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September 15, 2010 20:00

• Relatives of murdered supposed gunmen in Kabardino-Balkaria ask to give out their bodies for burial

  Relatives of the men murdered during a special operation on August, 28 in Shogentsukov street in Nalchik and on July 25 in the settlement of Dugulubgay, Balsan district of the republic, have appealed to Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center and the Ombudsman of Kabardino-Balkaria with a request to help them get their sons' corpses for burial.

September 15, 2010 19:00

• Dagestan human rights activists and journalists invite the population of the republic to a meeting

  On September, 14, a press-conference was held in Makhachkala on the initiative of human rights activists, layers and journalists of Dagestan. The initiators reported of a meeting planned for September, 21 where demands to force structures to stick to lawfulness and stop their practice of kidnapping would be moved forward.

September 15, 2010 18:00

• Relatives of those detained in connection with the criminal case of terror in Vladikavkaz do not know where their people are

  Investigation states that most of those detained on suspicion of involvement in the act of terror committed on September, 9 in the Central market of Vladikavkaz have been released and have now the status of witnesses. Among them there is a seller of the car in which the suicide bomber exploded himself near the market and a girl who had sold the supposed terrorist a mobile.

September 14, 2010 23:30

• Resident of Dagestan reports disappearance of his son

  Ramazan Abdurakhmanov, 27, a resident of Aksai village, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has disappeared. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from his father Isa, who stated that nothing had been heard about Ramazan for two weeks.

September 14, 2010 23:10

• Victims in Nalchik attack case complain that events of that day damaged their health

  On September 13, at the trial dealing with events of October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, which resumed its work after a three-week break, the court listened to evidences of three victims on two episodes: attack on Centre "T" and Department of the FSB for Kabardino-Balkaria. One of the women said that for the whole day she hid from bullets in a refrigerator.

September 14, 2010 23:00

• Journalists who accuse Deputy of Astrakhan Regional Duma of attacking them find inquiry superficial

  In their comments on the fact that the Astrakhan Court has returned the criminal case on journalists' beating by the group headed by Rifkat Shabanov, Deputy of the Astrakhan Regional Duma, back to the Prosecutor's Office, the victims said that the investigation had failed to clear out a number of particulars.

September 14, 2010 22:50

• Armenian public demand investigation into officers' violence applied to soldiers

  On September 11, the YouTube placed a video "True face of our army", where young men dressed in uniform of the Armed Forces of Armenia are beaten by a person stripped to the waist, supposedly, an officer. The video has stirred up the country's public, which now demands to investigate the circumstances of the incident. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) does not exclude that the video could be forged.

September 14, 2010 22:40

• Adygea: over 30 FSIN employees suspected of embezzling budget funds

  The Prosecutor's Office of Adygea is investigating the criminal cases initiated against the head of one of the divisions of the local department of the Russian Federal Corrective Service (known as "FSIN") and against his 32 subordinates suspected of embezzling one million roubles from the state budget.

September 14, 2010 22:30

• At Kadyrov-vs-Orlov litigation, witnesses of the prosecution were interrogated

  The party of the prosecution in the case initiated by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", accused of slander, has summoned several witnesses to the session of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow, who stated that there were no grounds to accuse Kadyrov of any prejudiced attitude to human rights defenders.

September 14, 2010 22:20

• In Novorossisk, attacker on human rights activist Karastelyov sentenced to a year in prison

  Victor Tender was found guilty of attacking human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov, who presented the interests of ex-militia major Alexei Dymovskiy, and sentenced to one year of a high security colony.

September 14, 2010 21:10

• Investigation does not rule out the possibility of an attempt of murder of Imam of Ingushetia for criticizing gunmen

  Law enforcement organs of Ingushetia reported that Khamzat Chumakov, Imam of Nasir-Kort mosque, has been most probably attempted at for his speeches against representatives of armed underground.

September 14, 2010 21:00

• Prosecutor's committee of inquiry: personnel of a work ethic camp provoked disturbance

  Investigators began criminal proceedings against the personnel of Belorechenskaya juvenile colony in Krasnodar territory where mass disturbance with a participation of some tens of convicts had taken place, supposing that they had been provoked by the actions of the youth custody center personnel.

September 14, 2010 20:00

• A militiaman perished during a skirmish in Chechnya, one more got wounded

  Republican law enforcement organs reported that a militiaman perished and another one got wounded during an attempt of detention of an group of gunmen near the settlement of Nohch-Keloy, Shatoy district of Chechnya.

September 14, 2010 19:00

• Militiaman taken to hospital in Dagestan

  A district militiaman of Kyzil-jurt was hospitalized after an explosion of an explosive device under the floor of his car in the settlement of Staroye Miatli.

September 14, 2010 18:00

• Trial by Chechen President's claim against Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center declined the applications of the defense

  At the trial by Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechen Republic's claim against Oleg Orlov, Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center, on September, 13 judge Morozova declined the applications submitted by Henry Reznik, the defendant's attorney.

September 13, 2010 23:50

• In Adzharia, pollution of beaches will be punished by huge fine or arrest

  Adzharia plans to use strict measures against polluting of sea beaches. As stated on September 11 by President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili at the travel sitting of the government of Georgia in Batumi, infringers of the law will be fined by 500 laris or administrative arrest for 24 hours.

September 13, 2010 23:40

• SC commutes sentence to leader of "White Wolves" grouping

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has commuted verdicts to two members of the "White wolves" grouping sentenced for nationalism-inspired murders. Alexei Dzhavakhishvili, leader of a grouping, will leave colony one year earlier - after six years.

September 13, 2010 23:20

• Georgia rejects Israeli political scientist Avigdor Eskin

  Today in the morning, Avigdor Eskin, a well-known political scientist from Israel, who arrived in Tbilisi to take part on September 15 in the roundtable "Identity and globalization: challenges and prospects", organized by the Society of Irakli the Second, was not admitted to Georgia.

September 13, 2010 23:20

• Somalia pirates who captured Georgian seamen contact the ship owner

  On September 12, the Somalia pirates, who on September 8 captured a vessel with citizens of Georgia onboard, have established a contact with the ship owner - the Greek ship-owning company "Frio Ventures". This was reported by Sergo Devadze, representative of the Greek party and director of the Georgian company "Greenwich-21st".

September 13, 2010 23:10

• Disputes around textbook "History of Russia. 1917-2009" continue

  The expert's conclusion made by the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on the textbook "History of Russia. 1917-2009" and stating that the book promotes kindling of national enmity gave rise to plenty of opposing opinions. In the opinion of sociologist Anatoly Golubovskiy, the textbook is a political provocation, while Andrei Shadrin, a colleague of the authors of the book, is sure that its condemnation was "politically customized."