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December 23, 2010 23:50

• In Dagestan, driver wounded by militiamen during detention

  In the city of Izberbash, Dagestan, militiamen opened fire at a Mercedes car, the driver of which did not obey militiamen's command to stop. As a result, one person was wounded and three others detained.

December 23, 2010 23:30

• Explosion in Makhachkala contuses three militiamen

  Three employees of the separate battalion of the road traffic patrol of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) of the Makhachkala UVD, who made a "Lava-149" crew, were placed in the Republic's Clinical Hospital after last night's explosion in Nikolaeva Street, said a source from the local MIA.

December 23, 2010 23:30

• In Sochi, explosive device neutralized near movie theatre

  A pre-inquiry check is undertaken in this city on the fact of detection of an explosive device near a movie theatre. This was announced by the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian ICPO.

December 23, 2010 23:10

• In Pyatigorsk, university bosses ban students to wear hijabs

  In the Stavropol Territory, the Academic Board of the Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University has prohibited students and teachers to enter the university buildings in hijabs, with piercing or bare stomachs.

December 23, 2010 23:00

• Ingushetia: local resident, who left Russia after allegations of torture by power agents, announced into search

  Lyubov Tankieva, a resident of the city of Malgobek (Ingushetia), has addressed human rights defenders on the fact that her son Tamerlan Tankiev was put on the federal wanted list for his involvement in the crimes committed in the territory of Ingushetia. His photo among those searched appeared on the official website of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia.

December 23, 2010 22:20

• In Dagestan, Afghan War veterans again demand from the authorities to solve their housing problems

  On December 22, more than 70 veterans of the war in Afghanistan went out to hold another picket in the "Afghans' Park" in Makhachkala. In the course of the action, they announced an appeal to the authorities, in which the veterans presented the essence of their problems and complaints addressed to state officials.

December 23, 2010 22:10

• Aslakhanov: stereotypes about Caucasians have nothing to do with real life

  The participants of the press conference: "Who benefits from kindling interethnic enmity?" have called to break the existing negative stereotypes about different nations, including those originating from the Caucasus.

December 23, 2010 22:00

• Since the start of year, 80 suspected militants liquidated in Chechnya, power agents report

  During the first 11 months of 2010, 80 members of the armed underground were killed in the Chechen Republic; 80 more militants and 180 helpers were detained: the data was presented at a meeting of power agents in Khankala.

December 23, 2010 21:00

• HRC "Memorial": natives from Northern Caucasus are punished for no reason in penal colonies

  Recently, human rights defenders have been receiving a lot of calls from relatives of inmates, who are serving their terms. Most of them complain that natives of North-Caucasian republics are punished for no reason and almost all of them are kept either in the stringent custody conditions (SCC) or in cell-type rooms (CTR). This is stated in the message of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", received by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 23, 2010 20:00

• Case against Chechen natives accused of recruiting citizen of Lithuania for terror act sent to court

  The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation has sent to the court the criminal case initiated against the natives of Chechnya Apti and Aisha (Aishat) Magmadov, accused of recruiting the citizen of Lithuania Egle Kusaite for committing a terror act in Russia.

December 23, 2010 19:00

• Two militiamen shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In the village of Shalushka, located in the suburb of Nalchik, an armed attack was committed on a militia post. This was reported by the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Investigatory Committee.

December 23, 2010 18:00

• Warsaw court not to consider Zakaev's extradition in his absence

  The Warsaw District Court has ruled not to consider the lawsuit about extradition to Russia of Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, who was put by Russia on the international wanted list, because he is not in Poland at the moment.

December 22, 2010 22:50

• Son of the head of SAM of Southern Russia disappeared in Rostov-on-Don

  In Rostov-on-Don, local militia is searching the son of Jafar Bikmaev, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Southern Russia. For the last time he saw his son - Nail Bikmaev, an Imam of one of city's mosques, - on December 19; then, the father addressed the militia.

December 22, 2010 22:30

• Dubai court changes life sentence of convicts for murdering Sulim Yamadaev for 27 months

  Today, the Dubai Court of Appeal has replaced the life imprisonment to figurants in the murder case of Sulim Yamadaev, Hero of Russia and a former commander of the "Vostok" (East) special battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) - the Iranian Makhdi Lorniya and citizens of Tajikistan Maksudzhon Ismatov - for 27 months of imprisonment.

December 22, 2010 22:20

• Krasnodar: businessman Kolesnikov released on bail after a year in jail

  Today, the Court of the Krasnodar Territory has considered the cassation complaint filed by the defenders of businessman Sergey Kolesnikov, who is kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) against another rejection of the petition asking to change his custody for a more lenient freedom restriction measure.

December 22, 2010 22:10

• Oppositionist's relatives beaten in Nakhichevan are morally harassed, rights defenders say

  In the village of Pusyan, Sharur District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, the relatives of the former candidate for the 2nd Sharur Constituency Sakhavat Aliev, who were beaten on December 10 by local policemen, are still without adequate medical help. This is stated both by the victims and human rights activists, while the authorities deny the fact of beating.

December 22, 2010 22:00

• Russia denies involvement of its militaries in death of schoolchildren in Chechnya

  Russia does not admit involvement of state officials in the death of two pupils from a shell in Chechnya in 2000. The Strasbourg Court (ECtHR) is accusing the Russian Federation of inefficient investigation of this case.

December 22, 2010 21:00

• Cherkesov's mother calls information about her son voiced out by Putin unreliable

  She asserts that the unreliable data about her son Aslan Cherkesov, suspected of murdering Yegor Sviridov, was presented by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on December 21, when he met representatives of football fans.

December 22, 2010 20:00

• Balkar elders to discuss the problem of inter-village territories with NCFD leadership

  Representatives of the Balkar elders, who held their hunger strike in Moscow, will be able to take part, in early 2011, in a public forum and discuss issues of inter-village territories with the Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and President of Kabardino-Balkaria.

December 22, 2010 19:00

• Svetlana Estemirova's cassation complaint rejected

  At its session held on December 22, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic upheld the ruling of the first instance court regarding the cassation appeal filed by Svetlana Estemirova, sister of the assassinated human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.