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July 06, 2009 14:00

• In Georgia, Russian soldier awarded the status of asylum-seeker

  On July 6, Dmitri Artemyev, a soldier of the Russian Army, who deserted to Georgia from South Ossetia, was granted a status of a political asylum-seeker. According to Alexander Nalbandov, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia, his refugee status will be decided in a couple of months.

July 06, 2009 12:00

• "Beslan Mothers" and "Voice of Beslan" want to hold a congress of terror act victims

  The association of victims of Beslan terror act named "Beslan Mothers" and the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" plan to hold in Beslan (Northern Ossetia) an all-Russian congress of victims of the terror act. Now the organizers are in search of sources to fund the event.

July 06, 2009 11:00

• In Astrakhan, 13 natives of Dagestan are suspected of raping an invalid

  In Astrakhan, a criminal case was initiated against 13 natives of Dagestan suspected of a group raping a disabled girl of 25.

July 06, 2009 10:00

• ICPO: successes in investigating resonant terror acts in Ingushetia and Dagestan

  Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation, has stated that there are serious achievements in disclosing the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the murder of the Minister of Interior of Dagestan Adilgerei Magomedtagirov.

July 04, 2009 20:00

• President of Ingushetia is on the mend

  As reported by Adam Gazdiev, press secretary of the permanent mission of Ingushetia at the President of the Russian Federation, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was wounded in a terror act on June 22, is on the mend.

July 04, 2009 19:00

• Papuashvili: Azerbaijani authorities jeopardize the work of NGOs

  Simon Papuashvili, coordinator of the organization named "Human Rights Centre" and located in Tbilisi, is sure that adoption by the authorities of Azerbaijan of amendment to the Law on NGOs will make the work of these organizations in the country impossible.

July 04, 2009 17:00

• Sunzha District of Ingushetia is blocked by power agents

  Additional militia forces from Chechnya were deployed in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. Measures of operative response have been strengthened in the district; and a broad-scale special operation was launched.

July 04, 2009 14:00

• About 13,000 jobless persons involved in public works in Astrakhan Region

  Under the programme aimed to reduce tensions in the labour market of the Astrakhan Region, by July 2, a total of 580 contracts were signed with employers of all forms of ownership about organization of public works for 12,937 persons; 6160 of them have already started their public works.

July 04, 2009 13:00

• Gasoline grows more expensive in Chechnya

  Starting the end of June, the Chechnya's fuelling stations see a growth of prices on automobile fuel. On the average, a litre of every car fuel became more expensive by 2-3 roubles (at 1 US dollar = 31 Russian roubles).

July 04, 2009 12:00

• Saakashvili: opposition has caused more damage to Georgia than war against Russia

  On July 3, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili stated that the actions of the opposition, which is holding from April 9 its actions in Tbilisi demanding resignation of the country's leader, have caused more financial damage to the nation than Russian bombardments in August 2008.

July 04, 2009 11:30

• Nine militiamen from Chechnya killed in shelling in Ingushetia

  As a result of shelling a motor vehicle with militiamen from Chechnya in Arshty village, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, nine persons perished and ten more were wounded, as reported by Alexei Vorobyov, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia.

July 04, 2009 11:00

• Nabucco treaty to be signed on July 13 in Turkey

  The official signing ceremony of the interstate treaty on construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline will take place on July 13 in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. This was announced by the European Commission on July 3.

July 04, 2009 10:00

• Unemployment on the fall in North Ossetia

  Analysis of the situation in labour market of North Ossetia shows that the number of workplaces is no longer shrinking, and the number of jobless workers no longer grows, as reported Nikolai Koliev, head of the division on labour migration.

July 04, 2009 09:00

• HRC concerned of attacks on oppositional activists in Georgia

  The organization named "Human Rights Centre" (HRC) has promulgated a statement on detentions in Georgia of activists of the opposition and attacks on them, as Simon Papuashvili, coordinator of the HRC in Tbilisi, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 03, 2009 20:00

• Polyakova: Russian soldiers in South Ossetia are beaten not only by senior conscripts but also by officers

  Ella Polyakova, chair of the human rights organization "Soldier's Mothers of St Petersburg", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that regular soldiers, who take their service in South Ossetia, are in "brutal conditions" there. According to her story, soldiers in South Ossetia are beaten not only by senior conscripts, but also by officers.

July 03, 2009 19:00

• President of Ingushetia is back in consciousness

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was heavily wounded in an attempt on him, has come to his senses. Doctors managed to replenish his blood loss and stabilize his blood tension.

July 03, 2009 18:00

• Human rights activists to help deportee from Egypt Makhsud Abdullaev

  As reported by the press service of Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman in the Chechen Republic, local human rights activists are ready to help Maskhud Abdullaev, a native of Chechnya and deported student from Egypt, in obtaining the general civil Russian passport, and to defend his rights.

July 03, 2009 17:00

• Another case opened against advocate in "Neva-Express" case

  The Investigatory Department for the Novgorod Region of the ICPO has initiated the second criminal case against Magomed Razakov, a lawyer of the Moscow Bar, who defended a figurant accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train. This time the case was opened on the article of "Contempt of the court".

July 03, 2009 14:00

• "Chernovik" criminal cases get back to Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan

  Today, the Leninskiy Court of Makhachkala has held a preliminary hearing on the criminal case, where 5 journalists of the "Chernovik" weekly are defendants. The criminal case comes back to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.

July 03, 2009 13:00

• ICPO: 5315 persons recognized to be victims in South-Ossetian war

  Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the ICPO, has presented the above figure of those who suffered in the war in South Ossetia in August 2008 as the latest result of the investigation into the conflict in the Caucasus.