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October 11, 2008 15:09

• Azeri opposition calls on the population to ignore elections

  Today, the forum of opposition parties has called on Azeri voters to ignore the October 15 presidential election. The opposition already considers the election undemocratic.

October 11, 2008 13:50

• A shop selling alcohol exploded in Ingushetia

  On October 10 around midnight, unknown persons exploded the shop "Baltika" selling alcoholic beverage in the village of Ordzhonikidze, Sunzhensk district, Ingushetia. No one suffered.

October 11, 2008 13:04

• Chechen residents to elect new Parliament on October 12

  Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Chechnya, has called on the republic's population to be active in the course of October 12 election of the parliament of second convocation and expressed his confidence that the election will be held "on a high level".

October 11, 2008 10:59

• South Ossetia residents filed 2,729 suits to the European Court

  By October 9, the European Court for Human Rights has received 2,729 applications of South Ossetia residents against Georgia.

October 10, 2008 12:09

• In Dagestan, journalists of "Nastoyaschee Vremya" appeal against Judicial Board's decision

  The journalists of the Dagestan weekly magazine named "Nastoyaschee Vremya" (Present Time) have appealed against the decision of the Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of Dagestan on cancelling the criminal case against Rizvan Rizvanov, Director General of the enterprise-founder.

October 10, 2008 12:06

• MIA of Dagestan asserts that they don't sell bodies of killed terrorists to relatives

  Today, the head of the press-service of Dagestanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has refuted the statements that the bodies of the terrorists, who had been liquidated during special operations, and not subject to issuance for burial, are sold by militiamen to relatives.

October 10, 2008 12:02

• "Memorial" presents a report on preconditions of armed revolt in Nalchik in 2005

  Today, the Moscow Independent Press Centre held a press conference - presentation of the report prepared by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and entitled: "Kabardino-Balkaria: On the Way to Catastrophe. Preconditions Armed Revolt in Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005". The report is based on 3 years of field work in Kabardino-Balkaria, interviews with local residents, power agencies and representatives of the authorities.

October 10, 2008 11:39

• In Ingushetia, power agents search the house of oppositionist Maksharip Aushev

  In Nazran, law enforcement bodies are searching the house of Maksharip Aushev, one of the leaders of the opposition in Ingushetia and owner of web resource "Ingushetia.Ru" (now "Ingushetia.Org"), as was reported today by Magomed Khazbiev, another Ingush oppositionist and human rights activist.

October 10, 2008 11:36

• "Afghans" on hunger strike in Dagestan would not give up their claims

  Today is the fifth day of the hunger-strike started by 50 Afghan war veterans in the capital of Dagestan, which have resorted to this measure to draw attention to their problems, first of all to provision of housing to them according to federal legislation. The hunger-strikers drink only water.

October 10, 2008 11:30

• Militia kept passive during disorders in Kondopoga, witness asserts

  Witness Sergey Mozgalyov stated to the Supreme Court of Karelia, which is considering the case of Caucasian natives who had initiated a mass fight at the "Chaika" restaurant that during the disorders in Kondopoga militia kept close to the events but chose not to interfere.

October 09, 2008 13:23

• Trial of participants of attack on Nalchik drags out in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the suit of the participants of the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, is protracted. According to defendants' relatives, many of them are already sick.

October 09, 2008 13:19

• Advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria declares violation of his client's rights in Stavropol Territory

  Elena Bairamkulova, lawyer of the Kabardino-Balkarian Bar, who is defending Rustam Karanashev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, detained on September 24 in Stavropol Territory, has filed a complaint to the Predgorny District Court of this Territory on violation of the right for legal defence, as stipulated by the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure in relation to her client, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 09, 2008 13:15

• European Court finds Russia unable to protect citizens from AP landmines in Chechnya

  Today, the European Court for Human Rights has passed its decision on the case "Albekov et al versus Russian Federation" and recognized Russia guilty of inability to enforce its liabilities to defend Russian citizens in Chechnya, who perish from antipersonnel (AP) landmines.

October 09, 2008 13:12

• Ingush court refuses to re-qualify Evloev's death into murder

  The Sunzha District Court of Ingushetia has refused to re-qualify the criminal case on the fact of death of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", from Article "Causing death by inadvertence" into Article "Murder".

October 09, 2008 13:09

• In Chechnya, seven families of forced migrants ousted out of TAC

  Seven families were evicted from the Temporary Accommodation Centre (TAC) of forced migrants located in the Leninskiy District of Grozny. They have neither housing facilities nor opportunities to rent such.

October 08, 2008 14:01

• Memorial party "Two years without Politkovskaya" held in Moscow

  On October 6, on the eve of the second anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the conference hall of the International Society "Memorial" hosted a party in memory of the journalist. The hall was packed. Anna's big portrait was decorated by three roses - two red and a white ones, as if she was still alive. The organizers of the event were the Society "Memorial" and the "Caucasian Knot".

October 08, 2008 13:48

• "Afghans" go on hunger strike in Dagestan

  In Makhachkala, former participants of warfare in Afghanistan have gone on hunger strike demanding that the authorities of the Republic pay attention to their housing problems.

October 08, 2008 13:45

• Russia reports pre-schedule withdrawal of peacekeepers from the buffer zone around South Ossetia

  Russia has achieved pre-schedule removal of all peacekeeping observation posts from the southern border of South-Ossetian safety zone, said General-Major Marat Kulakhmetov, commander of the peacekeeping forces in the Georgian-South-Ossetian conflict zone.

October 08, 2008 13:41

• Kesaeva: objective investigation into Beslan events will contribute to war on terror

  Today, Ella Kesaeva, co-chair of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan", has returned from Warsaw, where she presented the report named "Methods of Fighting Terrorism" and 2600 signatures in support of international investigation of the Beslan terror act, which were gathered during the mourning actions on the 4th anniversary of the tragedy in School No. 1.

October 08, 2008 13:23

• Ingushetian MIA: nobody charged of Magomed Evloev's murder

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia has no information about any accusations presented to Ibragim Evloev, head of the guard of the Minister of Internal Affairs, in connection with the death of Magomed Evloev, owner of an oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru" (now "Ingushetia.Org"), as reported by a spokesman of the MIA's press service.