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22:00, 15 September 2009

Preliminary investigation on Estemirova's murder case extended

The preliminary investigation on the murder case of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova has been prolonged. According to the official version, there was no enough time to conduct all the pre-planned investigatory-operative actions, since "quite many problems have appeared."

21:00, 15 September 2009

Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation: Grozny suicide bomber identified

The terrorist-suicide bomber who committed the terror act on September 12 at the school building near the Bilimkhanov Stadium in Grozny has been identified. He was Aslanbek Dzhabrailov, born in 1986, a native of Elistanzhi village, Vedeno District of Chechnya. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.

Moscow, Independent press centre. From left to right: the coordinator of Europe and Middle Asia CPJ program - Nina Ognyanova, the member of the board of Children protection committee - Katie Marton (the 3d to the left) and Jean-Paul Martoze. September 15, 2009. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"

20:00, 15 September 2009

CPJ: Northern Caucasus is a hazardous area and potentially dangerous topic for independent journalists

Today, the report of the international Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) "Anatomy of Impunity: Unsolved Murders of Journalists in Russia" was made public in Moscow; mostly, the report is on Northern Caucasus.

Abkhazia, Sukhum. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/photophoca, Vladimir Sokolov

19:00, 15 September 2009

Venezuela has officially recognized Abkhazia's independence

An official note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Venezuela about recognition of independence of the Republic of Abkhazia was served to the Abkhazian delegation, which is on its official visit to Venezuela. This was reported today by the press service of the MFA of Abkhazia.

18:00, 15 September 2009

City Court resumes litigation on mutiny in Mukhrovani military base

Yesterday, on September 14, the Tbilisi City Court considered the case on the so-called "Mukhrovani mutiny". 34 defendants have admitted their guilt of disobedience to the order of the commander of Mukhrovani battalion, when they refused to go out for preparing for the Georgia's Independence Day. Disobedience to the commander's order is punished under part 2, Article 316 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.

23:40, 14 September 2009

Number of victims of human trafficking on the rise in Azerbaijan

Last year, the number of registered facts of trafficking in people in Azerbaijan was 394, and in the first six months of this year already 250 such cases were recorded. This was reported by Araz Babaev, senior operative officer of the MIA, at a seminar on the problems of trafficking in humans.

23:20, 14 September 2009

Flow of refugees from Georgia falls on Poland

Plenty of refugees from Georgia seek asylum in Poland. According to the Polish Department for Foreigners' Matters, every day about 100 citizens of Georgia apply for granting a refuge; they try to enter the country through the Polish-Belarus border check point in Terespol, a railway junction on the Polish side near Brest.

23:10, 14 September 2009

Residents of Ingushetia report kidnapping of two persons

Kidnappings continue in Ingushetia. On September 5, employees of some unknown power agencies kidnapped Magomed Oziev, 23, a resident of Nesterovskaya village, Sunzha District; and on September 11, Muhammad Syuleimanov, 36, a resident of the city of Malgobek, disappeared. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by relatives of the missing persons.

23:00, 14 September 2009

In Dagestan, RFSDTC officer accused of attempt on local MP

Lieutenant Colonel Mukhtar Agaev, an officer of the Dagestan Department of the Russian Federal Service for Drug Trafficking Control (RFSDTC) is accused of organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF) and attempt on the life of Shamil Isaev, a Deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan.

Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by http://venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich

22:10, 14 September 2009

Isaeva: kidnappings in Dagestan are made to assess potentials of Muslim communities

Kidnappings in Dagestan are committed not so much with the aim to liquidate some particular person, but sooner to assess the readiness of the respective Muslim community to resolute actions after disappearance of its member, and to further aggravate the situation in the republic. This is the opinion of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik".

22:00, 14 September 2009

Kishmariya: restart of Tbilisi-Sukhumi bus communication still at a distant date

The issue of opening the Tbilisi-Sukhumi bus route is not considered by Abkhazia and will hardly be considered in the immediate perspective. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Ruslan Kishmariya, plenipotentiary representative of Abkhazian President in the Gali District, who made his comments on Georgia's intention to offer Abkhazia to start such bus route.

21:00, 14 September 2009

Isaeva: murders of human rights activists in Chechnya and "execution list" in Dagestan stem from different roots

The so-called "execution list", recently disseminated in Dagestan, hardly has anything to do with the recent murders of human rights defenders. This is the opinion of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik", who is also on the list.

20:00, 14 September 2009

Chechen MIA tries to identify the recent suicide bomber

The law enforcement bodies have not managed yet to identify the terrorist-suicide bomber who blew himself up in the morning on September 12 in central Grozny and heavily wounded three local militiamen.

19:00, 14 September 2009

Residents of ruined houses in Kvaisa, South Ossetia, have to live in tents

After the earthquake at night on September 8, six 5-storied apartment blocks in the city of Kvaisa, Dzhava District of South Ossetia, are in unsafe condition. Ten private cottages are also unfit for residence. People have to live in tents.

Abkhazia, Sukhum, Mayor's Office. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/photophoca, Vladimir Sokolov

18:00, 14 September 2009

Russian experts: Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's accession to Russia is hardly probable

In the opinion of leading Russian political scientists, accession of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Russia is the least probable scenario of developments.

22:00, 12 September 2009

MIA inspector shot dead in Ingushetia

In Ingushetia, in the city of Nazran, in the district "Tsentr-Kamaz", unidentified persons assassinated Azamat Bersanov, an inspector of the Investigatory Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.

Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.echo-az.com, Samir Aliyev

21:00, 12 September 2009

Azerbaijan: IPD director calls judge to be objective in bloggers' case

Leila Yunus, director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), has addressed Araz Guseinov, a judge of the Sabail District Court of Baku, with an appeal to objectively consider the case of bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade and to become "the first fair Azerbaijani judge."

Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by http://venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich

19:00, 12 September 2009

Relatives of missing Makhachkala resident assert that he was shadowed

Zhanna Shamsudinova, the wife of Magomed Sheikhov, a resident of Makhachkala, who disappeared on September 9 under strange circumstances, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband had been thoroughly shadowed by unidentified persons for a long time.

16:00, 12 September 2009

Persons accused of organizing military mutiny in Georgia plead guilty

The majority of the persons arrested for the mutiny at the military base of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia in Mukhrovani have recognized their guilt. This was reported by Gela Nikolaishvili, advocate of one of the defendants.

15:00, 12 September 2009

DFSB for Dagestan: leader of Makhachkala militants liquidated

One of the casualties of the special operation conducted today in the morning in Makhachkala is Bagautdin Kamalutdinov, leader of the armed underground acting in the city and nephew of Magomed Bagautdinov, ideologist of Dagestan militants. This was reported by the Department of the FSB (DFSB) for Dagestan.

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