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Corruption in Northern Caucasus differs from the all-Russian one: the south of the country is indulged in so-called "clan corruption" when some groups of citizen promote their relatives and often neglect the more experienced and trained personnel. This was reported by participants of the press conference "Corruption and Human Rights in Contemporary Russia".

Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that military men were not involved in two explosions, which occurred in the territory of the boarding school in Buinaksk.

The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan has completed the investigation into the criminal case against law enforcement agents of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Kazbek District on shelling in 2006 of Sapiyat Magomedova and Gasan Baisultanov. The notification about that was received by Mamatkhan Baisultanov, the father of Gasan Baisultanov, a resident of Khasavyurt.

In Sochi, two participants of the protest action against forest cutting in Kudepsta were detained for resisting the police. The activists have occupied the territory, where the Termal Power Plant (TPP) is under construction.

In the city of Novocherkassk of the Rostov Region, on the eve of the "March of Millions", which is to be held on September 15 in Rostov-on-Don, Oleg Prudnikov, an activist of the "Left-Wing Front", has been arrested for five days. Oppositionists of the city of Taganrog also claim that they are being visited by police officers at their houses, who warn them of the illegality of the meeting of September 15.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin appealed to the court authorities to expedite consideration of the cases, related to payments to victims of the flooding in Krymsk. Compensation was not paid to 5913 citizens, who at the time of the disaster had no permanent residence. This was stated by Vladimir Putin at the meeting in Sochi, dedicated to elimination of consequences of the flooding in the Krasnodar Territory.

On September 12, in Krasnodar, the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin caused traffic jams of many kilometres. Vladimir Putin visited the Krasnodar Presidential Cadet Academy, which was opened on September 1, and then in the administration of the Krasnodar Territory he conducted a meeting on the patriotic and moral education of young people.

A Board of three judges of the Supreme Court of Dagestan brought a standing judgment on the verdict of Sovietsky district court of Makhachkala of paying a compensation of 100 thousand rubles upon Abdulkhalim Abdulkarimov's lawsuit with a demand to exact 15 million rubles compensation damage from the Ministry of Finance for unlawful making him criminally liable for the act of terror in Kaspiysk in May of 2002.

Two shells got into a territory of a boarding school in Buinaksk district, Dagestan, and exploded there. There are no victims, a source in law enforcement bodies of the district reported.

Administration of correctional facility No 3 in Lipetsk district confirmed that convict Arthur Khanaliev from Dagestan who declared his intention of going on a hunger strike on September, 9, was placed in a disciplinary cell. There is no information of the prisoner's hunger strike, Vladimir Lyaliuk, Head of Press Service of Department of Federal Penal Service of Russia in Lipetsk region, reported.

This morning an entrepreneur was shot down in Izerbash, a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.

Attorney of athlete from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev as a result of whose blow Muscovite Ivan Agafonov died asks Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation to make the medics of the First City Hospital of Moscow who rendered aid to the victim untimely and improperly criminally liable.

Vladimir Vasin, ex-Chairman of the Committee for Youth Affairs of the administration of the Volgograd Region, accused of embezzlement, is on a hunger strike since August 2. This was reported by his lawyer Georgy Mamaladze. The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), denied the information.

Berlin hosted the discussion "Life in Northern Caucasus", which brought together human rights activists from the three regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) Dagestan, Chechnya, and Kabardino-Balkaria. The human rights activists described the problems of extremism, cronyism, fabrication of criminal cases and actions of officials. This was reported by Elena Denisenko, the staff member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

In Ulyanovsk, investigators suspect 42-year-old Nakhid Zakhidov of the attack on Islam Guseinov, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk Regional Branch of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress.

The criminal case against Zakir Magomedov and Shovkhal Didiev, who were sentenced to nine and eight years of imprisonment on charges of embezzling more than 114 million roubles from the military unit of the regiment of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Chechnya, came to the North-Caucasian Military Garrison Court in Rostov-on- Don.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the Commission on adaptation of militants received 38 appeals since the start of its work. This was reported by Boris Kyasov, the acting head on security and cooperation with law enforcement agencies of the administration of the Kabardino-Balkarian leader.

The judicial investigation into the case against Ilham Amiraslanov, an activist of the headquarters of the civil society "Kura", was not objective, and it included violations of procedural norms. This was reported by Mekhman Aliev, a staff member of the headquarters of the civil society "Kura", Director of the "Turan" news agency.

Representatives of the Astrakhan Branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party deprived the local Council of Veterans of its premises. This was reported by Oleg Shein, former candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan. The "Edinaya Rossiya" Party denies its involvement in the eviction of the organization.

Rustam Dikinov, a resident of the city of Baksan of Kabardino-Balkaria, who earlier claimed being kidnapped and who served his sentence on charges of possessing a grenade, fears of new kidnapping and reports being surveyed by unidentified persons. In that regard, he asks power agents to ensure his safety.