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June 25, 2009 13:00

• Supreme Court sends Anna Politkovskaya's murder case to reconsideration

  Today, the Military Panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has decided to cancel the acquittal verdict passed this February to four figurants in the murder case of the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya and sent the case to a new consideration by other judges of the Moscow regional Military Court. The parties in the trial have disagreed with the decision.

June 25, 2009 12:00

• Rostov Region: miners refuse going up demanding wage payment

  In the Rostov Region, miners of the Chikh Mine located in the city of Shakhty have announced a strike with a demand to get their three-month salary debts. Last night a shift staff of miners - over 30 persons - refused to go upstairs from their mine.

June 25, 2009 11:00

• Maskhud Abdullaev's disappearance is on Russia's special agencies, experts in Chechnya believe

  Chechen human rights activists believe that Maskhud, son of Supyan Abdullaev, closest associate of Doku Umarov and his probable successor as Amir of Caucasian separatists, who disappeared under unclear circumstances on June 19 in Domodedovo Moscow Airport, could be kidnapped by FSB agents or Ramzan Kadyrov's people.

June 25, 2009 10:00

• Militant Aliev was involved in attempt on Evkurov, special agencies suspect

  Workers of special agencies suspect that militant Abdul-Malik Aliev, liquidated on June 24 in a special operation in a Nazran suburb, was the organizer of the attack on President of Ingushetia, committed on June 22, where Evkurov was heavy wounded.

June 24, 2009 23:40

• More anxiety in Azerbaijan about compatriots in Georgia

  Problems of ethnic Azerbaijanis of Georgia were in the focus of the roundtable, held at the Baku Media Centre to the topic "Place and historical role of Borchaly", the region in the south of Georgia, where Azerbaijanis compactly live.

June 24, 2009 23:00

• Armenia: Gagik Dzhangiryan, ex-deputy general public prosecutor, is at large

  On June 23, the door of the corrective establishment for criminals "Kentron" (former SIZO (pre-trial facility) of the KGB) opened, and under the amnesty act adopted on June 19 by the National Assembly of Armenia, Gagik Dzhangiryan, activist of the opposition and former deputy general public prosecutor, found himself at large.

June 24, 2009 22:50

• Regular monitoring of observance by Armenia of its obligations before PACE will be continued

  At the moment, very few of the PACE's requirements have been fulfilled, and regular monitoring of the progress made by Armenia to this end will be continued. This is stated in the report "Functioning of Democratic Institutes in Armenia" by the commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which was prepared by co-rapporteurs John Prescott and George Colombier. At the same time, the document gives high estimate of the amnesty announced by the Armenian authorities.

June 24, 2009 22:30

• In Chechnya, a group of kidnappers convicted

  On June 22, five residents of the Chechen Republic accused of kidnapping people for ransom and of other grave crimes were sentenced by the Republic's Supreme Court to long terms of imprisonment.

June 24, 2009 22:00

• Ingush militants take responsibility for murdering Aza Gazgireeva and Bashir Aushev

  The militants' grouping operating in the territory of Ingushetia and presented as "Mujahads of Vilayat Galgaiche" has stated they had committed murders of Gazgireeva, deputy chair of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, and former vice-premier Bashir Aushev, as well as the shelling of Osman Vyshegurov, an employee of the tax service. The statement appeared in one of separatists' websites.

June 24, 2009 21:10

• Hackers crack website of RIA "Dagestan" again

  Today, the website of the RIA "Dagestan", founded by the Ministry of National Policy, Information and External Relations of Dagestan, suffered from a hacker's attack again: supporters of separatists have placed their appeal to law enforcers on behalf of one of extremist groupings in the main page of the website.

June 24, 2009 21:00

• Doctors prepare Evkurov's wounded security to another surgery

  The health condition of Ramzan Evkurov, 35, a President's bodyguard who was wounded in the attempt on June 22 remains extremely grave. Today, he will be prepared for repeated surgery.

June 24, 2009 20:00

• Kadyrov offers money to residents of Ingushetia for information about militants

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has unexpectedly arrived to Ingushetia, where he met Rashid Gaisanov, temporary head of the republic, as reported by a source in the government of Ingushetia. Mr Kadyrov has offered remuneration to residents of Ingushetia for information about any prepared terror acts and militants' whereabouts.

June 24, 2009 19:00

• In Dagestan, new charge presented to "Chernovik" journalists

  Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the weekly "Chernovik" (Blueprint), and journalist Arthur Mamaev will face a new charge.

June 24, 2009 18:00

• Novorossisk court rejects suit of "curfew" opponents against prosecutor's office

  Today, the court of the city of Novorossisk has rejected the suit lodged by Tamara Karastelyova, director of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR), challenging the non-normative acts of the city's prosecutor's office, which had found attributes of extremism in criticism of key provisions of the so-called "curfew law". According to Ms Karastelyova, the today's trial "looked like a play": the decision was prepared in advance.

June 23, 2009 23:50

• Karastelyova: information war against "curfew" opponents in Novorossisk

  Tamara Karastelyova, director of the Novorossisk Human Rights Committee (NHRC), has complained of a discrediting campaign launched against those who stand for cancelling the law on "curfew" for children in Novorossisk; the campaign is conducted with use of mass media and Internet portals.

June 23, 2009 23:30

• Georgia: oppositionists on hunger strike near EU office

  Several members of the NGO named "Equal Rights Institute" have started hunger strike at the representative office of the European Union in the capital of Georgia. The hunger strike is related to the events on June 15 in Tbilisi.

June 23, 2009 23:00

• AI is concerned that TACs are liquidated in Chechnya

  The Memorandum on Human Rights, addressed by the Amnesty International (AI) to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev, expresses concern because of closing and forced eviction of people from Temporary Accommodation Centres (TACs) in Chechnya.

June 23, 2009 22:40

• Residents of Ingushetia are indignant with terror act against Evkurov

  The attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, where one person was lost and three others, including the President, were wounded, has provoked a broad resonance in the Ingush society. Local residents are extremely indignant with the incident.

June 23, 2009 22:20

• Action against violence in Iran held in Baku

  In Azerbaijan, activists of the pro-governmental party named "Modern Musavat" made an attempt on June 22 to hold a picket in front of the Iranian embassy in Baku with a demand to put an end to violence against participants of protest actions against falsification of presidential election.

June 23, 2009 22:00

• Patimat Mutalieva: during attempt on President of Ingushetia I was on my way to examination

  Patimat Mutalieva, named by the investigation to be a probable terrorist involved in the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, at the moment of the terror act was on her way to exam in psychology at the polytechnic college in Nazran, where she is a student. The girl told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it by telephone.