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April 09, 2007 23:44

• Abkhazia refutes robbery of UN mission

  The Galskiy District Office of the UN Mission to Abkhazia was not exposed to any plunders, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" was informed today by Vadim Mysnik, Public Relations Officer of the Mission of UN Military Observers.

April 09, 2007 23:40

• Investigation of criminal case against Centre "T" employees suspended in Kabardino-Balkaria

  It has become known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" from the sources at the Office of Public Prosecutor of the city of Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, that the criminal case against Centre "T" under Article "Abuse of Office Powers with Use of Violence and Special Means" was suspended, since the personalities of the offenders had not been identified.

April 09, 2007 23:35

• US Department of State: Azerbaijan gives no care to human rights

  The US Department of State has disseminated a report on the situation with human rights and democracy in the world entitled "Support of Human Rights and Democracy in 2006." The report states that restrictions of mass media rights and prosecution of journalists took place in many countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Balkans.

April 09, 2007 22:19

• Politkovskaya's son asks life imprisonment for his mother's killers

  Ilya, journalist Anna Politkovskaya's son thinks that his mother's assassins deserve life imprisonment.

April 09, 2007 22:13

• Search of Moscow banker's relatives lost in Chechnya was fruitless

  So far, the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have failed to identify the whereabouts of the brothers of Abubakar Arsamakov, president of the Moscow Industrial Bank, and a man who accompanied them, who all disappeared two months ago.

April 08, 2007 12:19

• "Reporters without Borders" see no progress in investigating Politkovskaya's murder

  The international organization "Reporters without Borders" has expressed its discontent with the course of investigation into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

April 07, 2007 22:40

• UN mission plundered in Abkhazia

  Today morning, an attack was made on the UN mission in the Galskiy District of Abkhazia.

April 07, 2007 22:20

• Militiamen's rally against corruption in MIA to be held in Dagestan

  On April 8, militiamen intend to hold a meeting in the central square of Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan, in protest against corruption in law enforcement bodies.

April 07, 2007 22:10

• Masis Mailyan is ready to stand for Nagorny Karabakh presidency

  Mr. Masis Mailyan, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Nagorny Karabakh, is ready to run for the post of the president of the Nagorny-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

April 07, 2007 22:00

• Ingushetian residents, detained by North-Ossetian militia, are suspected of smuggling gold

  On March 29, at the exit check point of the city of Nazran, Ingush militiamen stopped a group of "UBOP" (Unit to Fight Organized Crime) workers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia who tried to take out their two detainees from the territory of Ingushetia to Vladikavkaz.

April 06, 2007 22:16

• NCO's lawyers give lectures on children's rights in Stavropol Territory

  Lawyers of the Stavropol Regional Public Charitable Organization (SRPCO) "Faith, Hope, Love" continue to give lectures on the rights, duties and responsibilities of children at children's institutions, Anastasia Ponomaryova, PR specialist of the SRPCO "Faith, Hope, Love," has told today the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."

April 06, 2007 22:11

• Armenia is afraid that USA-Iran war will affect South Caucasian countries

  Artashes Gegamyan, Chairman of the Party of "National Unity," has stated that Armenia should take today a clearer stand instead of being a mere observer in the American-Iranian opposition.

April 06, 2007 22:10

• Picket in support of citizens' suffrage is held in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

  The Government House of Karachaevo-Cherkessia is surrounded by power agents who have blocked the adjacent square from the picketers who came there from the city of Karachaevsk.

April 06, 2007 22:08

• Criminal case of two earlier amnestied militants delivered to Chechnya's Supreme Court

  The Investigatory Department of the Chief Administration of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation for the South Federal District (SFD) has completed the enquiry into the criminal case in relation to two Chechen separatists - Shirvani Gatsaev and Mokhdan Elgakaev.

April 06, 2007 22:05

• Head of Abkhazian MFA: UN Security Council supports Georgia

  Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, considers his ban to take part in the session of the UN Security Council as an evidence of the Councils biased position, since the Security Council has ignored the right of one of the parties in the conflict to be listened to.

April 05, 2007 23:53

• Human rights defenders ask Bush to explain his meeting with the general accused of tortures in Chechnya

  Today, the leading Russian human rights organizations have demanded from US president George Bush to give explanations concerning his meeting in the White House with the general accused by the public of mass violations of human rights in Chechnya.

April 05, 2007 23:50

• Emir Hirullah killed in Chechnya, his militants searched

  An operation is underway in the Vedenskiy District of the Chechen Republic aimed to search militants from the squad of Suleiman Imurzaev (Hirullah), killed in the morning on April 4 in the vicinity of the settlement of Egishbatoj.

April 05, 2007 23:46

• Chechen lady's suit costs Russia 65,000 euro

  Today, the European Court for Human Rights has found Russian authorities guilty of kidnapping and murdering a person in Chechnya.

April 05, 2007 22:24

• Militaries who shot women in Chechnya are on trial

  Investigators of the Military Office of Public Prosecutor of the United Force Grouping (UFG) in North Caucasus continue their enquiry into the incident that occurred on March 24 in the high-mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya.

April 05, 2007 22:18

• Kadyrov's presidency taken ambiguously in Chechnya

  Today, Ramzan Kadyrov has officially entered the post of the president of the Chechen Republic. Many people in Chechnya are positively assessing Kadyrov's activities in his position, however, there are many of those who stick to a different point of view.