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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

June 23, 2010 23:50

  • Makhov: many businessmen in KBR finance terrorists

    The criminality in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is under effect of the nationalist-extremist underground groupings, which use different methods but have one aim - destabilization of situation. This was stated today by Arthur Makhov, deputy public prosecutor of the republic at the sitting of the Public Chamber of the KBR.

June 23, 2010 23:30

  • Dmitri Medvedev approves list of orders on Chechnya

    As reported today by the press service of the Kremlin, based on the outcomes of the meeting with Chechen leadership on June 14, 2010, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has approved the list of his instructions (orders).

June 23, 2010 23:10

  • Moskalenko: it is unsafe for Caucasians to address the ECtHR

    Lately, more than twenty applicants from Chechnya, whose cases were supported by the International Advocacy Support Centre, received compensations under decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was reported on June 22 by the head of the Centre Karina Moskalenko. In her opinion, justice in Russia faces huge obstacles.

June 23, 2010 23:10

  • Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" Dagestan militiamen say that beaten lawyer Magomedova was first to attack them

    The case of Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten in Khasavyurt, is considered by the investigatory division on especially important cases of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, which refuses to give any comments on the course of inquiry. According to the head of the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division) Shamil Temigereev, lawyer Magomedova attacked militiamen herself.

June 23, 2010 23:00

  • In Kabardino-Balkaria, court cancels ban on rallies in Nalchik

    On June 22, the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) found illegal the decision of the antiterrorist commission at the administration of the capital of the republic of December 24, 2009, to introduce a temporary ban on rallies, pickets and other mass political actions in the territory of the city of Nalchik.

June 23, 2010 22:00

June 23, 2010 21:00

  • Natalia Estemirova. Photo by Victoria Ivleva-Yorke/www.hro.org Militant can be named to be Estemirova's killer, a source reports

    A well-informed source in Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot" that soon the recruiter of militants Alkhazur Bashaev, who was liquidated in November 2009, may be announced by the investigation to be the murderer of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Chechen branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", while the motive of her murder could possibly be found in the report of human rights activists, where Bashaev was mentioned. The employees of the HRC "Memorial" are afraid that this version may conceal real customers of the murder from responsibility.

June 23, 2010 20:00

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June 22, 2010 23:00

  • HRW demands to punish those who beat lawyer in Dagestan

    The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that Russian authorities should investigate the beating by militiamen in Dagestan of lawyer-rights defender Sapiyat Magomedova and bring those guilty to responsibility.

June 22, 2010 22:00

  • Russian delegation votes for PACE resolution on human rights in Northern Caucasus

    Leonid Slutskiy, deputy head of the Russian delegation to the PACE and the first deputy chair of State Duma committee for international matters, has noted a great importance of the discussion by European MPs of the resolution on situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus. The head of the Russian delegation to the PACE Konstantin Kosachov finds the adopted resolution to be objective and well-balanced.

June 22, 2010 21:00

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June 22, 2010 18:00

  • Kalyapin: inquiry bodies hamper investigation into Chechen kidnappings

    The investigation of human rights violations in Chechnya is sabotaged by local inspectors. This was stated by Igor Kalyapin, Chairman of the Nizhniy Novgorod Inter-Regional Committee against Torture and Coordinator of the Public Commission on Chechnya, on June 20 in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 21, 2010 23:50

Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

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