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March 09, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 28 to March 6

  In Vladikavkaz, bank employees staged a multi-million heist, but their "triumph" was not long; in the Krasnodar Territory, ecological actions turned into arrests; election campaigns in Southern Russia reach the homestretch; Medvedev, Aliev and Sargsyan once again tried to decide the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh, but so far agreed only on prisoners' exchange, - look these and other events in the review of the week of February 28-March 6, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 09, 2011 22:40

• Witness says that suspect of murdering Markelov and Baburova could not use firearms

  Nikita Tikhonov, who is accused of killing lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, cannot handle firearms. This was stated by journalist Dmitry Steshin, a witness at the process, during his questioning at the Moscow City Court.

March 09, 2011 22:30

• Four young activists are already arrested in Azerbaijan

  On March 8 in Azerbaijan, Sakhavat Soltanly, deputy head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party, and Reshadat Akhundov, an independent youth activist, were detained and punished with administrative arrest. In the opinion of lawyer Erkin Gadirli, co-founder of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL), believes that these detentions have to do with the March 11 protest action, advertised on the Facebook; authority officials deny it.

March 09, 2011 22:20

• Man killed by grenade explosion in Nalchik was in federal search

  The man, who blew himself up by a grenade in the evening on March 8 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been identified as Beslan Abazov, a local resident. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about by a source from law enforcement bodies.

March 09, 2011 22:10

• Six persons got under avalanche in Georgia

  Six persons, one of them is a citizen of the Czech Republic - Thomas Fila, 30, who perished today, got under a snow avalanche on Mount Lomisi in Georgia near the Gudauri ski resort.

March 09, 2011 22:00

• Bomb blows up near bus stop in Moscow, nobody hurt

  An explosive device went off this evening at the bus stop near the FSB Academy in Michurin Avenue in Moscow. Nobody suffered. Militants or radical youth groups are considered as priority authors of the incident by law enforcement bodies.

March 09, 2011 20:00

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is trying to evacuate Georgian sailors from Libya

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is doing its best to evacuate six Georgian sailors from Libya, Nicoloz Vashakidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, reported.

March 09, 2011 19:00

• Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov underwent an attempt in Moscow

  A young writer who had not long before submitted an anti-defamation lawsuit against Khozhbaudi Borkhajiev, Chairman of the Journalist League of Chechnya, was beaten up in the center of Moscow. He was taken to oral surgery unit of the municipal hospital No 36 with grave traumas.

March 09, 2011 18:00

• A child killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan

  A nine-year-old resident of the village of Orta, Agdam district, was killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

March 08, 2011 23:40

• Yerevan holds action "Feminism is not Matriarchy"

  Today, the "Women's Resource Centre" has held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, an action aimed to acquaint the public with the notion of "feminism".

March 08, 2011 23:20

• Georgia: new structure launched to fight violations of human rights by authorities

  A new structure of the Representative National Assembly "Shepitsulebi" (Those who gave oath) was set up with the mission to curb human rights violations by the authorities.

March 08, 2011 23:10

• Parliamentary commission of Karachay-Cherkessia receives some 30 complaints against law enforcement bodies

  About 30 complaints were sent to the commission for consideration of citizens' complaints about violations of their rights and freedoms by law enforcement agents, which was created under the People's Assembly of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Kharshim Tekeev, chairman of the commission.

March 08, 2011 23:00

• Two more social network users detained in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani police continue detaining users of social networks in the context of the mass anti-government action named the "Great People's Day", scheduled by the members of the group set up on the Facebook under the same name.

March 08, 2011 22:50

• Participants in conference in Warsaw state absence of journalist's investigation into Estemirova's murder

  On March 4-6, Warsaw hosted a conference of journalists from different countries, who work in the genre of investigative journalism. Among other things they discussed the situation in Northern Caucasus, including the murder of human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova committed in 2009.

March 08, 2011 22:40

• Transparency International ranks Georgia fifth by low level of corruption in police

  Georgia is in the fifth place in the world in terms of police corruption, while three percent of the polled citizens of the country said that they gave bribes last year to officials of state institutions. These are the results of the international non-governmental organization (NGO) "Transparency International".

March 08, 2011 22:20

• Resident of Ingushetia demands examinations to define the cause of his grandson's death

  Boris Evloev, a resident of the village of Nesterovskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, who had stated that his daughter Khava Tangieva lost her child and became unable to have children in future because of doctors' negligence, is now stating injustice of judicial and investigatory bodies. Without any success he demands a DNA assay, supposing that the child could be substituted at the maternity hospital.

March 08, 2011 22:10

• Suspect of committing massacre in Kuschevskaya extradited from Ukraine to Russia

  As announced today by Yuri Boichenko, head of the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Ukraine, this country has given out Vladimir Alexeev, a Russian citizen and one of the suspects of committing the mass murder in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory.

March 08, 2011 22:00

• Juha Molari, opponent of website "Kavkaz-Centre", interrogated in Finland

  Today the Finnish police have questioned Pastor Juha Molari, who had openly criticized the work of the website "Kavkaz-Centre", which is supporting the activities of Caucasian separatists.

March 08, 2011 21:00

• Piquets against arrest of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko passed off in Krasnodar

  A series of piquets in defense of Evgeny Vitishko, activist of "Ecologic Watch in Northern Caucasus" and "Yabloko" party, passed off in Krasnodar. Suren Gazaryan, Vitishko's colleague in "Ecologic Watch" and the party, was the organizer of the piquets.

March 08, 2011 21:00

• Rally held in KBR to commemorate deportation of Balkars

  In Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), at the Memorial to victims of repressions of the Balkar people, a memorial rally took place, attended by about three hundred persons. During the event, calls were pronounced to start collecting signatures under petition in favour of self-determination of the Balkar nation.