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11:42, 7 July 2008

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.

11:38, 7 July 2008

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.

11:34, 7 July 2008

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.

11:22, 7 July 2008

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.

11:12, 7 July 2008

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.

23:34, 5 July 2008

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.

20:28, 5 July 2008

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.

19:23, 5 July 2008

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.

16:15, 5 July 2008

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.

14:12, 5 July 2008

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.

13:04, 5 July 2008

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.

12:56, 5 July 2008

Azerbaijani partisan leaders treat election boycott differently

Leaders of various political parties of Azerbaijan have different attitude to the possibility for the opposition to boycott the forthcoming presidential election.

15:59, 4 July 2008

Residents of South Ossetia ask Russia's protection

Citizens of the Russian Federation who live in South Ossetia are asking President and Prime Minister of Russia, and Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to protect them from liquidation.

15:55, 4 July 2008

In Armenia, custody terms for two oppositionists prolonged

Courts in Armenia have prolonged today the custody terms for two oppositionists - ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan and Head of the Board of the Party "Armenian Nationwide Movement" (ANM) Ararat Zurabyan.

15:52, 4 July 2008

Krasnodar Territory: additional check appointed on beating journalist Rozhkov

The decision of the Kuban Investigatory Committee to reject initiation of a criminal case on the fact of journalist Rozhkov's beating has been cancelled. An additional examination has been appointed.

15:48, 4 July 2008

Human Rights Watch calls on Armenian authorities to release Armand Babadzhanyan ahead of term

The International Human Rights Watch has called to release from custody Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak-Yerevan" newspaper, before his term; he was convicted to 3.5 years of imprisonment for evasion of mandatory military service.

15:42, 4 July 2008

Khatazhukov: share of state-run newspapers should be reduced in Kabardino-Balkaria

Speaking at the first sitting on mass media and freedom of speech of the Public-Advisory Board (PAB) under the President of Kabardino-Balkaria, Valery Khatazhukov, chairman of the Public Human Rights Centre, has stated that the role of the state in sphere of mass media should be restricted.

15:39, 4 July 2008

Ingushetian authorities deny their involvement in extrajudicial executions and kidnappings

The authorities of Ingushetia have no attitude to the murders and kidnappings committed in the territory under their governance, the leaders of this Republic declared at the press conference held on July 1 at the RIA "Novosti" in Moscow.

14:51, 4 July 2008

"Voice of Beslan" sends the bill "On Social Defence of Terror Act Victims' Rights" to Russian President

The All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" has finished collecting signatures in support of the bill named "On Social Defence of Terror Act Victims' Rights"; they managed to gather over 1600 signatures.

14:45, 4 July 2008

In Krasnodar, court leaves Kurmanches in custody

The Pervomaiskiy District Court of the city of Krasnodar has left behind bars the members of the Kurmanch community - Anatoly Dursunov and Rashid Gurzhiev, who assert that they were beaten by employees of the regional department of "Gosnarkokontrol" (Federal Drug Control Agency).

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