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14:20, 21 August 2007

People in Chechnya refute complete liquidation of separatists

The recent statement of General Dmitri Fomenko that all the militants' regiments have been liquidated in the territory of the Republic, and those remaining ones have moved to Ingushetia and Dagestan, is perceived by residents of the Chechen Republic as a bad joke.

14:12, 21 August 2007

David Ovannisyan: Iraqi Armenians are persecuted

David Ovannisyan, Plenipotentiary Ambassador and Associated Professor at the Division of Arabism of the Yerevan State University, has reported that recently the number of threats and kidnappings of Armenians in Iraq has increased.

14:03, 21 August 2007

Chairman of Board of Elders fined for holding a meeting in Kabardino-Balkaria

Ismail Sabanchiev, one of the organizers of the meeting in Nalchik (capital of Kabardino-Balkaria) on July 14, was brought to administrative responsibility by the Nalchik magistrate court.

13:54, 21 August 2007

Defendants in case on Kondopoga disorders plead partially guilty

Today, the Kondopoga City Court has started considering on the merits the case about mass disorders.

13:49, 21 August 2007

Arrested journalist asks to transfer him to another prison in Azerbaijan

Mirza Sakit (Zakhidov), a satirical journalist who is currently at a prison hospital, is complaining of his heavy custody conditions, non-observance of sanitary norms and remoteness of his custody.

12:06, 20 August 2007

Two suspects of blowing up the "Neva Express" detained

A source in the investigatory bodies of the region has reported today that two suspects of undermining the "Neva Express" train were detained in the Novgorod Region.

11:59, 20 August 2007

Act of terror prevented in the capital of Chechnya

Employees of the interior department have detected a self-made explosive device in the Zavodskoy District of the capital of Chechnya in the area of the central marketplace in the Marx Street.

11:41, 20 August 2007

Film about refugees from the mountain Chechnya shown in Sakharov Centre

On August 10, a festival of Caucasian films opened at A. Sakharov Public Centre. Eight films made by young Caucasian film directors, already presented at international film festivals and recognized by leading humanitarian organizations, were applied for demonstration during two weeks.

00:33, 20 August 2007

Mother of Rasul Kudaev, resident from Kabardino-Balkaria on trial, asserts that her son is punished for his complaints

Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of SIZO-1 (pre-trial facility) of Nalchik, was transferred into a dungeon till August 30.

00:20, 20 August 2007

Yuri Budanov was rejected early relief

The Court of the city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, has refused today to satisfy the petition for conditional early relief of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov, convicted for murdering a Chechen girl in 2000.

14:16, 18 August 2007

Emin Guseinov: there is a real threat to life of arrested journalists in Azerbaijan

In the opinion of Emin Guseinov, Chairman of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, the life and health of the journalists kept in custody in Azerbaijan are in danger.

13:46, 18 August 2007

Acts of terror prevented in Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia

On August 16, a powerful explosive was detected near the Elborus dwelling settlement in Kabardino-Balkaria.

09:26, 18 August 2007

Authorities of Georgia move opposition party out of its office

The authorities of Georgia are inclined to deprive the oppositional "Party of National Independence" of its central office.

08:31, 18 August 2007

Union of Georgian Writers filed a complaint to the Ministry of Economic Development

The Union of Georgian Writers lodged an official complaint to the Ministry of Economic Development with a demand to suspend privatization of the building, where they have their office.

07:40, 18 August 2007

Eduard Kokoity forbids population of South Ossetia to visit resorts of Adzharia

President of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has forbidden the officials and population of his non-recognized Republic to take rest on resorts of Adzharia.

10:53, 17 August 2007

Imam Hamzat Gitsba shot dead in Abkhazia

Today, at about 1:30 p.m., in the centre of Gudauta (Abkhazia) imam Hamzat (Rocky) Gitsbu and Ruslan Assadulin from Ufa were assassinated.

10:42, 17 August 2007

Investigation into attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria is over

Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy General Public Prosecutor of Russia has approved the indictment on the criminal case on the armed attack on the city of Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on October 13-14, 2005.

10:36, 17 August 2007

Swiss court decides to release Vitaly Kaloev

The court of the Swiss canton of Zurich has made a decision on early release of Vitaly Kaloev, a resident of North Ossetia, who is serving his term for murdering Peter Nielsen, an air traffic controller from the SkyGuide Company.

10:25, 17 August 2007

Distributor of video with execution released under recognizance not to leave in Adygea

The student from Adygea, who pled guilty of distribution through the Internet of the video clip with execution of Dagestan and Tajikistan natives, has been released today under recognizance not to leave.

00:17, 17 August 2007

In Azerbaijan, police exerts pressure on oppositional journalist

Mamedgulu Aliev, Nakhichevan correspondent of the "Eni Musavat" newspaper, is exposed to pressure from the Shakhbuz Police Department of Azerbaijan.

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