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April 09, 2009 22:30

• Yandex: SFD is the last in Russia by Internet development

  Among all the districts of Russia the South Federal District (SFD) is in the last place by development of the use of Internet. However, bloggers and Internet edition are more active in the SFD than on the average in Russia. These are the data from the information bulletin published by the "Yandex" Company on the Internet development in regions of Russia in 2008.

April 09, 2009 22:00

• In Dagestan, a local resident killed and two militiamen wounded

  On April 8, in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, unidentified persons wounded two employees of the road police service, and then, trying to escape the chase, killed a local resident.

April 09, 2009 22:00

• Tax collectors demand education tax from parents of children who suffered in Beslan

  The tax service demands that parents of the children-victims of the Beslan terror act in 2004 should pay taxes on their free-of-charge training at the "Podmoskovny" College in Koralovo founded by Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and financed by YUKOS, as Ella Kesaeva, chair of the "Voice of Beslan", reports.

April 09, 2009 21:00

• Data on the number of Tbilisi protesters diverge

  Georgian journalist Irakliy Berulava, who is present in the venue, has treated the data about the number of participants in the protest rally in Tbilisi, reported by some mass media, to be frankly false.

April 09, 2009 20:40

• Satirical poet Mirza Sakit released from custody in Azerbaijan

  Early in the morning on April 9, in Azerbaijan, poet-satirist Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zakhidov), a journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper, who was sentenced in October 2006 to three years in prison for drug dealing, got at large.

April 09, 2009 20:00

• European Court again condemns Russia on suits of Chechen residents

  The European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has again condemned Russia on four claims filed by Chechens and has obliged Russia to pay 282,000 euros out to residents of Chechnya for disappearance of their relatives in 2001-2003.

April 09, 2009 19:00

• Opposition rally underway in Adzharia

  The Party of Zurab Nogaideli, former prime minister of Georgia, named as "Movement for United Georgia", is holding protest actions in Adzharia.

April 09, 2009 18:00

• Local resident kidnapped in Dagestan

  On April 5, unidentified power agents kidnapped Yusup Zagirov, born in 1977. His brother Omar Zagirov made a statement yesterday, on April 8.

April 08, 2009 23:30

• Georgia: a Georgian kidnapped in Abkhazia

  According to Georgian sources, on April 7, a Georgian named Gvandzhi Kuprava, 65, was kidnapped from Sida village, Gali District. The kidnappers asked for a ransom, and then took Kuprava in an unknown direction.

April 08, 2009 23:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh residents complain of police to Ombudsman

  Yuri Airapetyan, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh, will become a member of the European Institute of Ombudspersons. Having announced this news to journalists, Mr Airapetyan added that in 2008 there were no mass violations of human rights in Nagorno-Karabakh, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 08, 2009 22:00

• Militiaman wounded by land mine explosion in southwest of Chechnya

  A Chechen militiaman was wounded by explosion of a fougasse (land mine) planted under the bottom of his car. It happened in the evening on April 7 in the foothill Urus-Martan District of the republic. The victim was hospitalized.

April 08, 2009 21:00

• Yamadaevs' relatives: attempts on Sulim and Ruslan were executed by people from Kadyrov's retinue

  The attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of a special GRU battalion, and the murder of his senior brother, former State Duma deputy Ruslan Yamadaev, were backed by people from the retinue of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the members of the Yamadaev family assert.

April 08, 2009 20:50

• ICPO announces arrest of suspects of murdering Ruslan Yamadaev

  The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has reported about detention of suspects of committing a number of resonant crimes, including assassination of Ruslan Yamadaev, former deputy of the State Duma of Russia, and an attempt on the former military commandant of Chechnya General-Colonel Sergey Kizyun.

April 08, 2009 20:10

• In Armenia, police detain ten oppositionists

  Today, at about 6 p.m. local time, in Yerevan, a clash burst out between policemen of the patrol-sentry unit and participants of the so-called "political walks" in the Northern Avenue of the Armenian capital.

April 08, 2009 20:00

• Ivanishvili: Georgian authorities get ready to April 9, soldiers had to give away their mobile phones

  The authorities of Georgia get ready to the opposition's protest action on April 9. Relatives of Georgian soldiers complain that the authorities keep servicemen in information vacuum. The opposition is not set up to initiate any clashes, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Khatuna Ivanishvili, press secretary of Nino Burdzhanadze, leader of the Party "Democratic Movement - United Georgia.

April 08, 2009 19:00

• In Dagestan, "Chernovik" journalists refuse to sign the indictment that was brought to the court

  Yesterday, on April 7, journalists of the "Chernovik" (Blueprint) newspaper, including its editor-in-chief, accused of kindling hatred or enmity, or humiliation of human dignity, were acquainted with the indictment, which they refused to sign. Meanwhile, back on April 5, Public Prosecutor of Dagestan Yuri Tkachov approved the indictment under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and sent the case to the court.

April 08, 2009 18:00

• Evkurov promised to supervise search of Gapur Tankiev kidnapped in Ingushetia

  During his meeting with relatives of Gapur Tankiev, a resident of the city of Malgobek who was kidnapped on April 3, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov promised to personally supervise the course of investigation. Until now, nothing is known about Gapur's whereabouts.

April 07, 2009 22:40

• Kulaeva: issue of treating Gipsies in Russia is very painful

  Stefaniya Kulaeva, a human rights activist of the Anti-Discrimination Centre "Memorial", said that the issue of attitude to Gipsies proved to be interesting to many and rather painful, after the debate had burst out and is still underway after the media reported about the incident in St-Petersburg metro, when a radio announcement was made: "Take care, Gipsies are here!"

April 07, 2009 22:00

• In Armenia, youth organizations protest against amendments to the Law "On Police"

  On April 6, near the building of the National Assembly of Armenia, a protest action was held by youth public organizations. Several dozens of young people expressed their negative altitude to the bill with amendments to the Laws "On Police" and "On Police Troops" and demanded to cancel the bill.

April 07, 2009 21:00

• Advocate Uvaisov: MIA agents planted arms on Butdaeva

  Ziyavudin Uvaisov, advocate of Dinara Butdaeva, whose indictment was approved by the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan on the criminal case of involvement in an armed formation, illegal purchase, storage and transportation of firearms, has stated the innocence of his client.