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July 23, 2010 17:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria sums up youth forum "Kavkaz-2020"

  The main outcome of the youth forum "Kavkaz-2020", held in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, was accumulation of the "bank of projects" for developments of Northern Caucasus. About 20 such projects were presented by the participants of the forum.

July 23, 2010 16:00

• "Committee in Defence of Freedom of Speech": less attacks on journalists in Armenia

  As compared with last year, in 2010 the number of cases of physical violence over journalists in Armenia has more than halved, Ahsot Melikyan, head of the "Committee in Defence of Freedom of Speech", told journalists.

July 23, 2010 15:00

• Final charges are presented to figurants in Markelov's murder case

  In the near future, the figurants in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova - Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis - will start studying the materials of the case.

July 23, 2010 13:00

• Dagestan: Chief Engineer of "Sulak Hydropower Cascade" kidnapped

  In Shamilkala village, Untsukul District of Dagestan, unidentified persons kidnapped Vladimir Redkin, Chief Engineer of the Company "Sulak Hydropower Cascade".

July 23, 2010 12:00

• Malgobek resident asks rights defenders to help his son detained by militia

  Bersnako Nalgiev, a resident of Ingushetia, has addressed human rights activists with a request to help in defending the rights of his son Alaudin, 19, who was detained on July 14 in Malgobek as a suspect of helping militants. As he said, his son was beaten at detention.

July 23, 2010 11:00

• Seven casualties in road accident in Georgia

  On July 22, a minibus fell down into the Argun River from a mountain road. Out of 10 persons inside, 7, including 2 children, were lost.

July 23, 2010 10:00

• Dagestan: explosion in railway, one person wounded

  A self-made explosion device was triggered today in the railway section Inchkhe-Kayakent in Dagestan. As a result of the explosion an employee of the extradepartmental security service was wounded.

July 22, 2010 22:00

• Georgia: refugees from Abkhazia demand better living conditions

  Today in Tbilisi, near the Avlabar President's residence, refugees from Abkhazia held a rally, demanding from the head of the state to provide them with decent housing conditions; this was said in a special statement delivered to the presidential administration by the participants of the protest action.

July 22, 2010 20:00

• ECtHR fines Russia by 207,000 euros under claims of Chechen residents

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has concluded that Russia had broken a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), namely, the right to life, prohibition of torture and the right to freedom and personal immunity in relation to three residents of Chechnya in 2002 and 2003.

July 22, 2010 19:00

• Georgia to introduce two-level education system

  The 12-year-long education system in Georgia is not quite reasonable, as pupils of senior classes often miss lessons; therefore, their training in these classes should be voluntary. This was stated today by President Mikhail Saakashvili at his meeting today with top officials of the Ministry of Education.

July 22, 2010 18:00

• Ilyumzhinov not to stay head of Kalmykia for his fifth term

  The head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will apply to Dmitri Medvedev not to consider his candidature at appointing a new head of the republic. His application will be satisfied by the Kremlin upon expiry of his term in October 2010.

July 22, 2010 17:00

• Six militiamen wounded by explosion in Abkhazia

  Today in the Gal District of Abkhazia, as a result of explosion of a land mine planted by unidentified persons, six employees of the Bagryab district police of the Gal District received different gravity wounds.

July 22, 2010 16:00

• In Karachai-Circassia, young people revive national dances

  Practically every month Circassian young nationals of Karachai-Circassia are inviting residents in different villages and districts to show them how Adygs' ancestors danced their national dances.

July 22, 2010 15:00

• Lithuanian court extends arrest of woman from Klaipeda suspected of terrorism

  Under the decision of the Vilnius Regional Court, Egle Kusaite, suspected of terrorism, will stay behind bars till September 26. The court is afraid that once at large the woman may disappear from justice.

July 22, 2010 14:00

• Mudslide destroys 20 houses in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Bulungu village, Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria, a mudslide destroyed about 20 houses; two of them are not subject to restoration. Four heads of cattle were lost.

July 22, 2010 13:00

• Azerbaijan demands to remove film about Karabakh away from French broadcasting

  The embassy of Azerbaijan in France has sent a protest letter to the German-French TV channel named ARTE because of broadcasting of the film "Haut Karabagh: Gomchassar", telling about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 22, 2010 12:00

• Power agents suspect Kazbek Tashuev of organizing the Baksan HPP terror act

  Law enforcement bodies believe that one of militants' leaders - Kazbek Tashuev - may stand behind the explosions at the Baksan Hydraulic Power Plant (HPP) in Kabardino-Balkaria triggered on July 21. This was stated by a source from power agencies of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District. According to his version, members of his grouping were recognized by the workers of the HPP.

July 22, 2010 10:00

• Residents of Dzhaparidze village in Georgia ask authorities' protection against wolves

  Residents of Dzhaparidze village, Dedoplistskaroi District of Georgia, ask the authority to ensure protection of the village against wolves, which get into the yards of private households.

July 21, 2010 23:00

• 17 explosions were triggered in Kabardino-Balkaria during 50 days

  Operative agents of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) believe that they have established a potential organizer of the explosions at the Baksan Hydraulic Power Plant (HPP) in Kabardino-Balkaria committed on July 21. According to their data, this is one of militants' leaders, whose name is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation.

July 21, 2010 22:00

• Prayer house destroyed in Pankissi Gorge, local residents assert

  As reported by villagers of Birkiani, located in the Pankissi Gorge of Georgia, a prayer house of local followers of traditional Islam was ruined there.