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October 03, 2007 11:27

• Kabardino-Balkaria: last defence witness in the case of Ingush militiamen interrogated by Supreme Court

  Today, Amur Kortkoev, head of the FSB Department for the Republic of Ingushetia, was interrogated as a witness at the trial in the case of the commanders of the Malgobek ROVD of Ingushetia, accused of the negligence that had lead to the terror act in Beslan.

October 02, 2007 22:13

• Journalist arrested for bribe-taking in Azerbaijan worries about protracted investigation

  In Azerbaijan, the inquiry in relation to Mushvig Guseinov, an employee of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, is protracted.

October 02, 2007 22:08

• Residents of Northern Caucasus will be able to apply to the Strasbourg Court directly

  In its resolution adopted by majority vote the PACE calls to be more flexible in considering applications originated from the North Caucasian region of Russia.

October 02, 2007 22:04

• Krasnodar Territory: trial of OMON officers postponed till October 17

  The first judicial session on the case of the officers of the OMON of the Sochi Department of Internal Affairs, who had started a fight with holiday-makers, has been re-appointed on October 17 because of the failure of the defendants' advocates to appear.

October 02, 2007 22:00

• Tutakov will help to bring compatriots from Europe back to Chechnya

  Vagap Tutakov, who was kidnapped on September 10 in the Urus-Martan District of the Republic and released on September 22, intends to get back to political activity.

October 02, 2007 21:58

• A case against participants of the meeting in defence of the Aushevs can be initiated in Ingushetia

  The law-enforcement bodies of Chechnya and Ingushetia are not going to investigate the case about kidnapping last week of the Aushev brothers, who are second cousins to each other. At the same time, a criminal case can be initiated on the fact of holding the meeting with a demand to release the detainees.

October 02, 2007 21:54

• Aushev brothers, residents of Ingushetia, seek defence by the authorities and human rights activists

  The Aushev brothers, detained by employees of non-established power agencies in the territory of Chechnya and released after the protest action in Nazran are afraid of further prosecution by power agents; therefore, they ask the RF leadership and the international community to stand for their right.

October 02, 2007 21:46

• Bastrykin: investigators have six versions of Politkovskaya's murder

  Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee, recently founded at the Russian Prosecutor's Office, has reported about the progress in the most resonant murders.

October 01, 2007 11:34

• Another Okruashvili's supporter arrested in Georgia

  The authorities of Georgia have arrested Amiran Giguashvili, leader of the oppositional movement "For United Georgia" and a friend and supporter of ex-Minister of Defence Irakliy Okruashvili.

October 01, 2007 11:30

• Human rights activists win the "tea case" in Krasnodar Territory

  The court decisions have been received on the so-called "tea case" in relation to human rights activists of the Krasnodar Territory who had been fined for a non-sanctioned tea-drinking party with foreigners.

October 01, 2007 11:10

• Less kidnappings registered in Chechnya

  General Arkadiy Edelev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, has stated in Grozny that the number of crimes connected with kidnappings has dropped fivefold in Chechnya.

October 01, 2007 11:05

• Authorities of Dagestan discuss recent terror acts

  On September 30, 11 persons were shot dead in Dagestan. Today, a sitting of the Security Council and a joint meeting with the heads of the Ministry of Defence and the workers of law enforcement bodies "On Operative and Social-Political Situation in Dagestan" were held in Makhachkala.

October 01, 2007 11:00

• Trepashkin suspects his advocate Lyubov Kosik of cooperating with the FSB

  Mikhail Trepashkin, a former FSB officer, has stated that Lyubov Kosik, his defender in the city of Nizhni Tagil, is working for the accusation and delivers his defence materials to them.

October 01, 2007 10:56

• Ten Moslems arrested during special operation in Azerbaijan

  As a result of a joint operation of the Ministry of National Security and the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Fighting Organized Crime, accomplished in the village of Khudat of the Khachmaz District, religious literature was confiscated from the houses of several residents and about ten persons had been detained.

September 29, 2007 13:00

• CSIS: 49 steps towards ensuring human rights and safety in Northern Caucasus

  A joint report, prepared by the Initiative for Human Rights and Safety, Centre of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Robert Bosch Foundation and entitled "49 Steps Towards Ensuring Human Rights and Safety in Northern Caucasus" has been published.

September 29, 2007 12:57

• Criminal prosecution of Khasan Didigov in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train stopped

  The criminal prosecution of Khasan Didigov accused of involvement in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train has been stopped.

September 29, 2007 12:52

• Girls wearing hijabs were not let to school in Azerbaijan

  During a week, the girls wearing hijabs could not get to their school lessons in the city of Sumgait (Azerbaijan).

September 29, 2007 12:48

• Political scientists: Okruashvili's arrest is a blunder of Georgian authorities

  The former Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakliy Okruashvili was sentenced by decision of the Tbilisi City Court to two months of custodial arrest for the period of investigation.

September 29, 2007 12:41

• Funeral of religious figure grow into a meeting in Dagestan

  Practically all the residents of the village, as well as of the neighbouring ones, came to the funeral of Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov, minister of the local mosque, who was killed today morning in the Dagestan village of Gubden. They regard that the murder was motivated by religious hatred.

September 29, 2007 12:37

• Social workers of Dagestan breached the rights of Chernobyl liquidators

  The Dagestan residents of the city of Kizilyurt, who suffered from radiation when liquidating the implications of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, failed to receive their due allowances.