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September 15, 2008 12:56

• Moscow: explosion of self-made bomb injures a native of Azerbaijan

  Under the updated information, the explosion in the marketplace located at No. 1 Lianozovskiy Proezd, committed on Sunday, September 14 in the afternoon, wounded four persons, including a high school pupil, a citizen of Azerbaijan and a woman-pensioner of 68.

September 15, 2008 12:52

• Armenian opposition ready to hold a mass rally

  Today, the Armenian opposition has declared its intention to hold a mass nationwide rally. In the opinion of Levon Zarubyan, spokesman of the oppositional Armenian National Congress, the rally should become the "decisive event."

September 15, 2008 12:37

• Georgian authorities report loss of 168 militaries in conflict with Russia

  Today at a joint press conference in Tbilisi, spokesmen of the Ministries of Defence, Internal Affairs and Public Health gave new figures of Georgian casualties in the conflict with Russia. Under the aggregated data, 168 militaries were lost. Meanwhile, the Russian military reconnaissance asserts that Georgia had lost about three thousand power agents.

September 15, 2008 12:33

• EU sends 200 observers to Georgia

  Today, the EU Council has made an official decision to send a mission of 200 European observers to Georgia. It is planned to place them in the buffer zone adjacent from the Georgian side to the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

September 15, 2008 12:30

• In Ingushetia, houses of oppositionists Maksharip Aushev and Magomed Khazbiev searched

  Today, Ingushetia's law enforcers have conducted searches in houses of Maksharip Aushev and Magomed Khazbiev, Ingush oppositionists. However, according to Mr Khazbiev, nothing was confiscated in the course of these searches.

September 15, 2008 12:28

• Okruashvili: Saakashvili's long intention was to attack South Ossetia and Abkhazia

  Former Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakliy Okruashvili stated on September 14 that President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili had been planning for a long time a military operation with the aim to regain control over South Ossetia. According to his version, back in 2005 Georgia was developing plans of capturing Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

September 13, 2008 14:08

• Criminal case opened in Rostov Region on trafficking in humans

  The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Volgodonsk (Rostov Region) has studied and recognized lawful the initiation of Criminal Case No. 2008717504 of September 5, 2008, on the fact of trafficking in people committed in relation to two and more persons with confiscation of IDs of the victims.

September 13, 2008 14:05

• Armenian Ombudsman calls to examine the film about March 1 events

  Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, has called the temporary parliamentary commission in charge of investigating the events of March 1 to scrutinize the facts presented in the film prepared by the public commission for studying the events on March 1, and if necessary, to take measures to examine the film for defining its authenticity.

September 13, 2008 14:02

• In Armenia, young oppositionists fight police

  In the evening on September 12, in the centre of Yerevan, capital of Armenia, near the building of the Yerevan State Conservatory, a fight burst out between members of oppositional youth public organizations and the police.

September 13, 2008 13:57

• Russia's MNRE calls President of Adygea to protect World Natural Heritage

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) of the Russian Federation tries to urge the government of the Republic of Adygea (RA) to take measures for supporting safety of the object of the World Natural Heritage named "Western Caucasus" situated in the territory of this republic.

September 13, 2008 13:50

• Ecologists disclose another intrusion of Olympic builders into Sochi National Park

  The Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus has revealed new violations of the nature-protecting legislation in the territory of the Sochi National Park at preparation to 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

September 13, 2008 13:44

• Joint Staff of Russian Armed Forces: Ukraine was leader in arms deliveries to Georgia

  Prior to events in South Ossetia in August, Ukraine was the leading supplier of weapons to Georgia; it was stated by Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

September 13, 2008 13:34

• Fazil Iskander: any idea of new war in Abkhazia is disgusting

  The famous Russian writer Fazil Iskander is confident that there will be no new war in Abkhazia. He told about it in his TV appeal to his compatriots broadcast today by the Abkhazian television.

September 13, 2008 13:25

• Georgian special troops to be deployed in pre-border regions with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, has declared at a press conference that ordinary policemen, now working in the territories, adjacent to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, will be replaced by special troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

September 13, 2008 13:22

• Imereti Valley residents stop construction of fencing around Sochi Cargo Port

  All over again, already for the fourth time, on September 12, local residents defended the Imereti Valley from another attempt of the FSUE (Federal State Unitary Enterprise) "Rosmorport" to start construction in this area of the "Second Sochi Cargo Port".

September 13, 2008 13:07

• Russian militaries removed from Georgian city of Poti

  Russian militaries have been withdrawn from the city of Poti, Georgia, in fulfilment of the Russia-France agreement.

September 12, 2008 21:24

• Russia accused of genocide not to file counterclaim to Georgia

  Russia, which was accused by Tbilisi of genocide against Georgians, is not going to lodge a counterclaim against Georgia. This was stated by Kirill Gevorgyan, Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands and representative of the Russian Federation at hearings at the International Court.

September 12, 2008 21:20

• Georgia lost 326 its citizens in South Ossetia

  The leadership of Georgia has published new data about the country's losses in the course of recent events in South Ossetia. According to this information, 326 citizens of Georgia perished, namely: 154 militaries, 155 civil citizens and 17 MIA employees.

September 12, 2008 21:17

• United Opposition of Georgia: early parliamentary and presidential elections are not excluded

  According to the statement of Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the United Opposition of Georgia, the opposition is now considering an opportunity to demand that the authorities of Georgia hold early parliamentary and presidential elections.

September 12, 2008 21:14

• In Ingushetia, churchman's car blown up

  On the night of September 12, in the city of Malgobek, Ingushetia, unknown persons blew up the car belonging to Hussein Shadiev, Imam of the local mosque. The churchman was wounded.