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June 02, 2011 22:20

• Moscow screens film about Yuri Schekochikhin

  The Moscow Central House of Journalists has held a show of the documentary made by Eugenia Golovnya named "Yuri Schekochikhin. Once I was...". The film lasts for 38 minutes; and the author said that she has much more materials on the topic.

June 02, 2011 22:10

• Woman from Dagestan reports disappearance of her husband

  Makhabat Musaeva, a resident of the village of Kokrek, Khasavyurt District, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband Magomed Musaev had disappeared.

June 02, 2011 22:00

• The person accused of murder of Umar Israilov sentenced to life imprisonment

  The court in Vienna acknowledged Otto Kultenbrunner guilty of the murder of Umar Israilov, Ramzan Kadyrov's former security guard, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

June 02, 2011 21:00

• Custody terms prolonged for the organizers of a hunger strike in Rostov colony

  Two organizers of a hunger strike in Rostov colony were sentenced to additional custody terms. Each of them will have to serve one more year of custody.

June 02, 2011 20:00

• Documentary "Barzakh" about tortures and kidnapping in Chechnya awarded several cinema prizes

  The documentary "Barzakh" by Lithuanian producer Mantas Kvedaravichius about tortures and kidnapping in Chechnya was not only honoured by several cinema rewards but also became a discovery for many people in Europe.

June 02, 2011 19:00

• A picket against the lack of places in kindergartens passed off in Volgograd

  On June, 1, young mothers of Volgograd held a picket demanding solution of the problem of the lack of places in kindergartens in the nearest future. The next picket will pass off today.

June 02, 2011 18:00

• A charge of Politkovakaya's murder brought against Rustam Makhmudov

  Chief Directorate of the Committee of Inquiry brought a charge against Rustam Makhmudov of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of "Novaya Gazeta", and a number of other crimes, representative of the office Vladimir Markin reported today.

June 01, 2011 23:40

• Deputy Minister of Education detained in Adygea on suspicion of abuse of office

  Maryat Alieva, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Adygea, was detained and accused of abusing her powers during the USE (Uniform State Exam). Opening of a criminal case is now considered.

June 01, 2011 23:30

• Gulnara Rustamova presents plan of centre to help wives of killed militants to Russian President's Council at sitting in Makhachkala

  At the travelling session of the Presidential Council on Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, which takes place today in Makhachkala, Gulnara Rustamova, co-chair of the Dagestani movement "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), spoke about plans to establish a centre intended to help the women, whose husbands had been killed in special operations or are in prisons. Summing up the today's discussion, Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the above Council, said that President would need concrete measures to change the situation in the region.

June 01, 2011 23:10

• In Astrakhan, opposition rally in defence of Article 31 of Constitution passed without incidents

  On May 31, the action of united oppositional forces in defence of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution, stipulating the freedom of assembly, passed without any clashes with the police; no arrests and provocations were fixed.

June 01, 2011 23:00

• Georgia: Badri Bitsadze sentenced to two months in custody, oppositionists report

  The Tbilisi City Court sentenced Badri Bitsadze, former head of Georgian Frontier Police, to two months of pre-trial detention. Badri is the husband of Nino Burjanadze, ex-Speaker of the Parliament and the leader of the "People's Assembly". This was reported by the press service of the oppositional association. The country's MIA has not yet confirmed this information.

June 01, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 23-29

  Dispersal of oppositional protest in Tbilisi; amnesty announced in Armenia covering political prisoners; disaster was caused by torrential rains in Southern Russia; Russian Nogais hold their congress in Dagestan ", - look these and other events in the review of the week of May 23-29, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 01, 2011 22:50

• Residents of Dagestan report kidnapping of young man

  Today at 11 a.m. in Dagestan, unidentified assailants in civilian clothes kidnapped Magomedov, Magomed Muslimovich, born in 1990, a resident of the village of Cheryomushki, Kizlyar District. It was reported by the young man's neighbours. According to recent reports, he is kept at the GOVD (City Interior Department) of Kizlyar.

June 01, 2011 22:40

• Dmitry Medvedev meets "Beslan Mothers"

  As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a meeting took place in Moscow of Susanna Dudieva and Elvira Tuaeva, members of the Association of Victims of Terror Acts "Beslan Mothers", with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

June 01, 2011 22:30

• North-Ossetian Muftiate states detention of Muslim activists in Vladikavkaz

  In the evening on May 31, after the special operation, which resulted in liquidation of David Murashev, suspected of murdering Shamil Dzhigkaev, a famous Ossetian writer and dean of the philology department of the local university, the Ossetian police arrested 15 Muslims, said Ibrahim Dzagurov, assistant Mufti of North Ossetia.

June 01, 2011 22:20

• Journalists detained at rally in Dagestan released

  The journalists, who were taken to the OVD (Interior Division) from the today's rally in central Makhachkala, were set free a couple of hours later. This was reported by one of the detainees - Abubakar Rizvanov, Director of the "Khuda Media" Centre.

June 01, 2011 22:10

• Beslan and Moscow commemorate Beslan victims

  On June 1, the International Children's Day, a rally "Take Care of Children" was held by the "Beslan Mothers" Association of Victims of Terror Acts in the yard of Beslan School No. 1, which was hit by a terror act in September 2004.

June 01, 2011 22:00

• Two alleged organizers of explosion in marketplace of Vladikavkaz surrender in Ingushetia

  A supposed militant has surrendered and pled guilty of organizing the terror act in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010.

June 01, 2011 21:00

• Rostov-on-Don holds flash mob urging to quit smoking

  On May 31 - the World No Tobacco Day - a flash mob was held by Rostov activists of the public organization "Molodaya Gvardiya" (Young Guard) with the support of the Russian Ministry for Public Health and Social Development.

June 01, 2011 20:00

• Free kindergartens will be opened in the beaches of Anapa this summer

  This summer the authorities of Anapa will open free kindergartens in the beaches of Anapa where the holidaymakers will be able to leave their children under the tutors' care for some space of time.