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September 19, 2009 23:44

• At Investment Forum in Sochi, Russian regions sign contracts worth 481 billion roubles

  At the Sochi Investment Forum, Russian regions have signed contracts to the total sum of about 481 billion roubles. As reported by the organizers of the Forum, almost two thirds of all the investments will go to the Krasnodar Territory.

September 19, 2009 23:00

• Moslems of Northern Caucasus celebrate Uraza-Bairam

  This year, the Uraza-Bairam ('Id al-Fitr) holiday that marks the end of the Moslem sacred fasting month of Ramadan falls on Sunday, September 20. The authorities of the republics of Northern Caucasus have declared days-off for the time of the holiday.

September 19, 2009 22:11

• Georgian media report about Boris Berezovsky's visit to Tbilisi

  Today, a number of Georgian media placed information that businessman Boris Berezovsky secretly visited Tbilisi in September. The authorities deny this fact.

September 19, 2009 20:00

• Volkswagen becomes general partner of Sochi Olympiad

  The ceremony of signing the agreement with the Volkswagen Automobile Concern on general partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2014 took place at the Investment Forum in Sochi on September 18. The agreement was signed by Dmitri Chernyshenko, President of the Organizing Committee "Sochi-2014" and Dithmar Korcevka, Director General of the Company "Volkswagen Group Rus".

September 19, 2009 19:00

• FSB: three militants liquidated in Dagestan

  Three militants, one of the leaders of the armed underground among them, were killed in the course of an operative-combat action today in the morning in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Department of the FSB (DFSB) of Russia for Dagestan.

September 19, 2009 18:00

• Baku opens the 11th "East-West" International Film Festival

  In the evening on September 18, Baku hosted the opening ceremony of the 11th International Film Festival named "East-West" with participation of prominent movie industry figures from many countries. The festival will last till September 23.

September 19, 2009 13:00

• "Eurovision" toughens its rules because of Azerbaijan

  The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) - the organizer of "Eurovision" - considers a possibility to put a ban to compete for the countries, where the information about the voters is disclosed.

September 19, 2009 12:00

• Mamedyarov, who disappeared in Makhachkala, was to evidence at trial of a suspected IAF member

  The wife of Nariman Mamedyarov, who disappeared again in Makhachkala, said that her husband was kidnapped on September 10 according to the same scenario as last year - after his call home, on his way home from work in a fixed-route taxi. According to her story, before the kidnapping Nariman should have evidenced at the trial of Magomed Kurbanov, accused of participating in an IAF (illegal armed formation).

September 19, 2009 10:00

• Prosecutor's Office of South Ossetia holds a check on the fact of burning books in Tskhinvali

  The State Office of Public Prosecutor of South Ossetia has opened an investigation on the fact of burning books from the library of the South-Ossetian State University (SOSU) in Tskhinvali.

September 19, 2009 07:00

• Several thousand strong oppositional rally held in Yerevan

  The situation in economy, with democracy and observance of human rights, and in foreign policy of Armenia continues to be extremely unfavourable. This was stated by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, leader of the Armenian National Congress, at a rally in central Yerevan, where, by different estimates, from 5 to 25 thousand persons got together.

September 18, 2009 23:50

• In Armenia, court rejects petition on changing restraint of human rights activist Arshaluis Akopyan

  The chair of the trial on the case of Arshaluis Akopyan, and employee of the Helsinki Association, accused of applying violence to policemen, has rejected the petition lodged by advocate Gayane Khachatryan on changing the restraint of her client.

September 18, 2009 23:30

• Sappers of Russian MfA come to Chechnya to demine farmland

  Yesterday, on September 17, a united detachment of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfA) of Russia came to Chechnya for demining the territory of the republic's state farm "Zarya" (Dawn). 31 specialists from the "Leader" Centre for Special-Risk Operations will work for six weeks in the Grozny District.

September 18, 2009 23:10

• Krasnodar Territory: repeated court session appointed on NCHR case

  On September 17, a court sitting on suspension of the activity of Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR) was held in the Krasnodar Territory. A repeated session was appointed. A number of Russian cities have launched solidarity campaigns with the NCHR.

September 18, 2009 23:00

• Adelkhanov: problem of resettling Meskhetian Turks to Georgia will remain unsolved for long

  So far, no preparation of the Georgian government to resettlement of Meskhetian Turks to Georgia is seen, as stated by Emil Adelkhanov, a representative of the "Caucasian Institute of Georgia".

September 18, 2009 22:20

• In Baku, at trial of bloggers victim and witnesses give evidences

  Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Araz Guseinov, continued judicial hearings on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and infliction of bodily injuries. Evidences were presented by the victim and witnesses.

September 18, 2009 22:00

• Deputy of European Parliament: national minorities are discriminated in Georgia

  The European Union is concerned of the situation of national minorities in Georgia, which "are exposed to language, social and religious discrimination." This is the topic of the letter sent by the Deputy of the European Parliament Silvie Guillaume to Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner on External Relations.

September 18, 2009 21:10

• March of BEBP to Moscow to start on October 4

  The Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP) has defined the date of holding the march of Balkar people. The action intended to draw attention to the problems of the Balkar people will take place on October 4.

September 18, 2009 21:00

• Ukrainian military experts serviced Georgian air defence systems during conflict with South Ossetia

  A year ago Ukrainian experts were busy in the territory of Georgia during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict servicing the "Buk-M1" antiaircraft-missile complexes, which had been earlier sold to this country. These are, under unofficial information, the conclusions of the audit held by the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.

September 18, 2009 19:00

• Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan checks disappearance of Nariman Mamedyarov

  The Prosecutor's Office of the Leninskiy District of Makhachkala is holding a pre-inquiry check of the application filed by relatives of Nariman Mamedyarov, in which they report that on September 10, Mamedyarov, who had been earlier kidnapped by power agents and released from custody under recognizance not to leave after interference of human rights activists, disappeared again.

September 18, 2009 18:00

• Strasbourg Court fines Russia on claims of Chechen and Ingush residents

  Russia has lost three cases at the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg initiated under claims of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia: now it is obliged to pay 210,000 euros for disappearances and deaths of their relatives.