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12:25, 24 March 2008

"Kommersant": Wahhabites could murder STRC "Dagestan" chairman

By one of the versions of the murder of Gaji Abashilov, Chairman of the State Television and Radio Company (STRC) "Dagestan", the crime was committed with the aim to weaken the influence of Dagestan President Mukhu Aliev.

12:28, 22 March 2008

In Stavropol Territory, colleagues speak in defence of the teacher accused of driving a pupil to suicide

The teachers' collective and administration of School No. 2 of Aleksandrovskoe village, Stavropol Territory, where Valentina Neumyvakina, who is accused of driving a 9th form pupil to suicide, works, think the teacher to be innocent of what has happened.

12:25, 22 March 2008

Melamedov: Dagestan journalists Shurpaev and Abashilov were on the "black list"

According to Andrei Melamedov, former editor-in-chief of the private Dagestan newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), the surnames of journalists Ilyas Shurpaev and Gaji Abashilov, who were murdered on Friday, were on the list of persons prohibited to mentioning.

12:22, 22 March 2008

Foreigners to investigate disorders in Armenia

The authorities of Armenia agree to admit the participation of international experts in the investigation of disorders on March 1-2 in Yerevan. This was stated today by the General Public Prosecutor of Armenia at his meeting with Peter Semnebi, Special EU's Representative in South Caucasus.

12:20, 22 March 2008

Participants of hunger strike in Georgia have sharp aggravation of health condition

Today, on the 14th day of the hunger strike, the state of health of the leaders of the United Opposition of Georgia has worsened, and quarantine was introduced near the building of Parliament in Tbilisi in the Rustaveli Avenue.

12:16, 22 March 2008

Stomakhin's defenders mark two years of his arrest

On March 21, a picket was held in Moscow in defence of Boris Stomakhin, the author of the Chechen separatists' website "Kavkaz-Centre", who was sentenced to 5 years of colony for kindling interethnic enmity and extremism. The action was dated to the second anniversary of journalist's arrest.

12:13, 22 March 2008

ChCNS asks Spanish authorities not to deport Ingushetian refugee to Russia

According to the statement of Ruslan Badalov, Chairman of the Chechen Committee for National Salvation (ChCNS), human rights activists are protesting against a possible decision of the authorities of Spain to deport Murat Gasaev, a refugee from Ingushetia, to Russia.

14:34, 21 March 2008

European Court obliges Russia to pay for consequences of mudslide in Kabardino-Balkaria

The European Court for Human Rights has obliged the Russian Federation to pay 85,000 euros to six relatives of the victims of the mudslide in the city of Tyrnyauz in Kabardino-Balkaria on July 18, 2000.

14:27, 21 March 2008

Experts: Moscow takes the lead by number of attacks on natives from Caucasus and Central Asia

Attacks on natives from Caucasus and Central Asia in the cities of Russia become more violent. It was stated by the participants of the press conference "Xenophobic Moods in Russian Youth Take Form of Epidemic", held today, on the All-European Day against Racism, at the Independent Press Centre in Moscow.

14:15, 21 March 2008

An hour before his own death, Chairman of STRC "Dagestan" spoke about Ilyas Shurpaev's murder in Moscow

An hour before his own murder, Chairman of the State Television and Radio Company "Dagestan" Gaji Abashilov spoke about the journalist of Channel One Ilyas Shurpaev who was killed in Moscow.

14:09, 21 March 2008

Action in memory of March 1 victims held in the capital of Armenia

In Yerevan, an action in memory of those who perished in the collision between peaceful demonstrators and power agents of Armenia that took place on March 1. Several thousands took part in protest against the violence that was used on that day.

14:04, 21 March 2008

Dagestan MIA joins investigation of Ilyas Shurpaev's murder

The body of journalist Ilyas Shurpaev was found today in an apartment located in the Veshie Vody Street in Moscow. The neighbours saw a smoke coming out of the flat and called firemen who found the body inside.

13:54, 21 March 2008

Mother of Mutsolgov who was killed in Ingushetia: power agents pre-planned her son's execution

The aim of the power agents of Ingushetia who shot dead Rustam Mutsolgov on March 12 in Troitskaya village was to liquidate and not to capture the young man.

13:29, 21 March 2008

In North Ossetia, court rules to examine "Voice of Beslan" materials for extremism

Today, the Pravoberezhny Court of North Ossetia held a hearing on charges against the North-Ossetian NGO "Voice of Beslan" of extremism. The Court has ruled to examine the information materials of the "Voice of Beslan".

21:27, 20 March 2008

Court leaves OMON fighters accused of beating teenagers in Sochi under arrest

On March 19, the Krasnodar Territorial Court ruled to leave four ex-fighters of Sochi OMON (Special Militia) behind bars. The fighters are accused of mass beating of tourists in children's camp "Druzhba" (Friendship).

21:23, 20 March 2008

KGB of South Ossetia denies any interference in the work of OSCE and UN Missions

The KGB (Committee for State Security) of South Ossetia denies the information disseminated by Russian and Georgian mass media that its officials had searched representatives of the OSCE and United Nations when the latter tried to survey the reserved garbage dump located in the southern suburb of Tskhinvali within the project on environment protection and confiscated a photo and video cameras from them together with filmed materials, but then returned everything back.

21:19, 20 March 2008

In Kabardino-Balkaria, criminal case on torturing defendants was not opened

At the preliminary hearing at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, the officials of the Investigatory Committee have refused to initiate a criminal case on the fact of using tortures against the defendants.

21:10, 20 March 2008

Residents of Armenia and Diaspora raise money to pay the debt of the GALA TV Company

The community of Gyumri, the second-largest city of Armenia, as well as people from other cities and villages of the country, are raising money to pay the penalty awarded to the Gyumri-based GALA TV Company by the Administrative Court.

20:43, 20 March 2008

European Court blames Russian authorities of two brothers' disappearance in Chechnya

The European Court for Human Rights has found the guilt of the authorities of Russia of violent disappearance of two brothers Azievs in 2000 in Chechnya.

20:39, 20 March 2008

Gachechiladze: hunger strike will last till parliamentary elections in Georgia

The hunger strike held by the opposition will continue till the parliamentary elections in Georgia. Georgiy Gachechiladze, leader of the Party "Greens to Georgia" told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

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