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September 14, 2012 22:10

• In Sochi, 300 persons attend funeral of civil society activist

  Today, in Sochi, Anatoly Makhnovskiy, a 64-year-old chairman of the territorial public self-administration (TPS) "Kudepsta", was buried. More than 300 city residents came to say goodbye to the civil activist.

September 14, 2012 22:00

• MIA: persons, who kidnapped policeman in Dagestan, wanted to hijack his car

  Investigators consider robbery as the main version of kidnapping of a law enforcement officer in Dagestan. The purpose of the kidnappers was a car of the police officer. This was reported by a source in the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

September 14, 2012 21:00

• A kidnapped policeman found in Dagestan

  During operational search actions in Dagestan the police personnel found a policeman kidnapped on September, 13.

September 14, 2012 21:00

• A trial on the case of murder of military doctor Vage Avetyan deferred till September, 24

  A trial on the case of murder of a military doctor in "Arsankar" restaurant that started in Armenia on September, 13, was deferred till September, 24, because of the absence of the defendant's attorney Aram Khachatryan, representatives of the court of general jurisdiction Avan and Nor Nork reported.

September 14, 2012 20:00

• The police in Rostov region successfully prevented a mass scuffle

  On September, 13, policemen in the settlement of Remontnoye prevented a collision among several tens people who gathered in the square near the market in order to stick up for their friends.

September 14, 2012 19:00

• European Parliament condemned pardon to Ramil Safarov in Azerbaijan

  At a plenary session on September, 13, European Parliament adopted a resolution "on Safarov's case" expressing regret about President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev's decision of pardon to Ramil Safarov who killed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan in 2004 in Budapest.

September 14, 2012 18:00

• Committee of Inquiry: the shells got into the school territory in Buinaksk by error

  In process of shelling carried out within the framework of a special operation on search of gunmen in Buinaksk district an error occurred and the shells got into the territory of boarding school No 3, Press Service of Chief Military Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of Russia reported.

September 13, 2012 23:50

• Natella Kolosova: cronyism is the main form of corruption in Northern Caucasus

  Corruption in Northern Caucasus differs from the all-Russian one: the south of the country is indulged in so-called "clan corruption" when some groups of citizen promote their relatives and often neglect the more experienced and trained personnel. This was reported by participants of the press conference "Corruption and Human Rights in Contemporary Russia".

September 13, 2012 23:30

• Russian MoD denies its involvement in bombings in territory of school in Buinaksk

  Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that military men were not involved in two explosions, which occurred in the territory of the boarding school in Buinaksk.

September 13, 2012 23:10

• In Dagestan, ICRF closes investigation into case on murder of pregnant woman

  The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan has completed the investigation into the criminal case against law enforcement agents of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Kazbek District on shelling in 2006 of Sapiyat Magomedova and Gasan Baisultanov. The notification about that was received by Mamatkhan Baisultanov, the father of Gasan Baisultanov, a resident of Khasavyurt.

September 13, 2012 23:00

• Two participants of protest action against forest cutting in Kudepsta detained

  In Sochi, two participants of the protest action against forest cutting in Kudepsta were detained for resisting the police. The activists have occupied the territory, where the Termal Power Plant (TPP) is under construction.

September 13, 2012 22:50

• In Novocherkassk, activist of "Left-Wing Front" arrested in anticipation of "March of Millions"

  In the city of Novocherkassk of the Rostov Region, on the eve of the "March of Millions", which is to be held on September 15 in Rostov-on-Don, Oleg Prudnikov, an activist of the "Left-Wing Front", has been arrested for five days. Oppositionists of the city of Taganrog also claim that they are being visited by police officers at their houses, who warn them of the illegality of the meeting of September 15.

September 13, 2012 22:30

• In Krymsk, 5913 persons, affected by flood, receive no compensation

  Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin appealed to the court authorities to expedite consideration of the cases, related to payments to victims of the flooding in Krymsk. Compensation was not paid to 5913 citizens, who at the time of the disaster had no permanent residence. This was stated by Vladimir Putin at the meeting in Sochi, dedicated to elimination of consequences of the flooding in the Krasnodar Territory.

September 13, 2012 22:10

• Vladimir Putin's visit to Krasnodar paralyzes traffic in city centre

  On September 12, in Krasnodar, the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin caused traffic jams of many kilometres. Vladimir Putin visited the Krasnodar Presidential Cadet Academy, which was opened on September 1, and then in the administration of the Krasnodar Territory he conducted a meeting on the patriotic and moral education of young people.

September 13, 2012 22:00

• The Supreme Court of Dagestan brought a standing judgment on the verdict of compensation to Abdulkarimov exculpated from a charge of committing an act of terror

  A Board of three judges of the Supreme Court of Dagestan brought a standing judgment on the verdict of Sovietsky district court of Makhachkala of paying a compensation of 100 thousand rubles upon Abdulkhalim Abdulkarimov's lawsuit with a demand to exact 15 million rubles compensation damage from the Ministry of Finance for unlawful making him criminally liable for the act of terror in Kaspiysk in May of 2002.

September 13, 2012 21:00

• Two shells got into a school territory during manoeuvres in Dagestan

  Two shells got into a territory of a boarding school in Buinaksk district, Dagestan, and exploded there. There are no victims, a source in law enforcement bodies of the district reported.

September 13, 2012 20:00

• Department of Federal Penal Service: there is no information of a hunger strike of resident of Dagestan Arthur Khanaliev in the penal colony of Lipetsk region

  Administration of correctional facility No 3 in Lipetsk district confirmed that convict Arthur Khanaliev from Dagestan who declared his intention of going on a hunger strike on September, 9, was placed in a disciplinary cell. There is no information of the prisoner's hunger strike, Vladimir Lyaliuk, Head of Press Service of Department of Federal Penal Service of Russia in Lipetsk region, reported.

September 13, 2012 19:00

• Unidentified persons in Dagestan shot down the owner of a car dealer-shop

  This morning an entrepreneur was shot down in Izerbash, a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.

September 13, 2012 18:00

• Mirzaev's attorney asks to make the medics who rendered aid to Agafonov criminally liable

  Attorney of athlete from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev as a result of whose blow Muscovite Ivan Agafonov died asks Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation to make the medics of the First City Hospital of Moscow who rendered aid to the victim untimely and improperly criminally liable.

September 12, 2012 23:50

• FSIN Department denies information on hunger strike of Vladimir Vasin, ex-Chairman of Committee for Youth Affairs of Volgograd Region

  Vladimir Vasin, ex-Chairman of the Committee for Youth Affairs of the administration of the Volgograd Region, accused of embezzlement, is on a hunger strike since August 2. This was reported by his lawyer Georgy Mamaladze. The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), denied the information.