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On August 13 at 9:38 p.m. train No. 166 Moscow - St-Petersburg got derailed and crashed down. The accident took place in the Burga-Malaya Vishera railway section of the Oktiabrskaya Railways.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, Rasul Kudaev, prisoner of SIZO-1 (pre-trial detention facility), has announced a hunger strike.

The top managers of the "Hural" newspaper have addressed their complaint to the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) against the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Azerbaijan. The newspaper accuses the Ministry of blackmail.

Until now, the victims of the Beslan terror act have got no answer from the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) to their request on opening the video and audio archives of Beslan events.

Local residents report that Kyamandar Gasanov, deputy commander of the Zagatala District Police Department, gave an order to catch all men with beards without distinction and bring them to the police station for "prophylactic work" that means beating and shaving off beards.

Father of Ivan Dembskiy, 12, illegal immigrant to France, who fell down last week from a balcony in the French city of Amiens, had run away from Chechnya because of his unwilling to become a militant.

Starting from August 12, the Russian-language segment of the Internet disseminates a video of an assumed double murder of a Tadjik and a Dagestanian.

Today, representatives of the "Dagestan Mothers" public organization have addressed their applications to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan against the employees of law enforcement bodies, who were involved, in their opinion, in kidnapping and torturing the young men.

Alimardan Aliev, head of the public and political department of the executive power of the Lenkoran District, told that Yana Amelina, journalist of the "Rosbalt" Information Agency, was not deported from Azerbaijan.

Zukhra Tsipinova, former wife of Anzor Astemirov, leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants, has addressed her complaint to President V. Putin, General Public Prosecutor of the RF Yu. Chaika and Chair of the Human Rights Commission under the RF President E. Pamfilova.

While sometimes the water supply to Tskhinval made some 20-30 percent of the demand, during several recent days water taps have not yielded a drop of water.

The state of health of Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of the Investigatory Isolation Facility (SIZO-1) of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has dramatically aggravated.

Five modern kidney machines (haemodialyzers) bought by one of local businessmen to cover the deficit of these devices for local kidney insufficiency patients have been delivered to the dialysis department.

Relatives of local resident Ibragim Gadziev, who was kidnapped on August 8 in Karabulak (Ingushetia) and taken in unknown direction, are not able so far to clarify his whereabouts.

The "Kavkassia" Georgian Independent TV Company has failed so far, after eviction on August 10 from the building of the "Samshoblo" (Homeland) Publishing House, to find any alternative office premises and resume its broadcasting.

The Russian Committee for Agricultural Supervision ("Rosselkhoznadzor") has addressed the International Epizootic Bureau in connection with a message of the Veterinary Service of Abkhazia about detection in River Kodor of carcasses of pigs that perished from African swine fever.

Murat Zyazikov, President of Ingushetia, has reported that "under the data of law enforcement bodies, Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and respective agencies, suspects have been detected, some people detained" in the case of the murder of Russian lady-teacher.

In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, the militia had dispersed a peaceful meeting organized by relatives of kidnapped young men.

The case of Rizvan Talybov, chairman of the committee in defence of Ali Insanov's rights, has been delivered for enforcement to the Sumgait Court of Azerbaijan, to Judge Takhmina Khalilova.

The European Court has accepted for proceedings a complaint filed by Arifa Gadzhily, head of the central executive office of the "Musavat" Party. Earlier the European Court has accepted the complaint of Panakh Gusein, deputy of Azerbaijani Parliament.