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12:20, 26 April 2008

Jorsch: Georgia's NATO membership depends on democratic nature of parliamentary elections

Matthaus Jorsch, a member of the delegation of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has stated that presentation a NATO membership plan to Georgia will depend on the fairness level of the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

11:14, 26 April 2008

Abkhazia's authorities: by supporting Georgia, NATO, USA and EU underestimate potential consequences

On April 25, the Parliament of Abkhazia sent a message to the leaders of the NATO, European Union and United States with regret for the negative reaction of these entities and some other states to Moscow's initiatives in support of this non-recognized republic.

12:30, 25 April 2008

Kukava: political terror in Georgia continues

According to Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the Conservative Party, pressure on candidates from the opposition and members of their families continues in Georgia. He also told that the Central Electoral Commission of Georgia had published voters' lists without doorway and apartment numbers, which makes room for future falsifications.

12:23, 25 April 2008

In Azerbaijan, unknown persons put oppositionist's car on fire

Today at night, unknown persons set a car model VAZ-2107 belonging to military journalist Uzeir Dzhafarov on fire.

12:20, 25 April 2008

Party in power "Eni Azerbaijan" complains of poetry of convicted journalist

The ruling party "Eni Azerbaijan" has filed a complaint to the Board for the Press against satirical verses of poet Mirza Sakit (Zakhidov), who is now in prison.

12:17, 25 April 2008

US President condoles with Armenians on the genocide day

On April 24, in his annual traditional address to the Armenian community of the USA on the day of genocide against Armenians, George W. Bush, President of the USA, treated the tragic events of 1915 as "massacre and deportation".

12:13, 25 April 2008

MIA of Chechnya accuses Eshilkhatoy Emir of murdering two girls

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic is accusing Selim Bimurzaev, a militants' commander from the village of Eshilkhatoy, of shelling the representative of Chechen Ombudsman in the Vedeno District and murdering two girls.

12:09, 25 April 2008

FSPE Department for Chechnya denies inmates' hunger strike in Chernokozovo

The Chechnya's Department of the Federal Service for Punishment Enforcement has refuted the information that inmates of the Corrective Colony in Chernokozovo are on hunger strike.

18:01, 24 April 2008

Ter-Petrosyan leads the march of Armenian opposition supporters to the monument of genocide victims

The march of the opposition supporters that started about 3 p.m. local time (2 p.m. in Moscow) and made its way to the monument of genocide victims situated Tsitsernakaberd is currently headed by Levon Ter-Petrosyan, leader of the opposition and the first president of Armenia.

17:57, 24 April 2008

Vartanyan: I hope Bush will use the word "genocide" when addressing the natives of Armenia

According to Arpi Vartanyan, regional director of the Armenian Assembly of America in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, she hopes that George Bush, who is nearing the end of his US presidency, will fulfil his pre-election promise and use the word "genocide" in his annual speech addressed to the Armenian community of the USA instead of previous "more flexible" formulations.

17:55, 24 April 2008

Investigation of bus explosion in Tolyatti is over

The investigation of the case about bus explosion in Tolyatti is over. Evgeniy Vakhrushev, who is considered to be the organizer of the explosion, was found mentally sick, and the explosion was accidental.

17:51, 24 April 2008

Chechnya: inmates of Chernokozovo Corrective Colony are on hunger strike

The prisoners kept in the Corrective Colony No. 2, situated in the Chechen village of Chernokozovo, have announced a hunger strike, a relative of one of the Colony inmates told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

17:47, 24 April 2008

Human Rights Watch allocates grants to journalists convicted in Azerbaijan

The Human Rights Watch has recognized the merits of three Azerbaijan journalists (Einullah Fatullaev, Sakit Zakhidov and Ganimat Zakhidov), subjected to political prosecution and arrest.

17:43, 24 April 2008

Canadian journalist Jane Armstrong expelled from Chechnya

Jane Armstrong, a Canadian journalist and correspondent of the "Globe and Mail" newspaper, has been deported from Chechnya.

17:40, 24 April 2008

Old Ritualists assert the fight with militia in Sochi was provoked by local bureaucrat

In Sochi, the fight of Old Ritualists with militiamen on April 23 was provoked by an official of local administration who applied physical force to a young pregnant woman.

17:29, 23 April 2008

Court in North Ossetia rejects complaint of "Voice of Beslan" against poor investigation of Beslan terror act

Today, the Zaterechny Court of North Ossetia has dismissed the complaint lodged by the All-Russian NGO "Voice of Beslan" against the actions of the investigatory group in charge of studying the Beslan terror act.

17:26, 23 April 2008

Council of Europe thanks Ingushetia for helping Chechen refugees

The Council of Europe is grateful to Ingushetia for rendering assistance to refugees from the Chechen Republic. This was declared yesterday, on April 22, in the city of Magas by Thomas Hammerberg, CE's Commissioner for Human Rights.

17:23, 23 April 2008

Federation Council postpones recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

The Federation Council (Supreme Chamber of Russian Parliament) has postponed consideration of recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, claimed by these republics in their appeals to Russian leadership.

17:20, 23 April 2008

Dzakhkiev's advocate knows nothing about release of suspects of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train

The advocate of Salambek Dzakhkiev, a resident of Ingushetia and figurant in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, did not confirm to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the news that his client was released from custody.

17:17, 23 April 2008

Okruashvili gets political shelter, extradition to Georgia cancelled

France has granted political asylum to Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, thus automatically cancelling his extradition to Georgia.

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