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November 03, 2009 15:00

• Karaketov: if not for deportation, 400,000 Karachais would have lived in Russia today

  If in the days of the USSR thousands of Karachais had not been deported, now the population of this nation in Russia would have made some 400-450 thousand persons, that is, twice as today. This was stated by Professor Murat Karaketov, Doctor of History.

November 03, 2009 14:00

• The MIA of Chechnya: over 100 militants liquidated in half-year

  From April till end of October, almost 150 persons were liquidated in Northern Caucasus, who were treated by power agents as militants. The figure was made public by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya at the sitting on November 2 in Grozny with participation of President Ramzan Kadyrov and bosses of power agencies.

November 03, 2009 12:00

• Sverdlovsk Region has difficulties preparing to receive migrants from Ingushetia

  Officials from the Sverdlovsk Region, where resettlement is prepares, report that serious problems may arise with accommodation of Ingush migrants in the Urals Mountains, since practically nothing is ready.

November 03, 2009 11:00

• Abkhazia extends Soviet passports

  As reported by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, citizens of the republic can use their Soviet passports "until further notice" of the Russian government.

November 03, 2009 10:00

• Bad weather in Georgia: people lose homes and disappear

  Because of downpours incessant in Georgia for two weeks already, thousands of hectares of farmland are under water. As a result of floods and snowfalls a number of regions of the country are cut off from the outer world; the calamity destroys houses, and several persons were registered as missing.

November 03, 2009 09:00

• Moslems of Northern Caucasus are indignant with Imam's murder in Dagestan

  The Coordination Centre of Moslems of Northern Caucasus has called to scale up the struggle against crime in Dagestan in the context of the murder of Tinamagomed Ramazanov, Imam of the mosque of Bavtugai village.

November 03, 2009 07:00

• Georgian opposition getting ready to second anniversary of dispersal of rally in Tbilisi on November 7

  In Georgia, activists of oppositional movements and NGOs get ready to mark the second anniversary of dispersal of the protest action of the opposition in Tbilisi on November 7, 2007. A new action and protest march will be held in central Tbilisi, as Dzhaba Dzhishkariani, leader of the "Movements of November 7", said to the press conference.

November 02, 2009 23:00

• Protest action held in Kabardino-Balkaria after disappearance of three persons

  Today, relatives of residents of Kabardino-Balkaria Timur Begidov from Kenzhe village, Ibragim Shogenov and Anzor Nagoev from Dugulubgei village, who on October 2 left for Ufa in a cold storage truck with fruits aiming to sell them there and disappeared, rallied in Nalchik in the square near the House of Government.

November 02, 2009 22:00

• Azerbaijan: imprisoned journalist has his TB progressing

  In Azerbaijan, the health condition of Mushvig Guseinov, convicted journalist from the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, who was placed two weeks ago in a specialized medical establishment for tuberculosis (TB) patients of the Penitentiary Service, has become still worse. This was stated by his brother Sarvar Guseinov.

November 02, 2009 21:00

• Experts mark Russia's crucial role in settling Karabakh conflict

  On November 2, Moscow hosted a roundtable dedicated to role of Russia in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian and European experts took part in the event - ten analysts in total.

November 02, 2009 20:00

• Eyewitness of Maksharip Aushev's murder cannot testify yet

  The health condition of Tauzela Dzeitova, the main witness of Maksharip Aushev's murder, who received wounds, when Aushev's car was shelled in Nalchik, remains grave. This was stated by Shamil Kudaev, deputy chief physician of the Republic's Clinical Hospital of Nalchik. The woman is still in resuscitation ward.

November 02, 2009 19:00

• South Ossetia to suppress broadcasting of Radio Liberty in its territory

  As stated by Georgiy Kabisov, Chairman of the State Committee for Information, Post and Mass Communications of South Ossetia, the broadcasting of Radio Liberty in the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia is illegal and a sort of an information provocation.

November 02, 2009 18:00

• President of Ingushetia: corrupt official should have chance of correction

  A year after the start of his presidency, the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov is still adhering to rather lenient punishments to his corrupt officials. However, according to his version, the courts are all the time trying to acquit those who should be really punished.

November 02, 2009 17:00

• Cars burnt down in plenty in Volgograd Region

  In October, over 20 cars burnt down in Volgograd. Militiamen believe that half of the cases were deliberate arsons. In this way the companies, which claim debts from their borrowers, punish them, the militia think.

November 02, 2009 16:00

• They tried to kill Isa Yamadaev again, his relatives assert

  Relatives of Isa Yamadaev, who got on November 1 in a serious road accident in a Moscow suburb, do not exclude that it could be an attempt on him. In their opinion, only his armoured car saved his life.

November 02, 2009 15:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 26-November 1

  Anniversaries of resonant terror acts; actions in memory of victims of political repressions in regions of Northern and Southern Caucasus; struggle of residents of the capital of North Ossetia for the right to favourable environment; new kidnappings and murders in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of October 26-November 1 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 02, 2009 12:00

• Murad Salikhov kidnapped in Dagestan found dead

  Zagra Kazimagomedova, wife of Murad Salikhov, 24, who was kidnapped in the capital of Dagestan on October 29, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband was identified among the bodies in the Makhachkala morgue.

November 02, 2009 11:00

• In North Ossetia, group of citizens insists on closing "Electrozink"

  In North Ossetia, a group named "Electrozink. What do we breathe in?" created in the social Internet-based network "Odnoklassniki.Ru" is not going to stop its activities and continues demanding to close the "Electrozink" factory, despite replacement of the enterprise bosses.

November 02, 2009 10:00

• Azerbaijani journalist receives Rafto Prize

  On November 1, in the Norwegian city of Bergen, Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Malakhat Nasibova was decorated with the prestigious Rafto International Award in the field of human rights for 2009.

November 02, 2009 09:00

• Drinking beer is forbidden at Sochi railway stations and airports

  Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov has banned sale and consumption of beer closer than 100 meters from entrances to railway stations, airports, sports objects and wholesale food markets. The statement came into force on October 27.