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The US Senate has condemned Russia's "disproportionate military response" to Georgia, but recognized thus that mutual interests of the USA and Russian Federation can ensure "in due course" improvement of Russian-American relations.

Erosi Kitsmarishvili, Georgia's ambassador to Russia, said today in his interview to the Georgian weekly "Kviris Palitra" that after the August events in South Ossetia he cannot stay with the Georgian power structures headed by President Mikhail Saakashvili.

The first military observers of the European Union (EU) have already arrived to the buffer zone located in Georgia's border with Abkhazia in the vicinity of the city of Zugdidi. This was reported today by General-Lieutenant Nikolai Uvarov, official spokesman of the Ministry of Defence of Russia.

The Gelendzhik Dolphinarium in the Krasnodar Territory is the single swimming pool in the world, where visitors are allowed to swim with dolphins without any medical examination and permit. Meanwhile, the death rate among the dolphins kept here is the highest in the world, as asserted by biologist Konstantin Andramonov, former employee of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Gelendzhik Dolphinarium".

The statutory body of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) - its Bureau - has not supported the initiative of 24 MPs who demanded to adopt sanctions against Russian delegation because of the situation around South Ossetia, as Konstantin Kosachov, head of the RF's delegation, has reported.

This October, a group of experts from Russian Ministry for Emergencies (ME) will come to Chechnya with the mission to clear agrarian lands from mines. In total, the ME's sappers will have to demine about 90 hectares of arable land.

The murder of ex-deputy of Russian Duma Ruslan Yamadaev can lead to serious clashes between those who support President Kadyrov and their opponents from the Yamadaev clan.

Today, militiamen of the Stavropol Territory have reported detention of several militants involved in the attack on the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in 2005.

A woman of 50, who was a passenger of fixed-route taxi, was killed by an explosion tonight in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.

The heads of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey find it necessary to speed up negotiations and speak in favour of the idea of the so-called "Safety and stability platform in the Caucasus".

Today, North Ossetia has launched an ecological action named "oBEREGAy" (Protect banks and coasts), which is held under the Charitable Programme "Sail of Hope".

On December 11, the Stavropol Territorial Musical College named after V. I. Safonov, located in the city of Mineral Waters, plans to hold a number of jubilee events. This day will be the 90th birthday of the outstanding writer and public figure Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Protest actions are held in the Imereti Valley practically on the daily basis, but September 26 was a "silence day". Therefore, the "green" activists were marking, together with local residents, the trees, which they had managed to save from cutting.

The Kabardino-Balkarian branch of the all-Russian public charitable organization of pensioners and invalids and the Russian organization of victims of political repressions have prepared for printing the Memory Book of Victims of Political Repressions.

Over two thousand persons have taken part in the patriotic action "Ossetia accuses", which was held today in Tskhinvali.

Today, the Centre for Election Monitoring (CEM) has promulgated its interim report about the first monitoring stage of the presidential election appointed on October 15 in Azerbaijan.

On Thursday, September 25, the regional centre for domain registration closed, on decision of the court, the website "Ingushetia.Ru", which belonged to Ingush oppositionist Magomed Evloev, who was murdered on August 31, but a similar website named "Ingushetia.Org" has appeared on the Internet.

Ex-Deputy of State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in Moscow, was buried today in the morning in the city of Gudermes. Sulim Yamadaev was not present at the funeral, same as none of the top officials, Ruslan's brother Isa Yamadaev has reported.

Supposedly, the international transport corridor Russia - Kazakhstan - China will go across the Volgograd Region. The point was discussed at the 5th Forum of the heads of the pre-border regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, which took place on September 21-22 in the city of Aktobe.

Rostov-on-Don has hosted a seminar "Status and Prospects of Renewable Energy in South Federal District (SFD)". It was attended by representatives of Russian and foreign power companies, experts in power engineering and renewable energy sources (RESs).