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18:00, 11 February 2006

Kidnapped Gudermes resident returns home in Chechnya

Local residents report that, on February 2, Makka Elingaraeva, resident of Gudermes district centre (Chechnya) who was considered missing, returned home, runs the information of the Council of Non-government Organizations submitted to the "Caucasian Knot."

18:00, 10 February 2006

The person accused of murdering Khlebnikov attempts suicide

Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov, defendant in the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, chief editor of the Forbes magazine Russian version, has attempted suicide, reports the RIA "Novosti." The information comes from a source in the capital's law enforcement agencies. "Sadretdinov has made an attempt of suicide. He tried to cut his veins," said the agency interlocutor.

20:00, 9 February 2006

Another case of non-statutory relations in the army: a warrant officer in Krasnodar beat a sergeant and broke his spleen

A criminal case was initiated in Krasnodar for abuse of powers by a warrant officer of a military unit. This has been reported by Natif Gadjimetov, assistant of military prosecutor of the North Caucasus Military District. Warrant officer Stanislav Shkriabunov beat junior sergeant, resulting in the regular term serviceman having his spleen amputated.

19:00, 9 February 2006

People accused of murdering Amutinov, head of Dagestan pension fund, found not guilty in Makhachkala

Today, the court ruling on the case of attempted murder of Amuchi Amutinov, deputy-Premier of Dagestan and manager of the republic's pension fund, has been announced.

19:00, 9 February 2006

Authorities close the office of international NGO PEN-centre

The Russian office of PEN-centre, international organization of writers and poets, will possibly be closed, announced Alexander Tkachenko, head of the centre, in an interview to Radio Liberty.

18:00, 9 February 2006

Persons kidnapped in Gudermes district, Chechnya, still missing

The search for the kidnappers and the persons kidnapped on the night of February 9 in the Gudermes district, Chechnya, has yielded no results.

19:00, 8 February 2006

A soldier got two years for beating his comrade-in-arms in Pyatigorsk (Stravropol Territory)

In Stavropol Territory, a private serving a regular term at a Russian MIA military unit located in Nalchik (KBR) has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment at a penal colony for non-statutory relations.

18:00, 8 February 2006

Human rights activists who arranged a picket by FSB building in Moscow against pressure on NGOs under trial

Today, the magistrate of Meschanski district in Moscow considers the administrative case of violation of rules for conducting public events. Under trial are the Moscow human rights activists who participated in the picket on the Lubyanka Square by the FSB building. The human rights activists protested against accusation of non-profit organizations (NGOs and NPOs) of their links with foreign secret services, runs the statement of the "Public Verdict" Foundation handed over to the "Caucasian Knot."

22:00, 7 February 2006

Lawyers claim torture of person charged with murder of Khlebnikov

The lawyers of one the defendants in the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, chief editor of the Forbes magazine Russian version, have filed a complaint to the Russian Federal Service for Enforcement of Punishments (FSIN) and special rapporteur on human rights at the UN Committee against Torture and other Inhuman Treatment in connection with the pressure exerted on their defendant, reports RIA "Novosti."

21:00, 7 February 2006

Refugees in Chechnya and Ingushetia to remain without support due to suspension of activity of Danish organizations

Forty thousand Chechen residents may find themselves on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe due to the suspension of activity of the Danish Committee on Refugees.

21:00, 7 February 2006

Prosecutor's office to appeal against sentence to Dmitrievskiy, editor of "Pravozaschita" newspaper

The Nizhni Novgorod prosecutor's office states that it is going to appeal against the sentence to Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, chief editor of the "Pravozaschita" newspaper. The "Gazeta.Ru" correspondent reports that the prosecutor's office intends to file an appeal in the course of this week.

20:00, 7 February 2006

An IRCC Grozny office employee kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago in Chechnya

The fate of the employee of the Grozny office of the International Red Cross Committee who was kidnapped in Chechnya by unidentified persons in summer of 2003 is still unknown.

18:00, 7 February 2006

Russian officer responsible for shelling the settlement of Starye Atagi under trial in Chechnya

On February 6, the first session on the case of a Russian officer, through whose fault the village of Starye Atagi in Grozny district, Chechnya, was shelled, started in Grozny garrison military tribunal.

19:00, 6 February 2006

Krasnodar Territory human rights activists connected with "spy scandal"

On February 4, one of the Krasnodar Territory TV Channels and a local newspaper suggested that human rights activists are connected with secret services, in particular, with British intelligence, runs the message from the "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights" submitted to the "Caucasian Knot."

18:00, 6 February 2006

440 cases of violation of compensation payments to victims of Chechnya conflict considered in Stavropol Territory

During the period from 2000 to 2005, the courts of Stavropol Territory have considered 440 civil cases connected with compensation for damage to persons who suffered as a result of crisis in Chechnya.

12:10, 4 February 2006

Attempt to kidnap an acquitted Chechen resident from Ingushetia Supreme Court

On February 2, 2006, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia completed the hearing of the case of Murad Iraklievich Margoshvili, a Chechen resident accused of crimes under Article 205, Part 3 (terrorism), Article 209, Parts 1, 2 (banditism), Article 222, Part 3 (Illegal acquisition, storage, transportation or wearing of arms and explosives), Article 223, Part 3 (Illegal manufacture of arms), Article 34, Part 3 (Illegal trade in hard or poisonous substances).

12:06, 4 February 2006

A large-scale clean-up in a Chechnya settlement

On February 3, a clean-up ("zachistka") was carried out in the Kotar-Yurt settlement of Achkhoi-Martan district, Chechnya.

11:51, 3 February 2006

Yuri Dzhibladze: the TV story where a German human rights activist accuses Dmitrievskiy falsified

"It very much looks like a forgery," Yuri Dzhibladze, president of Moscow's Centre for Development of Democracy and Human Rights, said who was monitoring the Dmitrievskiy's trial progress.

11:12, 3 February 2006

"Memorial": Verdict to Dmitrievskiy - a further step towards liquidation of freedom of speech in Russia

The "Memorial" human rights centre has made a statement on the court trial over Stanislav Dmitrievskiy which runs that "the verdict to Dmitrievskiy is a further step towards liquidation of freedom of speech in the country."

11:06, 3 February 2006

Т. Lokshina, "Demos" Centre: the declarative part of the Dmitrievskiy's sentence is a copy of the prosecutor's speech

"The declarative part of the sentence to Stanislav Dmitrievskiy is a full copy of the presentation of the prosecution case at the hearing," stated today Tatiana Lokshina, chair of the board, Moscow's centre "Demos."

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