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10:00, 7 February 2009

In Ingushetia, head of children's dancing ensemble wounded

In the city of Malgobek, Ingushetia, unidentified persons have heavily wounded the art director of the children's dancing ensemble "Zori Ingushetii". He received a wound in his abdominal cavity, and is currently operated on.

09:00, 7 February 2009

Seven persons suffer from gas explosion in Chechnya

Today, an explosion of utility gas in a private house located in Valerik village, Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, has injured seven persons, including six children.

06:00, 7 February 2009

Georgia presents a list of missing soldiers to Russia

The Georgian party has handed over to Russia a list of 32 militaries, who disappeared in the course of Georgia's conflict with South Ossetia and Abkhazia in August 2008.

04:10, 7 February 2009

Finnish lady-journalist wants to tell the truth about Ingushetia

Anna Lauren, a Finnish journalist and a correspondent of the state-owned TV and Radio Company "Yuleisradio", has come to Ingushetia with the aim to make reports; she is now writing a book about Northern Caucasus and warfare during the Russian-Georgian conflict in 2008, willing to help residents of her country "to have a sober look at the Caucasus."

02:00, 7 February 2009

Court investigation of Anna Politkovskaya's murder is over

The Moscow District Military Court has completed the court investigation on the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, as the presiding judge Evgeniy Zubov announced on February 6.

01:00, 7 February 2009

Chechen authorities contemplate on issuing "prohibition law"

The authorities of Chechnya want to promulgate restrictions on sale of alcoholic products in the territory of the Republic. The respective ideas were announced by Islam Vazirkhanov, head of the Republic's Department of the Federal Tax Service for Chechnya.

23:00, 6 February 2009

Organizations of journalists are concerned of the attempt to intimidate the head of "Echo Moskvy" Radio

The Committee to Protect Journalists, the Union of Journalists of Russia and the Centre of Extreme Journalism are concerned of the attempt to intimidate the head of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio by expressing a veiled threat to Alexei Venediktov, editor of independent radio station "Echo Moskvy". They link the fact that an axe and a video camera were found at the journalist's apartment with his professional activities.

22:00, 6 February 2009

St-Petersburg residents to invite children from Novye Aldy to excursions

On February 5, 2009, the Scientific-Information Centre "Memorial" in St-Petersburg hosted a meeting in memory of victims of the tragedy in Novye Aldy village - of the "zachistka" (clean-up) conducted on February 10, 2000, by the Petersburg OMON. To correct the opinion of Chechen residents about St-Petersburg, the organizers of the action offered to invite children from the village to their city.

22:00, 6 February 2009

Businessman Boris Bairamkulov who disappeared in Karachaevo-Circassia not found yet

Boris Bairamkulov, disappeared businessman from Dombai (Karachaevo-Circassia), director of the "Bars" Tourist Agency, has not been found yet. After the last rally held in Cherkessk, Bairamkulov's relatives received no new information about the progress in the case.

22:00, 6 February 2009

CPJ calls Medvedev to put an end to unpunished murders of journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is indignant with the murder of journalist Anastasiya Baburova, who was shot dead together with advocate-human rights defender Stanislav Markelov, and asks President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev to ensure a careful investigation of the crime.

22:00, 6 February 2009

President of Chechnya calls former militants back home from Europe

On February 5, in the course of his meeting in Grozny with Ramzan Ampukaev, representative of the Chechen Diaspora in Europe, Ramzan Kadyrov invited former militants, now living in Europe, to come back home. The Chechen President also rejected his any involvement in the recent murder in Vienna of refugee from Chechnya Israilov, who had earlier worked for his security service. The Kadyrov's meeting with Ampukaev was shown by local television.

21:00, 6 February 2009

Czechia holds a march against political murders in Russia

In the Czech city of Brno, a demonstration took place against political murders in Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Oksana Chelysheva, one of the organizers of the action and deputy head of the Finnish organization "Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship".

19:00, 6 February 2009

Ingushetia: Voznesenskaya villagers report kidnapping of Meskhetian Turk by power agents

In Voznesenskaya village, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, power agents have kidnapped a local resident, Meskhetian Turk, and took him away in an unknown direction. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by local residents. The incident happened at about 8:00 p.m.

18:00, 6 February 2009

Third Caucasian native assassinated these days in Moscow

In the west of Moscow an unidentified person has opened fire at a man, who died in situ from the received wounds, as reported by a source in the law enforcement bodies of the capital of Russia.

23:00, 5 February 2009

In Azerbaijan, Appeal Court rejects Mirza Sakit's early relief

Today, the Baku Appeal Court, presided by Judge Rizvan Safarov, considered the complaint of poet-satirist Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zakhidov) against the non-satisfaction of his petition on early release from custody by the Nariman District Court.

23:00, 5 February 2009

European Court collects 300,000 euros from Russia for kidnappings and torture in Chechnya and Ingushetia

The European Court on Human Rights in Strasbourg has found Russia guilty of disappearances of Chechen residents and torturing residents of Ingushetia.

22:00, 5 February 2009

Human rights activists count 66 political prisoners in Azerbaijan

According to the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan (FHROA), in total, there are now 66 political prisoners in Azerbaijan. This was stated by Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, in her interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the context of the forthcoming discussion at the spring PACE session of the issue of appointing a special rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

22:00, 5 February 2009

Pupils of boarding school in Kabardino-Balkaria appeal for help to human rights activists

Ten former pupils of the boarding school located in Nartan village of Kabardino-Balkaria, where the prosecutor's office had revealed roughest violations of the legislation on accommodation of orphans and children remaining without parental care, have addressed for help to human rights activists. The pupils stand in defence of Mamkhegova, Liudmila Kerimovna, dismissed deputy director for pupils' life-support.

22:00, 5 February 2009

Pavel Ryaguzov, figurant in Politkovskaya's case, refuses from his evidences

Pavel Ryaguzov, employee of the FSB, accused of excess of his official duties, has refused in the court from his evidences, which he had given in the course of investigation of the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

21:00, 5 February 2009

Moscow human rights activists support "Mothers of Dagestan"

Human rights activists are indignant with the attacks on the public organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" and plan to do everything to defend it. This is the topic of the statement made at today's press conference in the Independent Press Centre in Moscow by representatives of the leading human rights organizations of Russia.

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