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November 10, 2010 23:30

• Abkhazian GPO: fire in Sukhumi hospital stems from broken safety regulations

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia is clearing out the reason of the fire that burst out in the Sukhumi Clinical Hospital on November 9 and caused human deaths. According to GPO officials, the ignition was a result of breaching fire safety regulations.

November 10, 2010 23:20

• Court dealing with Sapiyat Magomedova's case rules to examine documents presented by inquiry

  Today, the court has considered the complaint of lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten by militiamen on June 17 in the GOVD (City Interior Division) of Khasavyurt. The court has satisfied the petition lodged by Magomedova's advocates and asking to conduct a forensic examination of the records presented by the investigation. According to the defence, the documents have attributes of a service forgery.

November 10, 2010 23:10

• MCC confirms further detention of suspect in "Neva-Express" train explosion case

  Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has ruled to leave Timur Kartoev, one of the defendants in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2009, in custody, although he had filed a complaint against the ruling to extend his detention.

November 10, 2010 23:00

• Committee Against Torture: efficient investigation into Umarpashaev's abduction by local investigators is impossible

  The Inter-Regional Committee Against Torture insists on transferring the criminal case on kidnapping of Islam Umarpashaev in Chechnya to an investigator in some other subject of the Russian Federation or of the central office of the Investigatory Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office (ICPO), claiming violations in the course of investigations conducted in the Chechen Republic.

November 10, 2010 22:40

• In Dagestan, victim reports that militiamen sneered over his religious feelings

  Today, Murtazali Adukhov, a resident of Khasavyurt, who is taking his inpatient treatment at the trauma ward of the central city hospital of Khasavyurt because of multiple injuries, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the militiamen who had detained him not only beat him, but made a mockery over his religious convictions.

November 10, 2010 22:30

• Conference of authorities and human rights defenders planned in Northern Caucasus

  The upcoming winter in Northern Caucasus will see a big conference, dedicated to drafting proposals on further regional development. It assumes to be attended by officials from Russian government, leaders of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), law enforcement agencies, human rights and other public organizations.

November 10, 2010 22:10

• Editor-in Chief of a newspaper died in prison in Azerbaijan

  Zohrab Sadygov, Editor-in-Chief of a newspaper "Cadre and Prosperity" died in prison in Baku.

November 10, 2010 22:00

• A driver who has knocked down journalist Bella Ksalova to death in Karachaevo-Cherkesia sentenced to 3,3 years of prison

  A court in Karachaevo-Cherkesia has pronounced a sentence on a driver who had knocked down to death Bella Ksalova, reporter of "Caucasian Knot". Arsen Abaikhanov will spend three years and three months in a penal colony settlement. Abaikhanov has acknowledged his guilt entirely saying he was ready for punishment for what he had done.

November 10, 2010 21:00

• A man perished and several more persons wounded during fire upon a militia squad in Dagestan

  A militiaman perished, a local woman and from four to five militiamen by different data sources got wounded during fire upon a militia squad committed by unidentified people last night in Kizlyar district of Dagestan.

November 10, 2010 20:00

• A serviceman wounded in Dagestan because of an explosion on the way of movement of a military motorcade

  A homemade bomb was activated in the evening of November, 9, not far from the village of Inchkhe, Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported. As a result of the explosion a serviceman got wounded.

November 10, 2010 19:00

• Court session on the case of judge Novikov in Sochi delayed because of the defendant's illness

  Next in turn hearings of the case of ex-judge Dmitry Novikov accused of fraud with 17 land estates in Khosta district court of the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar region, were held on November, 8 and 9.

November 10, 2010 18:00

• A Russian serviceman perished as a result of an explosion in the South-West of Chechnya

  A serviceman of Inner troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia perished on November, 9, in the piedmont Urus-Martan district of Chechnya as a result of an explosion of a fougasse.

November 09, 2010 23:50

• First festival of Russian films ended in Tbilisi

  The organizers of the First Russian Film Festival, which ended in Tbilisi on November 8, said that the results surpassed all their expectations.

November 09, 2010 23:40

• Residents of Vladikavkaz are concerned about threats of terror acts

  The Republic's Anti-Terrorism Committee of North Ossetia has issued a statement about a possible terror act in Vladikavkaz with use of trucks. The statement caused extreme concern in residents of the North-Ossetian capital.

November 09, 2010 23:30

• Attempt on militiaman prevented in Dagestan

  Unidentified persons tried to blow up a militiaman's car. On November 8, a fighter from a special combat group of the Kazbek ROVD detected a self-made explosive device, when he was washing his car, said a source from local law enforcement bodies.

November 09, 2010 23:10

• Dagestan: consideration of complaint of Sapiyat Magomedova beaten by militia postponed again

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the consideration of the complaint lodged by lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten by militia on June 17 in GOVD (City Interior Department) of Khasavyurt, appointed on November 8, was reappointed for November 10.

November 09, 2010 23:00

• Criminal case against militiamen who suppressed brawl with Chechens considered in Moscow

  Today, on November 9, the Tushino District Court of Moscow started considering the criminal case against four militiamen of OVD (Interior Divisions) "Mitino" accused of exceeding their powers and applying violence to a state official. We remind you that the militiamen tried to suppress an ethnic brawl in a Moscow cafe.

November 09, 2010 22:50

• In Novosibirsk, unidentified persons attacked the audience of the film about Anastasia Baburova

  A group of unknown hooligans attacked the students who came tonight to the Novosibirsk State University to watch the documentary about the murder of Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", said Sergey Akimov, the organizer of the demonstration.

November 09, 2010 22:40

• Adygea holds rally in memory of victims of road accidents

  On November 8, a rally was initiated and organized by the local department of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, known in Russia as GIBDD) of the MIA of the Republic of Adygea.

November 09, 2010 22:40

• Young opposition activists detained by Police of Armenia released

  In Yerevan, the four young oppositionists, who were detained this morning by the police, came to the populous rally of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), which began at about 7:30 p.m. local time.