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Sep 01 2010, 23:40
Sports journalist attacked in Azerbaijan
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The Baku police have started investigating an attack on the well-known sports observer Rasul Shukyursoy (Allahverdiev). As reported by the 4th branch of the Binagadin district police division, currently investigatory actions are underway to reveal the suspect and attract him to responsibility.
Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Sep 01 2010, 23:00; CK correspondent
Relatives of Aslan Lupezhev killed in Kabardino-Balkaria reject his involvement in IAFs
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Relatives of Aslan Lupezhev, who was killed on August 27 in the course of a special operation in Nalchik, disagree with the official version about his involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and are convinced that Aslan became an occasional victim of the operation.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
NATO exercises of in Vasiani and Putin's revelations on Georgian democracy.
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
The Patriarchy interferes and calls; it was all clear with it long ago! Misha, having released the detainees; this test has failed, and it's my great, GREAT! pity:-(
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Gorgud, Azerbaijan, Baku. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
Will they really succeed? Azerbaijan can do without imprisoning journalists
Aug 31 2010, 23:20
Bomb planted in garbage blows up in Sergokalin District of Dagestan and wounds people
| In the evening on August 30, a self-made explosive device was triggered in a suburb of Verkhneye Makhargi village, Sergokalin District, which was placed in a heap of garbage. This was reported by a source in the local MIA. |
Aug 31 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh reports injury of its soldier by Azerbaijani servicemen
| An armed clash of the Armenian and Azerbaijani parties burst out in the northeast of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to Karabakh militaries, both parties suffered losses, while their Azerbaijani counterparts did not confirm their losses. |
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Aug 30 2010, 23:20; CK correspondent
Information about attack on Tsentoroy remains contradictory
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Two days after the attack, in the morning on August 29, of militants on Tsentoroy village in Chechnya, there is no exact data on the number of casualties and victims among power agents and peaceful residents, as well as on the number of attackers. The family village of the president of Chechnya is completely blocked; and local residents cannot leave it yet.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 27 2010, 23:30
Bodies of two residents of Krasnodar Territory found in Kabardino-Balkaria
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Today at night bodies of a man and a woman with traces of violent death were found in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Krasnodar region, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 27 2010, 23:20
Dagestan: unidentified persons shell civilians and kill two
| As reported by a source in the local MIA, in the evening on August 26, in one of the streets of the city of Kizilyurt, unidentified persons opened a heavy and chaotic fire. As a result, two persons were lost, and one more was wounded. |
Aug 26 2010, 23:30
Militiaman wounded at shelling in Dagestan
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In Batayurt village in Dagestan a car was shelled, and a militia master sergeant was wounded.
North Caucasus, Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 26 2010, 22:00
Three boys injured by explosion in children's playground in Rostov Region
| Three boys aged 9, 10 and 12 years suffered from an explosion that happened in a children's playground in the city of Belaya Kalitva, Rostov Region. The children received the necessary medical aid. Now militiamen try to understand what exactly was blown up by the children. This was reported by the press service of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) for the Rostov Region. |
Aug 26 2010, 21:00
Six persons died from WNE in south of Russia
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The number of victims of the West Nile Encephalitis (WNE) in Russia has reached six: five persons died in Volgograd and one in the Rostov Region, said Gennady Onischenko, Chief State Sanitary Inspector of Russia.
South Federal District, Volgograd region, Krasnodar region, Rostov region
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Aug 23 2010, 14:00; CK correspondents
In Dagestan, refusal to register CPRF candidate turned into skirmish
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On August 22, as a result of a fire opened on supporters of the CPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) candidate in the Babayurt District of Dagestan one person was lost, two militiamen and two locals were wounded. With a demand to punish all those guilty over 200 persons blocked the "Kavkaz" Highway and de-blocked it only after interference of the First Vice-Premier Rizvan Kurbanov.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 21 2010, 10:00; CK correspondent
Two persons disappeared in Dagestan
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Abubakr Rizvanov, a resident of Makhachkala and director of the media centre "Khuda-Media", and his friend Timur (Suleiman) Kurbanmagomedov have disappeared. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Karim Magomedov, Rizvanov's brother.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 20 2010, 09:00
Killers of tourists and militiamen in Kabardino-Balkaria pretended to be power agents
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The unidentified persons, who committed attacks in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria on militiamen and tourists, were dressed in camouflage and presented themselves as employees of Moscow special agencies. This was reported by the centre of law enforcement bodies of the republic.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 19 2010, 15:00
President of Meskhetian Turks arrested in Georgia
| On July 26, in the city of Akhaltsikh (administrative centre of the Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti District of Georgia), Suleiman Barbakadze, a citizen of Russia and president of the "Vatan", international organization of Meskhetian Turks, was arrested. This was reported today by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". |
Aug 19 2010, 11:00
Kabardino-Balkaria: unidentified persons open fire on group of tourists
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Today at night, near Kendelen village, Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, in a large forest, four unidentified persons in camouflage and masks came up to six tourists and opened fire from sub-machine guns.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 18 2010, 11:00
18 victims of Pyatigorsk explosion are still in hospitals
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Today at 9:52 a.m., a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies took off from the airport of the Caucasian Mineral Waters to take four heavily injured victims of the Pyatigorsk explosions for treatment to Moscow.
Stavropol region, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 17 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
Explosion in central Pyatigorsk injures 30 persons
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Today at 4:15 p.m. Moscow time in the centre of the resort city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, a car stuffed with explosive was blown up. 30 persons were injured; three of them are in resuscitation, their condition is grave.
Stavropol region, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 17 2010, 19:00
Two passers-by wounded in skirmish in Dagestan
| In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, two suspected militants were liquidated, who, by the official data, had opened fire on militiamen. As a result, one of the employees of the MIA, a boy and a woman were wounded. |
Aug 17 2010, 16:00
Suicide bomber kills two militiamen in North Ossetia
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As a result of an explosion, committed today in the morning by a suicide bomber at the check point in the North-Ossetian-Ingush border, two militiamen were lost and three more wounded.
North Caucasus, Ingushetia, North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 17 2010, 08:00; CK correspondent
Over 100,000 Sochi residents lost electricity and water supplies for about 24 hours
| On August 15-16, it took local electricians almost 24 hours to repair a broken electric cable. In some city districts, where water delivery depends on electricity, people remained without water and electric power in 40-degree heat. |
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