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July 26, 2010 21:00

• North Ossetia: militiaman sentenced to 18 years in colony for murdering mayor of Vladikavkaz

  Rafael Kallagov, ex-employee of the UBOP (Department for Fighting Organized Crime) of the MIA of North Ossetia, was sentenced by the Supreme Court of the republic to 18 years of imprisonment in a high security colony. He was accused of committing a number of resonant murders as a member of a criminal grouping, including the murder of Vitaly Karaev, former mayor of Vladikavkaz.

July 26, 2010 20:00

• Apshaev: NGO "Alan" is against Balkars' hunger strike as form of protest

  The Balkar public organization named "Alan" would not accept radical forms of protest - hunger strikes, pickets and rallies. This was stated by one of its leaders - Magomed Apshaev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in his comment on the hunger strike of a group of Balkars, who demand enforcement in the republic of the federal law on local self-government.

July 26, 2010 19:00

• Chechen rescuers find impossible to search Georgian children drowned in the mountain river

  It is practically impossible to find people drowned in a mountain river - this was the comment of the spokesman of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Chechnya on the statement of the Georgian party that Chechnya had refused to help in searching children supposedly carried away by the river after a road accident in the territory of the Chechen Republic.

July 26, 2010 18:00

• In Karachai-Circassia, car kills "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

  On July 25, at about 9 in the evening, near her house in Cherkessk, Bella Ksalova, 26, own correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", was knocked down by a car. The young woman died; now the details of the incident are investigated.

July 24, 2010 22:00

• Resident of Dagestan asks President to release his brother

  Umar Garisov, a resident Karanaiaul village, Kayakent District of Dagestan, has addressed the president of the republic Magomedsalam Magomedov with a request to help to release his brother Usman Garisov, who was sentenced in Azerbaijan to four years of prison for drug contraband and use.

July 24, 2010 20:00

• Civil activist Timur Tskhovrebov beaten in Tskhinvali

  Today, at about 1:00 p.m. in Tskhinvali, Timur Tskhovrebov, a civil activist and initiator of creation of the "Republican Party-Iron" in South Ossetia, was beaten. Supposedly, there were about 10 attackers.

July 24, 2010 19:00

• Sukhumi airport failed to become international

  The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) made a decision not to award the international status to the airport in Sukhumi. The ICAO has reiterated the recognition of the united air space of Georgia.

July 24, 2010 17:00

• University pro-rector shot dead in Ingushetia

  Ruslan Malsagov, pro-rector for management of the Ingush State University was killed today at the gate of his own house in the Altievskiy municipal district of the city of Nazran.

July 24, 2010 16:00

• Downpours flood dwelling houses in Karachai-Circassia

  As a result of strong torrential rains, six houses in Kamenomost aul, Karachai District of Karachai-Circassia, were flooded, as reported by Azret-Ali Karaev, head of the administration of the rural settlement.

July 24, 2010 15:00

• Georgia: opposition bags subscription for amending electoral legislation

  The oppositional "National Forum" starts bagging subscriptions in support of its bill on amending the Electoral Code of Georgia.

July 24, 2010 14:00

• 100 trucks of forbidden things confiscated from Rostov prisons

  In total, 100 trucks of forbidden things were confiscated from the inmates kept in the prisons and colonies of the Rostov Region. As stated by Alexei Velichko, deputy head of the Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement (known as "FSIN"), who announced today the outcomes of the check of the Rostov FSIN Department, the prisoners' rights were not broken.

July 24, 2010 12:00

• Tenants of burnt-down hostel in Kaspiisk complain of absence of help

  The tenants of the burnt-down family hostel of Kaspiisk have lost their housing and property and now live in tents in the street. According to their version, they get no help from the authorities.

July 24, 2010 11:00

• Abkhazia to take part in the next round of Geneva negotiations

  As stated on July 23 by Sergey Shamba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia, his republic would take part in the next round of Geneva negotiations on safety and stability in the Caucasus to be held on July 27.

July 24, 2010 10:00

• Nino Burdzhanadze sues three mass media

  On July 23, Nino Burdzhanadze, ex-speaker of the parliament of Georgia, filed a claim to the Tbilisi City Court against the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, the newspaper Prime Time and the Internet edition "Droni.ge" for dissemination, as she asserts, of false information.

July 24, 2010 08:00

• Two supposed militants liquidated in special operation in Ingushetia

  Today in the afternoon, in the course of a special operation conducted in the vicinity of Ekazhevo and Surkhakhi villages, Nazran District of Ingushetia, two suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were assassinated.

July 23, 2010 23:00

• Head of rural settlement shot dead in Dagestan

  As reported by a source in the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Rasul Magomedov, head of Cherniayevka village, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, was shot dead.

July 23, 2010 21:00

• Refugees from Abkhazia hold rally at the Ministry of Economy

  Abkhazian refugees came to hold a rally near the building of the Ministry of Economy in Tbilisi, demanding a meeting with Vera Kobaliya, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, to address the problem of their worthy housing.

July 23, 2010 20:00

• Orlov petitions to close the criminal case initiated by Kadyrov

  Today, Oleg Orlov, chairman of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and his advocate Genry Reznik signed a protocol that they had got acquainted with the materials of the slander criminal case initiated against Orlov by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

July 23, 2010 19:00

• Dagestan: locals block "Kavkaz" Federal Highway

  Near the city of Izberbash residents of Karanaiaul village blocked the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway demanding that the authorities of Dagestan interfere with the date of their fellow villager Usman Garisov, convicted in Azerbaijan for drug contraband and use.

July 23, 2010 18:00

• Kozak: Sochi Olympiad will cost 185 billion roubles

  As reported today by Dmitri Kozak, Russian Vice-Premier, during his working trip to Sochi, the 2014 Winter Olympiad will cost 185 billion roubles, of which the budget will allot 80 billion, and the rest will come, as they plan, from private investors.