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19:00, 21 January 2009

Dagestan: public prosecutor asks 16 years of tight security for Babaev's killer

In Dagestan, the public prosecutor demanded 16 years of imprisonment in a tight security colony for Rasil Mamedrizaev, who was found guilty yesterday, on January 20, by jurymen of murdering Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan branch of the "Yabloko" Party.

00:00, 21 January 2009

Chechnya: participants of the action in memory of Markelov suggest naming a street in his honour

The action in memory of assassinated advocate Markelov and journalist Baburova held yesterday, on January 20, in the capital of Chechnya moved a proposal to rename streets in their honour.

00:00, 21 January 2009

In Azerbaijan, head of Talysh Cultural Centre released from dungeon

On January 20, late at night, Novruzali Mamedov, 70, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre in Azerbaijan and editor-in-chief of the "Talyshi Sado" newspaper, was released from dungeon ahead of term. He is serving his 10 years of imprisonment for state treason.

00:00, 21 January 2009

Car of killed residents of Ingushetia found in Chechnya

On January 20, the car model VAZ-2107, which was hijacked by unknown criminals who executed father and son Terkhoev on January 19, in Sunzha District of Ingushetia, was found in the southwest of Chechnya.

21:00, 20 January 2009

Article about Budanov was one of last works of perished journalist Baburova

Anastasiya Baburova, an off-the-staff employee of the "Novaya Gazeta", who was wounded on January 19 in the centre of Moscow, during Markelov's murder and later died in hospital, published a week ago an article about former colonel Yuri Budanov in the edition named "Personal Correspondent".

20:00, 20 January 2009

Tikhomirova: Markelov's murder was not backed by professional militaries

Advocate Liudmila Tikhomirova, who represented at Yuri Budanov's trial the interests of Rosa Bashaeva (mother of the lost Elza Kungaeva), believes that the murder of advocate Stanislav Markelov is to advantage of "those who want discord between Chechens and Russian."

19:00, 20 January 2009

Mass action on Markelov's murder held in Grozny

A rally is now on in the Peoples' Friendship Square in the capital of Chechnya in connection with the murder in Moscow of well-known advocate Stanislav Markelov.

18:00, 20 January 2009

In Dagestan, one of suspects of Farid Babaev's murder found guilty

Today, at the Supreme Court of Dagestan, jurymen have found Rasil Mamedrizaev guilty of murdering Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan branch of the "Yabloko" Party, and completely acquitted the other defendant - Seferali Semimerzoev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

18:00, 20 January 2009

Armenian Ombudsman demands punishment of policemen

Ombudsman Armen Arutyunyan has addressed Alik Sarkisyan, chief of the police of the Republic of Armenia with a demand to punish the police officers who commanded the dispersal of peaceful demonstrators on January 16.

16:00, 20 January 2009

Circumstances of kidnapping are investigated in Chechnya

Yesterday, on January 19, it became known about a new kidnapping in Chechnya. This time, a resident of the city of Gudermes, aged 24, became the victim of the crime committed back in early January.

02:00, 20 January 2009

Budanov's advocate: colonel was not involved in Markelov's murder

Former Budanov's advocate Alexei Dulimov, who defended his interests in the court of the cassation instance, has stated that Colonel Yuri Budanov has nothing to do with the murder of Stanislav Markelov, advocate of the Kungaev family.

00:00, 20 January 2009

Azerbaijan: editor-in-chief of Talysh newspaper aged 70 put into dungeon

Novruzali Mamedov, 70, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), who was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for "state treason", was transferred from Investigatory Isolation Facility No. 1 to Penitentiary Establishment No. 15.

22:00, 19 January 2009

Human rights activists are shocked by Markelov's murder

Russian human rights activists are shocked by the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who worked in the cases of Budanov and "Cadet" related to murders of peaceful Chechen residents.

21:00, 19 January 2009

Human rights activist accuses Ingushetian authorities of shadowing

Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group and Chairman of the Committee in Defence of Forced Migrants' Rights, told in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that after his meeting in Ingushetia with refugees from Northern Ossetia he and other human rights activists were shadowed by unknown people in a car that had no identification symbols.

20:00, 19 January 2009

Lawyer-consultant of "Memorial": Markelov was killed because of his professional activities

All the facts evidence that Stanislav Markelov was killed because of his professional work. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Cyril Koroteev, lawyer-consultant of the Human Rights Society "Memorial".

19:00, 19 January 2009

Khatazhukov: Markelov's murder is political

Valery Khatazhukov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre, believes that the murder of Stanislav Markelov, advocate of the Kungaev family, is an attempt to intimidate human rights activists. This is a political murder, he is convinced.

18:00, 19 January 2009

Ponomaryov: Markelov received threats before being murdered

Stanislav Markelov, advocate of the Kungaev family, was shot dead today point-blank in the centre of Moscow. Yesterday, he took part in the press conference held at the Independent Press Centre on early release of former colonel Yuri Budanov from the colony, where he served his term for murdering Chechen girl Elza Kungaeva.

00:00, 19 January 2009

Kungaev family's advocate to lodge another complaint against Budanov's release

Today, Stanislav Markelov, advocate of the Kungaev family, plans to send a repeated complaint to the Ulyanovsk Regional Court with a demand to cancel the decision of the Dimitrovgrad District Court on Yuri Budanov's conditional early relief (CER). Mr Markelov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

19:12, 17 January 2009

Budanov voices his regret for murdering Chechen girl Kungaeva

Former colonel Yuri Budanov has declared that he was sorry about his murder of Chechen girl Elza Kungaeva in 2000 in Chechnya. However, Elza's father does not believe him.

17:00, 17 January 2009

Muftis from Northern Caucasus visit Grozny

The capital of Chechnya was visited by a delegation of Moslem spiritual leaders from the republics of Northern Caucasus. They discussed the political situation in Northern Caucasus and Middle East with President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

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