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January 11, 2007 22:40

• Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has sentenced members of jama'at "Yarmuk"

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has announced its verdict to two members of jama'at "Yarmuk."

January 10, 2007 23:42

• Criminal case on torturing detainees by power agents is investigated in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Anzor Emkuzhev, investigator of the prosecutor's office of the city of Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, has informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that the criminal case initiated against the members of the Republic's Administration for Fighting Organized Crime (Centre "T") under the Article "Excess of service duties with use of violence and special means" is at the stage of preliminary investigation.

January 10, 2007 23:39

• "MK" has erroneously accused physical culture teacher of seizing Beslan school

  Ruslan Demilkhanov, whose photo was published by the "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" newspaper with a comment that he is "a good sniper" and 33rd militant allegedly attracted by Yunus Matsiev to capturing Beslan school on September 1, 2004, "shot from nothing more than a children's catapult."

January 10, 2007 22:47

• Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan demand guarantees of safety

  The Board of Chechen Refugees in Azerbaijan has addressed Mr. Anthoniu Gutterish, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, to draw attention of the international community to the "trend of serious aggravation of situation with Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan.

January 10, 2007 22:46

• "MAShR": Russia is illegally jailing convicts of crimes in North Caucasus

  Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization "MAShR," has addressed the Spanish authorities not to extradite Murad Gasaev, an earlier detained resident of the Republic of Ingushetia.

January 10, 2007 22:39

• Parents of the person declared by the "MK" a participant of Beslan school seizure will suit the paper

  The parents of Ruslan Demilkhanov, whose photo was published by the "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" ("MK") in an article stating that he was the 33rd militant, allegedly attracted by Yunus Matsiev to Beslan school capture on September 1, 2004, have promised to move to court on collection of moral damage from the "MK" and to send a letter to the paper. Ruslan Badalov, president of the Chechen Committee for National Salvage (CCNS) told about it to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."

January 09, 2007 22:55

• Journalists intend to boost investigation of Anna Politkovskaya's murder

  Journalists' investigation of Anna Politkovskaya's murder "committed in February will be full-scale unfolded," Dmitri Muratov, Editor-in-Chief of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, has stated on live air of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio Station.

January 09, 2007 22:49

• Human rights defenders: "MK" accuses a guiltless man of Beslan school seizure

  On December 25, 2006, the "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" ("MK") newspaper published an article "33rd Beslan Militant" signed by journalist Vadim Rechkalov.

January 09, 2007 20:30

• Jury of Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria announced verdict to members of "Yarmuk" jama'at

  Lawyer Tatiana Psomiadi has informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that announcement of a verdict to two members of the "Yarmuk" jama'at has taken place at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria.

January 09, 2007 20:28

• Strasbourg will consider the murder of Chechnya resident

  Today, the International Department of the Committee Against Tortures has lodged a complaint to the European Court for Human Rights on behalf of Aslan Dovletukaev, a resident of Chechnya.

January 09, 2007 20:22

• Verdict on terror acts in Moscow Metro will be made on February 2

  Today, after the last word of the defendants on the case of acts of terrorism in Moscow Metro, the Moscow City Court has appointed the adjudgement of the sentence on February 2.

January 08, 2007 20:18

• The USA help Armenia to fight trafficking

  Within the framework of the Programme "Fighting Trafficking in Armenia," 25 victims of trafficking have been rendered medical, psychological and legal aid.

January 08, 2007 20:07

• Trial of Giorgadze supporters to start in Georgia within a month

  The investigation is over on the case of twelve supporters of Igor Giorgadze. They are accused of an attempt of an armed revolt in Georgia.

January 08, 2007 20:05

• Daily Mirror: Scotland Yard has found Litvinenko's killers

  British detectives are sure that they now know who killed ex-FSB colonel Alexander Litvinenko.

January 08, 2007 20:03

• Militia station shelled from grenade launcher in Ingushetia

  In the village of Troitskaya, the building of local militia unit was shelled from a grenade launcher, the Ingushetian law enforcement bodies have reported.

January 08, 2007 20:00

• Cases on Kondopoga disorders to arrive to court in February

  Investigation of the case on the fight near the "Chaika" restaurant in Kondopoga is over, Piotr Klemeshev, deputy public prosecutor of Karelia has stated.

January 06, 2007 22:17

• Scotland Yard is almost ready to disclose the killers of Litvinenko

  The British investigators have come close to naming the suspects of murdering the former Russia's FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko.

January 06, 2007 22:15

• Russia will go on with its peacekeeping mission in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has made a statement on situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

January 06, 2007 22:13

• In 2006, Russia deported five thousand Azerbaijani and Georgian citizens each

  Konstantin Romodanovskiy, Director of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia, has stated on air of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio Station that FMS had not undertaken any punitive measures in relation to Georgians when deporting illegal migrants from Russia.

January 06, 2007 22:10

• Two Azerbaijani soldiers are still in Armenian captivity

  Two soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army - Samid Mamedov and Eldaniz Nuriev, captured by the Armenian party on December 25 and December 31, accordingly, are still in Armenian captivity. The former is kept in Armenia, the latter - in Nagorny Karabakh.