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May 29, 2009 23:10

• Governor Rossel invites residents of Ingushetia to Sverdlovsk Region

  The Governor of Sverdlovsk Region has suggested inhabiting the deserted villages of his Region by resettlers from Ingushetia. According to Eduard Rossel, Ingushetia is in a disastrous financial situation, and is ready to send families to his Region.

May 29, 2009 23:00

• Chechnya: militia officer and two supposed militants killed in skirmish

  In the southeast of Chechnya, in the foothill Shali District, a militia officer perished attempting to detain unknown persons. Another militiaman was wounded. Two suspected militants, already identified, were liquidated.

May 29, 2009 22:10

• Volgograd Region: more crimes against children

  The Volgograd Region experiences a growth in crimes accomplished against children and facts of cruel treatment of children by parents and other legitimate custodians. According to the Office of Public Prosecutor of the Volgograd Region, in 2008, 1146 criminal cases were opened on crimes accomplished against minors.

May 29, 2009 22:00

• CEC of Kislovodsk: pre-election campaign goes on without essential violations

  The campaigning for early election of Kislovodsk Mayor, appointed for May 31, is going on according to the schedule and without essential violations. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it today at the City Electoral Commission (CEC) of Kislovodsk.

May 29, 2009 21:00

• Sappers of Russia's MfE finish their work in Chechnya

  Sappers of the "Leader" Special-Purpose Centre (SPC) of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia, who arrived to Chechnya in mid-April to clear the territory of one of state farms from mines, shells and other explosive matter, have finished their work in Chechnya and take a break till autumn.

May 29, 2009 20:00

• Azerbaijani SC upholds ban on visiting "Abu-Bekr" Mosque

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has upheld the ban for parishioners to attend the "Abu-Bekr" Mosque in Baku until the end of the investigation into the fact of explosion in the temple on August 17, 2008. Then, a grenade thrown into the Mosque during the evening prayer killed 2 and wounded 13 persons.

May 29, 2009 19:00

• HRW: Shamanov should be sued for massacring Chechen residents

  The Human Rights Watch (HRW) asserts that Vladimir Shamanov, the newly appointed Commander of Russia's Airborne Troops, should be sued under the case on massacres of peaceful residents of Chechnya.

May 29, 2009 18:00

• Kakabadze: 7 oppositionists detained in Tbilisi after clash with police

  As reported by Nana Kakabadze, leader of the NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights", late at night on May 28 seven supporters of the opposition were detained on suspicion of rendering resistance to law enforcers during a clash with the police near the building of the parliament.

May 28, 2009 23:55

• Amnesty International: Northern Caucasus remains the most problematic Russian region by human rights violations

  On May 28, the Amnesty International (AI) will present a report in several countries of the world, where Northern Caucasus which named the most problematic region in Russia in the area of human rights violations, as reported by Frederica Behr, one of AI researchers.

May 28, 2009 23:50

• Armenia: "Heritage" Party is ready to publish materials on events of March 1, 2008

  Should the fact-finding group that was setup to investigate the events on March 1, 2008, be disbanded, the oppositional party named "Heritage" will publish the group's materials at its disposal. This was declared on May 27 at a press conference by Armen Martirosyan, a board member of the "Heritage".

May 28, 2009 23:40

• Isa Yamadaev's relatives think he was not involved in Khaladov's disappearance

  Isa, one of the brothers of Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose GRU battalion in Chechnya, could not be involved in disappearance of Alikhan Khaladov, a soldier of the battalion. This is the assertion of close relatives of Yamadaev brothers and one of former "Vostok" fighters.

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May 28, 2009 23:20

• Local resident blows himself up in his yard in Chechen mountains

  A resident of the Itum-Kalin District of Chechnya was wounded by an explosion of a grenade-launcher round. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by a source from the Chechnya's MIA. The incident happened in the high-mountainous village of Tazbichi. The victim was hospitalized with plural fragmental wounds.

May 28, 2009 23:10

• President of Armenia ready to announce amnesty to oppositionists

  Today at the celebratory event on the occasion of the Day of the First Republic of Armenia, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has emphasized his readiness to announce amnesty to the oppositionists arrested in the course of mass disorders in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008.

May 28, 2009 23:00

• Makhachkala administration finds electricity cut-offs illegal

  The Makhachkala Mayoralty has stated that till the end of May all the debts to power suppliers would be covered and called the actions of the Dagestan Energy Sales Company, which restricted electricity supply to the capital of Dagestan, illegal.

May 28, 2009 22:30

• SC of Azerbaijan upholds verdict to TCC head

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has rejected the cassation complaint lodged by Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre (TCC), convicted to 10 years of imprisonment on charge of high treason. Mamedov's advocate finds the decision unjustified.

May 28, 2009 22:10

• Bagapsh rejects criticism of retired Vice-President of Abkhazia

  Sergey Bagapsh, President of Abkhazia, has stated that Vice-President Raul Hadjimba just could not match his team, and his resignation is in no case an evidence of any deep crisis of the Republic's power.

May 28, 2009 22:00

• Candidates for Kislovodsk Mayor complain of being pressed by administration

  In the course of pre-election campaign of Mayor of Kislovodsk, Stavropol Territory, to be held on May 31, the authorities are actively using their administrative resources, as reported by candidates for the Mayor Boris Sazonov and German Barbashov.

May 28, 2009 21:00

• 14 out of 15 detained residents of Ingushetia released

  On May 27 in Ingushetia, six more persons were released out of the fifteen residents of Ingushetia earlier arrested on suspicion of illegal bearing firearms and ammunition. Thus, as of today, only one member of this grouping is still in custody.

May 28, 2009 20:00

• Case of suspected killers of Gadji Abashilov, Director VGTRK "Dagestan", sent to court

  There are two figurants - Elchin Gasanov and Ruslan Gitinomagomedov - in the murder case of Gadji Abashilov, Director of the VGTRK (State TV and Radio Company) "Dagestan". Now, their case is already in the court; as to the customers of the crime, another criminal case will be investigated in this respect.

May 28, 2009 19:00

• Special operation over in Nalchik: Russia's sambo champion among casualties

  Today by 5:00 p.m., the special operation in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, aimed to liquidate a group of militants, was over; there were two of them, not four, as supposed earlier. There is no official information about the liquidated bandits, however, Zaur Krymukov, head of the division for fighting extremism, said that there was no militants leader Anzor Astemirov among the casualties, but there was Murat Ristov, Russia's champion in sambo (art of self-defence, Russian style of wrestling) in 2007, 2008 and 2009.