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The Stavropol-based public organizations the "United Protest Front" (UPF) and the "Russian Pensioners" have launched an open confrontation demanding resignation of Vitaly Biryukov, Mayor of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory).

On August 15, an unknown person telephoned to the North-Caucasian editorial board of the Radio Liberty and, representing himself to be deputy commander of the "Riyad Salikhin" grouping, stated that Chechen separatists took the responsibility for undermining the train.

In Maikop (Adygea), a man pled guilty of disseminating a video record in the Internet depicting a murder of two persons.

Human rights activist Elchin Bekhbudov has reported that tortures are still applied in Azerbaijan, and all those guilty of these acts of atrocity should face the justice.

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced four participants of an armed group, created under the order of Shamil Basaev and Abu-Dzeit in the territory of Ingushetia for committing grave and especially grave crimes, to imprisonment for the terms ranging from 18 months to 23 years.

The Department for Fighting Corruption of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Azerbaijan has sent requests to the press distribution companies asking to provide data on sale volumes of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper in 2005-2007.

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.