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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

January 20, 2011 20:00

January 20, 2011 19:00

  • Norwegian court decides to deport Maria Ameli before January 27

    Maria Ameli (real name Madina Salamova), 25, a writer and a native of North Ossetia, does not lose hope, after the decision to deport her has stirred up the Norwegian society, to stay in Norway. Human rights activists and Maria's friends are sure that the trial and deportation decision were acts of retaliation from the authorities for exposure of corruption among bureaucrats in her book "Illegal Norwegian".

January 20, 2011 18:00

  • Russia loses in Strasbourg on complaint of "Memorial" employee who worked with Estemirova

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed a decision on the complaint of the employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who worked with Natalia Estemirova. The complaint concerned abduction in 2003 in Grozny of a certain Gisaev by Russian militaries. The court has obliged Russia to pay a compensation of 55,000 euros for moral harm to the complainant and 1957 euros to his representatives for rendered legal services.

January 19, 2011 23:20

January 19, 2011 23:00

  • Head of Krasnoarmeiskiy District of Volgograd is suspected of abuse of power

    As reported by the Investigatory Department (ID) for the Volgograd Region of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation, a criminal case was initiated against Alexander Gorbunov, head of the administration of the Krasnoarmeiskiy District of Volgograd, and his deputy Roman Karatanov, suspected of abuse of office.

January 19, 2011 22:40

January 19, 2011 22:30

January 19, 2011 22:10

January 19, 2011 21:00

January 19, 2011 20:00

January 19, 2011 19:00

January 19, 2011 18:00

January 18, 2011 23:30

  • Drivers of public transport in Chechnya are banned to smoke at driving

    The Ministry of Transports and Communications of the Chechen Republic has introduced a ban on smoking during driving for drivers of regular buses and fixed-route taxis. Violators will face dismissal. This innovation, according to the ministry, should reduce the risk of traffic accidents.

January 18, 2011 23:10

January 18, 2011 23:00

  • Eviction of hostel residents suspended in Grozny

    After human rights activists have spread information about forced eviction by power agents of residents from the hostel in Mayakovsky Street in Grozny, the process was suspended; however, several residents have not got their keys back.

January 18, 2011 22:20

  • Two persons kidnapped in Grozny

    As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny, a group of armed men in camouflage captured and taken away two men.

January 18, 2011 22:10

  • Egle Kusaite at the Vilnius Regional Court, January 2011. Photo: Rita Geciunaite, www.alfa.lt Thomas Chivas: Lithuanian special services used Kusaite as bait for Muslims

    The special service VSD (Lithuanian State Security Police) dealt with Egle Kusaite, starting several years before her arrest, as a sort of "bait" to find out the intentions of Muslims in the country. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by the Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas, who is covering Egle Kusaite's case and attending court sessions in Vilnius.

January 18, 2011 22:00

  • Rostov Region: water supply employee is accused of negligence resulting in poisonings

    Vladimir Finenko, head of the water supply shop at the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "Vodokanal" of the city of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, for whose fault, according to investigators, 96 citizens got poisoned with drinking water, will face trial. The criminal case against him was sent to the Semikarakorsk District Court for consideration on the merits.

January 18, 2011 21:00

January 18, 2011 20:00

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