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July 23, 2012 17:34

• Dagestan: power agents seize weapons from house of suspect of links with militants; relatives claim provocation

  On July 21, in the house of Shakhban Gasanov, a resident of the village of Chernyaevka, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, who was detained on suspicion of involvement in the armed underground, power agents found weapons. Gasanov's relatives assert that they were planted.

July 23, 2012 17:00

• In Georgia, ruling party intends to conclude agreement with each family

  The ruling Georgian party "United National Movement" has stated that it will conclude an agreement with every Georgian family on fulfilment of promises within the governmental programme "More Good to People". The opposition urges the population not to support the initiative.

July 21, 2012 22:19

• MfE declares restoration of life support infrastructure in Krymsk; volunteers disagree

  All the life support systems in the city of Krymsk, affected by flood, operate in the normal mode, Colonel-General Yuri Kovalyov, Director of the Department for Regional Policy of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), said on July 21. Volunteers disagree with the statement.

July 21, 2012 21:49

• Panjikidze: arrest of "Georgian Dream" activists after Karaleti incident is illegal

  Representatives of the coalition of the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili "Georgian Dream" have sent a request to the inter-branch commission for monitoring the elections to recheck the case of the activists of the coalition, who had been sentenced to 15 days in jail on charges of involvement in the riots that burst out in the village of Karaleti.

July 21, 2012 21:10

• Khasavyurt ROVD releases earlier missing resident of Dagestan

  Magomed Sulaev, a resident of Dagestan, who was detained on July 20 and whose relatives said that he had been kidnapped by unidentified persons, was found at the Khasavyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) and released. Mr Sulaev told his advocate that Anvar Guseinov, who was detained together with him, was severely beaten.

July 21, 2012 20:23

• Rights defenders refuse to obey to new law on NCOs

  Two leading Russian human rights organizations – the "Memorial" and "For Human Rights" – are not going to refuse from foreign grants, despite the law that assumes the status of "a foreign agent" for non-commercial organizations (NCOs) funded from abroad. Human rights defenders also plan to challenge this law at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

July 21, 2012 20:01

• NAC: leader of "Kizilyurt" grouping killed in Makhachkala

  Two militants have been liquidated in a special operation in Dagestan. One of them is Temirbek Temirbekov, the leader of the so-called "Kizilyurt" grouping, law enforcers report.

July 21, 2012 19:46

• Suspected militant shot dead in KBR during special operation

  Today, in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), in the course of operative-search actions, law enforcers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and FSB Department for the KBR have liquidated an alleged militant.

July 21, 2012 19:11

• Sochi: CJSC "PRiSS" plans to install noise-protection screens around Olympic construction

  With the aim to reduce noise during construction of a sewer, conducted in Sochi by the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "PRiSS", noise-protection screens will be installed, Vladimir Vasilenko, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Company said on July 20 during a meeting with Sochi residents.

July 21, 2012 18:00

• Armenians from Syria expect help in employment and accommodation from Armenian authorities

  It is desirable that the Armenian government could help the Syrian Armenians, who have arrived in Armenia, to solve the problems of housing and employment, Tigran Gaboyan, a Syrian writer of Armenian origin, said on July 20 at a press conference.

July 20, 2012 23:00

• In Dagestan, relatives of kidnapped persons intend to hold large-scale protest action

  Relatives of two local residents kidnapped today from the mosque in the village of Bairam, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, announced their plans to hold a protest actions if the young men were not released by the morning of July 21.

July 20, 2012 22:00

• Court fines defender of trees in Astrakhan Kremlin

  The Magistrate Court of the Kirov District of Astrakhan has fined Alexander Kirpichenko, a participant of the action for preservation of greenery in the city Kremlin, by 20,000 roubles.

July 20, 2012 22:00

• KBR: local resident blames power agents for illegal detention and torture

  Anzor Utov, 21, a resident of the village of Kishpek, Baksan District, has stated his illegal detention, beating and use of torture against him by law enforcers. He asserts that policemen had planted pistol cartridges into his pocket and forced him to declare that he tried to shoot at them from the pistol he had allegedly received from an earlier killed member of the armed underground.

July 20, 2012 19:00

• Three citizens of Georgia pardoned in South Ossetia

  President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has signed a pardon of three Georgian citizens who had been kept in Tskhinvali prison. Shota Makharashvili, Georgy Mairamidze and Otar Djovakhi were set free.

July 20, 2012 18:00

• Bodies of dead Alpinists from Ukraine found in Georgia

  The rescuers of emergency situations service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia retrieved dead bodies of Ukrainian Alpinists who perished on July, 17, while descending from Ushba mountain.

July 20, 2012 15:00

• Astrakhan court repeatedly finds 10 traffic police inspectors guilty of bribery

  The Astrakhan Regional Court has repeatedly convicted ten officers of the Traffic Police (known as GIBDD) of the Regional Interior, who figured in the case of systematic bribe-taking and sentenced them to imprisonment for 3.5-8 years, the Regional Prosecutor's Office has reported today.

July 20, 2012 10:00

• Mosques of Southern Russia start Ramadan with prayers for assassinated Deputy Mufti of Tatarstan

  On July 19, with the sunset, the sacred month of Ramadan started. The first day of fasting began today, on July 20. It will last approximately until August 19. In many mosques in Southern Russia after the prayer "Taraweeh" (a desirable night namaz, executed during Ramadan), Muslims commended a prayer for the murdered Deputy Mufti of Tatarstan Waliullah Yakupov.

July 20, 2012 09:00

• CEC of Nagorno-Karabakh: 66,70% electors voted for Bako Saakyan at the presidential election

  Central Election Committee (CEC) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports preliminary results of voting at the presidential election on July, 19, according to which as of 8:00, 66,70%, or 47 085 electors voted for the incumbent president Bako Saakyan.

July 20, 2012 05:00

• An action with a demand to organize repatriation of the Syrian Armenians passed off in front of the Government of Armenia

  On July, 19, "Aiazn" youth union held an action in Yerevan demanding from the Government to organize the process of repatriation of the Syrian Armenians duly.

July 20, 2012 04:00

• Committee of Inquiry: residents of Novorossiysk state that there was no warning of disaster

  The authorities of Novorossiysk assure that the townsmen were warned of possible natural disaster in proper time. Meanwhile, the residents of injured districts of Novorossiysk declare the contrary: the bodies of state authority issued no warning to the population.