District) and NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District) saw at least 17 cases, when believers' rights were broken; while all over Russia for the same period right of Jehovah's Witnesses were broken at least 95 times.

August 16, 2010 11:00

• In Chechnya, public catering stopped for Ramadan

  During the sacred Moslem month of Ramadan, all the public catering objects will be closed in the territory of the Chechen Republic. Not all the residents support this decision.

August 16, 2010 10:00

• Volgograd schools to introduce e-daybooks till the end of the year

  The automated system "Electronic Logbook" will be introduced into the work of ten general-education establishments by the end of this year, as Roman Grebennikov, Mayor of Volgograd, said at the regular city assembly.

August 16, 2010 09:00

• "Water-Melon Paradise" festival haled in Krasnodar Territory

  On August 14, Strelka village, Temryuk District of the Krasnodar Territory, hosted the district festival "Water-Melon Paradise" with participation of more than 30 farmers.

August 16, 2010 08:00

• Man and woman kidnapped in Dagestan

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Svetlana Isaeva, chair of the NGO "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" that in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, two persons were kidnapped yesterday in Kazbegova Street.

August 14, 2010 22:00

• Street traders continue protesting in Tbilisi

  On August 14, another protest action with participation of several dozens of street traders unhappy with the decision of Tbilisi Mayoralty to place them into organized marketplaces was held in the Gldani-Nadzalad District.

August 14, 2010 21:00

• "Imarat Kavkaz" has split up

  Aslambek Vadalov, who was named to be successor of Dokku Umarov, leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz", and several more Amirs of the "Imarat" have retired. In his statement, placed in the Internet, Vadalov gave no explanation of his reasons.

August 14, 2010 19:00

• Russia's MoD: mass fight between Russians and Dagestanias in military unit near Moscow

  A mass fight between Russian and Dagestan soldiers burst out in a military unit deployed near Naro-Fominsk not far from Moscow. The incident happened in early July, but its video record appeared in the Internet only on August 10.

August 14, 2010 18:00

• Russia's Air Forces to resume flights from Abkhazian airports

  As reported by General Alexander Zelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Forces of the Russian Federation, Russian military aircrafts will restart flights from two airports in Abkhazia.

August 14, 2010 17:00

• Armenian human rights defender Arshaluis Akopyan dies in Canada

  The sudden death of Arshaluis Akopyan, a human rights activist and a member of the Helsinki Association of Armenia, happened on August 11 in Canada, where he went to apply for political asylum. As reported by Mikael Danielyan, Chairman of the Association, with reference to the data of medical examination, Arshaluis died from meningitis.

August 14, 2010 14:00

• Volgograd is covered with smoke having acrid odour

  Today from early morning the central Volgograd is covered with smoke having some chemical smell. Employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) are at a loss to explain the reason of this phenomenon.