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21:47, 14 May 2007

Verdict on murder case of Imam of Kislovodsk mosques to be announced on May 18

The announcement of the adjudication on the case of murdering Abubekir Kurdzhiev, Imam of the mosque of the city of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory) has been postponed till May 18, 11:00 a.m. Moscow time.

21:34, 14 May 2007

Explosion in Kabardino-Balkaria regarded as preparation of terror act

The cause of explosion in a garbage dump was detonation of a 1.5-litre plastic bottle filled with hexogen, sources at law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria have informed.

21:16, 14 May 2007

Head of NCRW Branch department blown up in Dagestan

In Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan, in Komintern Street, at 9 o'clock in the morning, when the service car of Omari Alilov, head of logistics department of Makhachkala Branch of the North-Caucasian Railways (NCRW), was on its route, a strong explosion burst out, as a result of which Mr. Alilov who was driving the car got heavy injuries of his both legs.

22:41, 12 May 2007

Arrested journalists may be released in Azerbaijan

The authorities of Azerbaijan are going to release the arrested journalists, in particular, Einullah Fatullaev and Sakit Mirza.

22:37, 12 May 2007

Gannushkina: accusations against Chechens of preparing a terror act in Moscow are doubtful

Svetlana Gannushkina, a well-known human rights activist, believes that the young people detained and taken to custody in connection with a mined car in Profsoyuznaya Street in Moscow are innocent.

22:35, 12 May 2007

Safrastyan: Armenia can quit Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations

Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, thinks that Azerbaijan is breaking the diplomatic ethics, and, therefore, it is senseless to speak about any progress in the negotiations on settling the conflict.

22:30, 12 May 2007

South-Ossetian part of MCC: Sanakoevs and Karkusovs represent neither Ossetians, nor Georgians

The South-Ossetian part of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC) for settling the Georgian-Ossetian conflict has disseminated a statement, which asserts that Mr. Sanakoev "has no real power."

22:26, 12 May 2007

Suit against editor-in-chief of "Eni Musavat" recalled in Azerbaijan

The Turkish TV-Channel "Kanal Turk" condemns the lawsuit against Rauf Arifoglu, editor-in-chief of the "Eni Musavat" newspaper.

23:23, 11 May 2007

Dzhabrailov: European Commission will improve qualification of judges in Chechnya

The Programme of the European Commission and the Council of Europe (CE) aimed to reduce the flow of complaints to the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) from Russia implies non-acceptance of the so-called insignificant cases caused by minor offences.

23:12, 11 May 2007

Hearings of the case of Ingush militiamen start in Kabardino-Balkaria

It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has started a preliminary session on the case of Ingush militiamen.

22:57, 11 May 2007

"Kommersant": Armenian authorities intend to severely suppress actions of mass discontent

Tomorrow, Armenia will hold parliamentary elections.

22:28, 11 May 2007

Power agents from Beslan can be amnestied

The case of the three heads of the Pravoberezhny ROVD, accused of criminal negligence that has entailed mass death of people during the terror act in School No. 1 of Beslan, can be stopped under the amnesty declared by the State Duma.

22:17, 11 May 2007

Georgia does not exclude war on South Ossetia

Today, South Ossetia has introduced restrictions on motor traffic in road sections near Georgian villages Tamarasheni-Kurta-Kekhvi and in the area of Ergneti village.

23:39, 10 May 2007

Human rights activists demand to excite criminal case against Cossacks' Ataman of Stavropol Territory

"Today, the lawyers of the Inter-Regional Human Rights Association "AGORA" have addressed Sergey Golovanyov, Public Prosecutor of Stavropol Territory, with a demand to hold investigation and initiate a criminal case in relation to Mikhail Serkov, Ataman of the Stavropol Cossack District of the Tersk Cossack Army, for his public extremist statements.

23:14, 10 May 2007

Court again postpones consideration of the complaint lodged by "Internews" head

On Friday, May 11, the Golovinskiy Court of Moscow will announce its decision on the petition of the Public Prosecutor's Office asking to transfer the complaint lodged by Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Foundation "Educated Media" (assignee of the "Internews"), on illegal confiscation of documents from her organization to another court.

22:16, 10 May 2007

Students released in Abkhazia intend to apply to European Court

The three Georgian students released in Abkhazia are going to file a complaint to the European Court for Human Rights and to protest against their detention.

22:10, 10 May 2007

Beslan militiamen of North Ossetia petition for amnesty

At the court session on the case of Beslan ROVD (District Interior Unit) commanders (North Ossetia), the defendants have lodged a petition that the amnesty should be applied to them, as to the militiamen who operated inside a zone of counterterrorist operation.

22:03, 10 May 2007

European Court condemns Russia for murdering a Chechnya resident

Today, the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has blamed Russia for disappearance and murder of a young man from Chechnya, the "Legal Initiative for Russia," organization representing the interests of the victim's relatives, has stated today.

23:26, 8 May 2007

Parliament of Georgia decides to set up a temporary administrative unit in South Ossetia

At its today's session, the Parliament of Georgia has passed a decision to create a temporary administrative unit in South Ossetia.

23:16, 8 May 2007

Kabardino-Balkaria discusses the problems of religious extremism

Today was the final day of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern Russian Society: Actual Problems of Fighting Crime," held in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on the basis of the Nalchik Branch of the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

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