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March 05, 2011 03:00

• Russia refuses to give nonaggression guarantees to Georgia

  Russia will not give guarantees of non-use of force to Georgia, because Moscow does not threaten Tbilisi, said Grigory Karasin, State Secretary and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, at the 15th round of Geneva talks on security and stability in Transcaucasia, held in the evening on March 4.

March 04, 2011 23:30

• Blogger Navalny makes public state order on a car worth 8.5 million roubles for Dagestani Finance Ministry

  The message about the state order on purchase of a luxury car worth 8.5 million roubles for the Ministry of Finance of Dagestan, which was published in his LiveJournal by the well-known blogger and lawyer Alexei Navalny, caused great resonance in the Internet. According to the latest data, the Dagestani Ministry has refused to buy the expensive foreign-made car.

March 04, 2011 23:10

• Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office accuses chief regional ecologist of offence

  Valery Kuznetsov, Prosecutor of the Rostov Region has made a presentation to the Governor of the Rostov Region, asking to consider the issue of compliance of Grigory Skripka, Chairman of the Regional Committee for Environment Protection and Natural Resources, to his post. In the opinion of the Prosecutor's Office, he exhibited inaction and abuse of official powers.

March 04, 2011 23:00

• Man who perished in shelling in Makhachkala was ex-FSB officer

  The man, who was killed during today's shelling in Makhachkala, was a former FSB officer; he was recently employed as assistant of the head of the Russian Federal Tax Service (FTS) for Dagestan, said a source in law enforcement bodies.

March 04, 2011 22:30

• Three persons suffered in shootout in Nazran

  A law enforcement officer was killed today during a shootout in central Nazran. Besides, a suspected militant was killed and one more was wounded.

March 04, 2011 22:20

• Magomed Gaziev, kidnapped in Dagestan, is kept in IVS of Makhachkala

  Magomed Gaziev, a resident of the village of Shamkhal, who was kidnapped on March 1 by unidentified persons, is kept in the temporary detention facility (known as "IVS") of Makhachkala, where he was beaten and tortured, as his relatives report.

March 04, 2011 22:10

• Judge in murder case of Markelov and Baburova gets security

  As reported by Anna Usachova, head of the press service of the Moscow City Court, Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk, who is presiding at the trial on the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, will be guarded for the purpose of his security.

March 04, 2011 22:00

• Dagestan: high-ranking tax inspector detained at bribe-taking

  The MIA of Dagestan reports that Nurullah Galimov, deputy head of the inter-regional inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia for the city of Dagestanskie Ogni, was detained for taking a bribe of 270,000 roubles.

March 04, 2011 21:00

• Soldier killed on Nagorno-Karabakh-Azerbaijani border

  Nagorno-Karabakh has reported the death of a regular soldier of its Defence Army Grigory Shakhkyanov, born in 1991, as a result of violating ceasefire in the north-eastern direction of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact (in Verkhniy Chailu).

March 04, 2011 20:00

• "Memorial" vs. Krasnenkov case sent to Izmailovo District Court of Moscow

  The civil lawsuit of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya, on protection of the business reputation of the HRC has been sent to the Izmailovo District Court of Moscow.

March 04, 2011 19:00

• Unidentified persons shell liturgical building of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novoshakhtinsk

  At night on February 25, unknown assailants opened airgun fire on the liturgical building of Jehovah's Witnesses, located in the city of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov Region). No injuries were registered. This was reported today by Grigory Martynov, spokesman of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

March 04, 2011 18:00

• "Assa": Ingush authorities prevent holding picket

  As stated by Issa Akhilgov, head of the youth organization named "Assa", the picket on the Deportation Day of the Balkar nation, which was scheduled for March 8 near the memorial - the monument to victims of repression "Nine Towers" in Nazran, - was not sanctioned by the authorities.

March 03, 2011 23:00

• Tuapse, Krasnodar and Moscow host pickets in support of arrested ecologists

  On the day when appeals were considered against the verdict of the court, which had sentenced four activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" and the "Yabloko" Party to administrative arrests, protest actions were held in Moscow, Krasnodar and Tuapse demanding to release the arrested ecologists.

March 03, 2011 22:10

• Kvedaravichyus: film about kidnappings in Chechnya was made by hidden camera

  The Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravichyus, author of the documentary "Barzakh" telling about disappearances and abductions in Chechnya, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about how his film was made.

March 03, 2011 22:00

• In Moscow, organizers of first-year-students' party from "Elbrusoid" Foundation taught Caucasian youth how to behave in Moscow

  On February 26, the Moscow Concert Hall "Izmailovskiy" hosted a traditional party of the first-year student, organized by the foundation for promotion of Karachay-Balkar youth named "Elbrusoid". One of the main topics raised by esteemed guests of the event in their addresses to former entrees was the behaviour of Caucasian youth in Moscow.

March 03, 2011 21:00

• SC of Chechnya to reconsider hundred prisoners' criminal cases

  Under the order of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Republic will reconsider the criminal verdicts against a group of convicts serving their terms in the prison of "Chernokozovo", located in northern Chechnya. Mr Kadyrov made the decision after visiting the prison a few weeks ago.

March 03, 2011 20:00

• 12 persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus within a week

  During February 21-27, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least 12 lives. At least 9 persons were injured during this period. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 03, 2011 20:00

• Mother of Magmadovs, natives of Chechnya, accused of recruiting Egle Kusaite, complains that her children are harassed in Lefortovo

  Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova, who are kept in the "Lefortovo" FSB's pre-trial prison, charged of recruiting Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, to commit terror acts in Russia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her children are exposed to physical and psychological pressure and left without medical care.

March 03, 2011 19:00

• At "Kadyrov vs. Orlov" litigation, defendant's advocate objects to further trial without claimant

  At the trial on the case "Kadyrov vs. Orlov", which continued on March 3 in the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow, the defendant's advocate Genry Reznik would not agree to announcement at the trial of the evidences of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov without the personal presence of the claimant.

March 03, 2011 18:00

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 33,500 euros to mother of Chechen who died in militia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has upheld a lawsuit of Amnat Khambulatova, a resident of Chechnya, whose son died in a militia station, and ruled that the Russian authorities should pay the monetary compensation of about 33,500 euros to her.