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July 24, 2009 21:00

• Militant's son Maskhud Abdullaev leaves Chechnya for Azerbaijan, and then - for a third country

  Maskhud Abdullaev, son of one of the leaders of Chechen militants Supyana Abdullaev, who has the status of a UN refugee, has managed to get over from Chechnya to Azerbaijan, and therefrom - immediately to a third country. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told today about it by a representative of Chechen refugees who referred to Maskhud Abdullaev's relatives.

July 24, 2009 20:00

• Main version of hostels' collapse in Astrakhan is in building reconstruction

  One of the main versions of the house downfall in Astrakhan is an illegal reconstruction with rearrangement of hostel rooms into apartments with violation of safety rules at civil works, which resulted in damaging the integrity of load-bearing walls. Today, this was reported by the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO).

July 24, 2009 19:00

• In Rostov Region, July 25 was announced the mourning day

  Today, Sergey Nazarov, Vice-Governor of the Rostov Region, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that a day of mourning was announced in the region to commemorate 21 casualties in the accident near Samarskoe village, Rostov Region.

July 24, 2009 18:00

• Chechen residents are indignant of authorities' celebrations on the day of Estemirova's funeral

  Chechen people feel indignant of the actions of the republic's authorities, who not just ignored the farewell ceremony with Natalia Estemirova on July 16, and then tried to hamper her colleagues and friends to see her off for ever, but also organized celebrations near the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

July 23, 2009 23:30

• European Court again condemns Russia for disappearance of Chechen resident

  Today in Strasbourg, the decision on the case "Mutsaeva versus Russia" was announced, in which the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized Russia's violation of a whole range of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in relation to Khizir Tepsurkaev, detained by power agents in 2001 in Chechnya and missing since.

July 23, 2009 23:10

• Protest action against suppression of rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan held in Paris

  On July 22, the Day of National Press of Azerbaijan, a protest action against suppression of rights and freedoms in this country was held in Paris in front of Azerbaijani embassy. The action was organized by the "Reporters without Borders", an international organization in defence of journalists, with participation of a group of young Azerbaijanis.

July 23, 2009 23:00

• Moscow: after picket in Estemirova's memory, militiamen detain organizer of the action

  After the picket in Russian capital aimed to commemorate Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", its organizer Victor Sakirko was detained by the militia.

July 23, 2009 22:40

• Russia's MFA finds independent investigation of Estemirova's murder suggested by the United Nations illegal

  Experts of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will not be able to hold their own independent investigation into the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, as it is contradictory to the Russian legislation. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation.

July 23, 2009 22:10

• Yamadaevs hope for fair trial on attempt on Sulim Yamadaev

  In the opinion of Yamadaevs' relatives, the trial of the two persons, accused of an attempt on the former commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose GRU battalion, Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, who by official data was assassinated in Dubai on March 28 this year but by statements of his relatives is alive and under protection of the police, will allow making responsible both the executors and organizers, and the direct customer of this crime.

July 23, 2009 22:00

• Sochi: Russian officer stops his protest hunger strike

  On July 22 in Sochi, Rank III Captain Evgeniy Tsapko, a serviceman of the Military Unit 2159, stopped his protest hunger strike that he conducted since June 22, because of a sharp aggravation of his health condition.

July 23, 2009 21:00

• Ingush FSB: Albakov's kidnapping was staged by his accomplices

  The kidnapping of the resident of Ingushetia Batyr Albakov, who was then killed on July 21 during special operation in Sunzha District of the republic, was imitated by his accomplices with the aim to conceal the fact of his departure to militants. This is the opinion of the Department of FSB for Ingushetia.

July 23, 2009 20:00

• Chechen MoE plans to form special teams for land demining

  In the nearest ten days, the Chechen Republic is planning to set up special groups for demining farmlands. The respective decision was passed upon agreement with the Ministry of Emergencies (MoE) of Russia.

July 23, 2009 19:00

• Sabail Court of Baku rejects bloggers' appeal against police

  Today, the Sabail District Court of the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, under the chairmanship of Famil Nasibov, rejected the complaint submitted by young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli against the actions of the Sabail District Police.

July 23, 2009 19:00

• In Armenia, Ombudsman is anxious about state of health of convicted journalist Babadzhanyan

  Armen Arutyunyan, Armenian Ombudsman, has addressed Gevork Danielyan, Minister of Justice, with a request to help in organizing medical examination of Arman Babadzhanyan, now imprisoned editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Zhamanak" (Time), whose health condition has sharply worsened.

July 23, 2009 18:00

• Gannushkina: version that they killed Estemirova to do harm to Kadyrov fails

  The version of Natalia Estemirova's murder for the sake of causing harm to President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov can be excluded from consideration in view of the circumstances of the murder. This was stated by Svetlana Gannushkina, chair of the public charitable organization for helping refugees and forced migrants "Civil Assistance", head of the network "Migration and Law" of the HRC "Memorial".

July 22, 2009 23:30

• Azerbaijan: arrested bloggers sue the police

  The arrested bloggers and youth activists Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli have lodged a suit against the Sabail District Police Department. It will be considered on July 23 by the Sabail District Court of Baku under the chairmanship of Famil Nasibov.

July 22, 2009 23:00

• Rostov: prosecutor's office ready to check threats addressed to leader of "Young Europe"

  Konstantin Baranov, leader of the Rostov-on-Don branch of the all-Russian organization "Young Europe", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was summoned to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in the context of his statements that appeared in media about threats, which he receives from neo-Nazis.

July 22, 2009 23:00

• Federation of Circassian Hases of Turkey demand to punish Natalia Estemirova's killers

  The Federation of Circassian Hases of Turkey (KAFFED), which unites representatives of all Caucasian nations, condoles with Natalia Estemirova's relatives and friends and condemns the customers and executors of her murder.

July 22, 2009 22:30

• Video surveillance will help maintaining order in Chechen capital

  In the nearest two weeks, all the administrative buildings, commercial sites and other throngs of citizens in Grozny will be equipped with video surveillance cameras.

July 22, 2009 22:10

• In Ingushetia, a shop selling alcohol was blown up

  In Ingushetia, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, today, at about 3:00 a.m., a shop that was selling alcohol beverages among other things was blown up. There were no victims, but the building was strongly damaged.