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June 04, 2009 21:00

• Olympic construction threatens to poison Sochi residents with mercury, authorities unaware

  The city of Sochi stands on deposits of mercury ore; and its chaotic build-up without due geological surveys can lead to emission of mercury vapours to the surface and result in tragedy. Nadezhda Didenko, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences and scientific secretary of the Sochi branch of the Russian Geographical Society told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it. So far, the authorities of Sochi know nothing about it, but promise to address the issue.

June 04, 2009 20:00

• Arthur Babaev: criminal case of "Yabloko" leader assassinated in Dagestan can get ruined

  Arthur Babaev, brother of Farid Babaev, leader of the Republic's branch of the Russian "Yabloko" Party, who was killed in Dagestan, does not exclude that the murder criminal case can be closed. Dokka Itslaev, advocate for the Babaevs, said that the direct gunman can escape punishment.

June 04, 2009 19:00

• In Ingushetia, prosecution party in "case of twelve" demands trial without jury

  At the session on June 3 of the court considering a group of suspected participants in the attack on Ingushetia in summer of 2004, the prosecution moved a petition to consider the case without jurymen. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by one of the participants in the litigation.

June 04, 2009 18:00

• Special commission to gather information about disappearances in 1992 in Prigorodny District

  A special commission in charge of investigating the fates of missing residents of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia has started its work with collecting all relevant information; then, it will move to localities.

June 03, 2009 23:50

• Moscow City Court releases militiamen who stopped fight with participation of Chechen natives

  Today, the Moscow City Court has cancelled the decision to arrest militiamen from the OVD (Interior Department) "Mitino", accused by four natives of Chechnya of beating them in a Moscow cafe. The Court has sent the arrest petition submitted by the investigation to the Tushino District Court for re-consideration.

June 03, 2009 23:30

• Ismail Khamkhoev kidnapped in Ingushetia found dead in Chechnya

  Ismail Khamkhoev, 39, kidnapped on April 28 by unidentified persons in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village of Ingushetia, was found dead in Chechnya. He was buried on June 1.

June 03, 2009 23:00

• ICPO: a MIA agent kidnapped and killed a local resident in Ingushetia

  Mustafa Iliev, an employee of the MIA on the Republic of Ingushetia, will face justice for kidnapping and murdering a human. This was reported by the Investigatory Department (ID) for Ingushetia of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.

June 03, 2009 22:20

• Ingushetia: camp of Chechen refugees left without electricity

  The Ingush refugees' camp in Karabulak named "Sozidanie" (Creation) housing over 150 forced migrants from Chechnya was left without electricity supply. The refugees view it as an attempt to evict them.

June 03, 2009 22:10

• A child of five who disappeared on May 30 in Chechnya is searched

  In Grozny, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) are searching a boy of five who disappeared on May 30 under unclear circumstances. It is supposed that the boy could get drowned in Sunzha River.

June 03, 2009 21:00

• Dagestan: soldier spends five years in slavery

  Soldier Anton Kuznetsov, who was considered missing for five years, has returned from Dagestan to the Lipetsk Region. According to his story, he has spent all this time in slavery, where he had been sold by commanders of his unit.

June 03, 2009 20:00

• AI awards imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev

  The Amnesty International (AI) has awarded its prestigious prize "For journalism under threat" to Einullah Fatullaev, founder and editor-in-chief of newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan" (Azerbaijan Daily), now serving his term in prison.

June 03, 2009 19:00

• Konstantinova: militia detains Gipsies in Volzhsk, Volgograd Region

  Starting from April 10, plenty of Gypsies have been detained in the city of Volzhsk, Volgograd Region. Elena Konstantinova, leader of the Volgograd Regional NGO in defence of Gipsy women's rights named "Congress of Romany Women - Juvlicano Romano Congresso", has made this statement in her conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 03, 2009 18:00

• Death case of Evloev, owner of "Ingushetia.Ru", to be considered by another judge

  Representatives of the family of Magomed Evloev, deceased former owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", report that the judge of the Nazran Court of Ingushetia, who earlier considered Evloev's death case, has accepted his self-disqualification, on which relatives had insisted.

June 02, 2009 23:50

• SKP claims the second militant killed during special operation in Nalchik identified

  Officers of the Investigating Department of Russian SKP in Kabardino-Balkaria claim they have identified the second militant killed in the course of the May 28 special operation in Nalchik.

June 02, 2009 23:10

• Picketers detained in Sochi on May 14 are not satisfied with the prosecutor's response

  The persons detained in Sochi on May 14 while holding individual pickets are not satisfied with the response of the city Central District prosecutor who failed to register violations in the militia actions at detaining them.

June 02, 2009 23:00

• Azeri police prevents anti-Iranian action of protest

  Today, the police forces have prevented activists of the "Musavat" party from holding a picket in front of the Iranian embassy in Baku in protest against violations in that country of the rights of ethnic Azerbaijanis.

June 02, 2009 22:20

• Two persons arrested on the suspicion of falsifying the election of Yerevan mayor

  On June 1, Norair Eghiazarian, member of a polling district at constituency No 8, and Armen Oganian, elector of the same district, were arrested in Armenia under the criminal proceedings initiated upon facts of violations in the course of May 31 election to the Elders' Quorum.

June 02, 2009 22:00

• Dzhussoyev claims the number of electors in South Ossetia seriously overestimated

  The South Ossetia CEC has falsified the number of 56,000 electors who took part in the parliamentary election on May 31, there are less than 20,000 people in the entire republic, states Albert Dzhussoyev, one of the opposition leaders, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 02, 2009 21:10

• Newspaper "Batumelebi" issued in Adzharia to be granted the Bucerius prize

  On June 3, the independent newspaper "Batumelebi" issued in Adzharia (Georgia) is to receive the Gerd Bucerius Prize "Free Press of Eastern Europe" founded by the Norwegian foundation "Freedom of Speech" and the German foundation "ZEIT-Stiftung". The chief editor of the newspaper is already in Oslo where the award ceremony is to be held.

June 02, 2009 20:00

• Armenia president issues instruction to prepare information on the amnesty conditions

  During the June 2 meeting, Armenian president Serge Sargsian issued an instruction to the law enforcement officers to submit their proposals on the conditions of and legal grounds for the amnesty of political prisoners before June 15.