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August 03, 2011 18:00

• Refugees in Georgia, evicted from TACs in Tbilisi, hope for UN's assistance

  On August 2 the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abkhazia and South Ossetia obtained a meeting at the Tbilisi Office of the United Nations. Now they hope that the UN will listen to their demands to stop their eviction from the temporary accommodation centres (TACs) in Tbilisi. According to experts, the demand to draw the attention of the Georgian UN office to the refugees' problem is well-timed.

August 03, 2011 17:00

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, murderer of four soldiers was sentenced to life imprisonment

  Today in the Nagorno-Karabakh, the circuit court of general jurisdiction of Syunik Region of Armenia has sentenced Manvel Azroyan to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of the murder of his four colleagues.

August 03, 2011 15:00

• In Astrakhan, four people remain at hospitals after mass brawl on the Airborne Forces Day

  At present, four victims of the mass brawl, which occurred between airborne soldiers and natives of the Caucasus on August 2, remain at the medical institutions of Astrakhan. This was reported by Oleg Svirin, Acting Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Astrakhan Region, at the special briefing on the incident.

August 03, 2011 13:00

• Ombudsman of Georgia demanded providing the refugees with proper dwelling conditions

  People’s Defender Georgi Tugushi in Georgia submitted his recommendations to Kobe Subeliani, Minister of Affairs of persons replaced from occupied territories, refugees and settlement, demanding to provide the refugees with proper dwelling conditions and inspect the objects which must be transferred to their possession.

August 03, 2011 12:00

• The authorities of Grozny decided to speed up reconstruction of the central avenue by means of subbotniks

  Reconstruction works in the central street of Chechen capital, Ahmat Kadyrov avenue, are going much behind of schedule. The authorities intend to speed up the process by means of organizing large-scale subbotniks (days of unpaid work on the weekend).

August 03, 2011 11:00

• United Nations Security Council included “The Caucasus Emirate” into the sanction list on Al-Qaeda

  On July, 28, the UN Committee on sanctions concerning “Al-Qaeda” and physical and juridical persons connected with it adopted a decision of including “The Caucasus Emirate” into the sanction list. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its approval of this decision of UN Security Council.

August 03, 2011 10:00

• The body of the Georgian citizen killed as a result of the act of terror in Norway will be delivered to Georgia today

  Today the body of Georgian citizen Tamta Liparteliani who became one of the victims of the terrorist in Norway will be taken to Georgia. According to the Ambassador of Georgia in Denmark and Norway David Kereselidze, all necessary documentation has been collected for that.

August 02, 2011 23:00

• In Dagestan, rights defenders demand to stop criminal prosecution against lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova

  Russian authorities should immediately stop the criminal prosecution against the well-known Dagestani lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova and bring to justice the police officers for physical violence against the lawyer. This was declared by the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), commenting on the information about filing charges against Magomedova. The Amnesty International (AI) also claimed a protest on this occasion.

August 02, 2011 22:00

• ECtHR considers four cases on kidnappings in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) launched a consideration of a complaint lodged by relatives of Aslan Davletukaev, a resident of Chechnya, who had been kidnapped and killed in January 2004 near the city of Gudermes.

August 02, 2011 21:00

• On August 3 Moscow City Court to start jury selection in Sviridov's murder case

  Tomorrow, on August 3, the Moscow City Court will select a jury for consideration of the case on the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" Football Club, in last December. The jury selection will take place behind closed doors, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by the press service of the Moscow City Court.

August 02, 2011 20:00

• Court orders Baku Mayoralty to publish city development plan

  The executive power of Baku shall give to the public a general work plan of the Azerbaijani capital's development, on the basis of which the construction works are currently conducted in the city. This decision was adopted on August 1 by the Baku Administrative and Economic Court.

August 02, 2011 19:00

• In Dagestan, resident of Makhachkala, kidnapped earlier, was detained

  Sergey Evloev, a 19-year-old resident of Makhachkala, who had been earlier twice kidnapped, was detained by the police officers form the OVD (Interior Division) of the Leninsky District of the Dagestani capital on suspicion of illegal keeping of weapons. This was told by lawyer Ziyavdin Uvaisov to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

August 02, 2011 18:00

• Suspected militants detained in Astrakhan was extradited to Chechnya

  Salman Tepshaev and Arthur Sakaev, natives of the Naur District of Chechnya, who had been detained in Astrakhan on July 29 by the power agents, were brought to the republic.

August 02, 2011 17:00

• Graduates of business courses in Prigorodny District of North Ossetia received grants to open businesses

  The 8th graduation of the course participants of the business centre was held in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. Organizers note that now the residents of the District come to learn doing business consciously.

August 02, 2011 15:00

• Nizhny Novgorod Court orders to pay pensions to families of soldiers killed in Chechnya

  The Kanavino District Court of Nizhny Novgorod granted the lawsuit of the charity fund of the soldiers' mothers "Mother's Right" against the district administration of the Pension Fund (PF) of the Russian Federation, which rejected monthly cash pensions to four widows of servicemen killed in Chechnya.

August 02, 2011 12:00

• A project under the name of “Kunachestvo” launched in Kabardino-Balkaria

  On August, 1, an international youth project “Kunachestvo” (“Friendship”) started in Kabardino-Balkaria. It means that a teenager of one ethnic group goes to live in a family representing another one and becomes its guest.

August 02, 2011 11:00

• A work group for ecologic escort of “Lagonaki” project formed in Adygeia

  The authorities of Adygeia together with environmental groups will seek ways of solving ecologic problems connected with development of “Lagonaki” health resort. For this purpose a work group of ecologic escort of the project “Development of a special economic tourist an recreation zone “Lagonaki” in the territory of Maikop district of the Republic of Adygeia” was formed.

August 02, 2011 10:00

• A resident of Ingushetia reports kidnapping of his son

  A resident of the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya, Sunzha district of Ingushetia, reports kidnapping of his son Ibrahim Khashiev by armed people. The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia does not confirm the fact of kidnapping.

August 01, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 25-31

  Start of election race in Abkhazia; Dagestan: disputable outcomes of special operation, economic forum and murder of head of President's press service; natural fires in Rostov Region, and, probably, criminal origin of fires in central Astrakhan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the week of July 25-31, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 01, 2011 22:00

• Plievo deputies complain of Evkurov to Russian President

  Deputies of the rural settlement of Plievo in Ingushetia sent complaints to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation and the European Parliament in connection with "the Ingush leader's intervention in the activities of the municipality".