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June 30, 2010 20:00

• Einulla Fatullaev to make final speech on July 2

  The journalist Einulla Fatullaev charged with illegal storage of drugs and already serving his term in prison, is to make a final speech at the trial in Garadak district court of Baku on July 2. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that this decision has been taken by judge Ismail Khalilov upon the results of the today's session.

June 30, 2010 19:00

• Action against amicable agreement with "Electrozink" under way in Vladikavkaz

  A group of individuals protest against the amicable agreement with the "Electrozink" works in the capital of North Ossetia near the office of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

June 30, 2010 18:00

• Gandaloev detained in Ingushetia tells about torture during arrest

  The relatives of Aslan and Mukhtar Gandaloevs detained on June 21 in the village of Sagopshi, Ingushetia, and suspected of exploding a shop in the same village have reported about an illegal search in their house. Witnesses claim that violence was applied during the arrest.

June 29, 2010 23:30

• The problem of media independence is acute in Russia, claim participants of the festival "Radio together"

  During the festival of radio broadcasters "Radio together" held in Moscow on June 26-28, a round table was arranged on the topic "Review of changes in legislation on media", where Michail Fedotov, member of the council under the RF President on facilitating the development of civil institutions and human rights, one of the drafters of the law on mass media, spoke about the drawbacks of the existing law.

June 29, 2010 23:00

• Relatives of Gatagashev, resident of Malgobek, report threats of militiamen

  The father of one of the militiamen killed in Ingushetia has announced a vendetta to the family of Artur Gatagashev, resident of Malgobek who is in the wanted list, claims Piatimat Kuzikova, Gatagashev's mother.

June 29, 2010 23:00

• Civil servants in Chechnya dissatisfied with mandatory subbotnik

  The Chechen authorities have decided to extend the city subbotnik by ten days. This initiative is negatively met by employees of state budget organizations. Chechen functionaries prefer to "pay off".

June 29, 2010 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 21-27

  Nature continues to inflict damage on the residents of North Caucasus; new unrest in the Karabakh conflict zone; new evidence in the case of murder of human rights activist Estemirova; Abkhazia walks out of Geneva discussions, South Ossetia threatens to follow suit - read all this in the "Caucasian Knot" review of main events in the Caucasus during the week of June 21 - 27, 2010.

June 29, 2010 22:20

• Oniani accused of kidnapping in RF refuses to give evidence

  Tariel Mulukhov (Oniani), born in Georgia, accused of kidnapping in Russia considers the case file containing materials on the actions incriminating him as framed and refuses to give evidence in court.

June 29, 2010 22:00

• Astrakhan governor proposes to do business on grasshoppers

  Astrakhan oblast governor Alexander Zhilkin has moved an idea to make grasshoppers, which inflicted serious damage on southern Russia regions, a good business.

June 29, 2010 22:00

• Tsotne Ghamsakhurdia resumes hunger strike in Georgia

  Tsotne Ghamsakhurdia, the son of the first Georgian president Zviad Ghamsakhurdia, who is in prison now, has resumed his hunger strike, reports lawyer Keti Bekauri.

June 29, 2010 21:00

• Saakashvili states Georgia prepared to start negotiations with Russia on normalizing relations

  Georgian President Michail Saakashvili has stated at the sitting of the National Security Council that Georgia is prepared to start wide-scale negotiations on normalizing bilateral relations without any preconditions.

June 29, 2010 20:00

• Thomas Hammarberg states: freedom of expression in Azerbaijan is limited

  The freedom of expression in Azerbaijan is limited, considerable improvements are needed in the country. As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, this is what is said in the report of Thomas Hammarberg, CU commissioner on human rights, placed on June 29 at the Council of Europe sight.

June 29, 2010 19:00

• Blogger Emin Milli temporarily released from prison in Azerbaijan

  Blogger Emin Milli (Abdullaev) who serves his term in prison in Azerbaijan has been temporarily released from prison for attending on June 29 the funeral of his father Pasha Abdullaev who died last night.

June 29, 2010 18:00

• Resident of Sunzhen district kidnapped in Ingushetia

  On June 28, seven unidentified persons in camouflage clothes, threatening with their automatic guns, kidnapped a resident of the village of Arshty, Sunzhen district of Ingushetia, reports a source at the republic's law enforcement agency today.

June 28, 2010 23:40

• Georgian CEC: re-election has had no influence on the election results

  Re-election of local self-government bodies may only influence the elections under the majority system, it has no effect whatsoever on the proportional system. This has been stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Georgy Mchedlidze, secretary of the Georgian central election commission.

June 28, 2010 23:20

• Russia accepts renunciation of RF citizenship from head of Georgian MoFA

  Grigol Vashadze, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is not a citizen of the Russian Federation any more, as announced today by his deputy David Dzhalagania at the press conference.

June 28, 2010 23:10

• ICP: falsification revealed during district council elections in Krasnodar Krai

  A criminal case has been initiated in Krasnodar Krai against a member of a precinct election commission with casting vote, suspected of falsification of election documents during the election of Timashevsk district council on March 14.

June 28, 2010 23:00

• Georgian journalists file complaint to the prosecutor's office against beating

  Journalists of the "Trialeti" TV company intend to file a complaint to the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office and the MoI in connection with pressure exerted on journalists, says Lado Bichashvili, producer of the TV channel information service.

June 28, 2010 23:00

• The court rejects prosecution request in trial on case of attack on Nalchik

  Edward Mironov and Zaur Tokhov, two defendants in Kabardino-Balkaria in the case of militants' attack on Nalchik in October 2005, are not going to be expelled from the court room, despite the prosecution request.

June 28, 2010 22:00

• Mironov in favor of common use of distant pastures in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Federation Council, had arrived today to Kabardino-Balkaria where he met with the republic's leadership, state functionaries and public representatives. During the meeting they discussed problems of the North Caucasus economy, in particular, those of distant pastures.