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September 24, 2008 10:32

• Malsagova will not delete the list of power agents of Ingushetia suspected of murdering Evloev away from her website

  Rosa Malsagova, editor-in-chief of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru", has declared that she will not delete from her website the list of thirteen names, who had been, in the opinion of Magomed Evloev's relatives, the customers and direct performers of murdering the former owner of the web resource.

September 24, 2008 10:28

• Sarkozy condemns Russia for recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia from UN rostrum

  On September 23, speaking from the rostrum of the United Nations, President of France Nicolas Sarkozy condemned the Russia's decision to unilaterally recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

September 24, 2008 10:16

• In Moscow, ex-deputy of State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev was murdered, not his brother Sulim

  In the centre of Moscow, Ruslan Yamadaev, ex-deputy of Russian State Duma, was assassinated, not his brother Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" battalion deployed in Chechnya, as reported earlier. The news was announced by Valery Gribakin, head of the PR Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

September 24, 2008 10:12

• In Chechnya, court considers claims of dismissed militaries of "Vostok" battalion

  In Chechnya, on September 23, the Grozny Garrison Military Court started considering the civil suits lodged by former militaries of the special-purpose battalion "Vostok" (East) of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation against their early dismissal from military service.

September 24, 2008 10:09

• Arif Yunus: without democracy, Azerbaijan will always have a threat of extremism

  A threat of religious extremism will always endanger Azerbaijan, unless the country establishes genuine democracy, asserts Arif Yunus, head of the Department of Conflictology and Migration of the Institute of Peace and Democracy.

September 23, 2008 15:39

• In Abkhazia, teenager, thought as kidnapped, comes home

  In Abkhazia, yesterday, on September 22, Nika Dzhalagoniya, 15, a resident of village Bargyab, Gali District, returned home. He was thought to be kidnapped.

September 23, 2008 15:35

• Alekseeva: authorities in Ingushetia terrorize the population

  Liudmila Alekseeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, believes that Ingush authorities are terrorizing their population in the manner of Stalin's repressions of 1937. She said it in the press conference on September 22 in the Independent Press Centre in Moscow on the results of her visit to this North Caucasian republic.

September 23, 2008 15:31

• Barack Obama recognizes genocide in his message to Armenians

  Democratic candidate to the position of US President Barack Obama has recognized, in his message on the occasion of the Day of Independence of Armenia on September 21, the fact of genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey during World War I.

September 23, 2008 15:25

• David Sanakoev: six residents of South Ossetia still kept in Georgian captivity

  The Georgian party is still keeping six Ossetians captured during the August 7-13 war in South Ossetia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by David Sanakoev, Ombudsman under President of the Republic of South Ossetia.

September 23, 2008 15:20

• Centre in Defence of Refugees' Rights of Azerbaijan to investigate the Khodzhaly tragedy

  The Centre in Defence of Refugees' and Forced Migrants' Rights of Azerbaijan wants to organize independent public tribunal on Khodzhaly tragedy.

September 23, 2008 15:14

• Council of Europe alarmed with growth of xenophobia in Russia

  Russia experiences growth of racist spirits, believes Michael Had, member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). While presenting the ECRI's report for the Russian Federation, Mr Had has noted that as a whole, the public opinion in relation to national minorities in Russia has worsened.

September 23, 2008 15:09

• Human Rights Watch: EU mission in Georgia should protect peaceful residents

  Human Rights Watch asserts that the situation of anarchy in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict zone promotes attacks and the atmosphere of fear, therefore, the mandate of the European Union's mission should assume defence of civilians.

September 23, 2008 13:55

• In Dagestan, cancelling of criminal case against the Director General of "Nastoyascheye Vremya" appealed against by Prosecutor's Office

  The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has sent a supervisory presentation to the Presidium of the Republic's Supreme Court concerning cancellation of judgements passed on the criminal case against Rizvan Rizvanov, Director General of the enterprise-founder of the weekly named "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time).

September 22, 2008 12:55

• Public Prosecutor of Abkhazia: there are no grounds to initiate criminal cases against Bagapsh and Kokoity

  Safarbey Mikanba, General Public Prosecutor of Abkhazia, has treated the utterances of Nikoloz Gvaramiya, Georgian Minister of Justice, that his Ministry was gathering materials for initiation of criminal cases against leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Sergey Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity, to be groundless and cheap politics.

September 22, 2008 12:50

• Wide-scale construction underway in Moon Meadow in Adygea, tourists say

  The virgin nature of the Caucasian Reserve is not only is built up with objects that are absolutely alien to it, but is also gradually transformed into a closed zone. This is the conclusion of tourist and nature amateur Gennady Klyon, who headed a group of Moscow tourists and was careless enough to approach the Moon Meadow in Adygea.

September 22, 2008 12:46

• Official Baku disagrees with US criticism of violating religious rights in Azerbaijan

  The annual report of the US Department of State on the situation with religious freedom in the world, published in the end to the last week, says in the section on Azerbaijan that the Constitution and the laws of the country guarantee the freedom of religion, however, there are certain "restrictions" in registration and "selective prosecution".

September 22, 2008 12:25

• Three civilians killed in Ingushetia

  Today, as a result of bombardment, three civilians were killed in the Altiev Municipal District of the city of Nazran in Ingushetia.

September 22, 2008 12:21

• Investigation sends Politkovskaya's case to General Prosecutor's Office

  The bill of particulars on the case about murdering Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 has been sent to Deputy General Public Prosecutor for approval. Three persons are accused of murdering the journalist.

September 22, 2008 12:17

• Mine explodes and wounds two policemen in Zugdidi District

  Today in the morning, in Zugdidi District of Georgia, two policemen were wounded as a result of a mine explosion on the bridge near Khurcha village.

September 22, 2008 12:13

• Russian MFA: RF's actions against Georgia were no aggression

  The comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia on the statement of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who has accused Russian Federation (RF) of aggression against Georgia, runs that Russia did not pursue any geostrategic aims, when it was forced to react to Georgia's actions.