Oil spillage registered in Batumi August 21, 2012 16:00 An oil spillage from old depreciated pipes happened in the township of Bartskhana in Batumi. Special services are now busy in the place of spillage into the Bartskhana River.
Georgia: heavy rain floods streets in Rustavi August 21, 2012 15:00 On August 20, in the Georgian city of Rustavi, region of Kvemo-Kartli, heavy rains, accompanied by gusty wind, led to flooding of streets and house basements. Fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.
Ruslan Ismailov's custody extended by two months in Dagestan August 21, 2012 14:00 On August 21, the custody term of Ruslan Ismailov, detained on suspicion of committing a terror act and kept in SIZO-1 of Makhachkala, was extended by two months. His advocate Gadjimurad Izmailov complains that he is unable to meet his client, as SIZO workers took away the defender's ID card.
Head of Ingushetia accuses Dokku Umarov of organizing terror act in Sagopshi August 21, 2012 13:00 The terror act at the funeral of the policeman in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia was organized by Dokku Umarov, the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov said today.
Workers of "Spetsstroy" in Chechnya complain that they got no money by Uraza-Bairam August 21, 2012 12:00 Employees of the company "Spetsstroy", who are at forced vacations for about a year, failed to receive any debts or vacation allowances. The money was paid only to drivers of KAMAZ trucks involved in cleaning the Chernorechensky pond in the Zavodskoy District of Grozny.
Advocate of figurant in "Domodedovo" terror act case declares his client's innocence and demands open trial August 21, 2012 11:00 Advocates of two defendants in the case of the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, which was began on 20 August at the Moscow Regional Court, intend to appeal against the decision of the court to hold a closed trial. According to Vladimir Kocharyan, his client Ilez Yandiev is innocent of the incriminated crimes.
Local resident Sheikhmagomed Magomedkerimov disappears in Dagestan, his father reports August 20, 2012 23:00 Sheikhmagomed Magomedkerimov, 21, a resident of Derbent, was detained by policemen of the GOVD (City Interior Division); his whereabouts is still unknown, said his father Zainudin Magomedkerimov.
Two victims of explosion in Ingushetia brought to Moscow for treatment are in extremely grave condition August 20, 2012 22:00 An aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has brought victims of the terror act in Ingushetia from Beslan to Moscow. The condition of seven of them is stably grave, and of two – as extremely grave, the Chief Department of the MfE in Ingushetia has reported.
Stavropol commemorates Holocaust victims August 20, 2012 21:00 In Stavropol, in the Russian Forest, near the monument to tortured and executed Soviet citizens, a rally was held in memory of Holocaust victims. The event took place on August 19 at the initiative of the Jewish community of the Stavropol Territory.
Pyatigorsk: family of suspect of killing a 9-year-old girl put under guard August 20, 2012 20:00 In fear of lynch law execution by local residents, Vladimir Ambartsumov, a resident of Pyatigorsk, who is suspected of raping and murdering a 9-year-old Anna Prokopenko, and his family are guarded by law enforcers.
Stavropol Territory: preliminary hearing on Merekha's case scheduled for August 22 August 20, 2012 19:00 On August 22, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory will hold a preliminary hearing on the criminal case opened against former district militiamen, accused of using violence to Vyacheslav Merekha, a local resident.
Ivanishvili calls President of Georgia to TV debates August 20, 2012 18:00 Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the oppositional coalition "Georgian Dream", has invited the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to televised debates and expressed his readiness to hold debates with members of the ruling party, should the President be unable to appear. Also, according to Ivanishvili, he is ready to hold debates with other parties, if they recognize their links with the "United National Movement".
Kudepsta residents hold protest against TPP construction at Sochi Mayoralty August 20, 2012 17:00 Today, 11 villagers of Kudepsta – opponents to building the Kudepsta Thermal Power Plant (TPP), rallied opposite the Sochi Mayoralty. They told Sochi residents about the actions of the authorities aimed, according to their version, against citizens' constitutional rights.
Massacre case in Kuschevskaya to be considered by jury August 20, 2012 16:00 The Krasnodar Territorial Court has satisfied the petition of the alleged gang members accused of killing 12 people in the house of a farmer in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, and of other violent crimes, on having their case tried by a jury, lawyer of the victims, Ekaterina Romanova, a victims' advocate, told reporters.
Trial in Moscow on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport to be held in camera August 20, 2012 15:00 The starting session at the Moscow Regional Court on the merits of the criminal case against the alleged organizers of the terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport is scheduled for August 27.
Downpours with hail cause destruction in Kakheti and Tbilisi suburbs August 20, 2012 14:00 The today's night heavy rain with that struck Georgia caused serious harm to some regions of Kakheti and resort suburbs of Tbilisi, said the emergency service of the Georgian capital.
MIA: Khasavyurt mosque worshipers and former Imam of Endirey village shelled from same firearm August 20, 2012 13:00 According to the Expert-Forensic Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, the cartridge cases gathered at the place of attack on the mosque worshipers in Khasavyurt coincide with those found after the shooting at the former Imam of the village of Endirey, Khasavyurt District, the MIA reports.
Ingushetia holds funerals of policemen killed by suicide bomber August 20, 2012 12:00 The funerals of the policemen killed on 19 August in Malgobek by a suicide bomber are conducted under tight supervision of law enforcers; no incidents were observed, said the spokesman of the Ingush MIA. According to latest data, August 22 was announced the day of mourning in the republic.
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 13-19 August 20, 2012 08:00 Suicidal terror act in Ingushetia; murder of believers in a mosque in Dagestan; protests on the Day of Quds in Azerbaijan; forty days after tragedy in Krymsk; continued investigation of Mirzaev's case; spread of ASF in Krasnodar Territory, Volgograd and Rostov Regions, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 13-19, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Six persons wounded in attack on mosque in Khasavyurt August 18, 2012 23:00 Today in Khasavyurt, unidentified persons have committed an armed attack on a Shiite mosque community, resulting in six people injured, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of Dagestan reports.