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23:10, 1 April 2010
On March 31, the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation presented charges of terrorism to 11 natives of Ingushetia-figurants in the "Neva-Express" train explosion in autumn of 2009. The defendants fail to plead guilty and refuse to evidence at interrogations.
23:00, 1 April 2010
At night on March 27, access was stopped to two Sochi websites, where critical publications were placed about the problems of Olympic construction in the Krasnodar Territory. Experts emphasize that such attacks are undertaken on a regular basis.
22:50, 1 April 2010
As of the end of February, the number of Georgian detainees at the attempt to cross the border of South Ossetia made 12 persons. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about this fact, as well as about the procedure of returning the detainees and negotiations with Georgia about exchange of "all for all", from David Sanakoev, Ombudsman of South Ossetia.
22:40, 1 April 2010
Ella Pamfilova, head of Board at the President of the Russian Federation on promotion to development of civil society institutes and human rights, visited Ingushetia with the aim to study the situation in situ and meet and talk to activists of local public organizations.
22:30, 1 April 2010
Today in Makhachkala, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, who arrived in Dagestan, held a meeting with the heads of the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), territorial subdivisions of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) and law-enforcement bodies. The President emphasized the need to reform the system of law enforcement bodies and formulated five primary goals to be attained by the country's leadership.
22:10, 1 April 2010
The office of the Ombudsman of Georgia has presented its 328-pages report on the situation with human rights, which covers the second half of 2009. The report notes that Georgian prisons have heavy custody conditions, while court verdicts are often partial.
21:00, 1 April 2010
Alexander Bortnikov, head of Federal Security Bureau (FSB) said, speaking at the meeting convoked by President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev that the organizers of the terror acts in Moscow and Kizlyar are known; however, their names are not revealed yet. According to the investigation, the two women-suicide-bombers arrived to Moscow by bus from the city of Kizlyar, Republic Dagestan; all the way they had their bombs already attacked to them.
20:00, 1 April 2010
The man who was assassinated in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on Wednesday, March 31, was, according to power agencies, the financier of local militants, who replaced the earlier liquidated Anzor Astemirov, leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian and Karachai underground.
19:00, 1 April 2010
On March 31, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) Liudmila Alekseeva, 82, was attacked by an unknown young man when she was laying flowers in a lobby of the metro station. The attacker on the human rights defender was detained by the militia; and a criminal case was opened against him.
19:00, 1 April 2010
As a result of the explosion triggered last night in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan two persons were lost, as reported by the press service of the republic's MIA.
18:00, 1 April 2010
As reported by a source in power agencies of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), so far, one woman-suicide-bomber, who blew herself up at the Park Kultury metro station, has been identified - she was a resident of Dagestan; her name is not disclosed in the interests of the inquiry.
18:00, 1 April 2010
Visit of the PACE Rapporteur Dick Marti to regions of Northern Caucasus; election of Ombudsman in Ingushetia; liquidation of a militants' leader Anzor Astemirov in Kabardino-Balkaria, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of March 22-28 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 31 March 2010
Georgia feels indignant at recent statements made by Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russia's Security Council that a "Georgian trace" may appear in terror acts at Moscow metro stations committed on March 29, where 39 persons were lost. Georgian politicians believe this statement to be groundless - they also sympathize with casualties' relatives and victims of the metro explosions and victims at explosions in the underground. Temur Yakobashvili, State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration, announced Tbilisi's readiness to cooperation with Russia in investigating the terror acts.
22:40, 31 March 2010
Armen Arutyunyan, the Ombudsman of Armenia, refused to speak at the forum of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) to open in Yerevan on April 6. Mr Arutyunyan said that he would take part in the forum as an invited guest and gave no other explanations. A number of Armenian human rights organizations also refused to take part in the event.
22:00, 31 March 2010
Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic doubt that a native of the republic Kazbek Mataev, suspected as a potential accomplice of the women-suicide-bombers who committed terror acts in Moscow metro on March 29, could really be involved, as reported by a number of Russian mass media. According to Chechen power agents, Mataev has been living outside Russia for several years.