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20:00, 2 April 2009
Today, three persons were found murdered in a large forest near Dylym village, Kazbek District of Dagestan.
19:00, 2 April 2009
Advocates of Lors Khamiev and Umar Batukaev, accused of an attempt on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who were sentenced today to eight and five years of high security colony, find the verdict unfair and plan to appeal against it. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Marud Musaev, Batukaev's advocate.
18:00, 2 April 2009
On April 1, an expanded sitting of the District Antiterrorist Commission was held in Gubden village, Karabudakhkent District, where Adilgerey Magomedtagirov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, called residents of the district to present anonymous information about their fellow-villagers.
23:00, 1 April 2009
On March 31, residents of Karanai-Aul village, Kayaken District of Dagestan, sent a letter to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev with a complaint against the actions of Magomed Suleimanov, incumbent speaker of the republic's parliament, when he was mayor of the city of Izberbash.
22:30, 1 April 2009
It is possible that the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of the GRU, Hero of Russia, was has made by "a bald-headed feudist". Anatoly Tsyganok, candidate of military sciences, professor, corresponding member of the Academy of Military Sciences and head of the centre of military forecasts, told this to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
22:00, 1 April 2009
The attack on Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the Movement "For Human Rights", is an act of political intimidation, which was preceded by minor provocations. This was stated by Evgeniy Ikhlov, head of the information and analytical service of the Movement.
20:00, 1 April 2009
Today, Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, who presides over the trial on the "Case of Seven", has decided to make individual criminal cases against six defendants out of their united case.
19:00, 1 April 2009
Laurens Kogoniya, head of the Gali ROVD (district interior department) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia, has assured the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that there was no shelling of the village of Khurcha from the territory of Nabakevi village, Gali District of Abkhazia.
18:00, 1 April 2009
As a result of negotiations held with the miners on strike in the bottom hole of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Chikh Mine", Rostov Region, agreement has been reached today on payment out of all the salary debts to all the mine workers. The striking miners promise to stop their action by the end of day.
23:00, 31 March 2009
In Azerbaijan, the convicted satirical poet Mirza Sakit wants to sue his colony bosses for their failure to enforce in relation to him the Amnesty Act, as reported by Isakhan Ashurov, the inmate's advocate.
22:00, 31 March 2009
The National Assembly of Armenia, having discussed on March 30 the issue of restoration of deputy's immunity for the four MPs figuring in the "Case of Seven", decided not to interfere yet into the trial and wait for next moves of the prosecutor's office. On April 1, the General Public Prosecutor will present new charges to the detainees.
21:00, 31 March 2009
In these latter days, employees of Russian federal and local power agencies have actually terrorized the population of some dwelling settlements of Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya. This is the assertion of Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus.
21:00, 31 March 2009
Madina Malsagova, a resident of Ingushetia, who gave birth to a child while in custody, has been placed to a hospital ward. Today in Nazran, a court session will consider an opportunity to change her freedom restriction measure.
20:00, 31 March 2009
On March 31, the Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced Arbi Dandaev, a resident of Chechnya, to life imprisonment for his personal participation, during the militants' attack on Dagestan in 1999, in execution of six soldiers.
19:00, 31 March 2009
Relatives of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose battalion under the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff), who was attempted on on March 28 in Dubai, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, insist that he is alive. The city police insist that he is dead and are ready to give his body out to relatives.