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August 18, 2009 23:40

• EU condemns terror act in Ingushetia

  The European Union (EU) has condemned the act of terrorism accomplished on August 17 in Nazran (Ingushetia), as a result of which 20 persons were lost and 138 more suffered. This statement was made by Sweden, current chair of the EU.

August 18, 2009 23:30

• Azerbaijani special agencies reveal those who voted for Armenia at "Eurovision-2009"

  The Ministry for National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan is now identifying the persons, who gave their votes for the participants from Armenia at the musical competition "Eurovision-2009".

August 18, 2009 23:20

• In Dagestan, renowned lawyer is accused of insulting inspectors from prosecutor's office

  In Dagestan, a criminal case has been opened against the well-known lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, accused by inspectors of the Prosecutor's Office of Khasavyurt of insulting them with swear words.

August 18, 2009 23:10

• In Volgograd Region, attackers on Gipsy camp sentenced to 4.5-11 years of imprisonment

  On August 17, 2009, in the Volgograd Region, the court sentenced a group of eight persons who attacked a Gipsy camp in April 2006 in the city of Volzhskiy. Two persons were killed in that attack. The defendants were sentenced to imprisonment for the terms from 4.5 to 11 years.

August 18, 2009 23:00

• Explosion in Dagestan wounds four persons

  In Dagestan, today at 10:05 a.m., near the city marketplace in Kizilyurt, a bomb was triggered. As a result of the explosion four persons, two of them being militiamen, were wounded.

August 18, 2009 22:10

• Chechnya's MIA: Kalinichenko family was executed as revenge for identifying a militant

  The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic now know the name of a suspected killer of five persons in Pervomaiskoe village, Grozny District, committed at night of August 17. Probably, he was an acquaintance of one of the members of Kalinichenko family. This was stated by a source of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the MIA. According to his story, a briefing on the suspected gunman has already been disseminated among all the law enforcement units.

August 18, 2009 22:00

• After terror act in Ingushetia, fates of several persons remain unknown

  In Ingushetia, ruins after the explosion on August 17 in Nazran are still cleared away. Vakha Chapanov, head of the Ingush Information Agency "Maximum", said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the fate of several persons remains unknown.

August 18, 2009 21:00

• Amirov: maintaining safety in capital of Dagestan faces problems

  Today, at the sitting of the antiterrorist commission of Makhachkala, chaired by City Mayor Said Amirov, officials gave their estimates of the current operative situation in the context of recent frequent attacks on militia posts and encroachments on law enforcers. According to the Mayor, the situation is hard.

August 18, 2009 20:00

• International human rights activists to send their observers to bloggers' trial in Azerbaijan

  A number of well-known international human rights organizations have decided to send their representatives to Azerbaijan to the forthcoming litigation against young bloggers and activists Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli.

August 18, 2009 19:00

• Sochi ecologists plan to stop deforestation at construction of Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway

  The Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus is going to stop felling at the construction of the combined highway Adler-Krasnaya Polyana (Red Meadow). Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus said that now ecologists plan to lodge applications to law enforcement bodies. Then the "greens" want to stop the tree felling, which is underway there, according to ecology activists, with their own bodies.

August 18, 2009 18:00

• Beslan mothers sent a letter to Russian President asking to consider the law on status of terror act victims

  On August 17, the letter of Beslan mothers, which the members of the all-Russian NGO "Voice of Beslan" could not hand over to Dmitri Medvedev in North Ossetia, was sent to President's administration in Moscow. In the document, relatives of the victims of the terror act in Beslan ask the country leader to receive them and discuss the course of investigation of the terror act and the law on the status of the victims of terror acts.

August 17, 2009 23:40

• Politkovskaya's defence appeals against refusal of the court to return the case to the prosecutor's office

  The advocates of Anna Politkovskaya's family have appealed at the Supreme Court of Russia against the decision of the court to return the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" back to the public prosecutor. This was announced today by advocate Anna Stavitskaya, who represents the interests of the journalist's children.

August 17, 2009 23:00

• The bbcrussian.com special brings together bloggers from across North Caucasus

  Five years on from the Beslan hostage drama, the security situation in the North Caucasus is deteriorating. The website of BBC Russian - bbcrussian.com - has teamed up with the web publication, "Caucasian Knot" (kavkaz-uzel.ru) to launch a major editorial initiative, engaging online audiences in a discussion about key issues faced by people in the North Caucasus.

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August 17, 2009 23:00

• Russian-speaking family assassinated in Chechnya

  Ruslan Alkhanov, Minister of Internal Affairs of the republic has reported that a Russian-speaking family was killed in Pervomaiskaya village of Chechnya, but did not say, when the crime had been committed.

August 17, 2009 23:00

• Evkurov: attackers on president of Ingushetia are no longer alive

  The militants who participated in the attack on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov have been revealed; and at present they are not alive. This was reported today in an interview to journalists by Mr Evkurov himself.

August 17, 2009 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: main events of August 10-16

  Continued murders of human rights activists in Chechnya; visit of Russian Premier Vladimir Putin to Abkhazia; sharp aggravation of situation in Northern Caucasus, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of August 10-16 in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 17, 2009 22:10

• Abdurakhmanov: Zakaev can return to Chechnya

  Ahmed Zakaev, former emissary of Chechen separatists, now living in Great Britain, in future can return to Russia, as the forthcoming congress of the Chechen people will suggest Russian law enforcers to give up his prosecution; this was stated by Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, speaker of the parliament of Chechnya.

August 17, 2009 22:00

• Car with militiamen blown up in the capital of Dagestan

  Today in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a powerful bomb was triggered on the way of a militia's UAZ van. According to preliminary information, one militiaman was killed and three others were hospitalized with wounds; one is in a grave condition.

August 17, 2009 21:00

• Editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado" dies in Azerbaijani prison hospital

  Today, in Azerbaijan, Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) died in the prison hospital.

August 17, 2009 21:00

• Count of victims of Nazran explosion reaches 138

  According to latest data, the explosion in Nazran (Ingushetia) killed 20 persons and wounded 138 more; searches continue. This was reported by the Department of Information of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia.