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The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of "supposed deaths" of two Chechen teenagers, whom nobody ever saw again after their detention by OMON (Special Militia) fighters in June 2000. According to the verdict, Russia shall pay out 74,000 euros of compensation to their mothers.

The murder case of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", oppositional to the Ingush authorities, will go to the court in the near future.

Today at 4:45 p.m. a VAZ car blew up in the territory of the headquarters of the peacekeeping forces in Tskhinvali. Seven persons were killed by the explosion and seven more wounded, two of them are in hospital in a grave condition.

Today, about 2 p.m. in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, an attack was made on Oyus Gurtuev, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the BEBP.

The Public Prosecutor of Azerbaijan has reported detention of the members of the terrorist organization named "Forest Brothers", accused of committing the terror act in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque.

The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia has initiated a criminal case on the fact of placement of the "Chronology of Magomed Evloev's murder" on the website "Ingushetia.Ru"/"Ingushetia.Org". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Rosa Malsagova, editor-in-chief of the website.

A group of residents of Otrev village, Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, was shelled near Georgian border, as a result, one person was lost and one was wounded. The Republic's MIS asserts that the attack was committed by members of a Georgian raiding group.

The murder of Vitaly Cheldiev, high-ranking officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia, could be linked with his professional activities, as the militiamen who worked together with the Colonel and knew him well believe.

The attempt on the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia Musa Medov will be investigated by the Chief Investigatory Department for the South Federal District (SFD); this assignment was made by Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia.

The murder of ex-deputy of Russian Duma Ruslan Yamadaev can lead to serious clashes between those who support President Kadyrov and their opponents from the Yamadaev clan.

Today, militiamen of the Stavropol Territory have reported detention of several militants involved in the attack on the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in 2005.

A woman of 50, who was a passenger of fixed-route taxi, was killed by an explosion tonight in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.

Ex-Deputy of State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in Moscow, was buried today in the morning in the city of Gudermes. Sulim Yamadaev was not present at the funeral, same as none of the top officials, Ruslan's brother Isa Yamadaev has reported.

In Nazran, unidentified persons shelled from their automatic fire-arms the private house belonging to Sulambek Khalukhaev, Rector of the Institute of Economy and Law.

These minutes, the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in Moscow is hosting the "Mistrust Day" - a picket dedicated to the ninth anniversary of the "FSB's exercises" held in the city of Ryazan on September 22-23, 1999.