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September 03, 2011 23:00

• Beslan opens sculptural composition "Kind Angel of Peace"

  On September 2, in Beslan, in the corner of Mira and Sigova Streets, an architectural-sculptural composition named "Kind Angel of Peace" was opened.

September 03, 2011 21:00

• Special operation conducted in Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, the Shukhov Street in the city of Baksan in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) was the venue of a special operation aimed to liquidate a grouping of militants. The city was under the CTO (counterterrorist operation) regime.

September 03, 2011 20:00

• Volgograd drivers to support the all-Russian protest action against increase of fuel prices

  In late September, the Volgograd Region will host a drivers' protest action against the incessant growth of gasoline prices. The action is organized by the Movement of Russian Motorists; and its Volgograd branch decided to support it.

September 03, 2011 19:31

• Norwegian company to build largest European HPP in Adzharia

  The Norwegian company named "Clean Energy Invest" is planning to build the largest hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Europe by investing 600 million US dollars into the site on the Adzharistskali River.

September 03, 2011 19:00

• Defenders of rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis were forced to leave Azerbaijan

  After their ten years in Azerbaijan, Agry Garadagly, the head of the Baku Office of the Southern (Iranian) Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM), and Ragim Djavadbeili, an activist of this organization, have moved to Georgia. They explained this step by the fact that, despite numerous appeals, they failed to receive either citizenship or refugee status in Azerbaijan.

September 03, 2011 18:00

• On September 1, streets of Tskhinvali met schoolchildren with rivers of dirt

  This year, on the Day of Knowledge, September 1, the streets of Tskhinvali met schoolchildren with puddles and mud. Pupils walked to schools while literally drowning in them, local residents complained.

September 03, 2011 17:00

• In Sochi, Dagestan to present investment projects worth over 200 billion roubles

  Within the International Investment Forum "Sochi-2011", Dagestan will present 70 investment projects to the total sum of over 200 billion roubles. Of them, 29 projects have received the priority status.

September 03, 2011 16:00

• Sportswoman from Krasnodar Territory wins gold at World Championships in Athletics

  Maria Abakumova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, has won the gold medal in javelin throw at the World Championships in Athletics, held in the South-Korean city of Daegu.

September 03, 2011 15:00

• Journalist of Radio Liberty deported from Azerbaijan

  Yafez Khasanov (Akramoglu), a reported of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was deported from the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) to Iran.

September 03, 2011 14:00

• Alan Kochiev is the first to get nominated for presidential election in South Ossetia

  On September 2, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia received the first package of documents about nomination of a presidential candidate, which was submitted by supporters of Alan Kochiev, who is now in custody on suspicion of beating a deputy.

September 03, 2011 13:00

• Azerbaijan: inhabitants of collapsed hostel complain of absence of state support

  The families of forced resettlers, who suffered from collapse of a hostel building complain about absence of assistance from the state.

September 02, 2011 23:50

• Dagestan: rally in demand of release of detainees postponed till next week

  The pre-planned today's rally with a demand the release three residents of the Kizlyar District suspected of helping militants will not take place. The organizers of the protest action had a meeting with the top officials of the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, after which it was decided to postpone the rally until the next week. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Magomed Gadjiev, a resident of Makhachkala.

September 02, 2011 23:30

• Actions demanding to save Lake Urmia from drying continue in Baku

  Today Baku has hosted this week's second protest action at the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan with a demand to save Lake Urmia from an ecological catastrophe. The action was organized by the branch of the South (Iranian) Azerbaijan of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis (WCA). It was attended also by activists of the youth movement "Dalga" (Wave) and the Sabail District Branch of the Civil Solidarity Party (CSP).

September 02, 2011 23:20

• On September 22, ECtHR to consider lawsuit "Georgia vs. Russia"

  The public hearing on the lawsuit of Georgia against Russia in connection with the warfare in South Ossetia will start at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on September 22.

September 02, 2011 23:10

• After suicide bombers' attacks in Grozny, power agents smash the office of the Union of Entrepreneurs of Chechnya

  The office of the Union of Entrepreneurs of Chechnya, located in a house, near which a triple explosion was triggered at night on August 30, was almost completely destroyed by power agents. According to local law enforcers, the agents acted "under the actual situation" and "subject to possible threats."

September 02, 2011 23:00

• Working groups meet again on Georgian-South-Ossetian border

  Today, the Georgian village of Dvani, near the border with South Ossetia, has hosted another meeting within the mechanism for warning and prevention of border incidents. Delegates from South Ossetia have again accused Georgia of violating the airspace by unmanned aircrafts; while the Georgian party has categorically denied the charges.

September 02, 2011 23:00

• In Georgia, journalist detained for making photos of presidential escort

  President Saakashvili's security service has detained Natiya Danelishvili, a journalist from the Information Centre of Kakheti for filming the presidential escort.

September 02, 2011 22:00

• Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia commemorate Beslan victims

  The village of Costa Khetagurov in Karachay-Cherkessia has hosted actions in memory of the victims of the terror act committed in Beslan in September 2004 and opened a monument.

September 02, 2011 21:00

• Ecologists Gazaryan and Solovyova detained in Krasnodar

  Suren Gazaryan and Ekaterina Solovyova, activists of the "Environmental Watch of Northern Caucasus" were detained in Krasnodar, near the building of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory, where Gazaryan held a solo picket in defence of Victor Chirikov, who is kept in the Tuapse UVD (Interior Department).

September 02, 2011 20:00

• Isa Yamadaev detained in Paris airport on his way to Moscow

  The French authorities have not allowed Isa Yamadaev, the younger brother of the Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in 2008, to get from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, and returned him back to Dubai.