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March 01, 2011 22:00

• Residents of Chechnya report clergyman's detention and beating

  Residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have reported about kidnapping on February 23 by employees of some unidentified security agency of clergyman Movsar Ismailov. According to their story, Ismailov was released after torture and beatings. The on duty unit of the ROVD (District Interior Division) said that there was no application on the incident; thus, no actions were taken.

March 01, 2011 21:00

• Father of Shamkhal resident kidnapped in Dagestan fears for his life

  Gazimagomed Gaziev, a villager of Shamkhal-Station, Kirov District of Makhachkala, believes that the abduction of his son Magomed Gaziev could be organized by local militiamen. The local MIA knows nothing about the incident, while the local militia unit promised help in searching the kidnapped person.

March 01, 2011 20:00

• Relatives of suspect of Stavropol massacre state that he is beaten

  The Investigatory Committee and the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory are checking the actions of the inspectors, which were appealed against by advocates and relatives of Roman Gubarev, suspected of murdering eight persons in Stavropol.

March 01, 2011 19:00

• Azerbaijan fails to pay compensation awarded by ECtHR to jailed journalists

  The International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) refuses to pay the monetary compensation in the amount of 27,880 euros to the imprisoned journalists Einullah Fatullaev, due to him in accordance with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

March 01, 2011 18:00

• Armenia: opposition moves demands to authorities

  At the several thousand strong rally of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), following the call of the former President of the country Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the opposition has put forward 15 demands to the authorities with the announced deadline on March 15 this year.

February 28, 2011 23:10

• In Chechen city of Shali over 20 persons were detained last week, local residents assert

  Last week, power agents of Chechnya detained more than 20 local residents in the city of Shali. The arrests began after a suspected militant was killed and three suspected members of the armed underground were detained in this city.

February 28, 2011 23:00

• Gisaev: Norwegian authorities hold forced repatriation of Chechens to Russia

  As reported by human rights activist Akhmed Gisaev to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in the near future Norway will deport the Chechens, who had long tried to receive residence permits in this country.

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February 28, 2011 22:20

• Helsinki and Stockholm host actions in commemoration of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes in 1944

  At the picket on February 23 at the Russian Embassy in Finland, dated to the 67th anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, the Finnish pastor Yukho Molari provoked the audience to break the public order. This was reported by Elena Maglevannaya, a journalist and a human rights activist. On the same day a similar action dated to the anniversary of deportation of Caucasian nations was also held in Stockholm.

February 28, 2011 22:10

• Resident of Chechnya detained in Moscow is checked for involvement in "Domodedovo" terror act

  Khasu Batalov, who was detained at the Moscow Kiev Railway Station on February 15, may be associated with the suspect of organizing the terror act in Moscow's "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24.

February 28, 2011 22:00

• Students of SFU Branch in Makhachkala complain of extortions; bosses deny everything

  Students of the Makhachkala Branch of the Southern Federal University (SFU) have addressed their anonymous letter to various instances stating that the branch bosses extort bribes from teachers and students. The letter was also published in the public reception office, on the SFU website, in the section "Questions to Rector" on December 23, 2010.

February 28, 2011 21:00

• Commission for adaptation of underground members asks to release natives of Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Region detained in Dagestan

  In Makhachkala, the commission for assisting in adaptation to civilian life of the persons, who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activity, has considered applications lodged by suspects of involvement in terrorist activities.

February 28, 2011 20:00

• In Tuapse, four ecologists sentenced to administrative arrest

  Today, the Tuapse Magistrate Court, chaired by Judge Maxim Dubov of Precinct No. 217, has passed a verdict of guilty to the members of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", detained next to the "summer cottage" of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachov.

February 28, 2011 19:00

• Member of Dagestani armed underground, who was hiding in Belgium, agrees to surrender

  In Makhachkala, the commission in charge of helping in adaptation to peaceful life of persons who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activity has considered an application of Beslan Batsiev, who is on the international search list and is hiding in Belgium.

February 28, 2011 18:00

• Russian president offers to leave Ramzan Kadyrov in the post of Chechen leader

  Dmitry Medvedev has offered the parliament of the Chechen Republic to re-elect the incumbent head Ramzan Kadyrov as the region leader.

February 26, 2011 23:00

• Grenades thrown into yards of two households in Nalchik

  This night, unidentified persons have thrown grenades into the courtyards of the families of Mamishevs and Shamaevs, residents of the "Volny Aul" micro-district in Nalchik. Many people in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are inclined to believe that the incidents were organized by the anti-Wahhabite organization named "Chernye Yastreby" (Black Hawk), which has recently appeared in the region.

February 26, 2011 22:00

• Olympiad-2014 in Sochi will have three talismans

  Three symbols - a leopard, a polar bear and a hare - have been chosen to be talismans of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory. The symbols of the Paralympic Games will be Raylet and Snowflake.

February 26, 2011 21:00

• In Sochi, human rights activist Basmanov demands compensation for moral damage

  Human rights activist Sergey Basmanov has filed a lawsuit to the Khosta Court of Sochi, demanding compensation for moral damage, which, as the claimant alleges, was caused to him in the course of administrative proceedings.

February 26, 2011 20:00

• Makhachkala residents are without electricity for several days

  Residents of a district of private houses in Maxim Gorky Street in the capital of Dagestan are for three days already without electricity supplies; and nobody knows when they will be resumed.

February 26, 2011 19:00

• Russian President signs resignation of head of Karachay-Cherkessia

  Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on early dismissal of Boris Ebzeev, President of Karachay-Cherkessia.

February 26, 2011 18:00

• Jamaat leaders fail to appear at debates under "Peace to the Caucasus" Project

  The public debates held on February 25 within the project "Peace to the Caucasus" in the cities of Izberbash and Derbent were ignored by activists of national movements and leaders of religious communities and Jamaats.