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August 23, 2012 21:00

• In Rostov Region, judges receive letters with threats

  In the Rostov Region, the fact of distribution of letters containing threats against court officials and their family members is being checked. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Rostov Region.

August 23, 2012 20:00

• Azerbaijan: journalist convicted for incitement to riots

  On August 23, the Nizami District Court of Baku completed the trial against journalist Faramaz Allakhverdiev, known as Faramaz Novruzoglu. The Court found him guilty of inciting riots and illegal crossing of the state border and sentenced him to 4.5 years of imprisonment in a high security penal colony.

August 23, 2012 19:00

• MIA: attack on "Anji" FC fans was not interethnic

  The attack on the fans of the "Anji" FC, which occurred on August 22 in Moscow Avenue near the "McDonald's" Cafe in Saint Petersburg, is not of interethnic nature. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

August 23, 2012 18:00

• Violations found in distribution of housing in South-Ossetian capital

  In Tskhinvali, the commission on legality and legitimacy of distribution of housing in the micro-district "Moskovsky" has prepared a package of documents on violations in the procedure of distribution and access to housing, and it intends to bring them to the prosecutor's office in the near future.

August 23, 2012 17:00

• Man, accused of Yuri Budanov's murder, to remain in custody till December 10

  Today, the Moscow City Court granted the motion of investigators and extended the arrest of Yusup-Khadji Temerkhanov, accused of murdering ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov, until December 10.

August 23, 2012 16:00

• Armenia: Artak Nazaryan's representatives demand to institute criminal case against investigators

  Today, the court session in the case on the death of contractor officer Artak Nazaryan has continued the phase of consideration of the motions. The party victim again claimed forgeries in the course of the work of investigators and offered to institute criminal proceedings against them. The prosecutor opposed the motion.

August 23, 2012 15:00

• Ukraine extradites second suspect of planning attempt on Vladimir Putin to Russia

  The Court of Appeal of the Odessa Region has made the final decision to extradite to Russia Ilya Pyanzin, a citizen of Kazakhstan, suspected of planning the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was announced by Elena Abramova, Spokesperson of the Prosecutor's Office of the Odessa Region.

August 23, 2012 14:00

• Iranian court intends to decide fate of Azerbaijani poets within 15-20 days

  The Iranian court will announce its decision in the case against Farid Gusein and Shakhriyar Gadjizade, young Azerbaijani poets, within 15-20 days. According to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, this was announced today by Elman Abdullaev, Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.

August 23, 2012 13:00

• Ingush resident claims kidnapping of her searched husband in Chechnya

  Tamara Gorbakova, a resident of Malgobek, claims that her husband Rustam Evloev, who worked as an inspector of the Road-and-Post Service (known as DPS) in the Nazran District of Ingushetia, was kidnapped by unidentified armed persons, while he was with his relatives in Chechnya.

August 23, 2012 12:00

• Novomikhailovsky residents believe that flooding occurred because of clogged bed of Nechepsukho River

  At present, water completely left houses in the flooded village of Novomikhailovsky of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory. According to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), about 1500 persons, 570 houses, 14 children's camps, a hospital, a school, and a kindergarten are in the area of the flooding. Many residents of the coastal village believe that the flooding was caused by cluttered bed of the Nechepsukho River.

August 22, 2012 23:00

• In Saint Petersburg, fans of Makhachkala "Anji" FC attacked

  In Saint Petersburg, a group of unidentified persons attacked fans of the "Anji" FC, who intended to go to Moscow to visit the upcoming match between the Makhachkala FC and the "AZ" FC. This was reported by Ramadan Gaziev, the head of the "Dikaya Diviziya" (Wild Division) fan club of the "Anji" FC.

August 22, 2012 22:00

• In Dagestan, investigators prepare indictment in case on murder of pregnant woman

  The Investigatory Committee of Dagestan has prepared an indictment against five police officers within the criminal investigation of the shelling in 2006 of Sapiyat Magomedova and Gasan Baisultanov. This was reported by a source from the Republic's Investigatory Committee.

August 22, 2012 21:00

• Krasnodar Regional Court upholds verdict to Elena Spasskaya and Mikhail Batrakov

  Today, the verdict in the case against Elena Spasskaya and Mikhail Batrakov, which was challenged by the lawyers of the convicted persons at the judicial panel on criminal cases of the Krasnodar Regional Court, was left unchanged.

August 22, 2012 20:00

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident claims kidnapping of his son and nephew

  Today, in the village of Dugulubgei of the Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, Murat Abazov and Arthur Abazov were kidnapped. This was reported by Eduard Abazov, a resident of the republic, who appealed to law enforcement agencies and human rights defenders, asking to help locate whereabouts of his son and nephew.

August 22, 2012 19:00

• In Stavropol Territory, trial on "Merekha's case" to be held behind closed doors

  Today, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory held a preliminary session on the criminal case against the former district police inspectors Sergey Petrov, Nikolai Kryazhov, Vadim Akhmedov, and Alexei Golovachev, accused of beating Vyacheslav Merekha, a local resident. The case will be considered behind closed doors. This was reported by the court office.

August 22, 2012 18:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, Rustam Guchapshev claims shadowing and fear of kidnapping

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, Rustam Guchapshev, a resident of the village of Dugulubgei of the Baksan District, claims that today he was followed, and therefore, he has appealed to law enforcement agencies and human rights defenders, since he fears of kidnapping.

August 22, 2012 17:00

• Sergey Semushin: pasting leaflets with recruits' personal data in Volgograd was violation of the law

  According to Sergey Semushin, the lawyer of the Volgograd regional public organization "Mothers' Law", in Volgograd, leaflets entitled "Wanted", pasted on poles, with details of the recruits and their parents violate the Federal Law "On Personal Data". The Volgograd police refute any involvement in the appearance of those announcements.

August 22, 2012 16:00

• In Stavropol, attackers on market sellers call themselves "polar bears", witnesses assert

  In Stavropol, as a result of the shooting at the "Yuzhny" (Southern) marketplace, 5 persons were brought to the city hospital No. 4. This was reported by the hospital's front desk. One more wounded person was delivered to the regional hospital. Automatic weapons were used in the shooting. Eyewitnesses state that the attackers called themselves the "polar bears".

August 22, 2012 15:00

• Verdict of Stavropol Regional Court on case against Victor Dvorakovskiy, accused of terrorism, enters into force

  The Judicial Chamber for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict against 24-year-old Victor Dvorakovskiy and Vladimir Skirko, his 25-year-old accomplice, residents of the Stavropol Territory, accused of preparing a terror act and of extremism. This was reported today by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

August 22, 2012 13:00

• In Azerbaijan, opposition activist Shakhin Gasanli refused of CER

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Gasan Akhmedov, considered the appeal of Shakhin Gasanli, the head of the organizational division of the People's Front of Azerbaijan on conditional early relief (CER). Gasanli and his lawyer intend to challenge the refusal of CER at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.