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August 29, 2012 21:00

• Inquiry into Politkovskaya's death extended till December

  Investigators have decided to extend the inquiry into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya till December 7 this year.

August 29, 2012 20:00

• Khamzat Aldiev's mother denies his involvement in terror act in Malgobek District of Ingushetia

  Khamzat Aldiev had nothing to do with the terror act committed in the Malgobek District, said his mother Lyuba Aldieva after identification of the suicide bomber at the Nazran morgue, where she had been invited, along with her elder son Tamerlan on the following day after the explosion in Sagopshi.

August 29, 2012 19:00

• Baku court dismisses complaint of Mamedov, editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado", about inhuman treatment

  Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku, chaired by Judge Amin Mekhtiev, has considered the complaint lodged by the arrested editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) Gilal Mamedov about his inhuman treatment during arrest and detention.

August 29, 2012 18:00

• Fourteen perished in special operation in Georgia

  In the course of a special operation conducted near the Dagestani section of the Georgian-Russian border by the forces and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, three special agents of the MIA were killed, and five more were wounded. Furthermore, 11 suspected militants were liquidated.

August 29, 2012 16:00

• Two persons, wounded in terror act in Ingushetia, transferred from resuscitation to general ward

  Two officers of the battalion of the patrol-and-post service, wounded in a terror act in the village of Sagopshi in Ingushetia, who receive medical treatment in Moscow, have been transferred from resuscitation to general ward. This was reported by Medical Colonel Alexander Panevin, the deputy head of the hospital on medical care of the Chief Clinical Hospital of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Moscow.

August 29, 2012 15:00

• ICRF: lives of persons, wounded in terror act in house of Sheikh Said Afandi in Dagestan, out of danger

  Doctors discharged from the hospital one of the victims of the terror act, committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi. Lives of two others wounded persons are not in danger. This was reported by the representative of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan.

August 29, 2012 13:00

• In Armenia, police report on shooting after pre-election rally in Gyumri

  In the evening of August 27, in Armenia, in the outskirts of the city of Gyumri, after a pre-election rally of Samvel Balasanyan, a candidate for the position of Mayor of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, an incident with shooting occurred. This was reported by Karen Babakekhyan, Chief of the Shirak Regional Police Department.

August 29, 2012 12:00

• Husband of Elena Spasskaya files one more complaint to Vladimir Putin's office in Sochi

  Arthur Dashyan, the husband of Elena Spasskaya, Director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "Directorate of Shopping Mall Service", who was convicted for fraud, again filed to the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin an appeal with a complaint against the actions of investigators, prosecutors and judges of Sochi and the Krasnodar Territory.

August 29, 2012 10:00

• Identity of a suicide bomber in Dagestan who exploded herself in the house of sheikh Said Afandi established

  A suicide bomber who exploded herself in the house of sheikh Said Afandi in Dagestan was identified as resident of Makhachkala Aminat Saprykina, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

August 29, 2012 08:00

• No less than 24 people became victims of an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus from August, 20, till August, 26

  During last week, August, 20, to August, 26, 2012, at least 24 people became victims of an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources. 15 out of them were killed and 9 got wounded.

August 28, 2012 23:00

• Sheikh Said Afandi assassinated in Dagestan

  The cemetery of the village of Chirkey, Buinaksk District of Dagestan, is the venue of the funeral of Sheikh Said Afandi Chirkawi, who was killed today in an explosion triggered in his house. According to preliminary estimates, the number of people who gathered to say farewell to him, is about 150,000.

August 28, 2012 22:00

• First group of defendants in the case of Guba events on March 1 faces trial in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Guba District Court of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Zamin Takhirov, has held a preparatory session on the case of the first group of people, accused of rioting in the city of Guba on March 1, 2012.

August 28, 2012 21:00

• Georgia pardons 168 prisoners

  On August 28, the Day of the Assumption of the Virgin, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili pardoned 168 prisoners.

August 28, 2012 20:00

• Police officer heavily wounded in armed clash in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, during a special operation, a police officer, born in 1980, was wounded in his chest; he was hospitalized in grave condition, said a spokesman for the regional department of the FSB.

August 28, 2012 18:00

• Resident of Ingushetia reports kidnapping of his son, a policeman

  The whereabouts of Ruslanbek Agiev, a resident of Malgobek and an employee of the Ingush MIA, who disappeared on August 23, remains unknown, said his father Aslan Agiev.

August 28, 2012 17:00

• Azerbaijan starts trying 22 persons accused of collaboration with Iranian secret service "Sepah"

  Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Alovsat Abbasov, has started a preliminary hearing on the case of 22 citizens of Azerbaijan, accused of treason, espionage and other crimes.

August 28, 2012 16:00

• Head of Ingushetia criticizes the idea of revising border with Chechnya

  The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has opposed the revision of the existing administrative Chechen-Ingush border.

August 28, 2012 15:00

• Restored hospital in Novomikhailovsky gives birth to two kids

  On August 28, the village hospital resumed its work in the village of Novomikhailovsky affected by the flood. It was closed for reconstruction on August 22. This morning, it already gave birth to two newborns, said the public health department of the Tuapse District.

August 28, 2012 10:00

• Several local residents perished as a result of a skirmish in Ingushetia

  Three local residents in Malgobek district of Ingushetia perished as a result of skirmishes, information about two more lost persons is currently being verified, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports. Battles are going on in Malgobek and the neighbouring settlement of Sagopshi.

August 28, 2012 08:00

• Ingush children from the refugees’ families had a rest in Georgia

  A group of children who had a rest in Kobuleti on invitation of a Georgian non-governmental organization (NGO) the “Caucasus Foundation” returned from Georgia. All in all Georgia received 30 refugees’ children, Alihan Akhilgov, Head of foundation “Aid to deported peoples”, reported.