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February 04, 2009 22:00

• Film on conflict in South Ossetia wins a prize at international festival of TV reporters

  The film "City of Lonely Mothers" made by the "Russia Today" Russian English-language TV Channel on the life in Tskhinvali during the first days of last August South Ossetia-Georgia conflict was awarded a silver medal at the international festival named "New York Festivals".

February 04, 2009 22:00

• Chechnya will try the man who killed his daughter for misbehaviour

  The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has delivered to the court the criminal case opened against a resident of the Republic, aged 56, who shot dead his daughter of 33 in autumn of last year. He is accused not only of the murder, but also of illegal purchase of firearms.

February 04, 2009 21:00

• Investigation of young woman's murder underway in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, law enforcers hold inquiry into a young woman's murder; her body with several gunshot wounds was found in the Shelkovskoy District.

February 04, 2009 21:00

• Glukhov was not the only military absentee in South Ossetia

  Sergeant Alexander Glukhov who deserted his military unit based in Akhalgori for Georgia was not the first one to quit Russian military troops deployed in South Ossetia. Shortly before the incident with Glukhov, another soldier had tried to run away home via Georgia; however he was detained there and sent back.

February 04, 2009 20:00

• In Rostov Region, court marshals arrest property of protesting miners-pensioners

  In the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, the debts of miners-pensioners are collected in the mass order through the court. Valery Dyakonov, deputy of the city duma of Zverevo, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that five trials took place in recent days and ruled to collect the pensioners' indebtedness for heating on the suits lodged by the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Donenergo".

February 04, 2009 19:00

• Residents of Sochi plan to address European Court on mass violations of their rights committed under Olympic aegis

  Residents of Sochi are going to file a complaint against Russian government to the European Court on Human Rights about mass violations of the European Convention on Human Rights under the aegis of the forthcoming Olympic Games.

February 03, 2009 23:00

• In Dagestan, court marshals evict "Charitable Women's Hospital"

  Today, court marshals and officials of the Agency for Managing State Property of the Republic of Dagestan (former Ministry of Property and Land Relations) arrived in the "Charitable Women's Hospital" located in Makhachkala.

February 03, 2009 22:00

• Azerbaijan: participant of anti-Israeli protests in Nardaran detained

  Yesterday, on February 2, late at night, the police arrested Khikmet Veliev, a resident of Nardaran and an active participant of recent anti-Israeli actions held in this settlement located 30 km north-east of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

February 03, 2009 22:00

• "Memorial" asks Luzhkov to coordinate the route of march in memory of Markelov and Baburova

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" demands from Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov to coordinate the route of the action planned on February 8 in memory of assassinated Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova and other recent victims of politically motivated terror in Moscow.

February 03, 2009 22:00

• Two local residents detained in the West of Chechnya

  Two residents of Chechnya have been detained by employees of law enforcement bodies in the foothill Achhoy-Martan District. The detainees are accused of helping participants of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

February 03, 2009 21:00

• Leader of "Gnchak" Party: Armenian authorities have no proofs on "Case of Seven"

  Liudmila Sarkisyan, Chair of the "Gnchak" Social-Democratic Party, asserts that the authorities of Armenia have no proofs on the "Case of Seven", therefore, the litigation is under risk to turn into a mere farce.

February 03, 2009 20:00

• Chris Chivers: "murder list" of Kadyrov's enemies needs verification

  The authenticity of the list of 300 natives from Chechnya, sentenced to death by President Kadyrov, which was published in the western press, has not been proved yet. This was stated by Chris Chivers, one of the authors of the article published in the American "New York Times", in his exclusive interview to the "Caucasian Knot"; the article was about the story told by the murdered Chechen emigrant Umar Israilov about the cruelty of the Chechen regime.

February 03, 2009 19:00

• "Reporters without Borders" call Azerbaijani authorities to stop persecuting journalists in Nakhichevan

  The international organization "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) engaged in defending journalists' rights has sent letters to the authorities of Azerbaijan in the context of persecutions of independent journalists in Nakhichevan.

February 03, 2009 19:00

• "Reporters without Borders" criticize Politkovskaya's murder trial

  Today, the international human rights organization "Reporters without Borders" has criticized the course of the trial on the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. This is the topic of press release disseminated by the organization.

February 02, 2009 23:00

• Journalists harassed in Azerbaijani NAR

  In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, pressure has strengthened on local independent journalists - Malakhat Nasibova, regional correspondent of the Turan News Agency and the Azerbaijan Service of Radio Liberty, Khyakimeldostu Mekhtiev and Elman Abbasov, local representatives of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by the journalists themselves.

February 02, 2009 22:00

• Rally in memory of Markelov and Baburova in Moscow: "They'd stop assassinating us only when thousands flood streets"

  Several speakers to the rally in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova, held on February 1 in Chistye Prudy in Moscow, called Russians to mass protests against the ruling regime and revelry of neo-Nazis. Despite the frost, four hundred persons came to take part.

February 02, 2009 20:00

• "Memorial": investigation into Farid Babaev's murder in Dagestan was superficial

  The investigation of the murder case of Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan "Yabloko" Party, lacked due care. The analysis of the materials of the case and the whole litigation process give rise to the idea that either inspectors themselves set up a certain "barrier" beyond which the inquiry should not move, or such barrier had been imposed by someone. This is the topic of today's statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

February 02, 2009 20:00

• Chechnya: local resident detained as suspect of helping militants

  On February 1, law enforcers detained a resident of the Staropromyslovskiy District of the capital of Chechnya, who, according to the investigation, in 2007 supplied foodstuffs to members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

February 02, 2009 19:00

• Court session on Politkovskaya's murder postponed till February 3

  The Moscow Regional Military Court has ruled to hold its next session on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case on February 3.

February 02, 2009 19:00

• Three hunger-strikers hospitalized in Rostov Region

  Three miners-pensioners, who take part in the hunger strike held in the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, have been hospitalized because of health deterioration.