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July 13, 2010 23:00

• SQBJ refused to open case against ex-head of military court of Grozny

  Today, the Supreme Qualification Board of Judges (SQBJ) refused to give consent to initiation of a criminal case against Alexander Kuznetsov, former chairman of the Grozny Garrison Military Court, accused of forgery, making illegal decision and causing damage.

July 13, 2010 22:20

• In Dagestan, girls announced suicide bombers by power agents left home after prohibition to wear hijabs

  Today, Bege Akaev, a resident of Novokayakent village, Kayakent District, said that his daughter - Zaira, 20, and Zalina, 15, announced by the National Antiterrorist Centre of Russia to be potential suicide bombers, left home six months ago because of domestic conflicts.

July 13, 2010 22:00

• Funds are not enough to erect in Moscow prototype of Memorial of Glory demolished in Kutaisi

  Erection of a monument in Moscow instead of the Memorial of Glory blown up in Kutaisi may face certain difficulties. As of July 12, 7 million roubles were raised for the purpose, which is, as noted by Valery Vinogradov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, obviously not enough. It is planned to start construction already in the end of July and to open the memorial on December 19 - one year after the monument was blown up in Kutaisi, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

July 13, 2010 21:20

• Georgia: Tsotne Gamsakhurdia is ready to plead guilty

  Tsotne, son of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, who is serving his term on the charge of a deliberate murder attempt, is ready to admit the charges live on TV. This was stated on July 12 by his advocate Keti Bekauri.

July 13, 2010 21:00

• In Dagestan, journalist is threatened for an article about murders of Derbent residents

  As announced on July 12 by the Investigatory Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Russian ICPO, an investigation is underway in this republic under the earlier opened criminal case on the fact of dissemination on June 16 of a video clip showing alleged militiamen executing alleged militants in Derbent.

July 13, 2010 20:00

• Woman from Dagestan states extrajudicial execution of her brother

  Dzamilya Samurkhanova, a resident of Makhachkala, is going to institute criminal proceedings of militiamen of the Derbent GOVD, who on June 16 shot dead her brother Rustam Samurkhanov, 22. The woman asserts that her brother had nothing to do with any criminal matters.

July 13, 2010 19:00

• In Dagestan, advocate demands to make inspector who beat her criminally liable

  Dzhamilya Tagirova, a lawyer of the Dagestan Specialized Bar, has petitioned about initiating a criminal case against Kerim Mazaev, an inspector of the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, who beat her right in the ROVD building.

July 13, 2010 18:00

• Advocates of "Taboo Art" organizers to apply to ECtHR

  The defence of the convicted organizers of the an exhibition "Taboo Art-2006" Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev plans to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint against violations of clients' rights to expression of their opinion. The opponents of the exhibition are going to strive for expulsion of the convicts from Russia.

July 12, 2010 23:30

• Kabardino-Balkaria: attempts on militiamen from Elborus ROVD

  On July 11, in the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, attempts were undertaken on employees of the district interior division (ROVD). When the car of the ROVD head was passing by, an explosion was triggered; and a self-made bomb was detected and neutralized under the bottom of the car of the head of the criminal militia of the same ROVD. Nobody suffered in these incidents.

July 12, 2010 23:20

• Law enforcement bodies investigate militiaman's murder in Karachai-Circassia

  The body of a militiaman, aged 27, with numerous piercing ands cutting wounds was found in the evening on July 11 in Uchkeken village of the Malokarachaevskiy District of Karachai-Circassia.

July 12, 2010 23:10

• Dagestan: health condition of wounded prosecutor remains extremely grave

  The health condition of Sirazhuddin Murtazaliev, senior assistant of the district public prosecutor and a son of the Minister of Sports of Dagestan Arslanali Murtazaliev, who was hospitalized with numerous gunshot wounds at night on July 11, remains the gravest, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the reception ward of the Khasavyurt city hospital.

July 12, 2010 23:00

• A militiaman killed in Grozny

  In the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, last night unidentified persons shot dead an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya; now, the inquiry is underway.

July 12, 2010 22:00

• Subbotnik in Grozny will last till elimination of "all unfinished work and drawbacks"

  The broad-scale subbotnik (day of unpaid work) for cleaning Grozny announced on June 19 by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was again prolonged. He said that each of the sectors into which the Chechen capital was divided for the procedure, where a particular official was in charge of the sector, will be inspected, and no "work with drawbacks" will be accepted.

July 12, 2010 21:00

• CPJ calls Russia's authorities to report about inquiry into Paul Khlebnikov's murder

  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls the authorities of Russia to disclose the results of the investigation into the murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor of the Russian version of the Forbes, who was shot dead near his Moscow office six years ago.

July 12, 2010 20:00

• Court in Moscow finds organizers of "Taboo Art-2006" guilty

  The Taganka Court of Moscow has found Andrei Yerofeev and Yuri Samodurov, organizers of the exhibition "Taboo Art-2006", guilty of kindling hatred. Now, the announcement of the verdict continues.

July 12, 2010 19:00

• HRC "Memorial" and President of Chechnya state readiness for dialogue

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that nothing threatens human rights activists in his republic, and nobody had even the slightest idea to hamper the HRC "Memorial". In his turn, the leader of the "Memorial" Oleg Orlov noted that human rights activists are always open for this sort of dialogue.

July 12, 2010 18:00

• Actions to be held on July 15 in Natalia Estemirova's memory

  On July 15, 2010, one year after the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", a commemoration picket will be held at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the monument to Griboedov (Chistye Prudy metro station). Then, at 7:00 p.m. a memory party will start at 12 Maly Karetny, in the HRC premises.

July 10, 2010 23:50

• Georgia: human rights NGO cannot find conclusions of state commission on damage evaluation in August 2008

  In Georgia, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) named "Priority on Human Rights" has addressed local mass media with a request for help to receive information about the results of the work of the state commission, which appraised the damage suffered by Georgia in the course of the warfare in August 2008.

July 10, 2010 23:20

• Jagland: Georgia fears recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Europe

  On July 9, Turborn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CЕ), said that representatives of the CE have no access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, because Georgian leaders fear that Europe may recognizes these republics.

July 10, 2010 23:10

• Criminal case initiated on huge swindle at construction of "dancing" bridge

  The investigatory division of the regional FSB department has initiated a criminal case on the fact of an especially huge swindle (11 million roubles) at construction of a pontoon bridge across the Akhtuba River in the Volgograd Region.