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October 06, 2008 18:25

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, court on the case about attack on Nalchik will continue selecting jurymen

  The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has rejected the petition of the prosecution asking to change the territorial jurisdiction of the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by advocate Elizabeth Shak.

October 06, 2008 18:22

• Two cars shelled in Ingushetia, one person killed

  In the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, unidentified persons have shelled the car with Anzor Zyazikov, legal adviser of the factory of antenna-mast structures, and his passenger. Mr Zyazikov did not suffer, but the passenger was shot dead.

October 06, 2008 18:19

• Four persons are suspected as customers of Politkovskaya's murder

  Petros Garibyan, leading inspector in the case, senior inspector for especially important cases of the Investigatory Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office, has stated that from two to four persons are suspected as customers of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

October 06, 2008 18:16

• This year, 108 persons, including Caucasian natives, became victims of racism in Russia

  The Moscow Human Rights Bureau has disseminated a report according to which this year xenophobia has killed 108 persons, natives from the Caucasus among them.

October 06, 2008 18:13

• Investigatory Committee: death of oppositionist Evloev in Ingushetia was occasional

  The Chief Administration of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office for the Southern Federal District has come to conclusion that the reason of the death of Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru" (now "Ingushetia.Org") was an unintentional shot from a pistol made by one of the militiamen who escorted Evloev.

October 06, 2008 18:10

• Woman-human rights defender from Chechnya nominated to Nobel Peace Prize

  One of the main candidates for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize is Russian human rights activist Lydia Yusupova who worked in Chechnya and till 2006 headed the branch of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" in Grozny.

October 06, 2008 18:02

• Gagloeva: this year, seven cars exploded in South Ossetia

  From the beginning of 2008, in South Ossetia, seven terror acts were committed, for which automobiles brought in from territory of Georgia were used. Irina Gagloeva, head of the Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia, told about it.

October 04, 2008 23:25

• Rally against Olympic construction to be held in Imereti Valley

  The rally will be directed mainly against construction of a cargo port in the Imereti Valley. In the opinion of the organizers, the construction is illegal.

October 04, 2008 22:15

• Nagorno-Karabakh to do no concessions to Armenia for the sake of Turkey

  The Karabakh politicians are afraid that Armenia, in exchange for unblocking the border by Turkey, will be ready to concede the territories around the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District, nowadays under the jurisdiction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); but they are not going to give up the idea of independence of NKR.

October 04, 2008 20:09

• In Azerbaijan, "Abu-Bekr" Mosque litigates with authorities

  On October 3, the Nariman Court of Baku accepted to proceedings the claim of Gammet Suleimanov, Imam of "Abu-Bekr" Mosque, lodged against the Police Department of the Nariman District of the capital of Azerbaijan.

October 04, 2008 19:03

• Chechnya to celebrate the 420th anniversary of relations with Russia till the end of the year

  The events dedicated to the 420th anniversary of neighbourhood relations between the peoples of Russia and Chechnya will continue in the Chechen Republic till the end of the year.

October 04, 2008 18:59

• Ingushetia holds counterterrorist operation

  Today in the morning, a counterterrorist operation was announced in Ingushetia, in the Gamursiev Municipal District of the city of Nazran. The militia has stated that they looked for militants.

October 04, 2008 15:36

• Chief of peacekeepers' staff killed by explosion in South Ossetia

  On October 3, as a result of a powerful explosion in Tskhinvali, Colonel Ivan Petrik, chief of the united staff of peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone, was lost. He was killed by splinters in his study; the car exploded right under his window.

October 04, 2008 15:08

• Centre of the capital of Chechnya blocked by militia

  In the centre of the capital of Chechnya, employees of power agencies have completely blocked the streets leading to the Victory Avenue, the solemn opening of which after reconstruction was appointed for October 5. Reinforced militia units have blocked all the access routes to the central street of Grozny.

October 04, 2008 14:23

• Fight on corruption gains momentum in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Over forty cases against corruption have been initiated in Kabardino-Balkaria within the recent six months. However, the war on corruption is still much smaller than the spread of the phenomenon; the struggle needs essential activation.

October 04, 2008 11:31

• Nasibyan: elections in Azerbaijan will be no help to Karabakh settlement

  After presidential election in Azerbaijan, it will be much easier to settle such complicated issues like the Karabakh problem, believes Mary Jovanovich, new US ambassador to Armenia. Meanwhile, experts in Nagorno-Karabakh think that the election could not be democratic.

October 04, 2008 10:52

• Rudomakha: participation of State Duma in "ecologization" of Sochi Olympiad will be helpful, if they pass over from words to actions

  Participation of such serious agencies like the Committee for Natural Resources, Nature Management and Ecology of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the process of "ecologization" of Olympiad-2014 can become useful, since not only the public should be anxious of all this, believes Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus.

October 03, 2008 12:09

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria detained in Stavropol Territory are beaten

  Three residents of Kabardino-Balkaria detained on September 24 in Stavropol Territory under suspicion of participating in attack on Republic's power agencies are exposed to beatings. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by advocate Elena Bairamkulova, who is defending one of the detainees - Rustam Karanashev, born in 1982, a resident of Stary Cherek village, Urvan District.

October 03, 2008 11:03

• Native of Ingushetia Khamkhoev denies "Beslan trace" in his kidnapping

  Magomed Khamkhoev, a native of Ingushetia, rejects any "Beslan trace" in his kidnapping and only marks that his kidnappers spoke Ossetian and Russian.

October 03, 2008 10:59

• Committee against Torture: in Chechnya, tortures are widespread

  The Council of Europe is dissatisfied with low efficiency of Russia's internal investigation of the incidents, which make the grounds for filing complaints by residents of the Chechen Republic to the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.