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May 15, 2009 23:30

• Russia loses Chechen cases in European Court again

  At the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, the Russian Federation has lost two cases to residents of Chechnya, who accused Russia's authorities of disappearance and murder of their relatives.

May 15, 2009 23:10

• Armenia stops case against one of former "Case of Seven" defendants

  According to the conclusion of experts from the Ministry of Public Health, Shant Arutyunyan, one of the defendants in the former "Case of Seven", "in the moment of committing his crime was in the state of mental insanity." On the basis of the conclusion of the forensic medical examination, the criminal case against Mr Arutyunyan is stopped.

May 15, 2009 23:00

• About 30,000 take part in oppositional rally in Armenian capital

  Today, in Yerevan, at Matenadaran, a rally of the opposition was held that brought together about 30 thousand persons. After the rally, many thousands of them marched along the streets of the capital. People from transport means and house windows welcomed them. The participants of the march were shouting: "Free, independent Armenia!" and "Levon is President!" The march was accompanied by policemen. The action passed without incidents.

May 15, 2009 22:00

• 10 persons detained in Sochi at attempt of anti-Olympiad picket

  On May 14, the day of sitting of the IOC Commission in Sochi, militiamen detained and took away from Vinogradnaya to Gorki Street in militia vans the ten persons who tried to hold a protest picket against 2014 Sochi Olympiad.

May 15, 2009 21:30

• Four local residents kidnapped in Chechnya

  At night on May 10, in Bachi-Yurt village, Kurchaloy District of Chechnya, unidentified power agents kidnapped four persons. All of them are elderly people.

May 15, 2009 21:10

• Four persons lost in fire at "Nairit" chemical factory in Yerevan

  The bosses of the chemical factory "Nairit" in Yerevan, where a strong fire occurred in the evening on May 14, announced the names of their four lost workers. Russia has expressed its readiness to help Armenia in liquidating the accident consequences.

May 15, 2009 21:00

• Lawyer Abubakarov: Bogatyryov's murder in Kabardino-Balkaria has no links with Nalchik attack case

  There are no grounds to look for any links between the murder of Vitaly Bogatyryov, deputy head of the investigatory isolation facility (SIZO) of Russia's UFSIN (Department of the Federal Punishment Enforcement Service) for Kabardino-Balkaria, with the complaints against custody conditions in SIZO of the defendants in the case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005. This is the opinion of advocate Magomed Abubakarov.

May 15, 2009 21:00

• Zakareishvili: Saakashvili will make no concessions to opposition

  After the meeting of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili with the leaders of the nongovernmental opposition, many oppositionists understood that the event was just Saakashvili's formal gesture aimed at the West, and he is not ready to make any concessions. This was stated by Georgian political scientist Paata Zakareishvili to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

May 15, 2009 20:00

• Number of terror act victims in Chechnya reached four

  As reported by the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia, a result of the explosion near the building of the MIA of Chechnya in Grozny, four persons were lost and at least five wounded.

May 15, 2009 19:00

• Inspectors find new data on massacre in Baku Oil Academy

  Tonight, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Azerbaijan have made a joint statement on the course of investigation into the massacre committed in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) on April 30. They now clear out involvement of certain Sergey Grigoryan in this crime.

May 15, 2009 18:00

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria beaten to death by Moscow youngsters

  In Moscow, Ahmed Maskov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed, and Arthur Borukaev, another resident of this republic, received heavy mutilations, when they were attacked by short-haired young men equipped with steel bars. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from well-informed sources.

May 14, 2009 23:40

• Azerbaijani opposition: non-election of Azerbaijan to UN Human Rights Council is a result of Baku's policy

  Politicians and human rights activists of Azerbaijan believe that no-election of their country to the Council of the United Nations for Human Rights is a logical consequence of the policy of the official Baku.

May 14, 2009 23:10

• German Embassy refuses visa to teenager from Abkhazia

  The Embassy of the German Federal Republic in Russia refused to grant a visa to the young man from Abkhazia, aged 16, required to undergo a complicated surgery in one of clinics in Munich.

May 14, 2009 23:00

• Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya checks data about Yamadaev's threats to Kadyrov

  Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of "Vostok" special GRU battalion, who, according to some sources, was lost as a result of attempt in the end of this March in Dubai, and, according to his relatives, survived and was going to announce blood feud to President of Chechnya, can be brought to criminal liability. His threats to Ramzan Kadyrov arouse interest of the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

May 14, 2009 22:10

• Claim of journalist versus police considered in Azerbaijan

  On Wednesday, May 13, the Nasimin District Court of Baku, chaired by Ikram Shirinov, started a trial on the suit lodged by Emin Guseinov, Director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), against the police of Azerbaijan.

May 14, 2009 22:00

• Board of NGOs: MIA forbids militiamen to resign

  Militiamen of Chechnya, who decide to resign, are at risk of beating, and their bosses refuse to sign their dismissal applications. The "Caucasian Knot" was told about it in the Information Centre of the Board of NGOs of Chechnya.

May 14, 2009 21:00

• In Volgograd, lady-journalist fined for articles about Chechen's torturing in colony

  The Kirov District Court of Volgograd has fined by 200,000 roubles journalist Elena Maglevannaya, who published materials about facts of torture in Russian colonies, having found her guilty of disseminating false information, discrediting the honour and dignity of the Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement (known as "FSIN"), as reported by official spokesman of the Service.

May 14, 2009 20:00

• Editorial board of "Corruption and Crime" wants to punish the attacker on journalist in Rostov

  The collective of the newspaper "Corruption and Crime" is conducting its own investigation into the attack in Rostov-on-Don on journalist Vyacheslav Yaroshenko and plans to punish the culprit without involving the militia. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Sergey Sleptsov, deputy editor-in-chief of the edition, who complained of inactivity of law enforcers.

May 14, 2009 19:00

• Khazbiev: Evkurov failed to bridle special agencies in Ingushetia

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov failed to meet the expectations and trust of the population and could not bridle the special agencies guilty of spread of violence over the republic. This was stated by Magomed Khazbiev, one of the leaders of the Ingush opposition.

May 14, 2009 18:00

• Georgia: opposition relies on Western help in talking with authorities

  Today, a meeting took place of the foreign diplomats accredited in Tbilisi with representatives of the opposition. The leaders of the latter acquainted the diplomats with their vision of the outcomes of the meetings with President Mikhail Saakashvili and Parliament Speaker David Bakradze.