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December 22, 2008 11:13

• In Rostov Region, protesting miners complain of pressure exerted by the authorities

  The organizers and participants of protest actions in the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, experience amplified pressure from local authorities. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Valery Dyakonov, Deputy of Zverevo City Duma.

December 22, 2008 11:13

• Murder of Chechen activist Imran Gaziev in Azerbaijan remains unsolved

  The murder of Chechen activist Imran Gaziev (Umar Gazi), accomplished on November 18, 2007, in Baku, remains unsolved until now. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Isa Akhyadov, Chechen human rights activist who lives in Azerbaijan.

December 22, 2008 11:12

• Women's Charitable Hospital in Dagestan to move out till the end of the year

  The Women's Charitable Hospital, situated in the capital of Dagestan, received an order from the division of court marshals of the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala on initiation of executive proceedings, according to which the Hospital shall abandon all the occupied premises before December 30, 2008.

December 20, 2008 23:30

• At least 7 casualties in Northern Caucasus within a week

  During the week from December 11 to December 17, at least seven persons were killed and fifteen more wounded as a result armed clashes and terror acts committed in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

December 20, 2008 19:21

• Azerbaijani opposition against changes in Constitution

  The changes in the Constitution assuming cancellation of the restriction to elect one and the same person President of Azerbaijan for more than two terms in a row are violations of one of fundamental principles of democracy - need of power turnover. This was the main idea expressed at the roundtable held on December 19 at the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety of Azerbaijan.

December 20, 2008 17:09

• "Memorial" opens business school in North Ossetia

  On December 18, the Centre for Promoting Small Businesses was launched in Kurtat village of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia with support of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

December 20, 2008 14:42

• Azerbaijani columnists campaign solidarity with convicted Zakhidov

  Azerbaijan has hosted a campaign "Ganimat's Week" held in solidarity with Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, who is now serving his term. The action was organized by the "ASI Club" ("Freedom of Speech Advocates' Club"), which is uniting the columnists of the independent and oppositional newspapers of the Republic.

December 20, 2008 14:03

• Explosion injures people in the capital of Chechnya

  Four militiamen and two civilians were wounded by an explosive hidden in a bag and left inside a buildings in the Leninskiy District of the capital of Chechnya.

December 20, 2008 11:51

• Azerbaijani soldier wants to become citizen of Armenia

  Rafik Rakhman Ogly Gasanov, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army, who surrendered to the Armenian party under obscure circumstances, has announced his desire to receive citizenship of Armenia, as the Ministry of Defence of Armenia reports.

December 20, 2008 09:32

• Forty WW II artillery shells found in Rostov Region

  On December 19, in Matveevo-Kurgan village, Rostov Region, forty unexploded shells remaining from the time of the World War II were found.

December 20, 2008 06:28

• Metropolitan: contacts between Churches of Russia and Georgia never stopped

  Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Cyril has appealed to Orthodox Christians to pray for normalization of Russian-Georgian relations.

December 19, 2008 14:24

• Ukrainian parliament closes commission investigating arms deliveries to Georgia

  Today, the Deputies of the Supreme Rada, having listened to the report of the ad hoc inquiry commission of the parliament, which had been setup to investigate into deliveries of arms and military equipment to Georgia, have refused to extend its work, as it was suggested, till June 2009.

December 19, 2008 14:22

• Court on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case interrogates FSB agents

  On December 18, five witnesses were interrogated at the trial of the murder of the observer of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, including employees of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau), who were interrogated in the closed regime, since state secrets could be mentioned in the process.

December 19, 2008 14:19

• Human rights activists of Ingushetia protest against Murad Gasaev's extradition

  Ingushetian human rights activists voice their protest against Murad Gasaev's extradition to Russia as promised by the government of Spain. They fear that he can be tortured in Russia.

December 19, 2008 14:17

• Picketers in Grozny demand that Chechen authorities find and punish murderers of Ilaev brothers

  On December 18, a picket demanding investigation of the murder of three Ilaev brothers was held in Grozny opposite the Ombudsman of Chechnya; the brothers were assassinated earlier this month. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by one of the picketers - Kheda Saratova, journalist of the South-Russian Information and Analytical Agency.

December 19, 2008 14:14

• Arzumanyan: arrest of "Case of Seven" figurants was illegal

  Alexander Arzumanyan, one of the defendants in the "Case of Seven", former head of the pre-election office of Levon Ter-Petrosyan and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, has stated today at the court session, addressing the judge and the accusation, that the opposition activists were arrested illegally.

December 19, 2008 14:10

• European Court finds Russia responsible for disappearance of Chechen resident in 2003

  On Thursday, the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) considered a complaint from Chechnya, regarding disappearance of a young man named Ruslan Kasumov in February 2003. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from a member of the organization called "The Legal Initiative for Russia".

December 18, 2008 12:50

• Krasnodar departments of education deny lists of "Caucasian-looking" schoolchildren

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was assured at two district departments of education that there would be no "census" of schoolboys of "Caucasian nationalities". The officials of the departments declared that they had never urged schools to make nationality-oriented lists of pupils.

December 18, 2008 12:42

• Ombudsman: custody conditions in Voroshilov ROVD of Volgograd are unsatisfactory

  The custody conditions of the detainees kept at the Voroshilov ROVD of the city of Volgograd should be changed for the better, as Mikhail Tarantsov, Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region, said in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 18, 2008 12:32

• Court finds refusal to initiate case on injury of Dagestan resident during special operation illegal

  On December 17, the Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan, presided by Federal Judge Akif Gadzhiev, considered and satisfied the complaint lodged by Gasan Baisultanov, a resident of Khasavyurt.