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July 12, 2010 23:20

• Law enforcement bodies investigate militiaman's murder in Karachai-Circassia

  The body of a militiaman, aged 27, with numerous piercing ands cutting wounds was found in the evening on July 11 in Uchkeken village of the Malokarachaevskiy District of Karachai-Circassia.

July 12, 2010 23:10

• Dagestan: health condition of wounded prosecutor remains extremely grave

  The health condition of Sirazhuddin Murtazaliev, senior assistant of the district public prosecutor and a son of the Minister of Sports of Dagestan Arslanali Murtazaliev, who was hospitalized with numerous gunshot wounds at night on July 11, remains the gravest, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the reception ward of the Khasavyurt city hospital.

July 12, 2010 23:00

• A militiaman killed in Grozny

  In the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, last night unidentified persons shot dead an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya; now, the inquiry is underway.

July 12, 2010 22:00

• Subbotnik in Grozny will last till elimination of "all unfinished work and drawbacks"

  The broad-scale subbotnik (day of unpaid work) for cleaning Grozny announced on June 19 by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was again prolonged. He said that each of the sectors into which the Chechen capital was divided for the procedure, where a particular official was in charge of the sector, will be inspected, and no "work with drawbacks" will be accepted.

July 12, 2010 21:00

• CPJ calls Russia's authorities to report about inquiry into Paul Khlebnikov's murder

  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls the authorities of Russia to disclose the results of the investigation into the murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor of the Russian version of the Forbes, who was shot dead near his Moscow office six years ago.

July 12, 2010 20:00

• Court in Moscow finds organizers of "Taboo Art-2006" guilty

  The Taganka Court of Moscow has found Andrei Yerofeev and Yuri Samodurov, organizers of the exhibition "Taboo Art-2006", guilty of kindling hatred. Now, the announcement of the verdict continues.

July 12, 2010 19:00

• HRC "Memorial" and President of Chechnya state readiness for dialogue

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that nothing threatens human rights activists in his republic, and nobody had even the slightest idea to hamper the HRC "Memorial". In his turn, the leader of the "Memorial" Oleg Orlov noted that human rights activists are always open for this sort of dialogue.

July 12, 2010 18:00

• Actions to be held on July 15 in Natalia Estemirova's memory

  On July 15, 2010, one year after the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", a commemoration picket will be held at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the monument to Griboedov (Chistye Prudy metro station). Then, at 7:00 p.m. a memory party will start at 12 Maly Karetny, in the HRC premises.

July 10, 2010 23:50

• Georgia: human rights NGO cannot find conclusions of state commission on damage evaluation in August 2008

  In Georgia, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) named "Priority on Human Rights" has addressed local mass media with a request for help to receive information about the results of the work of the state commission, which appraised the damage suffered by Georgia in the course of the warfare in August 2008.

July 10, 2010 23:20

• Jagland: Georgia fears recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Europe

  On July 9, Turborn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CЕ), said that representatives of the CE have no access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, because Georgian leaders fear that Europe may recognizes these republics.

July 10, 2010 23:10

• Criminal case initiated on huge swindle at construction of "dancing" bridge

  The investigatory division of the regional FSB department has initiated a criminal case on the fact of an especially huge swindle (11 million roubles) at construction of a pontoon bridge across the Akhtuba River in the Volgograd Region.

July 10, 2010 23:00

• Yamadaev's ex-security refutes pressure on his relatives

  Members of the Yamadaev clan reported that two bodyguards of Isa Yamadaev had been kidnapped by Chechen power agents; however one of them refuted this information.

July 10, 2010 22:00

• Natives of Armenia detained in Moscow as suspects of kidnapping

  Today at night in the west of Moscow, five natives of Armenia suspected of kidnapping were detained. They extorted 50,000 roubles for release of their hostage. This was reported by Victor Biryukov, head of the department of information and public relations of Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department).

July 10, 2010 21:00

• Armenia: access to Internet restored, new failures not excluded

  Today, repairs of the damaged fibre-optical cable are over, and Armenia's access to the Internet is restored; however, experts do not exclude that new failures are possible within the next few days because of adverse weather conditions.

July 10, 2010 20:00

• Balkars are on hunger strike in Moscow

  Representatives of the Balkar nation are on hunger strike in central Moscow for the fourth day already - since July 7. They protest against actions of the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria, who, in their opinion, discriminate their nation in the republic.

July 10, 2010 19:00

• Rally in defence of organizers of "Taboo Art" exhibition held in Moscow

  In Chistye Prudy in Moscow, a rally in defence of Andrei Yerofeev and Yuri Samodurov, organizers of the exhibition "Taboo Art" took place. Artists and human rights defenders came to the action organized by the movement "Solidarity".

July 10, 2010 18:00

• AI calls to dismiss charges from "Taboo Art" organizers

  The Human rights organization "The Amnesty International" (AI) calls to dismiss all the charges from Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev, organizers of the exhibition "Taboo Art-2006", suspected of "insulting the feelings of believers and kindling of religious hostility." This is stated in the AI's special statement on the occasion.

July 09, 2010 23:50

• Khloponin: NCFD starts first phase of development strategy

  In the course of the first stage of implementing the development strategy of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), which is already underway, the earlier drafted and approved federal target programmes will be realized. As reported on July 8 in the city of Essentuki by Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of President of Russia in the NCFD, the government had allocated 75 billion roubles for this purpose.

July 09, 2010 23:30

• Capital of Armenia is partially cut off from Internet

  Yesterday in the evening, on July 8, the most part of Yerevan lost its access to the Internet. Armenian providers blame Georgian specialists.

July 09, 2010 23:10

• Ingush Muftiyat makes buy-out price of blood feud 10 times higher

  Following the request of the republic's residents and clergy, the Muftiyat of Ingushetia has increased the buy-out sum of blood feud by 10 times, and the bride-price - by more than 3 times. This was reported by the Mufti of the Republic Isa-Hadji Khamkhoev.