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February 24, 2010 22:30

• In Georgia, inspectors interrogate witnesses on journalist Dzhobenadze's complaint

  The criminal case under the complaint of blackmail submitted by Tedo Dzhobenadze, a journalist of the Batumi-based newspaper "Batumelebi", was initiated by Prosecutor's Office Adzharia on February 18, and is now run by inspector Gela Makharadze. According to Eteri Turadze, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, so far only her and the owner of newspaper Mziya Amaglobeli were interrogated as witnesses.

February 24, 2010 22:20

• Figurant in Markelov's murder case faces charge re-formulation

  Nikita Tikhonov, a figurant in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov, is now incriminated "murder on motives of political and ideological enmity."

February 24, 2010 22:10

• Chechnya: broad-scale anti-militant operation fruitless so far

  More than a month ago, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov announced another broad-scale special operation against members of the armed underground. The operation zone covers all the mountainous and a number of foothill areas of the republic; however, no serious results in the war on militants have been reported yet.

February 24, 2010 20:00

• Kaloy Akhilgov knows the customers of the attack on him

  Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of President of the Republic of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, asserts that he personally knows three out of five attackers. He told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he "knows exactly who and why attacked him."

February 24, 2010 19:00

• Magomed Abdullaev offered to the post of Prime Minister of Dagestan

  Today, the sitting of the presidium of the National Assembly of Dagestan made a decision to put approval of Magomed Abdullaev, nominated by President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov to the post of the chairman of the government, on the agenda of the forthcoming session.

February 24, 2010 18:00

• Azerbaijani NGOs and media worry about legislation novelties

  The latest innovations in the legislation of Azerbaijan concerning the work of mass media and NGOs were criticized on February 23 at the roundtable held in the Norwegian House of Human Rights in Baku. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that debates were run by activists of the civil society of Azerbaijan, members of international organizations and foreign human rights defenders.

February 24, 2010 10:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 15-21

  Visit of delegation of the Human Rights Group of UK Parliament to Chechnya; recall by Ramzan Kadyrov of his claim against journalists and human rights defenders; conflict of ecologists with the agency in charge of preparing Sochi to Olympiad-2014; new strategic agreements of Russia with Abkhazia; explosions in Ingushetia; and inauguration of President of Dagestan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of February 15-21, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 23, 2010 23:50

• Head of Georgian MFA submits documents to give up Russian citizenship

  Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, has submitted to the embassy of Switzerland, which is representing Russia's interests in Tbilisi, documents confirming his refusal from Russian citizenship.

February 23, 2010 23:40

• National sight of pride desecrated in Karachai-Circassia

  A criminal case has been opened in Karachai-Circassia on the fact of desecration by unidentified persons of the national sight - Karachai Boulder.

February 23, 2010 23:30

• Energy-saving programme for the capital of North Ossetia extended to five years

  On February 22, Mayor of Vladikavkaz Sergey Dzantiev and officials of the Russian Power Agency discussed a programme draft for saving energy and improving the power efficiency in the capital of North Ossetia. Implementation of its first-order measures will demand about 270 million roubles from the local budget.

February 23, 2010 23:10

• Ingushetia: contradictory data about attack on Evkurov's press secretary

  A source in law enforcement bodies has reported that Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, was beaten by unknown persons in the territory of a fuelling station in Nazran. Meanwhile, Mr Akhilgov himself denies the fact.

February 23, 2010 23:00

• OSCE Mission fixed no ceasefire violations by Karabakh or Azerbaijan

  On February 23, the OSCE Mission held a scheduled monitoring in the contact line of armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Askeran direction.

February 23, 2010 22:50

• Georgia authorities tabulate hurricane losses

  Today, the government of Georgia calculates the damage caused to the country by the hurricane wind that fell on Eastern Georgia on February 22. The exact estimates of the damage will be known by the evening.

February 23, 2010 22:40

• President's Plenipotentiary in NCFD plans to update infrastructure

  Today, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of the newly-formed North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) came to North Ossetia with a working visit. He plans to discuss social and economic issues with the leaders of North Ossetia and visit cultural and educational entities in Vladikavkaz.

February 23, 2010 22:20

• Residents of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, got poisoned by bad potable water

  The reason has been found why so many residents of the city of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, had to go to the central district hospital: pollution of the potable water delivered by the local water line. Now, five persons are still in hospital, 72 more are at home under doctors' supervision.

February 23, 2010 21:00

• Next session on "Caucasian One" case to be held in a month

  The Arbitration Court of Paris has appointed on March 22 the next stage of consideration of the case dealing with disconnection by the French TV operator Eutelsat of the Georgian Russian-language TV channel "Caucasian One", where the parties will present their final arguments.

February 23, 2010 20:20

• Semyon Rasin: Chechnya needs investments not only into construction

  The humanitarian organization International Medical Corpse (IMC) expands the domain of minor business projects in Chechnya. Marking the high level of TB morbidity and other diseases, the activists of the IMC believe that employment of the population will help to combat diseases. This was told by Semyon Rasin, director of the Russian branch of the IMC.

February 23, 2010 20:00

• TB morbidity on the rise in Northern Caucasus

  The humanitarian organization International Medical Corps (IMC) has summed up its work in Northern Caucasus in 2009. Doctors note that the region sees growth in tuberculosis (TB) and HIV morbidity, while the treatment-and-prophylactic establishments are in deficit.

February 23, 2010 19:00

• Hospital workers in Chechnya get hens as part of salary

  Employees of one of Grozny hospitals complain that they are forced to take hens produced by the "Tsentaroy" Poultry Farm, located in the family village of Chechen President - Khosi-Yurt (Tsentaroy), Kurchaloi District, as part of their salaries.

February 23, 2010 18:10

• Chechens and Ingushes in Russia and Europe commemorate victims of 1944 deportation

  Today, Chechens and Ingushes, wherever they live, mark the 66th anniversary of deportation of Ingush and Chechen nationals to Central Asia and Siberia. Mourning actions were held in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, and in the countries of Europe where these nationals live.