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August 30, 2011 18:00

• Russia to elect its State Duma on December 4

  According to the decree of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, signed on August 29, the elections of Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation will be held on December 4, 2011. This year, the parties' threshold barrier was brought down to 5 percent; while the term in office went up to 5 years. In parallel with the federal elections, the South of Russia – Ingushetia, Stavropol Territory and Astrakhan Region – will elect their regional parliaments.

August 30, 2011 17:00

• Father of missing Ingush resident complains of lethargic inquiry

  In Ingushetia, the father of the kidnapped Akraman Ugurchiev has turned to the republic's Prosecutor's Office, Ombudsperson and Security Council. So far, the officials and security agents, involved in search of Akraman Ugurchiev and Umalat Bersanov, can say nothing to their relatives, Salman Ugurchiev, Akraman's father, said.

August 30, 2011 16:00

• In Astrakhan, verdict to natives of Dagestan convicted for raping disabled girl comes into force

  The verdict passed by the Soviet District Court, according to which 8 natives of Dagestan were found guilty of raping a 26-year-old girl, a hearing and speech invalid, has come into affect, as reported by the Investigatory Department for the Astrakhan Region of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian federation).

August 30, 2011 15:00

• MNS of NAR: arrested Zeinalov died of cancer, not of torture

  The Ministry of National Security (MNS) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) has admitted the death on August 28 of Turadzh Zeinalov, 31, who had been arrested by Ministry's agents. However, the MNS of the NAR denies the violent death of Zeinalov.

August 30, 2011 14:23

• Armavir authorities start United Database of City Problems

  The administration of the city of Armavir, Krasnodar Territory, has created the United Database of City Problems, which is based on the programme of "social family passports".

August 30, 2011 13:00

• A resident of Krasnodar region suspected of an attempt of murder on ethnic hatred grounds

  Committee of Inquiry accuses an eighteen-years-old resident of Krasnodar of an attempt of killing a sixteen-years-old ethnic Armenian on ethnic hatred grounds.

August 30, 2011 12:00

• Ex-prosecutor in Volgograd who ran into a child sentenced to 2,5 years of custody

  Today Central district court of Volgograd sentenced Elena Ivanova, ex-employee of Public prosecutor’s office, who was acknowledged guilty of a child’s death in a road accident to 2,5 years of custody with a stay of execution.

August 30, 2011 11:00

• ICRC is searching for 2,3 thousand missing persons in Northern Caucasus

  The International Committee of the Red Cross has presently received 2324 search requests from persons whose relatives in Northern Caucasus are considered missing. This figure was announced by North-Caucasian Mission of ICRC on the eve of International Day of Missing People which is commemorated today, August, 30.

August 30, 2011 10:00

• Over one thousand bikers took part in a bike-festival in Novorossiysk

  XVI International Bike-festival called “Epilogue” organized by “Night Wolfs” motorcycle club passed off at the sea front of Novorossiysk on August, 29. Head of the Russian Government Vladimir Putin arrived at the festival in the lead of a motorcade at the wheel of a three-wheeled “Harley Davidson”.

August 30, 2011 09:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 22-28

  Abkhazia elects Alexander Ankvab to be its new president; however, the international community is not in a hurry to recognize the legality of the election; Azerbaijani court convicts six more oppositionist for taking part in April rally; dam failure in Grozny becomes a tragedy for 2500 citizens; in Krasnodar Territory another "raid" of ecological activists to "Tkachov's summer house" ends in arrests again, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 22-28, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 29, 2011 23:00

• Relatives of Ingush missing persons fear for their lives

  Power agents have to do with kidnapping in Ingushetia of Umalat Bersanov and Akroman Ugurchiev, residents of Sleptsovsk, their relatives assert. They fear for the fate and health of the missing men. Law enforcers say that a check is underway on the fact of the disappearance of Bersanov and Ugurchiev.

August 29, 2011 22:00

• In Kalmykia, teenager dies after fleeing from police

  On August 25, Artyom Malinovskiy, 16, was brought by policemen to the narcology dispensary, tried to run away from there and perished.

August 29, 2011 21:00

• Georgian oppositionists complain of pressure on fixed-route taxi drivers

  The oppositional "Georgian Party" calls on the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Chief Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to react to statements of drivers of Tbilisi minivans, who claim that they are forced to raise the tariffs.

August 29, 2011 20:00

• This year, POC of Kabardino-Balkaria received over 100 complaints

  In 2011, the Public Observation Commission (POC) for monitoring jails and detention facilities of Kabardino-Balkaria received over a hundred complaints, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Magazali Endreev, the Chair of the POC.

August 29, 2011 19:00

• Kalmykia: court marshals hold campaign "Your child needs you"

  In the period from August 25 to September 1, the Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) for the Republic of Kalmykia (RK) is holding the campaign "Your child needs you", under which the court marshals of the Elista branch are sending reminder letters to most malicious alimony defaulters.

August 29, 2011 18:00

• In Chechnya, "Grozvodokanal" workers complain about salary debts

  Employees of the Grozny-based organization "Grozvodokanal" (water supply and sewage) cannot receive their several months' salary. Workers of another entity – the Unitary Enterprise "Spetsstroy" – have again complained of their employers.

August 29, 2011 16:30

• Moscow: Rasul Mirzaev's advocate appeals against his client's arrest

  The defence of Rasul Mirzaev, a native of Dagestan and the world champion in mixed martial arts, accused of beating to death the 19-year-old student Ivan Agafonov in Moscow, asks to release him from custody, said the fighter's advocate Igor Dergachov.

August 29, 2011 16:00

• Three children-victims of explosion are still in Makhachkala hospital

  The tree children injured in the explosions on August 21 near a supermarket in Makhachkala, are still in hospital. According to doctors, their lives are out of danger, but they will time for treatment and rehabilitation.

August 29, 2011 15:00

• Ernesto Rico: Spanish investors are interested in Ingushetia

  The issues of mutual cooperation and possible investments in Ingushetia were discussed at the meeting in Magas, Ingushetia, by the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov and Mr Ernesto Jose Verdu Rico (Spain), the owner of the company "BLUE LAND STONE SLU".

August 29, 2011 14:30

• Residents of Nakhichevan state death of their relative from torture at Azerbaijani MNS

  Residents of the village of Arazina, Julfa District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, have declared death of their relative Turadzh Zeinalov at the regional Ministry of National Security (MNS).