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11:22, 25 June 2007

Greenpeace: preparation for Sochi Olympics threatens the "West Caucasus" reserve

The authorities of Russia are planning, under pretext of getting ready for possible 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, large-scale construction projects in the immediate proximity to the borders of a World Heritage Object - the "West Caucasus" reserve.

00:45, 24 June 2007

Forced migrants evicted from their homes in Chechnya

The administration of the Oktiabrskiy District and power agencies of Chechnya have commenced compulsory eviction of forced migrants out of their homes.

20:05, 22 June 2007

Widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria are under pressure

It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that officers of law enforcement bodies are exerting pressure on the widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria.

17:45, 21 June 2007

Strasbourg condemns Russia again for murdering and torturing residents of Chechnya

The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of murders and tortures of Chechen residents. Today in Strasbourg, the RF (Russian Federation) authorities lost the case "Bitieva and Kh. versus Russia." The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the Human Rights Centre "Memorial," whose lawyers represented the applicants' interests at the European Court.

22:34, 20 June 2007

Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship adjudges 120,000 roubles from tax inspectorate

The Arbitration Court of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region has found unjustified the tax claims to the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship (ORChD) in the sum of 120,000 roubles.

23:01, 19 June 2007

"Caucasian Knot" is laureate of Gerd Bucerius Prize for journalism

The "Caucasian Knot" Internet Edition has become a laureate of the prestigious international journalistic Prize named after Gerd Bucerius.

22:08, 19 June 2007

Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria intend to complain to the European Court

The advocates of the parents of the militants-casualties of the October 13, 2005, events in Kabardino-Balkaria should present, before July 24, to the European Court for Human Rights their objections to the answers of the Russian Government.

21:09, 18 June 2007

Liquidation of Maiskiy settlement is negatively perceived in Ingushetia

The action of forced resettlement of the residents of the Maiskiy refugees' camp conducted yesterday by employees of power agencies of North Ossetia caused a wide resonance in Ingushetia.

19:06, 12 June 2007

A bill on how to return Meskhetians is ready in Georgia

The Parliament and the Ministry on Refugees' Matters of Georgia have jointly developed a bill aimed to bring the Muslim Meskhetians who were evicted in the 1940s to various Asian countries back home.

14:25, 11 June 2007

"Disagreement March" in Moscow will be guarded by 2000 militiamen

In Moscow, during the today's meeting of the oppositional coalition "The Other Russia" safety will be ensured by more than two thousand militiamen, a spokesman of Moscow's GUVD (Chief Interior Department) has told today.

18:29, 7 June 2007

The right of citizens for judicial defence and its enforcement discussed in Volgograd

The Volgograd human rights NGOs, with support of M. A. Tarantsov, Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region, held a round table "On Enforcement of Citizens' Right for Judicial Defence in the Volgograd Region."

16:22, 7 June 2007

People in Kabardino-Balkaria condemn cremation of militants' bodies

Yesterday, it became known in Kabardino-Balkaria that the bodies of the militants who perished during the events on October 13-14, 2005, had been cremated right a year ago.

14:02, 7 June 2007

Prosecutor-General's Office has investigated the attack on capital of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2005

The investigation into the criminal case of the militants' attack on the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in October 2005 is over. The fact was declared today to the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria by Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia for the South Federal District.

20:54, 6 June 2007

Court in North Ossetia refused to initiate a case against Beslan operative headquarters

The Leninskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia), having considered today the complaint of the victims who challenged the refusal of the Public Prosecutor's Office to initiate criminal cases against the members of the operative headquarters in charge of rescuing the hostages in Beslan on September 1-3, 2004, has confirmed the legality of the Office's position.

19:44, 6 June 2007

Sanakoev: water supply failure liquidated in South Ossetia

Dmitri Sanakoev, administration head of the temporary territorial unit, has told journalists today that "the Edisi-Tskhinval water line failure in the Kekhvi-Tamarasheni section was liquidated yesterday: the pipe has been repaired, and now the water supply can be restored."

18:27, 6 June 2007

Russia responds to European Court on the case of non-giving out militants' bodies for burial in Kabardino-Balkaria

"The bodies of 95 militants who perished in the events on October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria were cremated on June 22, 2006," runs the answer of V. Milinchuk, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court for Human Rights, to the Memorandum of the European Court on the complaint "Sabanchieva et al versus Russian Federation."

17:04, 6 June 2007

All-European action for giving out Maskhadov's body to his relatives for burial

On Saturday, June 9, at midday GMT an international action will be held for giving out the body of President of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov, assassinated by Russian special agencies, to his family. Simultaneous manifestations will take place in the capitals of Russia, Poland, Sweden, in cities of Austria, Norway, Germany, Denmark and other European countries.

16:37, 6 June 2007

Builders work at their own risk in the capital of Chechnya

The workers engaged in construction and restoration works in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, are actually not protected by the law. The result is a high level of traumatism and even deaths of people at construction sites.

21:29, 5 June 2007

Trepashkin refuses to have advocates

The consideration by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court of the cassation complaint lodged by Mikhail Trepashkin against the ruling of the Nizhni Tagil District Court on toughening his custody mode that was pre-scheduled for tomorrow, June 6, will not take place.

20:05, 5 June 2007

20 protesters detained in Stavropol

Over one thousand persons took part in the non-sanctioned meeting that has started today in Stavropol at the building of the Territory's Government. The meeting was provoked by the murder on June 3 in the Territory's capital of two students - Dmitri Blokhin and Pavel Chadin (today at midday they were buried in the cities of Stavropol and Blagodarny).

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