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August 06, 2012 20:00

• At trial on Rasul Mirzaev's case court reads off testimonies of witnesses who failed to appear

  During the trial on the case against sambo fighter Rasul Mirzaev, after whose blow Ivan Agafonov, a Moscow resident, died, public prosecutors announced testimonies of the witnesses, who failed to appear at the court session. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the courtroom.

August 06, 2012 19:00

• 15 convicts pardoned in South Ossetia

  In accordance with the decision of the Parliament of South Ossetia on amnesty in connection with the election of a new president, 15 persons, including three citizens of Georgia, have been already released, and 8 other prisoners faced reduction of the period of their sentences. This was announced by Sergey Bitiev, First Deputy General Prosecutor of South Ossetia.

August 06, 2012 17:00

• Dagestani Supreme Court dismisses motion of relatives of boy, killed in explosion

  Today, the judicial panel of the Supreme Court of Dagestan dismissed the appeal of relatives of an 8-year-old Gadji Nasrutdinov, who died in the hospital as a result of a double explosion in Makhachkala on January 28, 2012. The relatives of the deceased child demand to qualify the explosion as a terror act.

August 06, 2012 15:00

• Conscripts from Chechnya take military oath

  On August 5, Chechen young men, conscripted for military service in units of the 46th brigade of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) a month ago, took a military oath. The solemn ceremony was held under the enhanced security measures in the territory of the memorial named after Akhmad Kadyrov in the centre of Grozny.

August 06, 2012 14:00

• "Armenian General Benevolent Union" to allocate 1 million US dollars to Syrian Armenians

  The "Armenian General Benevolent Union", one of the largest charitable organizations of the Armenian Diaspora (Boston, the USA), has decided to allocate 1 million US dollars for providing the necessary humanitarian assistance to Syrian Armenians.

August 06, 2012 13:00

• In Baku, protesters demand to release Azerbaijani poets, arrested in Iran

  Today, at noon, a group of Azerbaijani journalists held a protest action, demanding to release Farid Gusein and Shakhriyar Gadjizade, young Azerbaijani poets, arrested in Iran. The action, organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), was dated to incipient litigation against the citizens of Azerbaijan, to be held on August 7.

August 06, 2012 11:00

• In Vladikavkaz, markets and kindergartens evacuated because of terror act threat

  Over the last five days, in Vladikavkaz, all markets and kindergartens were closed for the third time because of the threat of terror act, and the population was evacuated. This was reported by Alla Akhpolova, Spokesperson of the Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

August 06, 2012 10:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 30 to August 5

  Successes and failures of Caucasian athletes at London Olympics; polemics of heads of Chechnya and Ingushetia after special operation in Galashki; set up of office in North Ossetia to help compatriots in Syria and real measures already taken in Armenia; announcement of the date of parliamentary elections in Georgia; debates on future of Stavropol, including return of pre-revolutionary names to its streets, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 30-August 5, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 06, 2012 10:00

• Wrestlers from Azerbaijan win two medals at Olympics

  Rovshan Bairamov, an Azerbaijani wrestler of Greco-Roman style (55 kg) has won the silver medal at London Olympic Games, having been defeated in the finals by Khamid Mohammed Soriano Reikhanpuru, a representative of Iran. Emin Akhmedov, another Azerbaijani wrestler of Greco-Roman style (74 kg) has won the bronze medal.

August 06, 2012 09:00

• Armenian athletes win first Olympic medals for Armenia

  On August 5, Ripsime Khurshudyan, a female representative of Armenian, won for the country the first medal of the London Olympic Games, having occupied the third place in the competitions in weightlifting in the weight category over 75 kg. Armenian athlete Arsen Djulfalakyan became vice-champion of the Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling in weight category of up to 75 kg.

August 04, 2012 23:59

• "Georgian Dream" blames president's supporters for provocation in Adzharian village of Beshumi

  Supporters of the ruling party "United National Movement", purposefully brought to the village of Beshumi in Adzharia for the "Shuamtoba" holiday, blocked the way to billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and leaders of the coalition "Georgian Dream". During the conflict several journalists suffered, activists of the coalition assert.

August 04, 2012 22:00

• Kizilyurt hosts rally of relatives and friends of kidnapped Khairulaev

  A spontaneous protest action related to the kidnapping of Adam Khairulaev, a resident of the village of Komsomolskoye, Kizilyurt district of Dagestan, took place today in Kizilyurt. Adam's relatives plan to meet again tomorrow.

August 04, 2012 20:00

• Maria Sharapova wins silver at London Olympics

  Today, the famous tennis player Maria Sharapova, a member of the delegation of the Krasnodar Territory within the Russian Olympic team in London, has won the Silver Medal in single tennis competition.

August 04, 2012 18:00

• Vladimir Zhamborov, hospitalized from courtroom, transferred from intensive care to ordinary ward

  Vladimir Zhamborov, the head of the administration of the leader of the Kabadrino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who figures in the case on state property theft and who on August 3 was brought from the Tver Court by an intensive care ambulance with a suspected myocardial infarction to the Bakulev Medical Centre, has been transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a standard ward, his daughter Zamira Zhamborova told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

August 04, 2012 17:00

• Kadyrov criticized Evkurov's tactics against militants

  The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov voiced out criticism of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov. In his comment on the special operation conducted in the Ingush village of Galashki, he has treated the activities of the authorities of Ingushetia against terrorism as insufficient. Kadyrov's statement followed the Evkurov's one that Chechen power forces had not carried out any operations in Galashki.

August 04, 2012 15:00

• Two Armenian athletes fail to continue at 2012 Olympics

  In the long jump tournament that started on August 3 two Armenian athletes Arsen Sargsyan and Vardan Pakhlevanyan failed to qualify for the 12 best athletes admitted to the final.

August 04, 2012 14:00

• Problem teenagers from Maikop go on correction trip

  Today, a group of 12 adolescents aged 14-20 from Maikop went to a six-day correction trip to mountains of Adygea. Accompanied by two adults, they will cover the route "Through the mountains to the coast of the Black Sea."

August 04, 2012 13:00

• Adyg ensemble "Islamey" flies to London

  This morning, the State Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance "Islamey" took off from the Krasnodar Airport for London, where on August 4-7 it will take part in the cultural programme of the "Sochi Centre" within the 30th Summer Olympic Games, Aslan Nekhai, the director of the ensemble, has reported.

August 04, 2012 12:00

• Sochi: villager-victim of landslide accuses officials of inaction

  In Sochi, Vazgen Isusyan, a resident of the village of Baranovka, affected by a landslide, has filed a lawsuit against the inaction of local self-government. Local bureaucrats have failed to render the necessary help and did not fulfil their promise to pay for the lost property, said Mr Isusyan.

August 04, 2012 11:00

• In Dagestan, armed men kidnap Komsomolskoye resident

  As reported by Asbeg Taimaskhanov, a resident of Dagestan, in the village of Komsomolskoye, Kizilyurt District, armed men in camouflage and masks kidnapped a local resident Adam Khairulaev, 28, and took him away to some unknown place.