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January 19, 2011 22:40

• Head of Forestry Administration of Adygea finds Khatukai's accusation of negligence erroneous

  Rashid Belmekhov, head of the Forestry Administration of Adygea, has treated the accusation of negligence moved against Madzhit Khatukai, head of the Maikop Forestry, as undeserved attitude and a mistake.

January 19, 2011 22:30

• Trial on the case "Krasnenkov vs. Memorial" postponed on claimant's request

  The court session on the lawsuit of the representative of the head of Chechnya Andrei Krasnenkov against the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" on protection of his business reputation, to be held today at the Tver Court of Moscow, did not take place. Mr Krasnenkov asked to postpone the trial.

January 19, 2011 22:10

• Residents evicted from hostel in Grozny have no city registration, authorities assert

  The inhabitants of the hostel, located in Mayakovsky Settlement, Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, who are registered in different parts of the republic, did not want to go to the places of their residence, despite all the conditions in place for their return, the city officials assert.

January 19, 2011 21:00

• Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office starts inquiry into threats against journalist

  The Office has initiated criminal cases on insults and death threats to Natalia Shelimova, correspondent of the newspaper "Nashe Vremya" (Our Time).

January 19, 2011 20:00

• More than 20 persons detained at rally in memory of Markelov and Baburova in Moscow

  In the course of the rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova assassinated two years ago 21 persons were detained.

January 19, 2011 19:00

• Picket in memory of Markelov and Baburova in St Petersburg was 200 persons strong

  About 200 persons came to commemorate lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, assassinated two years ago in St Petersburg.

January 19, 2011 18:00

• Court in Ulan-Ude fines journalists accused of inciting hatred against power agents

  On January 19, the Soviet District Court of the city of Ulan-Ude (Buryatia) found Tatiana Stetsura and Nadezhda Nizovkina guilty of inciting hatred and enmity to militaries and employees of law enforcement bodies and fined each of them by 100,000 roubles.

January 18, 2011 23:30

• Drivers of public transport in Chechnya are banned to smoke at driving

  The Ministry of Transports and Communications of the Chechen Republic has introduced a ban on smoking during driving for drivers of regular buses and fixed-route taxis. Violators will face dismissal. This innovation, according to the ministry, should reduce the risk of traffic accidents.

January 18, 2011 23:10

• In Armenia, unidentified persons burn down car of editor-in-chief of "Lori" TV Company

  In the Lori Region of Armenia unidentified persons set the car belonging to Narine Avetisyan, editor-in-chief of the "Lori" TV Company, on fire. The Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly treats this fact as another attack on the journalist.

January 18, 2011 23:00

• Eviction of hostel residents suspended in Grozny

  After human rights activists have spread information about forced eviction by power agents of residents from the hostel in Mayakovsky Street in Grozny, the process was suspended; however, several residents have not got their keys back.

January 18, 2011 22:20

• Two persons kidnapped in Grozny

  As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny, a group of armed men in camouflage captured and taken away two men.

January 18, 2011 22:10

• Thomas Chivas: Lithuanian special services used Kusaite as bait for Muslims

  The special service VSD (Lithuanian State Security Police) dealt with Egle Kusaite, starting several years before her arrest, as a sort of "bait" to find out the intentions of Muslims in the country. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by the Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas, who is covering Egle Kusaite's case and attending court sessions in Vilnius.

January 18, 2011 22:00

• Rostov Region: water supply employee is accused of negligence resulting in poisonings

  Vladimir Finenko, head of the water supply shop at the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "Vodokanal" of the city of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, for whose fault, according to investigators, 96 citizens got poisoned with drinking water, will face trial. The criminal case against him was sent to the Semikarakorsk District Court for consideration on the merits.

January 18, 2011 21:00

• Rostov oppositionist fined for holding an unauthorized rally

  Vladislav Ryazantsev, coordinator of the Rostov branch of the movement "Left-Wing Front" was fined by one thousand roubles for holding an unauthorized rally. The opposition leader plans to challenge the ruling.

January 18, 2011 20:00

• "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was not admitted to meeting with Khloponin in Stavropol

  Elena Khrustalyova, a special correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", who had been invited to the meeting with Alexander Khloponin, Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), and was sent for this purpose from Moscow to Stavropol, was not allowed to be present at the event.

January 18, 2011 19:00

• Tatiana Stetsura deprived of lawyer's status

  Tatiana Stetsura, who is accused, together with journalist Natalia Nizovkina, of extremism in connection with their article about deportation of Chechens and Ingushes, has been deprived of the status of layer for non-participation in any advocates' formation and non-payment of fees to the Bar Association of Buryatia.

January 18, 2011 18:00

• In Dagestan, inspectors stop TV journalist's execution case

  As stated by Nizam Radjabov, a spokesman from Dagestani investigatory bodies, the criminal investigation into the shooting on September 2, 2008, in Makhachkala of a journalist Abdullah (Telman) Alishaev, editor-in-chief of "Makhachkala-TV", was stopped because of the death of Vadim Butdaev who committed this crime. Vadim's sister, in her turn, believes that her brother was not involved in the murder.

January 17, 2011 23:00

• Soldier dies in Chechnya at neutralizing self-made bomb

  One serviceman was killed and another one was wounded at explosion of a self-made bomb on January 16 near the village of Kharsenoi in Chechnya, a source from law enforcement bodies said today.

January 17, 2011 22:40

• After mass brawl in Zimovniki, Rostov Region, district militia boss sacked

  After a mass fight that burst out on December 18, 2010, in Zimovniki, a district centre of the Rostov Region, and the events that followed, the regional GUVD (Chief Interior Department) replaced the head of the local ROVD (District Interior Division) and sent additional forces there. This was stated on January 14 by the GUVD head Alexei Lapin, who answered the question of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the situation in the region.

January 17, 2011 22:30

• Attackers on ex-minister of the KBR Shogenov stole guns and hijacked car of assassinated guards

  The criminals, who attacked this morning Khachim Shogenov, a former interior minister of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), and killed two of his bodyguards, escaped from the venue together with stolen guns and a car.