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August 10, 2009 21:00

• In Ingushetia, another owner of alcohol-selling shop shot dead

  Today, at about 5:30 p.m., in Verkhnie Achaluki village, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, near his house No. 61 in the Bekova Street, Kureish Evloev, whose shop was selling alcohol, was shot dead from a sub-machine gun. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Vakha Chapanov, head of the "Maximum" Information Agency in Ingushetia.

August 10, 2009 20:00

• In Ingushetia, local residents report torture and extrajudicial execution of Khautiev brothers

  Relatives of Mussa and Adam Khautiev, who, according to the official statement of the Department of the Federal Security Bureau (DFSB) of Russia for Ingushetia, were killed on August 6 as a result of a special operation in Kantyshevo village, Nazran District, and residents of this village told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in fact employees of power agencies had committed an extrajudicial execution.

August 10, 2009 19:00

• Chechen human rights defenders state kidnapping of two local NGO activists

  Human rights defenders of Chechnya have stated kidnapping of two activists of the local NGO named "Save the Generation" - the NGO leader Zarema Sadulaeva and her husband.

August 10, 2009 18:00

• Kadyrov's words about Estemirova cause indignation in Chechnya

  The words of Chechen President that the prominent human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, who was kidnapped and murdered on July 15, "had never had honour, dignity and conscience," pronounced by Ramzan Kadyrov on air of Radio Liberty on August 8, caused resolute criticism among members of local NGOs. Some of them perceive this statement as scoffing at the memory of the victim, others - as a warning to all those who try to oppose the ruling power.

August 08, 2009 18:00

• Museum of genocide opens in South Ossetia capital

  A museum of genocide opened in Tskhenval today. Its exhibits include photographs of victims in August 2008, pictures of the war, fragments of exploded shells.

August 08, 2009 13:00

• Saakashvili is prepared to sacrifice parts of his body for returning South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia

  Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has announced that he is prepared to sacrifice "the parts of his body for which Vladimir Putin hunts" in order to restore the territorial integrity of his country and return South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia.

August 08, 2009 11:00

• Leaders of non-parliamentary opposition in Georgia start dialogue with Saakashvili

  The first enlarged session of the Georgian Security Council was held at the presidential palace on August 6. Members of the parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition took part in the sitting along with the full members of the Council. A meeting of opposition leaders with heads of power authorities is planned on August 12.

August 08, 2009 10:00

• Investigation with regard to oppositionist Pashinian completed in Armenia

  Special investigation service in Armenia has completed investigating the case of Nikol Pashinian, chief editor of the "Aikakan Zhamanak" ("Armenian Time") newspaper and opposition activist. He is charged with organizing mass disorders and violence with regard to representatives of the authorities.

August 08, 2009 09:00

• Market in Ingushetia bombarded from grenade launchers

  Trade pavilions at the local market of the Ingushetia town of Karabulak were bombarded from grenade launchers by unidentified persons on the night of August 8.

August 08, 2009 07:00

• New disturbances in the region at the time of anniversary of South Ossetia war

  Today, August 8, is one-year anniversary of the start of war actions in South Ossetia which turned into a conflict between Georgia and Russia. The anniversary of the 2008 war is marked by Russia and Georgia by mutual accusations of unleashing the last-year armed conflict and of new provocations. An obvious growth of tension is also observed in the relations between Georgia and South Ossetia.

August 08, 2009 06:00

• Moskalenko: European Court to consider complaint on case of Politkovskaya's murder soon

  The European Court on Human Rights in Strasburg will soon consider on its merits the complaint on the case of murder of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, states Karina Moskalenko, lawyer of the deceased journalist's children, at the today's press-conference.

August 08, 2009 05:00

• Kochiyeva: residents of South Ossetia are dissatisfied with the quality of housing under construction

  Virtually all people who left South Ossetia during the last August events have returned, however, many of those who lost their houses at the time are living under very hard conditions now, while the construction of new housing is done very slowly and many people are dissatisfied with its quality, tells Inga Kochiyeva, resident of Tskhinval and correspondent of South Ossetia newspaper "Respublica", to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

August 08, 2009 03:00

• Magomed Evloyev's family intends to boycott trial on his murder

  The victims in the case of murder of Magomed Evloyev, owner of the sight "Ingushetia.RU", intend to withdraw from the judicial process, states Musa Pliyev, the Evloyev's family lawyer. The lawyer is sure that the injured party will be right to boycott the trial which, according to Pliyev, more resembles a farce.

August 08, 2009 02:00

• South Ossetia detains five citizens of Georgia for crossing its border

  On August 7, Yuri Tanayev, South Ossetia Minister of Defense, announced that five citizens of Georgia had been detained for illegal crossing the border in the area of Ossetia village of Disev located in front of the Georgian village of Koshka. In its turn, Georgia claims kidnapping of five shepherds near the village of Koshka.

August 07, 2009 23:50

• Zakareishvili: Georgia has virtually no army

  The information on building up the military potential in Georgia is just propaganda, Georgia has virtually no army, it is demoralized, says Pata Zakareishvili, Georgian political scientist, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

August 07, 2009 23:10

• Case of attempt on Sulim Yamadayev to be tried in Dubai late in August

  The first court session on the case of attempt on Sulim Yamadayev, Hero of Russia, ex-commander of GRU special-purpose battalion "Vostok", committed on March 28 this year in the United Arab Emirates, is to be held in the criminal court of Dubai on August 31. Makhdi Lorniya, personal groom of Ramzan Kadyrov, citizen of Iran, and resident of Tadzhikistan Maksudzhon Ismatov will be tried.

August 07, 2009 23:00

• Court refuses to return Politkovskaya's murder case to prosecutor's office

  Today, Moscow's military district court has dismissed the petition of relatives of Anna Politkovskaya to return the case of murder of the journalist to the prosecutor' s office.

August 07, 2009 22:10

• Abkhazia MoFA: Georgia militarizes itself more intensively than before war with South Ossetia

  The new process of Georgian militarization has acquired a more intensive rate than before its intrusion into South Ossetia in August 2008. This is said in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia disseminated today in connection with the anniversary of the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia.

August 07, 2009 22:00

• Bailiffs evict nine families of refugees from dormitory in Ingushetia

  On August 5, court bailiffs evicted nine families of refugees from a dormitory in Malgobek, Ingushetia, in which they had lived. No reasons for such forced eviction are known.

August 07, 2009 21:00

• Editor of newspaper "Marsho" in Chechnya complains about pressure of power authorities

  Representatives of power authorities in Chechnya have used threats to prohibit the editor of Urus-Martan district newspaper "Marsho" the printing of critical articles about the deceased patriarch Alexi II and South Ossetia president Eduard Kokoity. This has been relayed to the Human rights center "Memorial" by Said Khozhaliyev, the newspaper chief editor.