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July 09, 2009 14:00

• Armenian oppositionist goes on termless hunger strike

  Karen Karapetyan, head of the youth wing of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), has announced a termless hunger in protest against the arrest of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of his wing.

July 09, 2009 13:00

• Social shelter for refugees from Azerbaijan and Iraq opened in Armenia

  In Armenia, in Darbnik village, Ararat District, a social shelter was opened for 46 families of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan and Iraq. The house was granted to them for gratuitous use.

July 09, 2009 12:00

• Estemirova: disappearances are on rapid rise in Chechnya

  After cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Chechnya, the count of kidnapped residents is in dozens. This was stated by Natalia Estemirova, member of the Grozny branch of the HRC "Memorial", to the "Caucasian Knot".

July 09, 2009 11:00

• In Ingushetia, mother seeks protection of her son from power agents

  Petimat Archakovа asks to defend the rights of her son Magomed Archakov suspected of concealing militants. Currently, he is kept at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia and, according to his mother's statement, is exposed to torture.

July 09, 2009 10:00

• Armenian President is ready to meet his Azerbaijani counterpart

  As reported by co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has consented to have another meeting with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliev on Karabakh settlement, as planned, in Moscow on July 17.

July 09, 2009 09:00

• Kelekhsaev's "People's Party" asks USA to recognize independence of South Ossetia

  On July 8, the Board of the "People's Party" of South Ossetia, headed by Roland Kelekhsaev, passed an appeal to the United States and other countries of the world to recognize the right of South-Ossetian people to build their independent democratic state.

July 08, 2009 22:00

• MIA counts at most 100 militants in Dagestan

  At a press conference on July 7, Magomed Ismailov, Deputy Interior Minister, said, referring to operative data, that Dagestan has no more than 100 militants.

July 08, 2009 21:00

• Trial on schoolboy's incitement to suicide started in Stavropol Territory

  Today, the Budyonnovsk City Court, Stavropol Territory, has started considering the case of the teacher of mathematics accused of inciting a pupil of the 9th form to suicide.

July 08, 2009 20:00

• ICPO: "Vostok" battalion servicemen were involved in disappearance of their comrade-in-arms

  Inspectors have found proofs of involvement of militaries of the battalion "Vostok" (East), which was subordinated to the so-called "GRU" (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) in disappearance of their colleague Alikhan Khaladov in July 2004. This was stated by the official Chechen spokesman of the ID for Chechnya of the ICPO.

July 08, 2009 19:00

• Germany and France reject visas to Abkhazian youth

  Young people from Abkhazia cannot take part in the "Camp of Peace" organized by the Council of Europe in Germany and dedicated to settlement and transformation of conflicts, because of visa problems: embassies of France and Germany in Moscow refused to give visas to them.

July 08, 2009 18:00

• President of Ingushetia works with documents and can receive visitors

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was wounded in an attempt on June 22, is in consciousness, works with documents and can receive visitors. This was reported today by Adam Gazdiev, press secretary of the permanent representative of Ingushetia at the President of Russia.

July 08, 2009 17:00

• Number of victims from terror act in Grozny is now 9

  The investigation into the circumstances of the explosion in the Chechen capital continues. The number of victims of the terror act has reached nine. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at law enforcement bodies of the republic.

July 08, 2009 16:00

• Abkhazian MFA claims new flights of Georgian drones

  On July 7, at 10:00 p.m., in the vicinity of Saberio village, Gali District of Abkhazia, frontier guards fixed two drones (unmanned aircrafts) flying from Georgia deep into the District. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Abkhazia adds that at 11:35 p.m. near Khukhun village, Tkuarchal District, another pair of drones was registered.

July 08, 2009 15:00

• Two military helicopters shelled in Shatoy District of Chechnya

  Two helicopters were shelled in the mountainous Shatoy District of Chechnya; one soldier was wounded. As reported by the Republic's law enforcement bodies, the helicopters had to make an emergency landing.

July 08, 2009 11:00

• In Dagestan, a militia tour shelled, some members wounded

  In the evening on July 7, in the centre of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, in the crossing of Dakhadaeva and Malygina Streets, not far from the central building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, unknown persons shelled an on duty militia tour.

July 08, 2009 10:00

• Chechen militia is actively against tinted car glasses

  Highways of Chechnya are again at "war" on cars with tinted glasses. GIBDD (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) agents stop cars and right in situ remove tinting film from glasses. This is the way local GIBDD bosses react to President Kadyrov's command of July 6 to get tougher in fighting against car tinted glasses.

July 07, 2009 23:00

• South Ossetia asks US President to help in freeing its prisoners kept by Georgia

  As reported today by David Sanakoev, representative of the President of South Ossetia on human rights, mothers of South-Ossetian residents kidnapped by Georgian special agencies have sent an electronic letter to US President Barack Obama asking him to help to liberate their sons.

July 07, 2009 20:00

• Explosion in Chechen capital: eyewitnesses' evidences

  The data on the number of victims of the explosion, which happened today at about 1:20 p.m. Moscow time in the city of Grozny, is contradictory. According to the ID for Chechnya of the Russian ICPO, six persons received wounds. As to eyewitnesses and militiamen, who were in the place of the incident, they told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that there were no casualties and wounded persons.

July 07, 2009 19:00

• Anna Politkovskaya's murder case re-arrived to court

  The murder case of the observer of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya has arrived to the Moscow Regional Military Court for repeated consideration, as reported by Alexander Minchanovskiy, press secretary of the Court.

July 07, 2009 18:17

• Murder case of the owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru" sent to court

  As reported by Rashid Gaisanov, Acting President of Ingushetia, the murder case of the owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru" Magomed Evloev has been delivered to the court.