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March 30, 2010 20:00

• Dymovskiy rejected initiation of case against GUVD boss of Krasnodar Territory

  The Investigatory Department (ID) of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory has concluded that the actions of Sergey Kucheruk, head of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department), accused by ex-major Alexei Dymovskiy of slander, have no crime attributes.

March 30, 2010 19:00

• Georgia releases two more Russian inmates and a citizen of South Ossetia

  Today, in Ergneti village, on the border with South Ossetia, Georgia has handed over three prisoners to the officers of the frontier service of the South Ossetia's KGB.

March 30, 2010 18:00

• Residents of Chechnya fear that terror acts in Moscow may raise Caucasian-phobia in Russia

  The morning explosions on March 29 in Moscow metro, where dozens were killed or injured, may provoke another outbreak of anti-Caucasian moods in the Russian society and lead to persecutions of Caucasian natives in Moscow and other major Russian cities. Many residents of Chechnya think so. A number of local experts believe that the explosions in Moscow metro could be backed both by militants and "certain forces in Russia."

March 30, 2010 10:00

• Geidar Djemal: there's no Caucasian trace in Moscow terror acts

  The version that murdering innocent people, absolutely occasional metro passengers, is a revenge for liquidation of militants' leaders in the Caucasus is not true, as Geidar Djemal, leader of the Islamic Committee, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 29, 2010 23:50

• World community shaken by terror acts in Moscow

  The two explosions committed today in the morning in the Moscow metro have caused a huge public resonance. Leaders of dozens of countries of the world, heads of European institutes of democracy, representatives of international and religious organizations have expressed their condemnation of terrorism and condolences to casualties' families.

March 29, 2010 23:30

• FBI investigates corruption weapon-purchase deals of Georgian officials

  In 2008, Georgian bureaucrats imported weapons into Georgia from Israel under a corruption scheme. Last week, this statement was made by a representative of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

March 29, 2010 23:10

• Rizvan Kurbanov promises help to "Mothers of Dagestan" in searching missing people

  Prime Minister of Dagestan Rizvan Kurbanov has promised, when speaking to activists of the human rights NGO "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", to help them in their searched of the young people who had disappeared in the republic. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Svetlana Isaeva, chair of the "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights".

March 29, 2010 23:00

• OSCE: 19 persons perished in Karabakh conflict zone in 2009

  As reported by Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of the acting OSCE Chairman, in 2009, 19 persons perished in the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.

March 29, 2010 23:00

• On the eve of metro explosions militia received warnings

  On Sunday, March 28, a woman called the Moscow militia and said that an explosion may happen in the metro prepared by residents of Chechnya. Employees of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) with dogs searched the Konkovo metro station but found nothing.

March 29, 2010 22:50

• President of Georgia plans to pardon convicts

  President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has signed a resolution about a large-scale pardoning of convicts. This was stated by Giya Arsenishvili, chairman of the parliamentary committee for human rights. It is planned to pardon the prisoners who serve their terms for medium- and light-gravity crimes.

March 29, 2010 22:20

• North Ossetia: "Memorial-Avia" looks for relatives of lost military pilots

  The NGO named "Memorial-Avia" and active in North Ossetia continues searching relatives of the military pilots who perished during the Great Patriotic War (WWII) in fight for the Caucasus.

March 29, 2010 22:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, litigation on Nalchik attack case disrupted again

  Today, the defendants in the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005 in Nalchik again disrupted the session by rejecting an advocate replacement.

March 29, 2010 21:00

• Terror acts in Moscow are this year's second use of suicide bombers and the 16th in 2009-2010

  So far, nobody has taken responsibility for today's explosions in Moscow metro; however, power agencies tend to believe that they were organized by Chechen militants, whose leader Dokku Umarov announced this February that the military action zone would expand over the whole Russia's territory. Umarov stated then that the war would return into Russians' houses; and they would see it not only on TV as reported from somewhere away in the Caucasus. The State Duma believes that it is already the case; and new, more efficient forms and methods of fighting terror should be searched for.

March 29, 2010 20:00

• Two local residents kidnapped in south-east Chechnya

  Two brothers, residents of the Chechen city of Shali, were kidnapped by local power agents. Their fate and whereabouts are unknown. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from an activist of a local NGO, who referred to brothers' relatives.

March 29, 2010 19:00

• Eight victims of Lubyanka explosion identified in Moscow

  Rescuers brought up 12 bodies of the casualties of the explosion at the Lubyanka metro station, eight of them have been already identified. The list of victims who were hospitalized was published.

March 29, 2010 18:00

• Death toll of explosions in Moscow metro reaches 37

  The count of casualties of the terror acts committed in Moscow metro has reached 37 persons. Under the latest data, 65 people were injured.

March 27, 2010 23:00

• Rostov Region: high water brings threats

  In the Rostov Region, spring high water continues; in many districts the water level is critical; homes are flooded in a number of dwelling settlements.

March 27, 2010 22:00

• Communists demand dismissal of Volgograd Mayor

  On March 27 in Volgograd, rallies were held in front of the building of the city mayoralty, where appeals were voiced out to initiate the resignation procedure of the city mayor Roman Grebennikov. The action was organized by communists.

March 27, 2010 21:00

• Nogaideli accuses Georgian special services of disrupting meeting with Gori residents

  The meeting on March 27 of residents of the city of Gori with Georgian oppositionists took place in tense atmosphere. Zurab Nogaideli, leader of the "Movement for United Georgia", has stated that the reason was in provocations, which had been planned by the authorities.

March 27, 2010 17:00

• Board of Journalistic Ethical Charter: "Imedi" hostess broke the Charter

  On March 25, Tbilisi hosted a sitting of the Board of the Charter of Journalistic Ethics of Georgia. In the opinion of the experts, the hostess of the "Imedi" TV Channel Natiya Koberidze had broken the journalistic ethics.