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10:00, 12 June 2010

Female NGO activists of Georgia and South Ossetia meet in Baku to search ways to stop enmity

Women of Georgia and South Ossetia are capable to bring their contribution into restoration of trust and peace between Georgians and Ossetians. This is the leitmotif of the two-day meeting of female-activists from Georgia and South Ossetia, which is taking place on June 11 and 12 in Baku.

09:00, 12 June 2010

Imereti residents stop their hunger strike

After a meeting with officials of the Krasnodar Territory, five residents of the Imereti Lowland of Sochi stopped their hunger strike.

23:30, 11 June 2010

Relatives of resident of Dagestan accused of drug dealing in Azerbaijan complaint of inquiry protracting

At the court session on June 8 on the case about drug contraband and use by Usman Garisov, a resident of Dagestan, who is kept, since February 10, at the investigatory insulator in Azerbaijan, policemen gave contradictory evidences. This was stated by Umar Garisov, Usman's brother, a resident of Karanaiaul village of the Kayakent District of Dagestan; he believes that the consideration of the case was deliberately protracted and is preparing a protest action.

23:00, 11 June 2010

Female accused of Markelov's murder protests against stay in one isolator with Magas

On Thursday, June 10, Evgenia Khasis, a figurant in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov, refused to take prison food in protest against keeping in the same insulator with one of militants' leaders of Northern Caucasus Ali Taziev, also known as Magas.

22:50, 11 June 2010

Ruslan Yamadaev's murder case sent to the court

The Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has completed investigating the murder of the Hero of Russia and former State Duma Deputy Ruslan Yamadaev and attempt on Sergey Kizyun.

22:20, 11 June 2010

Dagestan MPs are sceptical on making conscription commercial

Khizri Shikhsaidov, Deputy of the Russian State Duma from Dagestan, does not support the idea of the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky who offered to release young men from military service for one million roubles. The Dagestan MP was supported by his colleagues who believe that commercialization of conscription will make bribes still higher.

One of the leaflets, stuck by unidentified persons in the city of Gudermes (Chechnya). The leaflet says: "Dear sisters! We want to remind you that every Chechen woman must wear, according to norms and traditions of Islam and our customs, a headscarf. Isn't it nasty for you, while dressed defiantly, with your head uncovered, to hear various obscene 'compliments' and proposals? Think again!!! Today, we poured paint over you. It's just a warning. Don't force us to resort to tougher measures!!!" Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

22:00, 11 June 2010

Chechen women tell Spanish paper about "hunting" for women without headscarves

Lately, the capital of Chechnya saw almost two dozens attacks made from paintball rifles on girls without headscarves. One of the victims of these attacks lost her eye as a result of a paintball shot. According to human rights activists, local militiamen may be involved in the attacks.

21:00, 11 June 2010

Leaflets calling girls to wear headscarves appeared in Gudermes

In Chechnya, in the city of Gudermes, leaflets appeared on posts near the city bus station and in the vicinity of the marketplace calling Chechen girls to wear headscarves, eyewitnesses report.

20:00, 11 June 2010

Relatives of Egle Kusaite believe that she confessed of terrorism under pressure

Today at a press conference, relatives of Egle Kusaite, a native of Klaipeda, said that her confession about intention to commit a terror act in Chechnya was "drawn out" of the girl by means of psychological and physical violence.

19:00, 11 June 2010

Doctors fear for life of Tsechoev detained in Ingushetia

Movlat Tsechoev, uncle of brothers Adam and Beslan Tsechoev, who were detained on June 8 in Sagopshi village (Ingushetia), is sure of their non-involvement in the terror act in Sagopshi. Movlat told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the events that preceded detention and about a spontaneous rally in front of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of Malgobek.

European Court of Human Rights. Photo by http://nkag.org.ua

18:00, 11 June 2010

ECtHR finds Russia involved in two disappearances in Chechnya

The federal agents who took away in 2002 brothers Magomed-Salekh and Magomed-Ali Ilyasov failed to present their IDs, behaved rudely and aggressively and threatened their family members. This was reported by their mother Zhugurkhan Ilyasovа, who was defined as victim by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

23:50, 10 June 2010

In Georgia, leader of Orthodox radicals sentenced in absentia

The Tbilisi City Court has satisfied the petition of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia and sentenced in absentia Malkhaz Gulashvili, President of the media holding "Georgian Times" and leader of the Georgian public organization "National Orthodox Movement", and his son David Gulashvili to two months of pre-trial custody.

23:40, 10 June 2010

Grozny: unidentified persons continue "marking" girls without headscarves

From early June, unidentified persons are driving in central Grozny in cars with tinted glasses and shoot from paintball rifles (the so-called "markers") at the girls who go along the street with uncovered heads. This is reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

23:30, 10 June 2010

In Dagestan, seven detained protesters are still in the ROVD

Eight out of fifteen detained participants of the protest action (dispersed by the militia) with demand to clear out the fate of Ahmednabi Nazhmutdinov, a resident of Cherniayevka village, Kizlyar District, who disappeared on May 30, have been set free.

23:00, 10 June 2010

Vladikavkaz residents demand to stop "Electrozink"

Residents of the capital of North Ossetia continue holding pickets with a demand to close the "Electrozink" factory. Another protest action held on June 9 had only nine participants, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

22:50, 10 June 2010

After 1988, MIA's Internal Troops lost about 12,000 servicemen in Northern Caucasus

During 22 years of presence in Northern Caucasus, the Internal Troops (IT) of the MIA (MIA) lost 2984 persons as casualties and 9000 more as wounded soldiers. This was stated by Army General Nikolai Rogozhkin, IT Commander-in-Chief, when he spoke to the Operative-Purpose Independent Division.

22:40, 10 June 2010

Suspect of May 26 explosion released in Stavropol

In Stavropol, lawyer Evsei Osinovskiy, who is defending Aslan Patiev, a native of Ingushetia and a suspect of committing an explosion in central city on May 26, said that his client is at large: the inquiry has no claims against him.

22:30, 10 June 2010

ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 70,000 euros to Jehova's Witnesses

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed a decision in favour of the religious organization of Jehova's Witnesses in Russia on the case about liquidation of its community in Moscow in March 2004, and obliged the authorities of the Russian Federation to pay 70,000 euros to the applicants.

22:20, 10 June 2010

ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 430,000 euros for kidnapping Chechen residents by Russian power agents

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has fined Russia by 430,000 euros for kidnapping eight residents of Chechnya in 2001, 2002 and 2005.

22:10, 10 June 2010

MCC rejects claim of ex-head of "Azerbaijanis of Russia" against Zhirinovsky

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has refused to regard the data published in the book by Vladimir Zhirinovsky "LDPR. Last March to the South" as doubtful or discrediting the Azerbaijanis.

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