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23:20, 28 May 2009
A resident of the Itum-Kalin District of Chechnya was wounded by an explosion of a grenade-launcher round. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by a source from the Chechnya's MIA. The incident happened in the high-mountainous village of Tazbichi. The victim was hospitalized with plural fragmental wounds.
23:10, 28 May 2009
Today at the celebratory event on the occasion of the Day of the First Republic of Armenia, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has emphasized his readiness to announce amnesty to the oppositionists arrested in the course of mass disorders in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008.
23:00, 28 May 2009
The Makhachkala Mayoralty has stated that till the end of May all the debts to power suppliers would be covered and called the actions of the Dagestan Energy Sales Company, which restricted electricity supply to the capital of Dagestan, illegal.
22:30, 28 May 2009
The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has rejected the cassation complaint lodged by Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre (TCC), convicted to 10 years of imprisonment on charge of high treason. Mamedov's advocate finds the decision unjustified.
22:10, 28 May 2009
Sergey Bagapsh, President of Abkhazia, has stated that Vice-President Raul Hadjimba just could not match his team, and his resignation is in no case an evidence of any deep crisis of the Republic's power.
22:00, 28 May 2009
In the course of pre-election campaign of Mayor of Kislovodsk, Stavropol Territory, to be held on May 31, the authorities are actively using their administrative resources, as reported by candidates for the Mayor Boris Sazonov and German Barbashov.
21:00, 28 May 2009
On May 27 in Ingushetia, six more persons were released out of the fifteen residents of Ingushetia earlier arrested on suspicion of illegal bearing firearms and ammunition. Thus, as of today, only one member of this grouping is still in custody.
20:00, 28 May 2009
There are two figurants - Elchin Gasanov and Ruslan Gitinomagomedov - in the murder case of Gadji Abashilov, Director of the VGTRK (State TV and Radio Company) "Dagestan". Now, their case is already in the court; as to the customers of the crime, another criminal case will be investigated in this respect.
19:00, 28 May 2009
Today by 5:00 p.m., the special operation in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, aimed to liquidate a group of militants, was over; there were two of them, not four, as supposed earlier. There is no official information about the liquidated bandits, however, Zaur Krymukov, head of the division for fighting extremism, said that there was no militants leader Anzor Astemirov among the casualties, but there was Murat Ristov, Russia's champion in sambo (art of self-defence, Russian style of wrestling) in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
18:00, 28 May 2009
The Russian Federation has again lost at the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg; this time on three cases initiated by residents of Chechnya who accused Russia's authorities of disappearance and murder of their relatives.
23:40, 27 May 2009
The family of Kocharyan, ex-President of Armenia, lodged a claim against the oppositional newspaper "Armenian Time", willing to close the edition and make its publisher bankrupt. This was stated by advocate Tigran Atanesyan at the court judicial session on May 26. In his opinion, the verdict of the court is completely predefined: it will satisfy the claimant.
23:20, 27 May 2009
By appointing General-Lieutenant Vladimir Shamanov, former commander of one of military formations in Chechnya, to be the Chief Commander of Airborne Forces (known as "VDV") of Russia's Ministry of Defence the country's leadership have demonstrated to the whole world that they encourage the people who were notable for special cruelty when commanding troops in Chechnya. Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus, said about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:00, 27 May 2009
On June 2, the Criminal Cassation Court of Armenia will start considering the complaint of Sarkis Atspanyan, a citizen of France, a veteran of the Karabakh War and an activist of the opposition, convicted to 3.5 years of imprisonment on charges of false informing.
22:30, 27 May 2009
Military inspectors are clearing the circumstances of shelling Benoy village, Vedeno District, committed by federal troops from long-range artillery back at night on May 4, but still very poorly covered. On May 26, this issue was discussed by Chechen Parliament.
22:10, 27 May 2009
After a poisoning that happened on May 26 in one of military units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, six soldiers are still in hospital. 158 militaries have been already discharged and sent back to their unit.