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September 01, 2009 21:00

• Oppositional journalist gets at large in Georgia

  Journalist Shalva Ramishvili, convicted of blackmail in Georgia, was released on Wednesday, August 26, after 4 years in custody.

September 01, 2009 20:00

• In Georgia, trial of defendants in case on Mukhrovani revolt postponed till September 3

  The trial on Mukhrovani revolt will start on September 3. The judge made this decision because of a failure of one of the advocates to appear.

September 01, 2009 19:20

• Beslan residents: time fails to cure wounds

  Today, all the day long residents of North Ossetia come to School No. 1 in Beslan to pay tribute to memory of the victims of the terror act of 2004. Five years have passed after the tragedy, but the grief has not expired, as residents of Beslan say.

September 01, 2009 18:00

• Novorossisk: opponents of "children's curfew" are sued

  Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the Novorossisk Committee for Human Rights, one of the organizers of pickets for cancellation of the curfew for children, has received a copy of the claim on defence of honour, dignity, business reputation and compensation lodged against him by Sergey Novikov, director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Information-Analytical Centre", who is known to human rights activists as the author of numerous articles negative treating their activities.

August 31, 2009 23:40

• Seven supposed militants detained during CTO in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A source in law enforcement bodies has reported that in the course of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the vicinity of Karagach village, Prokhladnenskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria, seven militants were detained. On August 30, the detainees pointed to the location of seven hiding places.

August 31, 2009 23:20

• Evkurov: Ingushetia is on the eve of dismissals in power agencies

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that the republic's power agencies will face cadre reshuffling and dismissals. According to his story, some officials "are lazy to work" and perform their duties.

August 31, 2009 23:00

• Edelev: in 2009, 68 law enforcers perished in Ingushetia

  From the beginning of 2009 in Ingushetia, 68 employees of law enforcement bodies and militaries were lost, and 212 more were wounded. This was stated by Arcadiy Edelev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in the course of the sitting.

August 31, 2009 22:30

• In Dagestan, OMON fighter murdered

  At night on August 31, a serviceman of the local OMON (Special Militia), a division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, was assassinated in Makhachkala. This was reported by the press service of the city UVD (Interior Department); according to law enforcers, the crime was committed at about 11:00 p.m. Moscow time on August 30.

August 31, 2009 22:20

• FSB: "al-Qaeda" member liquidated in Dagestan sent militants to Northern Caucasus

  The native of Algeria, also known by nickname "Doctor Muhammad", who was liquidated in the evening on August 30 in the course of a special operation in the Khasavyurt District, was in charge of delivering militants to Dagestan and other republics of Northern Caucasus. This was reported by a source from the FSB (Federal Security Bureau of Russia).

August 31, 2009 22:00

• Azerbaijan: investigation of the massacre in Academy extended

  The investigation of the fact of the massacre committed at the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) will last for 4 months more, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a source from law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan.

August 31, 2009 21:00

• Suspects of attempting on Sulim Yamadaev refuse to plead guilty

  The persons, suspected of a conspiracy on premeditated murder of Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special GRU battalion, have rejected the presented charges.

August 31, 2009 20:00

• Chechnya holds commemoration of perished human rights activists and journalists

  NGO members have held an action in Chechnya in memory of the human rights activists and journalists, who were assassinated or fell victim of extrajudicial executions, with participation of Liudmila Alekseeva, chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG). The action took place on August 30 in the Gudermes District of the republic, where Natalia Estemirova, a well-known human rights defender and employee of the HRC "Memorial", who was kidnapped and then murdered on July 15, is buried.

August 31, 2009 19:00

• "Voice of Beslan" asks MPs from Northern Caucasus to urge Medvedev to pass the law on terror act victims

  On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Beslan terror act, the members of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" have addressed the parliamentarians of Northern Caucasus asking them to lobby the introduction of the status of a terror act victim before Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

August 31, 2009 18:00

• Kadyrov's civil suit against head of "Memorial" to be considered on September 10

  The consideration of the claim on defence of honour and dignity lodged by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, leader of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has been postponed till September 10. Mr Orlov said that before the start of today's hearing, he had submitted a petition asking to postpone the trial, and the judge accepted his arguments and re-appointed the consideration. He added to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the reason was that he had no advocate.

August 29, 2009 23:00

• Georgian opposition to announce its plans in September

  As stated by Eka Beseliya, Secretary General of the Movement "For United Georgia", the opposition would announce its further tactics of its confrontation with President Mikhail Saakashvili in September.

August 29, 2009 22:00

• CTO regime lifted in Prokhladnenskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria

  As of 10:00 p.m. on August 29, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Karagach village, Prokhladnenskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria, introduced on August 28, was cancelled, as reported by the operative headquarters of the republic.

August 29, 2009 21:00

• Initiation of criminal case against head of HRC "Memorial" to be decided on August 31

  On Monday, August 31, the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department) will decide whether to open a criminal case against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". The request to initiate a criminal case against Mr Orlov was submitted by Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 29, 2009 19:12

• Nurgaliev: suicide bomber who blew himself up in Ingushetia not identified yet

  It is not obviously possible to identify the body of the militant-suicide bomber, who committed the terror act in Nazran, as the explosion was "of very high power", as stated today by Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia. In his opinion, it is too early to assert that the terror act was made by Said Buryatskiy.

August 29, 2009 19:00

• REN TV disagrees with the fine imposed by Georgia

  The REN TV Russian Channel finds the fine that was imposed by Georgia for its broadcasting in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as the Channel is not broadcasting "in any of these three countries." This was reported by Anton Nazarov, head of the press service of the REN TV.

August 29, 2009 17:00

• ICR press secretary tells details of her detention

  Fatima Tarasova, press secretary of the Islamic Committee of Russia (ICR), who was detained in the course of the rally of relatives of kidnapped persons on August 26 in the capital of Dagestan, told the "Caucasian Knot" about the circumstances of the incident.