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October 05, 2012 23:40

• Court starts trial of third group of defendants, accused of riots in Guba

  On October 3, the Guba District Court of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Fizuli Panakhov, started court hearings on merits on the case of the third group of the defendants, accused of the riots in the city of Guba, occurred on March 1. The case involves seven defendants.

October 05, 2012 23:30

• Moscow Court declares arrest of guest of Dagestani wedding party to be lawful

  The Tver District Court of Moscow upheld the ruling of the magistrate court precinct on the arrest of Murat Agalarov, a participant of shooting during the Dagestani wedding party in the centre of the capital. This was reported by the press service of the Court.

October 05, 2012 23:10

• Inmates of Rustavi prison stop hunger strike

  In Rustavi (Georgia), inmates of the penitentiary institution No. 6, who were on a hunger strike for more than ten days, stopped their protest action. This was reported by journalist and writer Lali Moroshkina after her conversation with participants of the protest action.

October 05, 2012 23:00

• Dagestan, unidentified rob cash collectors by 13.5 million roubles

  Today, four men in camouflage attacked a vehicle of cash collectors in the Botlikh District and stole 13.5 million roubles, intended for the payment of pensions. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

October 05, 2012 22:00

• Lieutenant colonel Samvelyan in Armenia sentenced to four months of custody on the case of an attempt of explosion of "Arsnakar" restaurant

  The court of general jurisdiction of Avan and Nor-Nork communities of Yerevan sentenced Lieutenant colonel Vardan Samvelyan detained for suspicion of an attempt of explosion of "Arsnakar" restaurant to four month of custody, Press Service of the court informed.

October 05, 2012 21:00

• A serviceman perished in Chechnya as a result of blasting on a mine

  A soldier of contract service of a unit of the Ministry of Defense of Russia perished in the foothill Urus-Martan district of Chechnya as a result of blasting on a trip-wire mine, military commandant's office of the republic informed.

October 05, 2012 20:00

• Conflicts between believers and the police happened in Baku

  Today an action of protest of about 200 believers in Baku against prohibition of wearing hijabs at schools developed into conflicts between the participants and the police personnel. The exact number of people injured as a result of the conflict is yet unknown.

October 05, 2012 19:00

• Policemen in Dagestan are investigating kidnapping of a child and disappearance of a young girl

  Yesterday, October, 4, the police of Dagestan received two statements: about kidnapping of a boy from a children's home in Izerbash and disappearance of a young girl in the settlement of Leninkent, Makhachkala.

October 05, 2012 18:00

• Management of a road-building company in Kabardino-Balkaria suspected of corruption

  Chief engineer of "Road-building department No 1" limited company Alexey Kim and Director General Vladimir Gashtov are suspected of misappropriation of over 9 million rubles budget funds.

October 04, 2012 23:50

• Victim in case on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport files lawsuit for 10 million roubles

  Dmitry Burykin, one of the victims of the terror act, which was committed at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24, 2011, filed a lawsuit to oblige the defendants to pay him 10 million roubles for moral damages.

October 04, 2012 23:40

• Georgian CEC announces preliminary results of parliamentary elections

  After the calculation of 100 percent of the votes 3,596,214 persons, who took part in the voting, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has announced the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections. The block "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" with 54.92 percent of votes became the leader of the election campaign.

October 04, 2012 23:40

• In Dagestan, case against teenager, who shot dead his father's killer, to be brought to court

  Investigation into the case against a 17-year-old resident of the village of Novo-Kumukh of the Buinaksk District of Dagestan, who shot dead a villager, who killed his father and wounded his mother, is in the final stage. This was reported by investigators. The teenager, against whom criminal proceedings were instituted, is under home arrest, and he faces 5-15 years of imprisonment.

October 04, 2012 23:20

• Director of a coach station in Makhachkala reports beating his employee up by the police

  Today Magomed Askhabaliev, dispatcher of "Severnaya" coach station, was taken to resuscitation unit of the republican clinic in a comatose state being beaten up by officers of State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of Makhachkala, Director of the coach station Magomed Kudiyavmagomedov reported.

October 04, 2012 23:20

• CEC: "Georgian Dream" wins elections to Supreme Council of Adzharia

  The block "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" gained at the elections to the Supreme Council of Adzharia 57.6 percent of voters. The second place went to the "United National Movement More Good for People" with 37 percent of the votes. This was reported by a representative of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.

October 04, 2012 23:20

• In Derbent, explosion occurs near synagogue, nobody hurt

  Last night, an explosion occurred near a synagogue in Derbent, no one suffered. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan.

October 04, 2012 23:10

• ECtHR obliges Armenia to pay compensation to former political prisoner Zhirair Sefilyan

  According to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Armenia is to pay Zhirair Sefilyan, the coordinator of the public initiative "Union of Armenian Volunteers", a participant of the Karabakh war, compensation in the amount of 6000 euros.

October 04, 2012 23:00

• Staff member of Russian Branch of "HRW" claims being threatened

  Tatiana Lokshina, Chief of the Moscow Branch of the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" ("HRW"), an expert on Northern Caucasus, complained about received SMS-messages threats filed a complaint about that to the law enforcement agencies.

October 04, 2012 22:20

• In Tbilisi, refugees capture two houses

  On October 3, in Tbilisi, refugees seized two apartment buildings, demanding to return them to their former place of residence.

October 04, 2012 22:00

• An official of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia detained in South Ossetia transferred to the Georgian party

  Policeman Mogeli Tomiashvili detained after an incident near the frontier post of Karzman in South Ossetia was transferred to the authorities of Georgia, a representative of Press Service of the Observer Mission of European Union (OMEU) in Georgia reported.

October 04, 2012 21:00

• Four residents of Dagestan appealed to the police reporting their relatives' disappearance

  On October, 3, four persons, residents of Makhachkala, Buinaksk and Kazbek districts, appealed to the police of Dagestan reporting their relatives' disappearance. Location of two people who disappeared earlier is established.