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July 08, 2008 14:19

• In Krasnodar Territory, "Rosprirodnadzor" and ecologists accuse each other of disinformation

  The Krasnodar Department of the Russian Environment Supervisory Agency ("Rosprirodnadzor") believes that many ecological organizations are deliberately by the actions hampering the resort season. In their turn, ecologists declare that the authorities are concealing the truth about the situation in the Kerch Strait.

July 08, 2008 14:11

• Leader of Party "For United Georgia" calls public to support "Kavkasia" TV Company

  Today, Eka Beseliya, secretary general of the oppositional party "For United Georgia", held a press conference, where she called the Georgian public to financially support the sole oppositional TV Company "Kavkasia", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

July 08, 2008 13:52

• Editorial Board of "Chernovik" newspaper to protest against Dagestan Procurator's warning

  In the near future, the editor-in-chief of the weekly named "Chernovik" (Blueprint) is going to protest against the decision of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, by which the edition was warned on inadmissibility to breach the Federal Law "On Counteracting Extremist Activities".

July 08, 2008 13:49

• Dagestan resident found in Kizlyar could have been kidnapped to exchange for the run-away girl

  The resident of Dagestan, who has been found today in Kizlyar, could have been kidnapped with the aim to exchange him for the girl, who had run away with his relative, as her parents were against their wedding.

July 08, 2008 13:46

• UN Secretary General calls for inquiry of terror acts in Abkhazia and punishment of those guilty

  Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, has condemned the recent explosions in the territory of Abkhazia and called to hold an investigation of these incidents and bring the criminals to responsibility.

July 08, 2008 13:37

• In Dagestan, family of lawyers suffers from special operation

  On July 7, when a counterterrorist operation was conducted in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, a family of a lawyer and a federal judge suffered.

July 08, 2008 12:02

• Woman from Kabardino-Balkaria wins suit against Russia's MoD

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that Rosa Khalishkhova, a resident of the city of Nartkala, Kabardino-Balkaria, who lost her son during the war in Chechnya, has adjudged 200,000 roubles from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation as compensation of her moral damage.

July 07, 2008 11:58

• In Azerbaijan, Insanov's advocates complain of their client's custody conditions

  Advocates of Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, who is serving his imprisonment, have applied to the European Court for Human Rights because of bad custody conditions of their client at the Penitentiary Establishment No. 13.

July 07, 2008 11:55

• Abkhazia seeks defence of international community against "Georgia-originating terrorism"

  Abkhazia is addressing the G8, the UN Security Council, the OSCE and the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General with an appeal "to take adequate measures for suppressing the threat of terrorism originating from Georgia, since ignoring of such serious provocations can lead to irreversible escalation of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict."

July 07, 2008 11:42

• Abkhazia stops all contacts with Georgia

  President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh has announced that after the recent terror acts in the territory of his Republic, Abkhazia suspends all contacts with Georgia.

July 07, 2008 11:38

• Armenian opposition leader meets Czech MFA head

  Karel Schwartzenberg, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Czech Republic, who made a three-day official visit to Yerevan, had a meeting late at night on July 6 with Levon Ter-Petrosyan, leader of Armenian opposition.

July 07, 2008 11:34

• Moscow-Baku train late in Makhachkala because of Dagestanians' picket

  Today, the Moscow-Baku train was 45 minutes late in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, because it was stopped at the Kizlyar station by residents of the village of Kachalay, who demanded from law enforcement bodies to take active steps in searching their fellow villager kidnapped yesterday.

July 07, 2008 11:22

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria states criminal case fabrication against his son

  Boris Malkarov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has addressed his complaint to the Prosecutor's office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), public human rights organizations and mass media stating that a murder criminal case is fabricated against his son Kerim Malkarov, 26, an employee of the "Children's World" trade enterprise.

July 07, 2008 11:12

• Armenian Ombudsman asks to defend him and his family

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that today Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Arutyunyan has addressed an official letter to Gorik Akopyan, Director of the National Security Service, asking to ensure his personal and his family members' safety.

July 05, 2008 23:34

• South Ossetia and Transdniestria sign cooperation agreement

  On July 4, Presidents of Transdniestria and South Ossetia Igor Smirnov and Eduard Kokoity signed a cooperation agreement of two non-recognized republics.

July 05, 2008 20:28

• Political scientists: Medvedev's visit to Azerbaijan gave no desirable fruits

  While discussing the outcomes of the first visit to Azerbaijan of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, many analysts and political scientists agree that the visit has failed to settle many of the problems in mutual relations of the two states.

July 05, 2008 19:23

• Russia: Sweden's refusal to give out a native of Chechnya is political hypocrisy

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has treated as "political hypocrisy" the refusal of Swedish authorities to extradite Chechen Aslan Adaev, suspected of terrorism and other crimes.

July 05, 2008 16:15

• South Ossetia accuses Georgia of conflict escalation

  According to the statement of law enforcement bodies of South Ossetia, Georgia continues its "provocative actions" aimed towards further escalation of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and has increased number of illegally deployed posts (check points) in the conflict zone.

July 05, 2008 14:12

• Armenia: convicted journalist Babadzhanyan can be early released

  It is possible that Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak-Yerevan" newspaper, convicted for evasion of mandatory army service and serving his term at the criminal corrective establishment, will be released ahead of time, early this August.

July 05, 2008 13:04

• Vice-Premier's house set on fire in Ingushetia

  Today at night, in the elite district of Nazran, unknown criminals have fired a new house of Vice-Premier of Ingushetia Bashir Aushev who is supervising in the government the so-called "power block" of the Republic.