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June 27, 2011 12:00

• Members of the top bras believe Dokku Umarov is hiding himself in the mountains of Ingushetia

  The power ministries of Chechnya consider that after undergoing a course of therapy in Turkey leader of North-Caucasian armed underground Dokku Umarov may be staying in the territory of Ingushetia.

June 27, 2011 11:00

• Members of Committee Against Torture in Chechnya complain of threats from members of the top brass

  Immediately after a picket devoted to International Day of support of victims of torture suppressed by the police personnel, Supyan Baskhanov, Head of the Mission of Inter-regional Committee Against Torture in CR, and Magomed Alamov, Inspector of the Department of public investigation, were summoned to Department of Interior Affairs of Grozny.

June 25, 2011 23:26

• Kazan hosts meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders

  Today, Kazan has hosted a tripartite meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, where Ilham Aliev, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

June 25, 2011 21:14

• CTO regime introduced in Djeirakh District of Ingushetia

  In the context of the exercises "Kavkaz-2011", conducted by the Frontier Department the Republic of Ingushetia of the Russian FSB, today the legal regime of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was introduced in the Djeirakh District.

June 25, 2011 20:00

• UN experts urge Georgia to seek alternatives to imprisonment

  Following their visit to Georgia, the members of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions offer to apply, wherever possible, measures of freedom restriction and punishment, alternative to imprisonment, based on the principle of proportionality.

June 25, 2011 19:00

• Eleven victims of Vladikavkaz explosion are in extremely grave condition

  According to preliminary data, the explosion of a gas cylinder that happened at a wedding party in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, struck 46 persons, five children aged from 2 to 7 among them. Doctors find the health condition of 11 of them, including 3 children as extremely grave; they are all in the intensive care units.

June 25, 2011 18:00

• Azerbaijan launches new campaign against ban on hijabs in schools

  The Centre in Defence of Freedom of Conscience and Religion (DEVAMM) has launched a campaign named "100,000-Strong Appeal to President of Azerbaijan" and aimed to express protest against the ban on schoolgirls to wear hijabs in schools.

June 25, 2011 17:00

• Imam of Gubden: neutral Islam should be professed in Dagestan

  All the Muslims should be equal; and to combat extremism, Dagestan needs neutral Islam, Magomedrasul Karanaev, Imam of the Dagestani village of Gubden, said today in Makhachkala, at the Congress of Religious Leaders of Northern Caucasus.

June 25, 2011 16:11

• In Krasnodar Territory, "All-Russian March along Stolen Black Sea Coast" ends in detentions

  On June 24, the action named "All-Russian March along Stolen Black Sea Coast" was held in the vicinity of the city of Gelendzhik. Several activists were detained afterwards.

June 25, 2011 12:00

• Over 100 refugees return to Chechnya from Jordan

  On June 23, the refugees, who had fled Chechnya during the two military campaigns, arrived in Grozny from the city of Amman (Jordan).

June 25, 2011 11:00

• Youth leaders of Rostov Region criticize Soros Foundation

  On June 23, at the roundtable on the topic "Activities of foreign human rights organizations in Russia on the eve of State Duma elections", held at the Press Centre of the Youth Information Agency (YIA), leaders of youth public organizations of the Rostov Region spoke against implementation of the projects of the Soros Foundation in Russia.

June 25, 2011 09:00

• In Grozny, police stops sanctioned picket against torture

  On June 24, the picket of the "Committee against Torture" in Grozny was interrupted by the police for the poster reading "We are against police's voluntarism!"

June 24, 2011 23:00

• Vladikavkaz: 500 people come to opposition rally in South Ossetia

  The today's opposition rally in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, ended with a ruckus between supporters of Eduard Kokoity, the incumbent President of South Ossetia, and oppositionists. Supporters of the republic's authorities complained that they had no chance to speak during the rally.

June 24, 2011 21:00

• Georgian MPs demand require extradition of Irakli Okruashvili

  Irakli Okruashvili, the leader of the "Georgian Party", should be brought to Georgian justice. The deputy Guram Chakhvadze stated that in the course of today's plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia.

June 24, 2011 20:00

• Armenia to set up three FEZs

  In the nearest future Armenia will set up three Free Economic Zones (FEZs), the reporters were told by Tigran Davtyan, the Minister of Economy. The adoption of the Law "On Free Economic Zones" contributed to the beginning of the works in this direction.

June 24, 2011 19:00

• Jehovah's Witnesses complain to ECtHR of Russian authorities' actions

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) filed two complaints from the residents of the Rostov Region, practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Russian citizens intend to lodge a protest to the ECtHR on the searches, which were sanctioned by the authorities in respect of them, confiscations and destruction of religious literature, bans on preaching and disruption of religious services.

June 24, 2011 18:00

• "Krylia Sovetov" fined by 300,000 roubles because of incident with "Anji"'s captain

  Today, the Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union (RFU) fined the club "Krylia Sovetov" (Wings of the Soviets) (Samara) by 300,000 roubles for the incident with a banana thrown at the Brazilian player Roberto Carlos, the captain of the "Anji" FC.

June 24, 2011 17:00

• Relatives of children drowned in Yeysk were questioned via video by Moscow City Court

  The Krasnodar Territory Court held a session on the criminal case on death of six Moscow schoolchildren in the summer camp at Yeysk Spit. The session was held with the use of videoconferencing, with the help of which the complainants were interrogated.

June 24, 2011 16:00

• Yegor Sviridov's suspected murderer asks for trial by jury

  The criminal case of born in Nalchik Aslan Cherkesov, the main suspect in the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the football club "Spartak" is to be considered at the Savyolovsky Court the next two weeks. The Cherkesov's advocate said that the defence intends to request a jury trial.

June 24, 2011 15:30

• Kadyrov's representative to challenge Orlov's acquittal

  Andrei Krasnenkov, the representative of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, today lodged a complaint on the acquittal on charges of slandering his client by Oleg Orlov, the chairman of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", to the secretariat office of the world court No. 363 of the Khamovniki District of Moscow. Andrei Krasnenkov announced about that by himself.