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September 18, 2012 23:30

• Alexander Kulikov: policemen exceeded their power in detention of Galina Tikhenko at rally in Volgograd

  Alexander Kulikov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law, claimed that the policemen exceeded their power during the detention of pensioner Galina Tikhenko at the rally in Volgograd and that he intended to demand that the leaders of the Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) should conduct official investigation.

September 18, 2012 23:30

• In Batumi, Georgian emigrants demand right to vote at parliamentary elections

  On September 17, in Batumi, emigrants, who arrived in Georgia, held a protest action against restrictions on their rights to vote.

September 18, 2012 23:20

• In Dagestan, local resident claims disappearance of her husband

  Today, Aishat Alieva, a resident of Makhachkala, claimed that she could not find out the whereabouts of her husband Uzair Aliev, who was detained by staff members of the Kizlyar OVD (Interior Division) on September 16.

September 18, 2012 23:10

• Russia's ICRF finds claims of Saniyat Magomedova's father-in-law groundless

  Saniyat Magomedova, who was killed in Khasavyurt, was not pregnant; and her father-in-law Mamatkhan Baisultanov tried to receive - through his complaints against investigators - material compensation, said the Investigatory Department for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

September 18, 2012 23:00

• Georgia: Gldani prison staff suspected of abusing prisoners

  In Georgia, policemen have detained - on charges of inhuman treatment of prisoners - three employees of the Gldani Penal Institution No. 8, one more supervisor has been put on the wanted list, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said today.

September 18, 2012 22:20

• Rally against increase of utility rates and salary arrears held in Volgograd

  Today, around 100 people took part in a rally against rising utility rates and salary debts to workers of the Volgograd Shipyard.

September 18, 2012 22:10

• Kabardino-Balkaria cleans up slopes of Mount Elbrus

  Volunteers, mostly pupils, have held a subbotnik to clean up Mount Elbrus, located in Kabardino-Balkaria, from household garbage left behind by tourists.

September 18, 2012 22:00

• Stavropol Territory: Merekha's trial declared open

  Today, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory has ruled to make the trial on the lawsuit of Vyacheslav Merekha, who became disabled as a result, as he claims, torture and rape committed at the Predgorny ROVD (District Interior Division) in December 2010, open for the public.

September 18, 2012 22:00

• Azerbaijani MFA serves a note of protest to Russia's Ambassador in Baku on Zhirinovsky's statements

  Today, Vladimir Dorokhin, the Russia's Ambassador in Baku, was served a note of protest on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan in connection with the statements of the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

September 18, 2012 21:00

• A bomb laid near a village store in Dagestan defused

  The sappers defused a bomb left by unidentified persons near a store in the settlement of Babayurt, Babayurt district of Dagestan. Its volume was five kilogram trotyl equivalent, a representative of Operation Headquarters in the republic reported.

September 18, 2012 20:00

• A resident of Kaspiysk, Dagestan, reported his son's disappearance

  Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia in the town of Kaspiysk, Dagestan, received a statement from a local resident. He reported that his son's location had been unknown since September, 11.

September 18, 2012 19:00

• No less than 21 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from September, 10, till September, 16

  Last week, September, 10 to September, 16, 2012, no less than 21 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus. 15 out of them perished and six got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 18, 2012 18:00

• Editor of a religious web-site Araz Guliev arrested in Azerbaijan

  Araz Guliev, Editor-in-Chief of xeber44.com online religious media functioning in the South of the country, was arrested in Azerbaijan. Upon a verdict of Masally district court dated September, 10, Guliev was arrested for a two-months term. He is accused of hooliganism committed by o group of persons, the Institute of Freedom and Safety of Reporters referring to the arrested man's brother Azer Guliev reports.

September 17, 2012 23:50

• In Krasnodar Territory, Airline "Sky Express" recognized bankrupt

  The Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Territory declared the Airline CJSC (Closed Joint-Stock Company) "Nebesny Express" (Sky Express) a bankrupt.

September 17, 2012 23:40

• In Baku, 150 persons hospitalized with poisoning from shopping centre "Bina"; all of them already discharged from hospital

  According to the preliminary information, the cause of human poisoning by carbon monoxide, which occurred in the Baku shopping centre "Bina" on September 16, was a fault in the electric generators. In total, about 150 persons were affected, and they were hospitalized. Most of them were discharged by this morning after they were rendered a medical assistance.

September 17, 2012 23:30

• General Prosecutor's Office: two persons killed by fire at Sumgait plant

  In Sumgait, as a result of the fire at the plant for the production of household chemical products, two persons were killed, two other persons got injuries of varying severity, and one more person disappeared. This was reported by General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan.

September 17, 2012 23:20

• In Dagestan, family members of kidnapped Sirazhuddin Khasaev ask republic's leader for help in his search

  Today, relatives of Sirazhuddin Khasaev, who on September 3 was again kidnapped by unidentified armed men in police uniforms directly from the hospital in Makhachkala, appealed for help in his search to Magomedsalam Magomedov, the leader of Dagestan.

September 17, 2012 23:10

• Court fines person, detained at protest action in Rostov-on-Don, by 20,000 roubles

  In Rostov-on-Don, court fined one of the persons, detained at the protest action, which was held within the All-Russian "March of Millions". The trials against three more detainees were postponed.

September 17, 2012 23:00

• Baku police disperses believers' protest action outside US Embassy

  About 50 people tried to hold a protest in front of the US Embassy in Baku against the USA-made movie "Innocence of Muslims". The police dispersed the action and detained several protesters.

September 17, 2012 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 10-16

  Actions within "March of Millions" in cities of Southern Russia; celebration of Unity Day of Nations of Dagestan at the background of ongoing conflict in the region; counterterrorist operation in North Ossetia; preparation for parliamentary elections in Georgia; championships of the Russian Federation in sporting and caving tourism in Adygea, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 10-16, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".