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October 08, 2012 22:10

• Victims in Anna Politkovskaya's case demand to cancel Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov's agreement with investigators

  Today, the victims in the case on the journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder her children Ilya Politkovsky and Vera Politkovskaya filed a motion to cancel the agreement with investigators, concluded by Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-Chief of the Secret Department of the Chief Department of the Internal Affairs of Moscow.

October 08, 2012 22:00

• A missing policeman found killed in Dagestan

  The body of a policeman who disappeared in the evening of October, 7, was found in the suburbs of Buinaksk today, a representative on Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Dagestan reported.

October 08, 2012 22:00

• Sergey Sokolov: investigators have enough information to reveal real customers of Anna Politkovskaya's murder

  On October 7, a picket took place in the Novopushkinsky Park of Moscow in memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who shot dead in 2006 at entrance to her house. The picket was attended by about 100 persons. Since no loudspeakers are allowed at pickets, the protesters mainly spoke to each other.

October 08, 2012 20:00

• Two residents of Stavropol region perished as a result of a grenade explosion

  Two persons perished as a result of a grenade explosion in the settlement of Kochubeeskoye, Stavropol region, a source in regional law enforcement bodies reported.

October 08, 2012 19:00

• A resident of Dagestan reports his daughter's disappearance

  A resident of Akushinski district of Dagestan appealed to the police reporting his daughter's obscure disappearance.

October 08, 2012 18:00

• Law enforcement bodies are investigating an incident with firing and human toll in a market of Krasnodar

  Yesterday, October, 7, a conflict occurred in a merchandise market of Krasnodar as a result of which firearms were used. One person was killed and two more got wounded.

October 06, 2012 23:00

• Workers of "Dagestansteklotara" claim three-month wage arrears

  Workers of the glass factory in the city of Dagestanskie Ogni did not receive wages for three months. In October, the enterprise began to pay wages for July. This was reported by workers of the factory.

October 06, 2012 22:00

• CEC: "Georgian Dream" gets 83 seats in Parliament

  The ratio of parliamentary seats between the coalition "Georgian Dream" and the "United National Movement" Party will be 83:67. This preliminary information on distribution of parliamentary seats was reported on October 6 by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.

October 06, 2012 21:00

• MIA: child injured in shooting at Dagestani wedding party in central Moscow

  A 3-year-old son of a resident of Moscow was slightly injured, allegedly as a result of shooting, committed by guests of the wedding party of Dagestani natives in the centre of the capital. This was reported by a representative of the press service of the Chief Department of Internal Affairs in Moscow.

October 06, 2012 20:00

• Kizlyar District resident asks human rights defenders to help to find her son's wife and baby

  Khati Radjabova, a resident of the village of Bondarenovka of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, appealed to the Dagestani Regional Public Organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) with a request to assist in the search for the wife of her son and her baby, whose fate is unknown to her since September 23. The woman suspects that the wife of her son may be kept at one of the police stations in Makhachkala.

October 06, 2012 19:00

• Commission of Ingush government prepares draft agreement on border with Chechnya

  The Commission of Ingush government on determination of the border with the Chechen Republic prepared a draft agreement and description of the border. This was reported by Mukharbek Didigov, Speaker of the Republic's Parliament and Chairman of the Commission.

October 06, 2012 18:00

• Vardan Oskanyan, ex-Foreign Minister of Armenia, summoned to GPO for interrogation

  Vardan Oskanyan, the founder of the "Civilitas" Foundation, MP from the faction "Prosperous Armenia", ex-Foreign Minister of Armenia, was summoned for interrogation. This was reported by Sona Truzyan, Press Secretary of the General Prosecution's Office (GPO) of Armenia.

October 06, 2012 17:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, climber from Poland perished near Ukyu Mount

  Today, a climber from Poland fell from one of the mountains in Kabardino-Balkaria and died.

October 06, 2012 15:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh: participants of festival of contemporary art present their works

  On October 5, the town of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh hosted official opening of the Festival of Contemporary Art "Shushi Art Project" and the exhibition of works, created by participants within the event.

October 06, 2012 14:00

• Sochi hosts solo picket against cutting down trees

  Today, at 10:00-11:00 a.m., in Sochi, Evgeny Zakharov, a member of the public movement for the protection of green areas of the city, held a picket in the square near the city administration. The activist demanded to stop cutting down trees in the park area, located in front of the building of Mayoralty.

October 06, 2012 13:00

• Families of policemen, killed in Nalchik, to receive financial aid

  Families of policemen, who were killed in the militants' attack on Nalchik, committed on October 13, 2005, will receive financial aid in the amount of 10,000 roubles.

October 06, 2012 12:00

• Grozny holds festivities to celebrate City Day

  In the morning of October 5, the Chechen capital started mass events to celebrate the City Day of Grozny. Besides, Chechnya has celebrated the Day of Chechen Youth and the birthday of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the republic. Many residents of the republic expressed sceptical attitude to the scale of celebrations.

October 06, 2012 11:00

• In Baku, police detain 65 protesting believers

  On October 5, in Baku, during the unsanctioned protest action of believers in front of the Ministry of Education, which grew into clashes between protesters and the police, 65 persons were detained. This was reported by the press service of the Baku City Prosecutor's Office and the Chief Police Department of the capital of Azerbaijan.

October 05, 2012 23:50

• In North Ossetia, Alexander Khloponin threatens to dismiss officials for low salaries in public sector

  The development strategy of Vladikavkaz to 2017, the preparation of North Ossetia for the heating season, salaries in the public sector, and the construction of kindergartens these topics were discussed during the visit of Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), to North Ossetia.

October 05, 2012 23:40

• Voting in Kiev for Georgian Parliament cancelled

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has decided to cancel the outcomes of the voting at the parliamentary elections in the electoral precinct No. 35, which was operating in the capital of Ukraine.