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October 25, 2011 22:20

• Court interrogates Adam Khamkhoev on torture applied by policemen

  The Karabulak Court of Ingushetia held a court session on the case against Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, accused of torturing detainees, and questioned the victim Adam Khamkhoev.

October 25, 2011 22:10

• Woman from Dagestan asks to find her missing brother

  Today, Zulaikha Murtazalieva, a resident of the city of Buinaksk, appealed to the organization of the "Human Rights Protection" and to the Prosecutor of Dagestan, asking to help find her brother Gasan Murtazaliev, a resident of the village of Shamkhal, who was put on the list of missing persons on October 22.

October 25, 2011 22:00

• Ecologists report illicit deforestation in Sochi National Park

  Works on cleaning ground areas for development have started in the territory of Sochi National Park. Ecologists consider these actions illicit.

October 25, 2011 21:00

• A serviceman in Azerbaijan got wounded during manoeuvres

  Soldier of Inner Troops, a nineteen-years-old Elhan Sharifhan oglu Aliev, got wounded during manoeuvres in a weapons training center in the settlement of Mushfig, Azerbaijan.

October 25, 2011 20:00

• The fee of the dancers of MDR TV channel who danced before Kadyrov will be granted to "Reporters Without Borders"

  The German TV channel MDR will transfer the fee of the dance company received for their performance in Grozny to the organization "Reporters Without Borders". The management of the channel fears that the concert will injure the reputation of MDR.

October 25, 2011 19:00

• Defenders of Trchkan waterfall in Armenia went on a sit-in strike

  On the eve of a discussion of building a hydro-power station on Trchkan that will be held on October, 26, defenders of the greatest waterfall in Armenia held a sit-in near it.

October 25, 2011 18:00

• Yevkurov demanded information of the gunmen's culpability from members of power ministries

  Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov demanded from members of power ministries of the region to provide information on the extent of guilt of every gunman detained or killed in Ingushetia.

October 24, 2011 23:50

• Ivanishvili's Moscow representative prohibited to leave Georgia

  Valery Levin, an employee of the Moscow office of the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, was prohibited - by Georgian law enforcement bodies - to leave Georgia. He was detained late on October 22 and released a couple of hours later.

October 24, 2011 23:40

• KBR authorities to create conditions for rehabilitation of former militants

  The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has promised, as stated by the republic's Operations Staff, to set up all the conditions for the members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who decide to voluntarily give up their illegal activities and return to normal life.

October 24, 2011 23:30

• Rights defenders tell Swedish Human Rights Envoy about kidnappings and housing problems of refugees in Ingushetia

  Among the problems reported by Ingush human rights activists to Hans Dahlgren, the Swedish Human Rights Envoy, during their meeting in Nazran, Ingushetia, were the situation of refugees, appeals of republic's citizens to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and illegal actions of law enforcers.

October 24, 2011 23:30

• In Kalmykia, 74 persons recognized as victims in mass children AIDS infection

  The Investigatory Department for Kalmykia of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has completed an additional investigation into the criminal case, initiated on January 25, 1989, on facts of mass AIDS infection of children. The status of victims was awarded to 74 persons.

October 24, 2011 23:20

• Court leaves Pavlyuchenkov, accused of murdering Politkovskaya, in custody

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of the former militia officers Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a defendant in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.

October 24, 2011 23:10

• ICRF for Dagestan: member of Public Chamber kidnapped for ransom

  The priority version considered by inspectors as to kidnapping of Nurakhmed Magomedov, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, was claiming a ransom, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported today.

October 24, 2011 23:00

• Resident of Dagestan complains that policemen forced him to shave off his beard

  Today, Zaur Agamuradov, a resident of Derbent, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the head of the criminal search of the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Department) Arif Magomedov has warned him about non-admissibility of wearing a beard. The GOVD gives no comment.

October 24, 2011 22:50

• Trial to start near Moscow of OMON fighters, suspected of kidnapping members of Armenian Diaspora

  On October 25, the Vidnoe City Court of the Moscow Region will hold the first session on the case of OMON (riot police) agents, accused of kidnapping members of the Armenian Diaspora in Moscow for ransom.

October 24, 2011 22:40

• Oleg Orlov: Kadyrov's advocate protracts consideration of the appeal

  Representatives of Ramzan Kadyrov are protracting the process of reviewing the appeal complaint against the acquittal on the case of slander in connection of statements about responsibility of the head of Chechnya for the murder of Natalia Estemirova, said Oleg Orlov, the head of the HRC "Memorial".

October 24, 2011 22:20

• Contract soldier dies in Karachay-Cherkessia

  The investigatory division of the Army Unit No. 10732 is studying the circumstances of the death of the soldier who took his service under contract to the mountain-rifle brigade of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) deployed in the village of Zelenchukskaya in Karachay-Cherkessia.

October 24, 2011 22:10

• Seven medics get poisoned in Kalmykia

  Seven employees of the Oncology Dispensary of Kalmykia were hospitalized in Elista with symptoms of food poisoning.

October 24, 2011 22:00

• Unique diary of Chechen War eyewitness presented in Moscow

  The Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Centre has hosted a presentation of the book "Polina Zherebtsova's Diary", telling about the events of 1999-2002 in Grozny during the Second Chechen War, as seen by the teenager.

October 24, 2011 21:00

• Public prosecutor's office of SMO: the military are not involved in delivery of ammunition from "Ashuluk" firing range as scrap metal

  Public prosecutor's office of Southern Military Okrug (SMO) has established that the servicemen did not take part in collection and delivery of shells and fragments of ammunition from "Ashuluk" firing range in Astrakhan region to a receiving center of scrap metal, Press service of SMO reported.