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March 18, 2010 19:00

• Human rights activists in Azerbaijan ambiguously perceive the presidential pardon

  Ganimat Zakhidov, chief editor of the "Azadlyg" ("Freedom") newspaper, granted pardon yesterday by the decree of the Azeri president, was released today morning from the specialized medical establishment of the country's Penitentiary service.

March 18, 2010 18:00

• Dagestan resident complains of illegal arrest of his brother in Azerbaijan

  Umar Garisov, resident of village Karanayaul, Kayakent district, complains that his brother Osman Garisov has been in Azeri pre-trial prisons since February 10. Today, Umar Garisov has relayed that the incident happened at the Azeri customs house where the brother was returning home from his pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

March 17, 2010 23:50

• Pistol from which pastor Sysoev was murdered found on citizen of Kirghizia killed in Dagestan

  The pistol from which Daniil Sysoev, provost of the Moscow Apostle Thomas cathedral, had been murdered on November 19, 2009, was found on Beksultan Karybekov, born in Kirghizia, killed in the capital of Dagestan. This has been made known in the RF ICPO.

March 17, 2010 23:45

• Dagestan court grants petition of "Chernovik"'s lawyers

  On March 16, Sharaputdin Gadzhiev, Federal Judge of the Leninskiy district court of Makhachkala, Dagestan, changed the measure of restraint for the journalists of the local weekly "Chernovik" from the recognizance not to leave to the obligation to appear before court. The judge also granted the petition of the defence to conduct another comprehensive psychologico-linguistic expert analysis of the newspaper materials in the federal centre of forensic examination under the Russian Ministry of Justice.

March 17, 2010 23:40

• Resident of Dagestan accused of killing a militiaman states he shot in self-defence

  Yakub Kartakaev, born in Dagestan, accused of murdering a militiaman in the Moscow's district of Kuntsevo, has stated today in the Zamoskvoretsk district court of Moscow that he shot in self-defence in response to the abuse of power by MIA officers.

March 17, 2010 23:40

• Ex-deputy of regional Duma accused of pedophilia wanted in Volgograd

  Nikolai Volkov, ex-deputy of Volgograd regional Duma, is suspected of raping under-aged children. The militia arrested the influential businessman but he managed to escape. A criminal case has been initiated on the fact of the Volkov's flee.

March 17, 2010 23:30

• Political hunger strike declared by deputies in Astrakhan

  In Astrakhan, a number of local deputies and journalists have gone on a hunger strike. In this way they protest against "political repressions and framed criminal cases against opposition activists."

March 17, 2010 23:10

• An opposition meeting planned in South Ossetia

  Opposition plans to hold meetings on March 20 and 21 in the South Ossetia capital.

March 17, 2010 23:00

• Wages started to be paid to builders on strike in Sochi

  The prosecutor's office of Krasnodar Territory has enforced payment of outstanding wages to the builders of Olympic facilities in Sochi, reports Marina Gridneva, official representative of RF General Prosecutor's Office.

March 17, 2010 22:50

• Armenian opposition holds many-thousand strong march

  On March 16, on the eve of the sitting of the Committee on Monitoring of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, an action of protest was held in the capital of Armenia attended by more than ten thousand people.

March 17, 2010 22:40

• Opposition in Sweden considers position of Premier on genocide of Armenians illegal

  The opposition Social-Democratic Party of Sweden has filed a lawsuit against Prime-Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has assured his Turkish counterpart that the resolution on genocide of Armenians adopted by the Swedish parliament is not going to be effective as law.

March 17, 2010 22:40

• European Commission concerned about the video of "Imedi" TV channel shown in Georgia

  Today, Jose Manuel Barroso, chairman of the European Commission, has expressed his concern to the Georgian Prime-Minister Nike Ghilauri in connection with the report of the "Imedi" TV channel broadcast on March 13 about the alleged invasion of Russian troops.

March 17, 2010 22:00

• Krasnodar court refuses to consider the suit by Dymovskiy on reinstatement at work

  The Pervomaiski district court of Krasnodar has denied Alexei Dymovskiy, the former militia major, to consider the lawsuit filed with the region internal affairs department to invalidate the order on his dismissal and reinstatement at work. This has been reported by Valeri Melnikov, representative of the plaintiff.

March 17, 2010 22:00

• Deputy prosecutor of Taganrog interrogates the ex-chair of local community of Jehovah's Witnesses, believers fear criminal prosecution

  On March 12, Nikolai Trotiuk, the former chair of the "Taganrog" local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (Rostov region), was summoned to the deputy prosecutor of the city. The believers fear that this fact may be the start of criminal prosecution of the organization followers. This has been reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Grigory Martynov from the press service of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

March 17, 2010 21:30

• Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of opposition newspaper, pardoned in Azerbaijan

  Today, Ilham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree on granting pardon to 72 convicts, including Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of an opposition newspaper. The pardon is linked with the Novruz holiday marked on the day of the vernal equinox.

March 17, 2010 21:10

• Wild-leek picker killed in submountain Chechnya

  Chechnya law enforcement agencies investigate the murder of a 49-year-old resident of the Martan-Chu village, Achkhoi-Martan district, who was captured by armed persons while picking up wild leek in the forest and later found killed in the mountain forest area several kilometres from the village.

March 16, 2010 23:50

• New inspector on "execution list" case appointed in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, Criminal Case No. 96892 dealing with appeals to murders and grave crimes (the so-called "execution list") was transferred to Basyr Magomedov, an inspector on especially important cases of the investigatory committee at the prosecutor's office of Dagestan. This was reported by Isalmagomed Nabiev, chairman of independent trade union of drivers and entrepreneurs of Dagestan.

March 16, 2010 23:30

• In Sochi, builders on strike because of wage delay address President Medvedev

  In Sochi, the builders of the dwelling complex for resettlers from the Imereti Lowland went on strike and addressed their complaint to President Dmitri Medvedev against many-month delays of wages by the General Contractor - the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Moskonversprom".

March 16, 2010 23:20

• Soldier and militiaman wounded in southwest of Chechnya

  On March 15, in the foothill Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, an explosion of a land mine and shelling wounded a Russian military man and a Chechen militiaman. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it in law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.

March 16, 2010 23:10

• Chechnya launches a broad-scale operation against illegal migrants

  From March 14 on, employees of law enforcement bodies of Chechnya and the local Department of the Federal Migration Service (DFMS) are running broad-scale actions aimed at revealing illegal migrants. A respective order was given by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.