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December 02, 2008 14:11

• Kitsmarishvili: I was forced to give away my share in "Rustavi-2"

  Erosi Kitsmarishvili, former ambassador of Georgia to Russia, founder and former head the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, told in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the country leaders had forced him to give away his share in the TV Company a couple of months after "the revolution of roses".

December 02, 2008 14:09

• Abkhazia: local woman who was thought kidnapped found dead

  The body of Irina Meboniya, born in 1926, an elderly resident of the village of Nabakevi, Gali District of Abkhazia, was found today in the morning some 500 meters away from her house. She disappeared on November 26, but the neighbours reported the fact to the militia a day later.

December 02, 2008 14:03

• South Ossetia expects increased flow of refugees from Georgia

  Kazbeg Karsanov, Deputy Minister on Special Matters of South Ossetia, has predicted a possible growth of the inflow of refugees from Georgia. Now South Ossetia has over 50 refugees from Georgia. At the same time, after the start of armed conflict, over 350 persons fled from Georgia to Russia via South Ossetia.

December 02, 2008 13:58

• President of Ingushetia sets up commission for operative reaction to human rights violations

  Ingushetia is creating an ad hoc commission under the President for operative reaction to human rights violations. It will include representatives of both the authorities and broad public. This was stated by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, new President of Ingushetia, on November 25, during his meeting with members of public organizations of the republic.

December 02, 2008 13:56

• Farid Babaev, killed in Dagestan, could fall victim of personal showdown, his brother thinks

  Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has continued hearings on the case about murder of Farid Babaev, head of the Dagestan regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party, human rights activist, public figure and candidate for the State Duma, where the defence witnesses were interrogated.

December 01, 2008 15:02

• Moscow: another Azerbaijani assassinated

  A corpse of citizen of Azerbaijan was found in Moscow on Sunday, November 30, near a house located in the Sportivny Proezd. The young man died from multiple knife wounds.

December 01, 2008 14:59

• Paper poll: Saakashvili is to blame for Georgia's problems

  The overwhelming majority of the population of Georgia believes that the President shall be made responsible for most of the problems faced by the country. These are the outcomes of the poll published on December 1 by the weekly named "Kviris Palitra" (Weekly Palette).

December 01, 2008 14:45

• Georgia's MIA states shelling of villages from South Ossetia's side

  Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia has stated that "last night the South-Ossetian party opened fire in direction of three villages in the Gori District." Earlier South Ossetia reported about bombardment of several villages from the Georgian Kveshi village on the previous night.

December 01, 2008 14:41

• The Economist: Russia's policy in the Caucasus threatens its own integrity

  The British weekly The Economist writes in its special report on Russia that the main reason of instability in the Caucasus is in Russia's colonial methods, which have altered little since the time of General Yermolov.

December 01, 2008 14:14

• Trial of Politkovskaya's murder suspended because witnesses fail to appear

  The process on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", has announced a break till 11:00 a.m. on December 2. Apart from two defendants' friends, none of the witnesses has appeared in the courtroom.

December 01, 2008 14:01

• In Dagestan, Farid Babaev's brother states pressure on murder witnesses

  Sedredin Kanberov, a new suspect in the murder case of Farid Babaev, Dagestan human rights activist and member of "Yabloko" Party, is in hiding, but his brother Ruzmedin Kanberov, who is an employee of the central machinery of the MIA, exerts pressure on the witnesses, said the casualty's brother Arthur Babaev.

November 29, 2008 13:48

• Okruashvili's suit against Georgia accepted for consideration in Strasbourg

  The European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg has accepted for proceedings the complaint lodged by former Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakliy Okruashvili, in which he protests against his arrest and subsequent court verdict.

November 29, 2008 13:47

• Georgia breaks diplomatic relations with Nicaragua

  Under the pretext that Nicaraguan authorities have recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia has broken diplomatic relations with this country.

November 29, 2008 13:41

• Supreme clergy of Armenia worried with encroachments on Armenian temples in Georgia

  The Supreme Spiritual Assembly of the Armenian Apostolic Church has expressed concern of recent facts of encroachment on the Armenian churches located in Georgia.

November 29, 2008 13:35

• Ingush President dissatisfied with living conditions of refugees from North Ossetia and Chechnya

  Yesterday, on November 28, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov visited the refugees from North Ossetia and Chechnya who live in the Republic. The leader was not happy with the conditions, in which they live.

November 29, 2008 13:33

• The seventh killed woman identified in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, inspectors have established the person of the young woman murdered today near the village of Enginoy.

November 29, 2008 13:29

• Kadyrov: no traditions are excuse for women's murderers

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that no traditions can exculpate the murderers of six women in Chechnya.

November 28, 2008 12:06

• Old woman kidnapped in Abkhazia

  Irina Meboniya, born in 1926, a resident of Nabakevi village, Gali District of Abkhazia, was kidnapped on the night of November 26 from her own house. The information about kidnapping arrived from her neighbours only today.

November 28, 2008 12:02

• Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continues recruiting jurymen for trial on Nalchik attack

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continued preliminary hearing on the case about the events on October 13, 2005. In the course of the sitting, the court was presented with motivated challenges of jury candidates lodged by accusation and defence. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Liza Shak, a defendants' advocate.

November 28, 2008 11:58

• Western diplomats visit journalist Einullah Fatullaev in Azerbaijani prison

  Today, a group of employees from the Western diplomatic missions in Baku made a visit to Penitentiary Establishment No. 12, located in Gyuzdek village, to meet Einullah Fatullaev, founder and editor-in-chief of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan".