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September 19, 2011 21:00

• In the Krasnodar Territory, ecologists, heading for place of limestone mining near village of Aibga, detained

  On September 18 in the village of Yermolovka of Adler District of Sochi, Suren Gazaryan and Maria Ukhova, the activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who headed for the area of the mountain village of Aibga where limestone was extracted to conduct a public inspection, were detained. According to the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the limestone is mined there illegally.

September 19, 2011 20:00

• Ex-leader of Dagestani Diaspora shot dead in Yaroslavl

  At night on September 19 Abakarkidi Magomedov, ex-Chairman of the Dagestani Diaspora in Yaroslavl, was killed in the city.

September 19, 2011 19:00

• In Krasnodar, authorities ban "Picket-19"

  In the city of Krasnodar, law enforcement officers hampered holding the protest "Picket-19", notwithstanding the permission on the rally.

September 19, 2011 18:00

• In Georgia, residents of village Duisi demand to release local woman-teacher from arrest

  A rally was held in the village of Duisi of the Pankisi Gorge of Georgia, at which participants demanded to stop criminal process against teacher Asmat Khangoshvili, the employee of the "Robin Scott" Foundation. She is suspected of drug storage.

September 17, 2011 23:00

• At forum in Sochi, Rostov Region signs contracts worth over 21 billion roubles

  Due to the contracts signed by representatives of the Rostov Region at the 10th International Investment Forum in Sochi, soon the region will have six new production facilities. The total value of contracts is nearly 21 billion roubles, while the number of new jobs to be created at new enterprises is around 1200.

September 17, 2011 22:00

• Rights defenders wait for verification of information about Tajikistan residents enslaved in Rostov Region

  It is suspected that one of the farms of the Semikarakorsk District of the Rostov Region may use slaves' labour. According to Anna Udyarova, a lawyer of the Anti-Discrimination Centre "Memorial", this information arrived to the "hotline" of the Centre in Moscow. Then, rights defenders addressed the Prosecutor's Office of the Rostov Region, where they were promised to report results of the check on September 19.

September 17, 2011 21:00

• Beating of journalist in Dagestan is checked

  The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) conducts a pre-investigation check of the fact of beating of Omar Magomedov, a journalist of the North-Caucasian Bureau of NTV in Dagestan. According to Maria Bezborodova, the press secretary of the channel, NTV will seek to punish those who had attacked the reporter.

September 17, 2011 20:00

• In Tbilisi, 10 families are homeless after fire

  A strong fire occurred in the two-story apartment building at No. 127 in Agmashenebeli Avenue in the centre of the capital of Georgia, leaving 10 families homeless.

September 17, 2011 19:00

• Izberbash residents tell adaptation commission about their missing children

  On September 16, the city of Izberbash (Dagestan) hosted a sitting of the local commission for adaptation of people who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities to peaceful life. It was attended by relatives of the persons searched by law enforcement bodies as helpers to members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

September 17, 2011 18:00

• Armenia opens new passenger terminal at Zvartnots Airport

  Within the large-scale events dated to celebrations of the 20th anniversary of independence of Armenia, on September 16, an official ceremony of commissioning the new terminal of the Zvartnots Airport took place.

September 17, 2011 17:00

• World Bank provided Georgia with 40-million-US-dollar privileged credit

  The credit has been allocated to support the country's reforms.

September 17, 2011 16:00

• "Lukoil" to start petrochemical complex in Stavropol Territory

  In October, one of the largest privately-owned Russian oil companies – the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Lukoil" – plans to lay the "first stone" of the future petrochemical complex in the Stavropol Territory.

September 17, 2011 14:00

• Russian conductor Mikhail Arkadiev receives Georgian citizenship

  Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has personally handed over a passport of Georgian citizen to the famous Russian conductor Mikhail Arkadiev. The ceremony took place on September 15 after the concert, which the conductor gave at the Conservatory of Tbilisi.

September 17, 2011 12:00

• Project ''Smile, Yerevan!'' launched in Armenia

  Within the Project ''Smile, Yerevan!'' already two buildings in the Armenian capital have been decorated with mosaic panels. The pictures are selected by the working group of the project, which comprises prominent artists, architects and entrepreneurs. The main precondition is the harmonic match of mosaics with the architectural appearance of the city.

September 16, 2011 23:50

• Azerbaijani journalist Abbasov accused of disorderly conduct

  In Azerbaijan, Idrak Abbasov, an employee of the newspapers "Aina" (Mirror) and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), whose relatives were attacked on September 9, is accused of violating the law. The journalist asserts that he committed no offences.

September 16, 2011 23:40

• Custody conditions in jail of Tuapse UVD, Krasnodar Territory, found inadmissible

  Today, the decision of the Pre-Kuban City Court of Krasnodar, stating that the custody conditions at the special detention facility of the Tuapse UVD (Interior Department), has entered its legal force. It was the demand of ecologist Suren Gazaryan, who was detained in February 2011 during a protest action at the so-called "Tkachov's summer cottage", to recognize as illegal the idleness of the Tuapse UVD and unacceptable conditions of detention at the jail.

September 16, 2011 23:40

• Examination results of records of the Azerbaijani aircraft that crashed down in Afghanistan disclosed

  According to the initial information obtained after decoding of the "black box" of the Azerbaijani aircraft, which crashed down in Afghanistan, the trajectory of landing of the aircraft did not meet the pre-approved trajectory of landing. This was stated by Ilham Amirov, chairman of the inquiry commission and vice-president of the CJSC "AZAL".

September 16, 2011 23:20

• Supervisory commission of Kabardino-Balkaria visits Murat Bizhev at SIZO

  The public supervisory commission over prisons and jails in Kabardino-Balkaria met Murat Bizhev, who is kept in SIZO (pre-trial prison) and accused of storing firearms.

September 16, 2011 23:00

• Volgodonsk residents commemorate victims of 1999 terror act

  Today, residents of the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, have paid tribute to the victims of the terror act committed in this city on September 16, 1999. That crime killed 19 persons; 73 citizens became invalids; and in total over 16,000 people, including more than 1000 children, were officially recognized to be victims.

September 16, 2011 22:40

• Prosecutor of Akhvakh District of Dagestan demands to cancel decision on changed status of local lands

  Zubair Khalidov, Prosecutor of the Akhvakh District of Dagestan, has sent a petition to the Botlikh District Court asking to invalidate the decision of the head of the district Ismail Magomedsharipov on changing the status of local lands.