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August 04, 2010 20:00

• Chechen MIA: 51 militants liquidated this year

  From the start of this year, the law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic have liquidated 51 militants; and 128 suspected members of the armed underground and their helpers were detained. These figures were announced on August 3 at the meeting in Grozny of President of Chechnya with the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the republic. Local observers believe that the figures presented by power agents can be overestimated.

August 04, 2010 19:00

• Armenia: four servicemen detained in connection with contract officer's death

  Within the criminal case on the fact of death of Artak Nazaryan, a contract officer, initiated by the military prosecutor's office under Article 110 of the Criminal Code (incitement to suicide), four militaries have been detained: an officer and three regular soldiers.

August 04, 2010 18:00

• Malika Evtemirova, violated in Dagestan, is persuaded to cooperation at GOVD

  Employees of law enforcement bodies render no pressure on Malika Evtemirova, a resident of Dagestan, and offer her a deal in exchange for cooperation with the investigation. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Evtemirova herself.

August 03, 2010 23:40

• Rights activists demand that Dagestan authorities punish militiamen for beating teenager

  In Dagestan, activists of public organizations bag subscriptions under an open letter to President of the republic Magomedsalam Magomedov with a demand to investigate the crime committed on Makhmud Ahmedov, 14. They ask to stop militia's lawlessness and punish those guilty of beating the teenager.

August 03, 2010 23:10

• Resident of North Ossetia complains to prosecutor's office of cruel treatment in militia

  Alexei Samkov, a resident of Vladikavkaz, born in 1988, sent a complaint to the Public Prosecutor of North Ossetia, asserting that he was beaten by militiamen.

August 03, 2010 23:00

• Mass poisoning with confectionery in Rostov Region

  Numerous cases of poisoning in the Bagaev District, Rostov Region, became known on August 2. On July 29 and 30, 15 persons were hospitalized there, including seven children and an 11-month-old baby.

August 03, 2010 22:10

• Zakaev: Umarov lost trust of his former Chechen companions

  Dokku Umarov, who has announced his successor - Aslambek Vadalov - was dismissed from the command of the underground by his former companions-in-arms, said Ahmed Zakaev, former emissary of Chechen separatists, who is now hiding from Russian justice in London. Ruslan Martagov, a Chechen journalist and political scientist, agrees that Dokku Umarov has lost his reputation among the militants.

August 03, 2010 22:00

• Chechen MIA: Vadalov was involved in liquidation of dozens of Chechen militiamen

  Aslambek Vadalov, appointed by Dokku Umarov to be his successor as the "Amir" of the "Imarat Kavkaz", created by Umarov, is one of the most impudent militants' field commanders and is guilty of murdering dozens of law enforcers, the Chechen MIA asserts. President of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that operations aimed to find and liquidate Umarov, Vadalov and other militants' leaders will be continued.

August 03, 2010 21:10

• "Soldier's Mothers" of Armenia: deaths of soldiers on July 27 and 28 should be investigated

  The reason of the death of Armenian soldiers on July 27 and 28 is in the fact that some people in the country's Armed Forces are not in their positions; and henceforth we should understand that the most important thing is the soldier's life. This was stated today to journalists by Greta Mirzoyan, a member of the public board at the Minister of Defence and chair of the public organization "Soldier's Mothers".

August 03, 2010 21:00

• MIA detained no troopers after fight with Dagestan natives in Moscow

  Moscow law enforcers are establishing instigators of the fight between natives of Dagestan and veterans-air troopers, which burst out yesterday, on August 2, in the Russian capital. Information on the incident is scanty; therefore, authors of Internet diaries express their opinions on the possible course of events; many of them condemn the troopers' tradition of celebrating the annual Troopers' Day by mass alcohol drinking.

August 03, 2010 20:00

• Fuad Gakhramanly: detainees for participation in Saturday's action in Baku are insulted

  As stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Fuad Gakhramanly, deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the participants of the Saturday's action of the opposition, who had been sentenced to administrative arrest in Baku, are exposed to insults and pressure.

August 03, 2010 19:00

• Balkars stop hunger strike in Essentuki and continue in Moscow

  Tonight, the group of Balkars, which were holding their hunger strike at the building of the representative office of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District) in the city of Essentuki for 25 days, stopped their action and returned to Nalchik.

August 03, 2010 18:00

• Azerbaijan: "Azadlyg" to restart on August 4

  The next regular issue of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" will be published in Azerbaijan on August 4. It became possible after negotiations of the paper's editorial board with the top management of the "Azerbaijan" Publishing House.

August 02, 2010 23:30

• Georgian NGOs stand against "hate speech"

  In Georgia, a working group will be set up to fight against the "hate speech". This was decided today during a joint working meeting of the public movement "Multinational Georgia" with the local NGOs.

August 02, 2010 23:20

• Pensioners from Rostov Region adjudge 600,000 euros from Russia at ECtHR

  According to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the authorities of Russia shall have to pay over 600,000 euros to 87 military pensioners from Novocherkassk, Rostov Region.

August 02, 2010 23:10

• Militiamen suspected of bribe-taking in Stavropol Territory

  Head of the investigatory department at the OVD for Kislovodsk and his subordinate are suspected of taking a bribe. Under the version of the investigation, the officials received a large bribe from four GIBDD (STSI) employees for hiding their crimes.

August 02, 2010 23:00

• "Strategy-31" rallies held in South of Russia

  Actions in support of the All-Russian campaign "Strategy-31" took place in eight cities of the South of Russia, where participants demand from the authorities to respect Article 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which guarantees the citizens' right to peaceful assemblies. In each city the rallies were 10-50 persons strong.

August 02, 2010 22:00

• Suspect of kidnapping detained in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Militiamen have detained a resident of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of an armed kidnapping of a resident of Maiskiy settlement from a route bus.

August 02, 2010 21:00

• Balkar hunger-strikers offered to stop their action

  The group of Balkars who are holding a hunger strike in Essentuki near the representative office of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District) was visited by Alexei Verbitskiy, federal inspector in Kabardino-Balkaria, who offered them to go home.

August 02, 2010 21:00

• Opposition rapper Noise MC arrested in Volgograd

  The Volgograd Court has arrested Ivan Alekseev, a well-known rapper, singer and composer, also known as "Noise MC, for 10 days on the charge of hooliganism.