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September 13, 2011 23:50

• Administration of Matveev-Kurgan District, Rostov Region, refuses to bury soldiers who perished in Great Patriotic War

  The authorities of the Matveev-Kurgan District of the Rostov Region has rejected the initiative of the Search Association "Mius-Front" to rebury the remains of more than ten soldiers who perished in the battles for liberation of the Rostov Region.

September 13, 2011 23:40

• Residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia sentenced for machinations with compensations for lost housing

  A resident of the Gudermes District of Chechnya and a woman from Ingushetia have been convicted in Chechnya for illegal receipt of compensation benefits, due for the housing and property lost during the warfare.

September 13, 2011 23:10

• Resident of Dagestan detained on suspicion of murdering two policemen

  In the city of Izberbash, power agents have detained a person suspected of assaulting policemen, of whom two died. This was announced today by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

September 13, 2011 23:00

• Incomes of Chechen president and his gifts to "Terek" footballers are actively discussed in Russian blogosphere

  Jonathan Legear, a newcomer of the "Terek" Football Club (FC) has confessed that Ramzan Kadyrov, who is also the president of the FC, triples the bonuses paid to the players and presents expensive watches and cars to them. The users of the Livejournal try to understand: where the Chechen leader takes money to buy expensive gifts.

September 13, 2011 22:40

• In Armenia, publisher of "Aikakan Zhamanak" prepares lawsuit to ECtHR

  The Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dareskizb" - the publisher of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak" - will defend its right to the freedom of expression at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The company is preparing a lawsuit and plans to submit it to the court before the end of September.

September 13, 2011 22:40

• Ingush leader sacks his health minister

  Today, the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has visited the Karabulak City Hospital, severely criticized its work and ordered mo take a cadre decision on the Minister of Public Health of Ingushetia.

September 13, 2011 22:30

• Georgian metallurgists go on termless strike

  In the morning on September 13, the workers of the metallurgical plant "Hercules", located in the city of Kutaisi, announced a termless strike. The refusal of a hundred of workers to get to work was a continuation of the long-term conflict with the plant management.

September 13, 2011 22:10

• In Maikop, kindergarten educator is accused of violence

  In the city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, a woman-educator of kindergarten No, 28 is accused of forcing children to sleep during the rest hour with the help of a stick. The first court session was held on September 13.

September 13, 2011 22:00

• Editor of "Menk Merontsov" found assassinated in Armenia

  The police have identified the woman whose body was found in the Kotaik Region of Armenia as the editor of the Yerevan newspaper "Menk Merontsov" (In Close Circle).

September 13, 2011 21:00

• The police in Baku did not allow picketers to approach the Embassy of Iran

  An action of protest planned for September, 12, in front of the Embassy of Iran in Azerbaijan failed. The police pushed the picketers aside.

September 13, 2011 20:00

• Journalists and human rights activists from Baku were denied meeting with the Ombudsman of NAR

  On September, 12, a delegation of 20 Azerbaijani journalists and human rights activists visited the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR). Ombudsman of the republic Ulkar Bairamova refused to meet the delegation and the management of the Ministry of Interior Affairs asked them to leave the territory of NAR, the journalists and human rights activists report.

September 13, 2011 19:00

• Father of a kidnapped resident of Chechnya submitted a complaint to the European Court

  Doka Suleimanov who states that his son Timur was kidnapped by unknown people after he confessed to preparing an act of terror submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights.

September 13, 2011 18:00

• Oleg Orlov: "The meeting between Prime Minister of Great Britain and human rights activists testifies to Cameron's concern about the state of human rights in Russia"

  On September, 12, a meeting of Russian human rights activists with Prime Minister of Great Britain David Cameron was held in the Public Center named after Andrey Sakharov.

September 12, 2011 22:40

• Residents of Akhvakh District of Dagestan rally to demand not to change the status of local lands

  The village of Karata, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, has hosted a rally, where residents of this village demanded not to transfer the agricultural lands reserved for the local cooperative, into the municipality ownership.

September 12, 2011 22:30

• A local resident found shot down in Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan

  Last night a forty-years-old resident of the settlement of Mezhdurechie, Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan, Abdulgapar Valiev was found killed. There were several gunshot wound on the victim's body, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.

September 12, 2011 22:20

• Suspects of Domodedovo terror act become witnessed

  The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has removed suspicions from the security agents who had figured in the criminal case for their failure to ensure due security at objects of transport infrastructure, opened after the attack at the Domodedovo Airport.

September 12, 2011 22:10

• In Rostov Region, unidentified persons smashed windows in house and car of editor-in-chief of "Novoshakhtinskaya Pravda"

  In the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region, two unidentified assailants broke windows on the ground floor of the private house and the car belonging to entrepreneur Alexander Singurov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper named "Novoshakhtinskaya Pravda".

September 12, 2011 22:00

• Woman from Dagestani Kizlyar complains of harassment by policemen

  In Dagestan, Gulzhanat Guseinova, a resident of the farm of Ukrainskiyian, Kizlyar District, has stated that at night on September 10 her house was shelled by policemen.

September 12, 2011 21:00

• A new meeting against "Olympic" resettlement passed off in Sochi

  The sixth meeting of sufferers from "Olympic" resettlement was held in Sochi from 18 till 19 o'clock opposite the railway station on September, 11.

September 12, 2011 19:00

• Investigative Department in Kabardino-Balkaria is carrying out inspection on the information of torturing a person detained by personnel of power ministries

  Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Kabardino-Balkaria is investigating the information of unlawful actions of the personnel of law enforcement bodies against detained Murat Bizhev. This was reported by Senior Assistant of Head of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in KBR Tatiana Nauzhokova.