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May 16, 2007 22:09

• Supreme Court confirms suspension of Khlebnikov's murder case

  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Russia has found legitimate the decision of Moscow City Court to suspend the proceedings of the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor of the Russian version of the Forbes Magazine.

May 15, 2007 22:48

• The so-called "Cadet" accused of tortures in Chechnya is left under arrest

  Today, the Octiabrskiy District Court of Grozny has left Sergey Lapin, former militia officer from the city of Nizhnevartovsk (radio call sign "Cadet"), accused of torturing Zelimkhan Murdalov, a "disappeared" resident of Chechnya, under arrest.

May 15, 2007 22:42

• Kokoity: authorities of South Ossetia do not block Georgian villages

  President Eduard Kokoity, making comments today on the statement of Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaideli on imposing the responsibility for the aggravated situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone on President of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), has stated: "South Ossetia has got used to Georgian authorities' accusations against the South-Ossetian party of any escalation of violence. However, the authorities of South Ossetia do not block any Georgian villages."

May 15, 2007 22:34

• The condition of children ill with unknown disease worsens in Ingushetia

  The state of health of the children in Ingushetia who have fallen ill with unknown disease is getting worse, and their relatives have to treat them for their own money. This is the topic of the complaint of the victims' relatives that has arrived to the "Chechen Committee for National Salvation."

May 15, 2007 22:31

• In Azerbaijan journalists were not let to trial on Farkhad Aliev's case

  Today, the Court for Grave Crimes, presided by Tofik Pashaev, has started preliminary consideration of the case of ex-Minister for Economic Development of Azerbaijan Farkhad Aliev, his brother Rafik Aliev and 18 more persons accused under different articles of the Criminal Code.

May 15, 2007 22:30

• Azerbaijan: police disperses a picket of journalists

  Today, about 50 journalists tried to hold a non-sanctioned picket in Sabir mini-garden in the centre of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

May 14, 2007 22:07

• Lawyers and human rights defenders see no reason in EC's program aimed to reduce claims from Russia

  The initiative of European Commission (EC) and the Council of Europe to reduce the number of complaints arriving to the European Court for Human Rights from Russia finds no enthusiasm in Russian human rights defenders and lawyers.

May 14, 2007 21:57

• Georgia: refugees from Chechnya demand exit to third countries

  Seven families of Chechen refugees from Pankisi Gorge, Georgia, have started a hunger strike in Tbilisi.

May 14, 2007 21:47

• Verdict on murder case of Imam of Kislovodsk mosques to be announced on May 18

  The announcement of the adjudication on the case of murdering Abubekir Kurdzhiev, Imam of the mosque of the city of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory) has been postponed till May 18, 11:00 a.m. Moscow time.

May 14, 2007 21:34

• Explosion in Kabardino-Balkaria regarded as preparation of terror act

  The cause of explosion in a garbage dump was detonation of a 1.5-litre plastic bottle filled with hexogen, sources at law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria have informed.

May 14, 2007 21:16

• Head of NCRW Branch department blown up in Dagestan

  In Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan, in Komintern Street, at 9 o'clock in the morning, when the service car of Omari Alilov, head of logistics department of Makhachkala Branch of the North-Caucasian Railways (NCRW), was on its route, a strong explosion burst out, as a result of which Mr. Alilov who was driving the car got heavy injuries of his both legs.

May 12, 2007 22:41

• Arrested journalists may be released in Azerbaijan

  The authorities of Azerbaijan are going to release the arrested journalists, in particular, Einullah Fatullaev and Sakit Mirza.

May 12, 2007 22:37

• Gannushkina: accusations against Chechens of preparing a terror act in Moscow are doubtful

  Svetlana Gannushkina, a well-known human rights activist, believes that the young people detained and taken to custody in connection with a mined car in Profsoyuznaya Street in Moscow are innocent.

May 12, 2007 22:35

• Safrastyan: Armenia can quit Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations

  Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, thinks that Azerbaijan is breaking the diplomatic ethics, and, therefore, it is senseless to speak about any progress in the negotiations on settling the conflict.

May 12, 2007 22:30

• South-Ossetian part of MCC: Sanakoevs and Karkusovs represent neither Ossetians, nor Georgians

  The South-Ossetian part of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC) for settling the Georgian-Ossetian conflict has disseminated a statement, which asserts that Mr. Sanakoev "has no real power."

May 12, 2007 22:26

• Suit against editor-in-chief of "Eni Musavat" recalled in Azerbaijan

  The Turkish TV-Channel "Kanal Turk" condemns the lawsuit against Rauf Arifoglu, editor-in-chief of the "Eni Musavat" newspaper.

May 11, 2007 23:23

• Dzhabrailov: European Commission will improve qualification of judges in Chechnya

  The Programme of the European Commission and the Council of Europe (CE) aimed to reduce the flow of complaints to the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) from Russia implies non-acceptance of the so-called insignificant cases caused by minor offences.

May 11, 2007 23:12

• Hearings of the case of Ingush militiamen start in Kabardino-Balkaria

  It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has started a preliminary session on the case of Ingush militiamen.

May 11, 2007 22:57

• "Kommersant": Armenian authorities intend to severely suppress actions of mass discontent

  Tomorrow, Armenia will hold parliamentary elections.

May 11, 2007 22:28

• Power agents from Beslan can be amnestied

  The case of the three heads of the Pravoberezhny ROVD, accused of criminal negligence that has entailed mass death of people during the terror act in School No. 1 of Beslan, can be stopped under the amnesty declared by the State Duma.