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November 10, 2009 18:00

• Prosecutor's Office of Archangelsk checks long custody of Georgian citizens at special reception centre

  Citizen of Georgia David Khubunaya, who is waiting for six weeks already for his exclusion from Russia at the special reception centre intended for minor offenders in the city of Archangelsk, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his complaints against long custody had forced the local Prosecutor's Office to initiate a case.

November 09, 2009 23:30

• Kabardino-Balkaria: doctor convicted to two conditional years for death of child

  Today, the Chegem District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has announced the verdict of guilty to Aryubat Gemueva, doctor-paediatrician of the local district hospital, accused of non-rendering held to Aslan Kugotov, 13, who subsequently died.

November 09, 2009 23:00

• Russia's MIA: NGOs are behind Major Dymovskiy's video appeal to Putin

  The public statements of Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy were backed up by NGOs funded from abroad, in particular, the US Agency for International Development (USAID). This was stated by a source from the Department of Internal Security (DIS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

November 09, 2009 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 2-8

  Another incident looking like an attempt on the opponent of Chechen President Isa Yamadaev; situation with human rights and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan; propagation of swine flu in the Caucasus; progress in investigating the murder of well-known advocate Stanislav Markelov; and video complaints of militia major of his bosses to Russian prime minister Putin, which have stirred up the Internet, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of November 2-8 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 09, 2009 22:40

• Psychologists find suspect of Markelov's murder extremely aggressive

  Experts have made a psychological portrait of Evgenia Khasis, 25, a suspect on the case of murdering advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. In the opinion of psychologists, Evgenia Khasis is very unbalanced and aggressive. Meanwhile, her friends do not believe in her involvement in the resonant murder.

November 09, 2009 22:20

• Young man killed on November 5 in Chechnya was Azerbaijani wrestling champion

  Arthur Duzgaev, 21, who, as Chechen power agents kept asserting, returned from Azerbaijan with the aim to join the armed underground, and was liquidated on November 5 while rendering armed resistance, was a freestyle wrestler and had recently won the title of champion of Azerbaijan. His relatives assert that he had been kidnapped by unidentified persons three days before his.

November 09, 2009 22:00

• Panfilov, head of "Centre of Extreme Journalism", moves to Georgia

  A Russian journalist, head of the "Centre of Extreme Journalism" Oleg Panfilov has moved to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, because of the current situation in Russia.

November 09, 2009 21:00

• Head of Georgia's MFA calls detention of teenagers in South Ossetia "shameful show"

  Grigol Vashadze, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia, has promised that the teenagers detained by power agents of South Ossetia, will be surely released. He told journalists about it today in the break of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova regional co-operation group).

November 09, 2009 20:00

• Interrogation of "Memorial" head on Kadyrov's claim postponed

  The interrogation of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on the criminal case opened under the claim lodged by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has been postponed till November 12 or 13.

November 09, 2009 19:00

• Georgian wants to strive for better custody conditions for detainees in Archangelsk special facility

  Citizen of Georgia Nodar Nikoleishvili had to go on hunger strike at the militia special detention facility in Archangelsk because of "inhuman custody conditions and long stay at the facility, which is not intended for the purpose." The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Nikoleishvili himself, who waits for his exclusion from Russia for the fifth month already.

November 09, 2009 18:00

• Major Dymovskiy from Novorossisk asserts that he is shadowed

  Late in the evening on November 8, Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy said at the press conference that outdoor surveillance after him was established. After the press conference he found that his car was opened, despite the installed signalling system.

November 07, 2009 23:00

• Isa Yamadaev: Ruslan's house searched, Musa is on wanted list

  Isa has reported that the cottage of his brother - Ruslan Yamadaev, Deputy of Russian State Duma, who was assassinated in 2008, - was house-checked, while another brother - Musa Yamadaev - was announced into search.

November 07, 2009 22:00

• Aliskhan Pliev kidnapped in Ingushetia

  Early in the morning on November 4, armed persons in military uniform and masks rushed into Boris Pliev's house and forced away his son Aliskhan, born in 1979.

November 07, 2009 21:00

• "Imedi" TV Company to go to Strasbourg Court against Georgian authorities

  Journalists of the Georgian "Imedi" TV Company have decided to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the context of the events on November 7, 2007, when actions of supporters of the opposition was severely suppressed in Tbilisi. This was announced by MP Giorgi Targamadze, leader of the parliamentary minority.

November 07, 2009 20:00

• Chechnya's authorities: Emir of Shali and Kurchaloy Districts is dead

  As reported by the authorities, Rizvan Osmaev, Emir of the Shali and Kurchaloy Districts, also known under nickname "Gyurza" (blunt-nosed viper), and a certain Khasan Ozdamirov ("Herat") were liquidated in the vicinity of the Chechen city of Argun.

November 07, 2009 19:00

• Novorossisk militiaman complains to Putin of his bosses

  Human rights activists are ready to support militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy from Novorossisk in the context of his open statements about his militia bosses' abusive practice.

November 07, 2009 18:00

• Oppositional action held in capital of Georgia

  A manifestation of supporters of the opposition and NGO activists took place in Tbilisi. The participants of the action stood against the course of the present authorities of Georgia. About 500 persons took part in the action.

November 07, 2009 17:00

• Bomb blows up in Makhachkala bar

  Today, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, an explosion took place in the centre of the capital of Dagestan. According to the preliminary data, several persons were wounded.

November 07, 2009 16:00

• Rally of supporters of ex-President Gamsakhurdia's widow dispersed in Georgia

  Today in Tbilisi, policemen have suppressed a protest action held by supporters of Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, the widow of ex-President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

November 07, 2009 15:00

• Patriarch Kirill: Azerbaijan keeps high level of inter-religious dialogue

  Patriarch Kirill has expressed his gratitude to the head of Azerbaijan for the high level of inter-religious relations in his country and the position of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), and for cooperation between the Moslems and Orthodox Christians of the republic.