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August 23, 2011 15:00

• League of Voters: "Georgian card" again played at presidential election in Abkhazia

  In Abkhazia, the League of Voters "For Fair Elections" has published an interim report on results of observation over the election process of President of Abkhazia.

August 23, 2011 14:00

• Ex-head of Georgian Forestry Department released in Spain

  Bidzina Giorgobiani, the secretary for international affairs of the Conservative Party of Georgia and former head of the Forestry Department, who was detained in Spain at the request of the Georgian party, is at large, said Lasha Chkhartishvili, one of the leaders of the party.

August 23, 2011 13:00

• "Anji" officially announces purchase of Samuel Eto'o

  Today, the final agreement was reached between Football Clubs "Anji" (Makhachkala) and "Inter" (Milan) on transfer of Samuel Eto'o, the latter's striker, into the Makhachkala club.

August 23, 2011 12:00

• Ex-militia lieutenant-colonel detained on Politkovskaya murder case Retired

  Lieutenant-Colonel Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was detained on suspicion of organizing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, said Vladimir Markin, the official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

August 22, 2011 21:00

• Dagestan: policemen's rally postponed, because of participants' absence

  The rally of policemen, who had failed to pass attestation and stand against corruption in the law enforcement system of Dagestan, scheduled for today in Makhachkala, has been postponed to September 30.

August 22, 2011 20:00

• Twenty-one persons suffered in explosions in Makhachkala

  According to latest data, the two explosions triggered near the supermarket "Yastreb" (Hawk) in Makhachkala wounded and contused 21 persons, including three children and six policemen, briefed the MIA of Dagestan.

August 22, 2011 19:00

• In Azerbaijan, activist of "Yeni Fikir" denied CER

  Today, in Baku, a travel session of the Nizami District Court was held at the high security penal institutions No. 1 of the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan and considered an application of Ruslan Bashirli, the head of the youth organization "Yeni Fikir" (New Thinking), about conditional early relief (CER).

August 22, 2011 18:00

• Strasbourg Court accepts lawsuit of Dagestani rights defender against Khasavyurt OVD

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted a complaint submitted by Nasurdin Rasulov, a human rights activist from Khasavyurt and the lawyer of the public organization "Fighter for Justice". According to his story, employees of the OVD (Interior Division) of Khasavyurt had illegally initiated a criminal case against him.

August 22, 2011 17:00

• Dagestani court sends case of policemen, guilty of beating teenager, to reconsideration

  Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has decided to review the case of the employees of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division) accused of beatings a 14-year-old boy in June 2009. The case will be returned to the first instance court, said Bakanai Magomedova, the victims' advocate.

August 22, 2011 16:00

• Anji" managers suspected of putting pressure on referees during break of match with "Dynamo

  The Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) has officially requested a video record of the incident, which occurred with the crew of referees during the break of the August 22 match "Anji"-"Dynamo", when representatives of the club from the capital of Dagestan spoke with referees in an aggressive manner.

August 22, 2011 15:00

• In Georgia, about 100 prisoners recommended for pardon

  The Pardon Commission under the President of Georgia made recommendations for early release of about 100 prisoners.

August 22, 2011 14:00

• Labourites urge Spanish authorities not to extradite Giorgobiani to Georgia

  The Labour Party of Georgia calls on Spanish authorities not to extradite Bidzina Giorgobiani, the former head of the Forestry Department, to Georgia.

August 22, 2011 13:00

• Georgia: heavy rains significantly damage Lagodekhi District

  As a result of flooding in the Kakheti Region of Georgia, hundreds of houses were flooded; roads and bridges were washed away; in some areas a threat of collapse forced to evacuate the population.

August 22, 2011 12:00

• Azerbaijan refuses to issue visa to PACE Rapporteur on Political Prisoners

  The Azerbaijani authorities have confirmed their refusal to grant an entrance visa to Bundestag Deputy Kristof Strasser, who wanted to visit Baku as the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) Rapporteur on Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan, said Elman Abdullaev, the first secretary of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.

August 22, 2011 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 15-21

  Earthquakes keep Eastern Georgia in tension for several days; pre-election campaign in Abkhazia interrupted by road accident; world champion in combat sambo from Dagestan kills a 19-year old student with one punch; houses located in Olympic route demolished in Sochi, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 15-21, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 20, 2011 19:00

• First special Asian expedition conquers Elbrus

  In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the first Asian special expedition has successfully climbed Mount Elbrus in honour of the Independence Day of Indonesia, reports Alisa Tarim, the head of the press service of the administration of the Elbrus District of the KBR.

August 20, 2011 18:00

• Team of Yerevan in the lead at Pan-Armenian Games

  As a result of the competitions held on August 14-18 at the Pan-Armenian Games-2011 the united team of Yerevan is a confidential leader with its 32 won medals, including 12 gold ones.

August 20, 2011 17:00

• Abkhazian presidential candidate Shamba suffers road accident

  Sergey Shamba, a presidential candidate in Abkhazia, got today into a road accident. The incident happened in the village of Bzypta, Gagra District, when the candidate's cortege was on its way to a meeting with voters.

August 20, 2011 16:00

• Tkachenko family house located on Olympic route demolished in Sochi

  Today, workers demolished No. 25 in Vesyolaya Street in the Adler District of Sochi, which happened to be on the Olympic route and, in the opinion of the owners – the Tkachenko family – was illegally alienated from them without due compensation.

August 20, 2011 15:00

• Chechen MIA refutes earlier kidnapping of Osupov who was assassinated in Grozny

  The Chechen law enforcement bodies assert that the information that Albert Osupov, 26, a resident of the village of Elistanzhi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, who was killed at night on August 18 in Grozny together with three other alleged members of the armed underground, had been earlier kidnapped by unidentified persons has nothing to do with reality.