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September 17, 2009 23:40

• Ingush President convokes emergency meeting of power bosses after Aushev's failed kidnapping

  After the former leader of the opposition of Ingushetia Maksharip Aushev made a report about the failed attempt of his kidnapping to President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the latter convoked an emergency meeting of his power top managers and initiated investigatory actions on the fact of the incident. Mr Aushev himself said about it to the "Caucasian Knot".

September 17, 2009 23:10

• Armenia finds police actions during dispersal of rally on March 1, 2008, proportional

  The final report of the interim parliamentary commission on studying the events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, published today, concludes that the actions of the police, who dispersed the actions of the opposition during those days, were, as a whole, proportional and within the Law "On Police". The commission included no members representing the opposition.

September 17, 2009 23:00

• Maksharip Aushev: my escape from kidnapping was a miracle

  Maksharip Aushev, a member of the Expert's Council of the office of Russian Ombudsman, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the details of the attempt of his kidnapping, undertaken on September 15 in Ingushetia.

September 17, 2009 22:10

• Moslems of North Ossetia regard ammunition found in unfinished mosque in Beslan as provocation

  The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of North Ossetia has disseminated a statement running that the ammunition found in the Beslan mosque in the days of sacred Moslem month of Ramadan is a provocation.

September 17, 2009 22:00

• Aigunov: electric shockers were used against participants of non-sanctioned rally in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, in the course of dispersal by militia of a non-authorized rally, convoked in protest against changing custody conditions of two convicted citizens, special means were applied - electric shockers. As a result, a woman was taken away by an ambulance. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Gasan Aigunov, chairman of the public observation commission of Dagestan under the Public Chamber of Russia.

September 17, 2009 21:00

• ECtHR demands from Russia information on investigation into kidnapping of Dagestan resident

  The European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has addressed the authorities of the Russian Federation asking them to present, before September 21, 2009, information about details of the inquiry into the kidnapping of Sirazhudin Minatulaevich Shafiev, a resident of Dagestan.

September 17, 2009 20:00

• Chechnya: woman-suicide bomber not identified yet

  So far, the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have not managed to identify the woman who blew her up yesterday, on September 16, in the morning in central Grozny near an RPS patrol car of the MIA of Chechnya. According to latest data, there are no casualties, eight persons were wounded: two militiamen - heavily.

September 17, 2009 19:00

• Kemerovo militiamen wounded by two explosions in Ingushetia

  Today at night in Ingushetia, as a result of explosions of two unidentified bombs planted near a militia patrol car, two militiamen, sent to this republic from the city of Kemerovo, received minor injuries.

September 17, 2009 18:00

• No video records available from the place of Aushev's failed kidnapping in Ingushetia

  Maksharip Aushev, a member of the Expert's Council of the office of Russian Ombudsman, whom, according to his version, unidentified power agents tried to kidnap in Ingushetia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today together with law enforcers he took part in withdrawal of video records from the outdoor surveillance cameras, located in the place of the incident; however, it turned out that non of them had recorded his failed kidnapping.

September 16, 2009 23:50

• Human rights activists state increase of kidnappings in Northern Caucasus

  Chechnya sees more and more kidnappings, as reported by the HRC "Memorial". The "Mashr" human rights organization, in its turn, reports that the count of kidnappings has decreased, but the number of murders is on the rise. This is the conclusion of experts, based on the data as of end of August 2009.

September 16, 2009 23:20

• Russian MFA: case against journalist Besik Pipiya in Georgia is political

  Initiation in Georgia of a criminal case against Russian citizen Besik Pipiya, head of the representative office of the RIA "Novosti" in Tbilisi, is politically motivated. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia.

September 16, 2009 23:00

• Human rights defenders: inspectors know who killed Estemirova, but they are under pressure

  Human rights activists assert that the process of inquiry into the murder of the well-known Chechen human rights defender Natalia Estemirova is under pressure. As reported today by Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the Board of the HRC "Memorial", they had to take one of the witnesses - an employee of the "Memorial" - away from Chechnya for this reason.

September 16, 2009 22:10

• Maksharip Aushev reports his failed kidnapping in Ingushetia

  Maksharip Aushev, a former leader of the opposition, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap him in Ingushetia.

September 16, 2009 22:00

• Hearing of young bloggers' case starts in the capital of Azerbaijan

  Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku has started judicial hearing on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and application of bodily injuries.

September 16, 2009 21:00

• Ingushetia: defence in "Case of Twelve" to appeal against cancellation of jury

  Magomed Gandarov, advocate of three figurants in the so-called "Case of Twelve", is going to appeal against the decision to cancel the court of jurymen on his clients to the supervisory instance of the Supreme Court of Russia. Mr Gandarov himself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

September 16, 2009 20:00

• Moscow roundtable claims the need to counteract terrorism in Internet

  On September 15, the Press Centre of the RIA "Novosti" in Moscow hosted a roundtable on the role of the civil society and mass media in confronting terrorism and prevention of extremism. However, its main topic was in fact the statement of the authorities' defeat on the front of media war on terrorism.

September 16, 2009 19:00

• Data on victims of terror act in Chechnya is contradictory

  The information about the terror committed today before afternoon in the centre of the capital of Chechnya remains contradictory. According to some sources, two militiamen were killed by the explosion, by other ones - some six-eight persons suffered.

September 16, 2009 18:00

• Vissarion Apliaa: separation of Abkhazian Church from Georgian one is historically justified

  Priest Vissarion Apliaa, leader of the Abkhazian Orthodox Church, believes that the decision on independence of the local church was historically motivated. "We just want to restore the historical justice; and nobody can challenge our decision. We've made a lawful canonical decision, and we've invented nothing," Father Vissarion said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 15, 2009 23:50

• Medvedev is satisfied with the work of President of Chechnya

  President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev is satisfied with how President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is working, and asked foreign political scientists not to depict him as a "bad boy".

September 15, 2009 23:10

• Khattuni resident kidnapped in Chechnya during "zachistka"

  Yesterday, on September 14, in Khattuni, a village of the mountainous Vedeno District of the Chechen Republic, as local residents assert, a broad-scale "zachistka" (mopping-up) was conducted, during which a local resident was kidnapped. The republic's power structures refuse to make any comments.