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March 03, 2011 22:10

• Kvedaravichyus: film about kidnappings in Chechnya was made by hidden camera

  The Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravichyus, author of the documentary "Barzakh" telling about disappearances and abductions in Chechnya, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about how his film was made.

March 03, 2011 22:00

• In Moscow, organizers of first-year-students' party from "Elbrusoid" Foundation taught Caucasian youth how to behave in Moscow

  On February 26, the Moscow Concert Hall "Izmailovskiy" hosted a traditional party of the first-year student, organized by the foundation for promotion of Karachay-Balkar youth named "Elbrusoid". One of the main topics raised by esteemed guests of the event in their addresses to former entrees was the behaviour of Caucasian youth in Moscow.

March 03, 2011 21:00

• SC of Chechnya to reconsider hundred prisoners' criminal cases

  Under the order of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Republic will reconsider the criminal verdicts against a group of convicts serving their terms in the prison of "Chernokozovo", located in northern Chechnya. Mr Kadyrov made the decision after visiting the prison a few weeks ago.

March 03, 2011 20:00

• 12 persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus within a week

  During February 21-27, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least 12 lives. At least 9 persons were injured during this period. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 03, 2011 20:00

• Mother of Magmadovs, natives of Chechnya, accused of recruiting Egle Kusaite, complains that her children are harassed in Lefortovo

  Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova, who are kept in the "Lefortovo" FSB's pre-trial prison, charged of recruiting Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, to commit terror acts in Russia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her children are exposed to physical and psychological pressure and left without medical care.

March 03, 2011 19:00

• At "Kadyrov vs. Orlov" litigation, defendant's advocate objects to further trial without claimant

  At the trial on the case "Kadyrov vs. Orlov", which continued on March 3 in the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow, the defendant's advocate Genry Reznik would not agree to announcement at the trial of the evidences of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov without the personal presence of the claimant.

March 03, 2011 18:00

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 33,500 euros to mother of Chechen who died in militia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has upheld a lawsuit of Amnat Khambulatova, a resident of Chechnya, whose son died in a militia station, and ruled that the Russian authorities should pay the monetary compensation of about 33,500 euros to her.

March 02, 2011 23:20

• International Organization "Lions Clubs" sends parcel to Beslan children

  The international NGO named "Lions Clubs", which is regularly providing assistance to victims of the Beslan terror act, has sent another shipment to North Ossetia - three boxes of school supplies for Beslan children.

March 02, 2011 23:10

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, "Black Hawks" threaten with revenge on militants

  The leader of the organization named "Chornye Yastreby" (Black Hawks), which positions itself as an anti-Wahhabite one, has stated that militants in Kabardino-Balkaria are just hiding behind religious slogans and kill civilians. Moreover, he said that the members of his organization will act against militants by using the latter's methods.

March 02, 2011 23:00

• Ecologists arrested in Krasnodar Territory go on hunger strike

  The activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" detained in the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, "are on a hunger strike against the militia and judicial arbitrariness for the second day in the detention facility of the Tuapse UVD (District Interior Department)," their colleagues report.

March 02, 2011 22:10

• Dagestan: relatives of kidnapped person ask rights defenders' protection from power agents

  The sister of Magomed Gaziev, born in 1992, a resident of the village of Shamkhal-Station, Kirov District of Makhachkala, who was kidnapped on March 1 by unidentified persons, asks for help in searching her brother and to protect her family from harassment of law enforcers.

March 02, 2011 22:00

• Russian Interior Minister revokes decree on awarding former head of Krasnodar Territorial GUVD

  Rashid Nurgaliev, head of the Russian MIA, has overturned his order to decorate Sergey Kucheruk, former head of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) for the Krasnodar Territory, who was sacked after the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory.

March 02, 2011 21:00

• Vilnius calls to open trial of Egle Kusaite

  A picket is on at the building of the Regional Court in Vilnius with a demand of an open trial of Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, accused of preparing terror act in Russia; all kinds of people came to take part in the action.

March 02, 2011 20:00

• Residents of South Ossetia re-submit complaints to ECtHR

  As reported by the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia, the republic has repeatedly submitted applications of its residents affected by the war in August 2008 to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

March 02, 2011 19:00

• Azerbaijani journalist becomes laureate of Gerd Bucerius Prize

  Zamin Gadji, a journalist of opposition media of Azerbaijan, has become one of the six laureates of the 2011 Prize "Free Press of Eastern Europe" named after Gerd Bucerius and awarded by the German Foundation "Zeit-Stiftung" and the Norwegian Foundation "Free Speech".

March 02, 2011 18:00

• Three suspects of blowing up "Domodedovo" indicted

  Charges of terrorism have been presented to three residents of Ingushetia - the brother, sister and fellow villager of the suicide bomber at the "Domodedovo" Airport, who are believed to be accomplices.

March 01, 2011 23:20

• Relapse of 2005 events in Nalchik in the same form impossible, experts say

  The simultaneous attack on several power objects in Nalchik on February 25 reminded the attack on the city undertaken on October 13, 2005. But politicians and observers believe that any repetition of the events that took place six years ago is now impossible; they treat the new attack to be a demonstrative action. Besides, it is believed that militants could make this take the attack deliberately, in order to distract the attention of law enforcers from the places where the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was declared.

March 01, 2011 23:10

• Blogger agrees to meet Surkov to discuss peace dialogue in Northern Caucasus

  On February 28, the Chechen blogger "Timur Stigal" complained to the Twitter microblog of President Dmitry Medvedev on the bribes in the amount of 300,000 US dollars, allegedly extorted by the retinue of Vladislav Surkov for arranging a meeting with him.

March 01, 2011 23:00

• Release of Georgian sailors from pirate captivity postponed

  Liberation of Georgian seamen by Somalia pirates is postponed by ten days, said Sergo Devadze, father of one of the sailors.

March 01, 2011 23:00

• Within Project "Peace to the Caucasus" Kizlyar residents tell about infringements of Muslims' rights

  The problems of Muslims were discussed in the course of the working meeting within the cycle of the public debates "Peace to the Caucasus". The meeting with townspeople of the working group of the Public Chamber of Russia on development of social dialogue and civil society institutions in the Caucasus was held in the city of Kizlyar on February 27.