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July 13, 2012 23:00

• Soldier from Ingushetia sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment for humiliating his colleagues

  The Barnaul Garrison Military Court sentenced regular soldier Ruslan Dobriev, a native of Ingushetia, to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a common security penal colony. He was found guilty of violation of the regulations with using of humiliation of dignity and inciting hatred with violence. This was reported by the Chief Military Investigatory Department.

July 13, 2012 23:00

• Chair of NGO "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" claims blocking of organization's website

  At 3:00 p.m., in Dagestan, the website of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" has been hacked and blocked. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Svetlana Isaeva, NGO's Chair.

July 13, 2012 23:00

• Lawyer of teenager, beaten by policemen, satisfied with court verdict

  Representatives of a teenager, beaten at the police station of the village of Khebda of the Shamil District of Dagestan, are satisfied with the court's verdict of guilty to the police officer. Till present, representatives of the convicted police officer have not commented on his sentence.

July 13, 2012 22:00

• "Committee of Civil Initiatives" set up in Stavropol Territory

  The regional "Committee of Civil Initiatives", which is being established in the Stavropol Territory, prepares a number of projects, including "Centre for Civil Mutual Assistance", "School of Local Self-Administration", "Fair Trial", "Open Budget", and "Transparent Police". This was stated by members of the initiative group at the today's press conference.

July 13, 2012 22:00

• Relatives of kidnapped Dagestani resident fail to file complaint to Prosecutor's Office

  Relatives of Magomed Ibragimov, who was kidnapped today in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who had gathered near the building of the District Prosecutor's Office, were not able to file a complaint. Meanwhile, the Chief of the ROVD (District Interior Division) has reported that he is aware of the whereabouts of Magomed Ibragimov.

July 13, 2012 22:00

• Tbilisi: journalists protest against arrest of "Maestro" satellite antennas

  In the capital of Georgia, journalists of the "Maestro" TV Company held a protest action, demanding to cancel the decision of the Tbilisi City Court for arrest of satellite antennas, which the Company delivered for installation at the houses of villagers.

July 13, 2012 21:00

• Dagestani resident killed in special operation was armless, his father asserts

  Abdulaziz Magomedgadjiev, who was killed during the special operation, held in Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk on June 8, had no weapons. This was stated by his father Khaidarbek Magomedgadjiev. He intends to prove in court that his son was not involved in the armed underground.

July 13, 2012 17:00

• Igor Kalyapin: for last two years, not a single disappearance case has reached court in Dagestan and Chechnya

  According to official statistics, presented to the UN by the Russian Federation, from 2007 to 2009, the Investigatory Committee of Chechen Republic received 427 complaints about disappearances of people and instituted criminal cases on 142 of them; however, none of them was brought to court.

July 13, 2012 13:00

• Relatives of the persons convicted for blasting "Nevsky express" deferred their action till meeting with Evkurov

  During a meeting with relatives of defendants on the criminal case of blasting "Nevsky express" sentenced to long terms of custody Yunus-bek Evkurov promised his assistance in release of those whose guilt was unproven. For this reason the convicts' relatives put off the meeting of protest they were planning for a while.

July 13, 2012 11:00

• A soldier perished during manoeuvres in Azerbaijan

  An incident occurred in one of the military units dislocated in Baku as a result of which an ordinary soldier perished and one more got wounded.

July 13, 2012 10:00

• Relatives of a local resident in Grozny report his disappearance

  Resident of Chechnya Hussein Badurgov aged 25 disappeared in Grozny on July, 12, in unexplained circumstances. Representatives of law enforcement bodies promise to verify all the versions of his disappearance, including the young man's possible joining the gunmen.

July 13, 2012 06:00

• Mayor of Mikhailovsk detained for suspicion of bribery

  Alexander Lunin, Mayor of the town of Mikhailovsk, Stavropol region, suspended from office is suspected of taking a bribe of 2,5 million rubles. Yesterday, July, 12, Lunin was detained.

July 13, 2012 02:00

• 13 persons got injured as a result of a conflict during an action of Ivanishvili's coalition

  13 persons got injured on July, 12, as a result of a conflict between Bidzina Ivanishvili's coalition "Georgian Dream" and supporters of the authorities in a refugees' colony, the settlements of Karaleti.

July 12, 2012 23:00

• Power agents torture Akhmedkhan Aushev, detained in Nazran, his lawyer asserts

  Law enforcement agents tortured 26-year Akhmedkhan Aushev, who was detained during a special operation, held in Nazran on June 29. This was claimed by his lawyer Luiza Isaeva.

July 12, 2012 23:00

• In Krymsk, all flood victims identified

  All victims of the flooding in the city of Krymsk of the Krasnodar Territory are identified, and five persons remain on the list of the missing persons. This was reported by the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory.

July 12, 2012 22:00

• In Moscow, investigation into Yuri Budanov's murder completed

  In Moscow, the investigation into the murder of Yuri Budanov, ex-Colonel of the Russian Army, has been completed. This was reported today by a source, familiar with the course of the investigation.

July 12, 2012 21:00

• Dagestani Supreme Court sentences Karachay-Cherkessian resident Alisher Bairamukov

  Today, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan sentenced Alisher Bairamukov, a 38-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, accused of attempting to overthrow the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, to 7 years of imprisonment to be served in a high security colony.

July 12, 2012 20:00

• In Dagestani capital, SIZO inmates stop their hunger strike

  The hunger strike in the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Makhachkala was stopped because of poor health state of its participants. This was reported by relatives of the inmates, who participated in the six-day protest action. According to the Dagestani Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), there was no mass hunger strike, and it involved only one SIZO inmate.

July 12, 2012 13:00

• Oppositionist Vagif Abdullaev died in a prison hospital in Azerbaijan

  Deputy Chairman of Islamic party of Azerbaijan (IPA) Vagif Abdullaev who was serving penalty in prison for accusation of committing a number of grave crimes died this morning at the age of 61 in a medical center of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan.

July 12, 2012 09:00

• An explosion occurred near a store in Buinaksk

  Last night a home-made explosive device set on a windowsill in a store in Gazimagomedov street was activated. There are no victims or injured persons.