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22:00, 18 November 2010

Khanifat Gichueva, a resident of Chernyaevka village, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, has reported that on November 17 her husband - Sheikhulislam Abusupyanov - did not come home. The woman believes that he was kidnapped by power agents.

20:00, 18 November 2010

The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria decided to brick up the mines in Tirniauz

All the entrances to the mines of Tirniauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, will be bricked up to avoid their further use by gunmen and criminal persons, Prime-Minister Alexander Merkulov reported today at the session of the republican Government.

19:00, 18 November 2010

The men killed in Ingushetia have been involved in the act of terror in Vladikavkaz, NAC reports

The three men killed in the settlement of Barsuki today have been in contact with Yusup Dzangiyev, resident of Ingushetia detained on November, 17, National Anti-terror Committee reports. Law enforcement bodies call Dzangiyev the leader of Karabulak group on gunmen.

18:00, 18 November 2010

Warsaw Public Prosecutor's office referred the case of Ahmed Zakaev's extradition to court

Public Prosecutor's office of the Polish capital has referred to the Circuit the case of extradition of Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the Government of self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI), announced for international search by Russia. This news was reported by Monika Levandovskaya, Press Secretary of the office.

23:00, 17 November 2010

Dagestani authorities define guarantees for militants' return to peaceful life

The leadership of Dagestan has addressed to the militants who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities in the territory of the republic with particular proposals on their return to peaceful life. A special memorandum lists the conditions under which former rebels may be exempt from criminal responsibility for earlier committed crimes.

23:00, 17 November 2010

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 8-14

Fire burns down forests and pastures of Georgia and southern regions of Russia; lists of observers over observance of human rights in prisons and colonies of the SFD and NCFD have been updated; local criminal gang is accused of massacre in Kuschevskaya village, Krasnodar Territory, - look these and other events in the review of the week of November 8-14, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Human rights defenders in social village (SOS-village) in Vilnius. Left to right: Algirdas Endryukaitis, former MP of Lithuanian Seym, now teacher at the SOS-village; Audrius Natkevitsius and human rights defender Mantas Kvedaravichus. November 6, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

22:50, 17 November 2010

So far, Gataevs' children will stay in Lithuania

Six children-pupils, aged 8-14, of the foster home of Malik and Khadizhat Gataev, who currently live in a social village (the so-called "SOS-village") in Vilnius, Lithuania, will remain in the institution for an indefinite period.

22:40, 17 November 2010

After the previous census population of Dagestan went up by almost 400,000

According to the preliminary data of the 2010 census, about three million people live in Dagestan. About a quarter of the total population was registered in the capital - Makhachkala, where about 700,000 people live.

Construction of the Pipeline System "Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean" (ESPO). Inscription on the pipe "Eastern Siberia". Photo by www.dsdvsto.ru

22:30, 17 November 2010

Internet posts documents on money laundering in laying ESPO pipeline with involvement of SFD companies

Alexei Navalny, a well-known blogger and a shareholder of the Open Joint-Stock Company "Transneft", has posted on the Internet scanned copies of documents confirming numerous violations committed by the Company, its subsidiaries and contractors in building the "Pipeline System Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (PS ESPO)". According to the documents, companies from the Southern Federal District (SFD) of Russia took part in corruption schemes.

22:20, 17 November 2010

Dagestani MIA to start new phase of "Arms" Operation

On December 12, a new Operation "Arms" with the aim to persuade the population to voluntarily surrender weapons and ammunition will start in the republic. This is the third such operation, but this time no monetary compensation will be paid out for the surrendered armaments.

22:10, 17 November 2010

"Transparency International": Georgia is behind Russia in terms of budget transparency

According to the studies made by the international NGO named "Transparency International", the index of Georgia's budget transparency made 55 points, while in 2006 this same index was still lower - only 34 points. Georgia, along with Russia, which gained 60 points, got into the second category of countries, which "provide some information".

22:00, 17 November 2010

In Armenia, trial on revision of Pashinyan's sentence postponed till November 19

Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak", convicted in connection with the post-election events of 2008, is judicially challenging his sentence, arguing that it should be revised. The first hearing of the case was held on November 16 at the penitentiary establishment "Kosh", which was chaired by Judge Suren Mnoyan.

21:00, 17 November 2010

Main suspect of murdering 12 persons in Kuschevskaya arrested

Sergey Tsapok, suspected of organizing the murder of 12 people in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, was put behind bars by decision of the Essentuki City Court.

Manana Aslamazyan, head of the "Internews-Armenia" in the All-Russia Exhibition Centre after receiving her TAFI Prize, November 17, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

20:00, 17 November 2010

Sagalaev: Russian Prime Minister gives security assurances to journalist Aslamazyan

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised safety to journalist Manana Aslamazyan, Director of the "Internews-Armenia", who had left Russia. This was stated today by Eduard Sagalaev, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, at the awarding Ms Aslamazyan with the "TAFI-2010" Award.

19:00, 17 November 2010

Yakobashvili: NATO's resolution will bring new realities into Geneva talks

Georgia has favourably perceived the resolution of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA), adopted on November 16 in Warsaw, which supports the Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Some experts and politicians expect that the document will be followed by real actions aimed to change the situation in the region, others are doubtful.

18:00, 17 November 2010

Kabardino-Balkaria: suspect of setting store on fire detained

As reported today by the press service of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the resident who committed arson of a store in the city of Chegem was detained.

Arkadi Babchenko at the Kokoteatteri Theatre in Helsinki, November 15, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:40, 16 November 2010

Arkady Babchenko's book on war in Chechnya presented in Finland

On November 15 in Helsinki, Finland, Kokoteatteri Theatre hosted a press conference on the occasion of publication of the book "The Colour of War" in the Finnish language. The book was written by Arkady Babchenko, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" and a veteran of the warfare in Chechnya.

23:30, 16 November 2010

"Beslan Mothers" state authorities' intention to conceal proofs of Beslan terror act

In North Ossetia, members of the organization named "Beslan Mothers" assert that the repairs made in the Beslan School No. 1 will completely hide the traces of the terror act committed there in September 2004.

23:20, 16 November 2010

Militia prevents mass brawl in Stavropol

The GUVD (Chief Interior Department) for the Stavropol Territory reports about suppression of a mass brawl in Stavropol that was near to burst out between groups of recruited builders from Turkmenistan and Armenia.

23:10, 16 November 2010

Inspectors still choose among versions of historian Pykhalov's beating

The militia of St Petersburg is searching the unidentified assailants who attacked on November 11 the local historian and publicist Igor Pykhalov, who wrote about deportation of Caucasian nations.

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