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September 12, 2008 21:11

• Kokoity asserts liquidation of consequences of humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia

  The consequences of the humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia have been liquidated, President Eduard Kokoity reported at the meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on September 11 in Sochi.

September 12, 2008 21:07

• Kesaeva: FSB refuses to tell the sum allocated for preventing terror acts in North Ossetia

  The FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of the Russian Federation has refused to inform the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" about the funds allocated to North Ossetia for prevention of terror acts, having referred to it as a "secret protected by the federal law."

September 12, 2008 21:04

• In Ingushetia, associates of murdered Evloev find the criminal case against them falsified

  Magomed Khazbiev, organizer of the nationwide rally of the Ingush people and a colleague of the murdered Magomed Evloev, owner of the independent Internet portal "Ingushetia.Ru", has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he had learnt that he was a figurant in a criminal case summaries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

September 12, 2008 21:01

• Azerbaijani opposition indignant with places for rallies allotted by the authorities

  The today's official press of Azerbaijan has published the list of places allotted for holding mass actions in 56 cities and district centres of Baku. These places have been defined by local executive bodies according to the Law "On Freedom of Assembly".

September 11, 2008 20:47

• State Security Service of Abkhazia reports detention of Georgian special agent

  In the course of verifying operative data, employees of the State Security Service (SSS) of Abkhazia detained an agent of Georgian special agencies - a woman-citizen of Abkhazia Diana Shedaniya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 11, 2008 20:43

• In Armenia, Sarkisyan, convicted organizer of murdering Public TV Director, released from custody

  In Armenia, according to the decision of the court, Armen Sarkisyan, who has served five years of imprisonment accused of organizing the murder of Tigran Nagdalyan, Director of the Public Armenian Television, has received an early-conditional release.

September 11, 2008 20:39

• HRC "Memorial": kidnappings and bombardments are daily events in Northern Caucasus

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has prepared a new issue of the Information Bulletin "Chronicle of Violence" for August 2008, related to the conflict in the Northern Caucasus. According to human rights activists, kidnappings, attacks of unknown persons, bombardments and murders happen practically every day in conflict.

September 11, 2008 20:35

• Cherkasov: Georgia evacuated its population before attacking South Ossetia

  Alexander Cherkasov, an expert of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who has visited South Ossetia, has stated that prior to start the war Georgia had systematically evacuated Georgian population from the conflict zone.

September 11, 2008 20:32

• Kokoity: South Ossetia will never be part of Russia

  The President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has stated that his republic is not going to give up its independence and to be a part of Russia, although they are grateful to it for saving the Ossetian people.

September 11, 2008 20:30

• Bagapsh: Abkhazia plans to join United State and CIS

  Abkhazia is going to enter the CIS and to submit an application on joining the United State of Russia and Belarus, President Sergey Bagapsh has declared.

September 11, 2008 20:27

• US Department of State categorical in calling RF to leave Georgia

  Russia should cease shirking its obligations to withdraw troops and "clear off" Georgia, said Sean McCormack, press secretary of the US Department of State, on September 10.

September 11, 2008 20:24

• Putin: by defending South Ossetia, Russia stopped NGOs from breaking RF down

  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has stated that some nongovernmental and non-commercial organizations (NGOs and NCOs) in Russia had been preparing a breakaway of a number of republics should Russia had failed to defend South Ossetia.

September 10, 2008 22:25

• Russia insists on arms embargo for Georgia

  Vitaly Churkin, Russia's permanent UN representative, believes that ban to further militarization of Georgia will contribute to normalization of the situation with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

September 10, 2008 22:23

• US Senator: reconnaissance confirms that Georgia was the first to attack South Ossetia

  Republican Dana Rohrabacher, deputy chairman of subcommittee for international organizations of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, has stated that according to the data of American reconnaissance services the latest warfare in South Ossetia was started by Georgia.

September 10, 2008 22:19

• In Chechnya, a woman of 52 kidnapped and executed by unknown persons

  Last night, in the south-east of Chechnya, a group of unknown persons kidnapped a woman-local resident. Later, her body with numerous gunshot wounds was found by employees of law enforcement bodies. The motives of the crime remain unknown.

September 10, 2008 22:14

• The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Georgian Joint Staff was against invading South Ossetia

  Commanders of Georgian military forces have reported at the Brussels NATO Headquarters that they were against the military invasion into South Ossetia. They assert that should they have been given a chance, they would have persuaded President Mikhail Saakashvili not to invade.

September 10, 2008 22:10

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, the case of beating editor-in chief of "Paper of the South" goes to the Investigatory Committee

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the case of beating Miloslav Bitokov, editor-in-chief of the "Paper of the South", has been delivered to the Russian Investigatory Committee for the city of Nalchik.

September 10, 2008 22:04

• France refuses to deport Irakliy Okruashvili to Georgia

  The Appeal Court of France has rejected the Georgia's petition to extradite former Defence Minister of the country Irakliy Okruashvili.

September 10, 2008 21:58

• Murder of Evloev, owner of "Ingushetia.Ru", to be dealt with by Moscow inspectors

  Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office, has ordered his subordinate Departments for the South Federal District (SFD) to make an objective inquiry into the death of journalist Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru".

September 10, 2008 21:52

• Solana: EU observers shall be placed in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The European Union believes that in spite of the statements of the head of Russian MFA Sergey Lavrov EU observers shall be deployed in the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.