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Yesterday, on August 27, the court in Krasnodar Territory sentenced journalist Sergey Rozhkov under part 1, Article 318, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, to 3.5 years of freedom restriction at a colony-settlement for "use of violence against a power representative."

Today, the Yasamal District Court of Baku, Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Khagani Tagiev, finalized the litigation on the suit of journalist Agil Halil of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper to Ali Guliev, inspector of the Investigatory Department for Grave Crimes of the State Office of Public Prosecutor and TV Channels AzTV, Lider, Space and ATV.

Tonight, the parliament of Georgia has voted for break of diplomatic relations with Russia and confirmed the status of Russian troops in the territory of the country as "occupational". The decision to convoke an emergency session of the parliament was made in the context of recognition by Russian leadership of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence.

In the near future, Belarus will declare its support of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence, said today Vasily Dolgolev, ambassador of Belarus to Russia.

Today, the Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the guilty verdict to Sergey Arakcheev and Evgeniy Khudyakov, former officers of internal troops, sentenced to 15 and 17 years of imprisonment accordingly for execution of peaceful residents in Chechnya.

Maxim Mirzabalaev, inspector for especially important cases of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia for Dagestan has passed a statement to appoint forensic psychological examination of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Blueprint) weekly.

Sergey Gaidukevich, a deputy of the Belarusian Parliament and the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Belarus, has stated that Belarus should follow Russia and recognize Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence, as the "Interfax" Agency reports. Apart from the LDPB leader, in Belarus, Russia's position on Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence was supported by other pro-governmental deputies.

At night of August 27, in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, unknown criminals shot dead a father and his daughter. The assassination this family has become the third resonant criminal incident in Ingushetia within the last 24 hours.

Eduard Shevardnadze has condemned Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's and Abkhazia's independence, having stated that the territorial problems of Georgia should be solved only under mediation of the world community, and not exclusively by Russia, as it happens now.

Today, two Russian fighting boats "Ivanovets" and "Molniya" have moored in the seaport of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia. In parallel, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation has started its mission of tracing the escalation of the NATO's Naval Force grouping in the Black Sea.

Georgia will recall almost all its diplomats from Moscow and leave only two persons at the Embassy, Ekaterina Tkeshelashvili, head of Georgian MFA, said today.

In their today's joint statement, the NATO members-states have confirmed their condemnation of Russia's decision to recognize Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence and addressed Russia with a demand to revise it, the Reuters reports.

Today in the afternoon, three journalists have been exposed to violence in the village of Nekhram, the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan.

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov does not see any analogies between the events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, on the one hand, and the Chechen Republic on the other. John McCain, candidate for US president, has told journalists today that in the nearest weeks he plans to hold "a serious discussion" on the topic of Chechnya's independence.

Actions of Russia to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are aimed towards one target - to help the people who live there, President of the Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev said in Sochi in his interview to the Al-Jazeera TV Channel.

The countries of the world start to express their attitude to recognition by Russia of the state sovereignty of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Georgian armed formations have invaded Mosabruni village, which belongs to South Ossetia, as Boris Chochiev, Minister for Special Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, has declared.

Despite repressions, the sit-in strike held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, will surely go on. Karen Karapetyan, leader of the youth wing of the Armenian National Movement, made the statement.

Residents of South and North Ossetia congratulate each other on the occasion of recognition by Russia of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has called Russia's to recognize Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence to be a direct violation of several resolutions of the UN Security Council on territorial integrity of Georgia, the resolutions approved by Russia itself. Meanwhile, in the opinion of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia's and Abkhazia's independence is completely matching the international law.