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October 04, 2008 23:25

• Rally against Olympic construction to be held in Imereti Valley

  The rally will be directed mainly against construction of a cargo port in the Imereti Valley. In the opinion of the organizers, the construction is illegal.

October 04, 2008 22:15

• Nagorno-Karabakh to do no concessions to Armenia for the sake of Turkey

  The Karabakh politicians are afraid that Armenia, in exchange for unblocking the border by Turkey, will be ready to concede the territories around the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District, nowadays under the jurisdiction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); but they are not going to give up the idea of independence of NKR.

October 04, 2008 20:09

• In Azerbaijan, "Abu-Bekr" Mosque litigates with authorities

  On October 3, the Nariman Court of Baku accepted to proceedings the claim of Gammet Suleimanov, Imam of "Abu-Bekr" Mosque, lodged against the Police Department of the Nariman District of the capital of Azerbaijan.

October 04, 2008 19:03

• Chechnya to celebrate the 420th anniversary of relations with Russia till the end of the year

  The events dedicated to the 420th anniversary of neighbourhood relations between the peoples of Russia and Chechnya will continue in the Chechen Republic till the end of the year.

October 04, 2008 18:59

• Ingushetia holds counterterrorist operation

  Today in the morning, a counterterrorist operation was announced in Ingushetia, in the Gamursiev Municipal District of the city of Nazran. The militia has stated that they looked for militants.

October 04, 2008 15:36

• Chief of peacekeepers' staff killed by explosion in South Ossetia

  On October 3, as a result of a powerful explosion in Tskhinvali, Colonel Ivan Petrik, chief of the united staff of peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone, was lost. He was killed by splinters in his study; the car exploded right under his window.

October 04, 2008 15:08

• Centre of the capital of Chechnya blocked by militia

  In the centre of the capital of Chechnya, employees of power agencies have completely blocked the streets leading to the Victory Avenue, the solemn opening of which after reconstruction was appointed for October 5. Reinforced militia units have blocked all the access routes to the central street of Grozny.

October 04, 2008 14:23

• Fight on corruption gains momentum in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Over forty cases against corruption have been initiated in Kabardino-Balkaria within the recent six months. However, the war on corruption is still much smaller than the spread of the phenomenon; the struggle needs essential activation.

October 04, 2008 11:31

• Nasibyan: elections in Azerbaijan will be no help to Karabakh settlement

  After presidential election in Azerbaijan, it will be much easier to settle such complicated issues like the Karabakh problem, believes Mary Jovanovich, new US ambassador to Armenia. Meanwhile, experts in Nagorno-Karabakh think that the election could not be democratic.

October 04, 2008 10:52

• Rudomakha: participation of State Duma in "ecologization" of Sochi Olympiad will be helpful, if they pass over from words to actions

  Participation of such serious agencies like the Committee for Natural Resources, Nature Management and Ecology of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the process of "ecologization" of Olympiad-2014 can become useful, since not only the public should be anxious of all this, believes Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus.

October 03, 2008 12:09

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria detained in Stavropol Territory are beaten

  Three residents of Kabardino-Balkaria detained on September 24 in Stavropol Territory under suspicion of participating in attack on Republic's power agencies are exposed to beatings. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by advocate Elena Bairamkulova, who is defending one of the detainees - Rustam Karanashev, born in 1982, a resident of Stary Cherek village, Urvan District.

October 03, 2008 11:03

• Native of Ingushetia Khamkhoev denies "Beslan trace" in his kidnapping

  Magomed Khamkhoev, a native of Ingushetia, rejects any "Beslan trace" in his kidnapping and only marks that his kidnappers spoke Ossetian and Russian.

October 03, 2008 10:59

• Committee against Torture: in Chechnya, tortures are widespread

  The Council of Europe is dissatisfied with low efficiency of Russia's internal investigation of the incidents, which make the grounds for filing complaints by residents of the Chechen Republic to the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.

October 03, 2008 10:57

• European Court finds Russia guilty of two teenagers' deaths in Chechnya in 2000

  The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of "supposed deaths" of two Chechen teenagers, whom nobody ever saw again after their detention by OMON (Special Militia) fighters in June 2000. According to the verdict, Russia shall pay out 74,000 euros of compensation to their mothers.

October 03, 2008 10:53

• Advocate for Magomed Evloev, murdered in Ingushetia, refuses to get acquainted with case files

  The murder case of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", oppositional to the Ingush authorities, will go to the court in the near future.

October 03, 2008 10:45

• Criminal case to be opened as "Terrorism" on the fact of explosion in South Ossetia

  Today at 4:45 p.m. a VAZ car blew up in the territory of the headquarters of the peacekeeping forces in Tskhinvali. Seven persons were killed by the explosion and seven more wounded, two of them are in hospital in a grave condition.

October 03, 2008 10:41

• Georgian MFA: Somalia wouldn't recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The authorities of Somalia refute the information about their intent to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia with reference to a missive from Somalia's diplomatic department.

October 02, 2008 12:58

• Ecologists ask Putin's help in updating Sochi general plan

  On October 1, ecological organizations sent an appeal to Chairman of Russian Government Vladimir Putin about a great number of ecologically unacceptable solutions in the draft general plan of the city of Sochi. They assert that a significant part of these solutions are in conflict with the current legislation of Russia.

October 02, 2008 12:51

• Azerbaijani MoD: Armenians break ceasefire again

  The press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports that on October 1-2 the Armenian party shelled the positions of the National Army of Azerbaijan in several directions at a time.

October 02, 2008 12:47

• Leader of Board of Elders of Balkar People beaten again in Nalchik

  Today, about 2 p.m. in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, an attack was made on Oyus Gurtuev, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the BEBP.