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April 07, 2009 21:00

• Advocate Uvaisov: MIA agents planted arms on Butdaeva

  Ziyavudin Uvaisov, advocate of Dinara Butdaeva, whose indictment was approved by the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan on the criminal case of involvement in an armed formation, illegal purchase, storage and transportation of firearms, has stated the innocence of his client.

April 07, 2009 21:00

• Yamadaevs reject Sulim's involvement in Ahmat Kadyrov's murder

  Relatives of Sulim Yamadaev, executed by gunmen in Dubai on March 28, find it full absurdity that President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov had accused Sulim, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special GRU battalion, of involvement in murdering Ramzan's father Ahmat Kadyrov.

April 07, 2009 20:30

• Ingushetian authorities promise to study the "Mashr" report on murders and kidnappings

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the press service of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov that the authorities of Ingushetia plan to analyse all the proposals contained in yesterday's report "Violence under Control" drafted by the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Mashr" and telling about kidnappings and murders in the republic in 2008.

April 07, 2009 20:00

• "Mothers of Dagestan": specially invited provokers started a verbal skirmish during roundtable

  Svetlana Isaeva, chair of the board of the public organization "Mothers of Dagestan", has stated that "special public activists" had been invited on March 10 to the meeting of the leader of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev with Russian human rights activists and members of the Russian Public Chamber Commission on Interethnic Relations and Freedom of Religion; and the above "activists" provoked the roundtable into a verbal skirmish.

April 07, 2009 19:00

• In Azerbaijan, editor-in-chief of "Tezadlar" sentenced to a year in prison

  Today, the Yasamal District Court has sentenced Asif Marzili, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tezadlar" (Contrasts), to one year of imprisonment.

April 07, 2009 18:00

• Mutsolgov: CTO regime in Ingush villages is illegal

  Human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov asserts that introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in six villages of Ingushetia is illegal. He also places in question the information about a fight in late March militants with special agents in Sunzha District.

April 06, 2009 23:50

• Akhilgov: Tochiev's resignation is linked with his initiative to struggle against corruption in Ingushetia

  Ibragim Tochiev, ex-head of the administration of the President of Ingushetia, had forced heads of district administrations to write own-will dismissal applications with an open date. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Kaloy Akhilgov, new press secretary of the President of Ingushetia. Thus, he has refuted the earlier information about possible reasons of Tochiev's resignation.

April 06, 2009 23:00

• MIA of Ingushetia refutes any participation of power agents in Tankiev's kidnapping

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia has asserted non-involvement of earlier arrested FSB agents in kidnapping on April 3 of Gapur Tankiev, 23, a resident of Malgobek.

April 06, 2009 22:00

• Ex-head of President's administration disapproves Evkurov's methods of fighting corruption

  The reason of dismissal of Ibragim Tochiev, head of the administration of the President of Ingushetia, after only four months in this position, could be in his disapproval of President Evkurov's initiative, under which all materially accountable servants were forced to write applications on dismissal on their own will with an open date.

April 06, 2009 21:00

• Woman injured by grenade explosion in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In the morning on Sunday, April 5, in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a local woman-resident was wounded as a result of a grenade explosion in the yard of her own house; she was hospitalized.

April 06, 2009 20:40

• Housing is still the major issue for refugees in North Ossetia

  For almost two decades already, the problems of forced migrants now living in North Ossetia have been vexed both for the people and for the republic. For almost 20 years refugees live in hostels, barracks, sheds and cellars, which had been provided by the republic's leadership, and the housing issue is still the main one for them.

April 06, 2009 20:00

• Six activists of movement "Why?" detained in Georgia

  Today, the police of Tbilisi have detained six activists of the movement called "Why?" near the building of public broadcasting of Georgia, where they held a protest action.

April 06, 2009 20:00

• "Mashr": in 2008, 212 persons were killed in Ingushetia

  In 2008, in Ingushetia, 8 persons were kidnapped and 212 more lost. The figures are published in today's regular report "Violence under Control" of the human rights Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Mashr". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the "Mashr" and a member of the Expert Board for Human Rights in Russia.

April 06, 2009 19:30

• In Chechnya, possible Delimkhanov's involvement in attempt on Yamadaev is treaded ambiguously

  People in Chechnya treat differently the accusations moved against Chechen President's close associate and deputy of the State Duma of Russia from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov by the police of Dubai of organizing an attempt on Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the GRU "Vostok" special battalion. Some observers are convinced that Delimkhanov was involved in the crime, while others believe that certain forces are trying to discredit Ramzan Kadyrov.

April 06, 2009 19:00

• Azerbaijani NGOs draft alternative report on trafficking

  The coalition of Azerbaijani NGOs named "Network of Informing and Cooperation against Trafficking in Humans" is drafting a report on the situation with trafficking in the country. This report will be an alternative to the official report prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

April 06, 2009 18:00

• President of Chechnya: Sulim Yamadaev was involved in Ahmat Kadyrov's murder

  Tonight, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said to journalists in Grozny that he has data about involvement of Sulim Yamadaev, who was recently murdered in United Arab Emirates, in the terror act committed on May 9, 2004, in Grozny, which killed his father, the then President Ahmat Kadyrov.

April 04, 2009 22:00

• Ingushetia: suspects of kidnapping Gapur Tankiev detained

  In Ingushetia, the persons arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Gapur Tankiev, a resident of Malgobek, are kept in the Malgobek GOVD.

April 04, 2009 17:07

• In Tbilisi, police disperses oppositional youth's action

  At 2 a.m. on April 4, Tbilisi patrol police dispersed activists of the youth headquarters who were engaged in preparing a protest action on April 9 and confiscated their cars. This was reported by Dachi Tsaguriya, one of the organizers.

April 04, 2009 15:11

• Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan approves indictment to Dinara Butdaeva

  The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has approved the indictment on the criminal case against Dinara Butdaeva, accused of participating in illegal armed formation (IAF) and of illegal purchase, storage and transportation of firearms. She will be punished by deprivation of freedom.

April 04, 2009 14:00

• Local resident kidnapped in Ingushetia

  In the city of Malgobek (Ingushetia), a local resident Gapur Tankiev was kidnapped. Now, militiamen check the information, and victim's relatives are going to hold a rally.