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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

November 11, 2008 12:57

  • Chechens commemorate banker Arsamakov's brothers, who disappeared in 2007

    The village of Alkhan-Kala, Grozny District of Chechnya, hosted a commemoration party (tezet) of Yunus and Yusup Arsamakov, brothers of the well-known Moscow banker Abubakar Arsamakov; the brothers were kidnapped last February and until recently were regarded as missing. Their relatives cherished hopes that they are alive.

November 11, 2008 12:51

  • South Ossetia: Kozaev brothers' case. Part 2

    The video material entitled "Kozaev brothers' case. Part 2", filmed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent continues the story of Kozaev brothers, who were detained on August 9 by securities of South-Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity in Dzhava village, South Ossetia.

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  • "Chernovik" journalist attacked in Dagestan

    Alexander Polyakov, sports correspondent of the "Chernovik" (Blueprint) newspaper, was beaten in the doorway of the apartment block where he lives in Makhachkala in the afternoon on November 9, at about 4 p.m. According to the victim, when he went up the stairs to his apartment, two unknown persons were coming down; they started beating him with no words. Alexander Polyakov received numerous traumas of his head and has been hospitalized; now his life is out of danger.

November 10, 2008 14:25

  • Belassain: serious troubles with human rights in Georgia

    Suer Belassain, President of the International Federation of Human Rights, asserts that the current situation with defence of human rights in Georgia is extremely complicated. She told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it in her interview on November 10 in Tbilisi after the FIDH regional seminar "National, Regional and International Legal Remedies for Victims of Human Rights Violations".

November 10, 2008 14:20

  • Reopening of "Abu Bekr" Mosque in Azerbaijan is still questionable

    Restart of operation of "Abu Bekr" Mosque in Baku will depend on the results of the investigation now conducted by law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan after the armed attack on the Mosque. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that this was stated today at a press conference by Idayat Orudzhev, head of the State Committee for Working with Religious Structures (SCWRS) of Azerbaijan.

November 10, 2008 14:16

  • Chechnya ambiguous to disbandment of "Vostok" and "Zapad"

    People in Chechnya have differently perceived the news that the special battalions "Vostok" (East) and "Zapad" (West) subordinate to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff (GRU) of the Russian Ministry of Defence will be disbanded. Although many residents treated these subdivisions negatively enough, others believe that the battalions were dissolved to please President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

November 10, 2008 14:10

  • MPs offer reduction of land area alienated for Sochi Olympic sites

    The total area of the land plots in Sochi bought out for construction of 2014 Olympic objects can be reduced. A group of Deputies from "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) faction has brought in a bill to the State Duma, under which the state can take, till January 1, 2014, the land plots owned by Sochi citizens into restricted use for construction of Olympic objects.

November 10, 2008 00:05

  • FIDH Final declaration on Georgia

    We, FIDH member and partner organizations express our support to human rights defenders and to civil society representatives working in Georgia, and share their concerns about human rights violations and shortcomings in Georgia.

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  • Rostov-on-Don holds First Southern Venture Fair

    The First Southern Venture Fair has presented innovations from Rostov-on-Don, Novocherkassk, Taganrog, Volgodonsk, Shakhty, Volgograd, Stavropol, Makhachkala and Elista. They covered the sectors of construction, medicine and medical equipment, telecommunications, information technologies and chemical industry.

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  • RRs want to participate in Iran-Armenia railway

    The Company "Russian Railways" (RRs) is ready to take part in construction of the Iran-Armenia railway in the capacity of project contractor, should Armenia, Iran and Russia agree on the project terms, as Vladimir Yakunin, President of the RRs, told journalists.

November 08, 2008 11:14

Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

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