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13:04, 9 June 2014
Today, the Moscow City Court has found four natives of Chechnya - three Makhmudov brothers, entrepreneur Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, and ex-militiaman Sergey Khadjikurbanov, guilty in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the Court's decision was based on the appropriate verdict of the jury.
09:00, 9 June 2014
Election of MPs in South Ossetia; continuation of Amirov's trial in Rostov-on-Don; explosions and shelling in Ingushetia injuring 12 power agents, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 2-8, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
14:32, 6 June 2014
The politician Boris Nemtsov has sent a letter to Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Russia's Federal Security Bureau (FSB) asking to deal with the reports that at night on May 27 armed men attempted to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border.
18:36, 4 June 2014
According to a source from the Gudermes District Administration, in total, 146 residents of the village of Ishkhoy-Yurt, including 33 children, were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning with drinking water; their condition is assessed as moderate gravity. The source of water that has presumably caused the infection was taken under guard.
13:59, 4 June 2014
Ruslan Khasiev, a resident of the city of Grozny, is suspected of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, said a source from the Chechen prosecutor's office. Earlier, he was convicted on same charges and for involvement in the armed underground.
02:24, 4 June 2014
In Chechnya, at a court session on the case of Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, who was accused of drug possession, a prosecution witness said that some phrases in the protocol of his questioning at the preliminary investigation were changed.
11:43, 3 June 2014
The Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Chechen Republic has reported that the earthquake that struck the territory of the republic in the afternoon on June 2 had no consequences. Local residents report about some cracks that appeared in foundations and walls of some houses.
07:58, 3 June 2014
The presumable reason for the mass poisoning of the villagers of Ishkhoi-Yurt is in the water from an open source they use for drinking, cooking, and other domestic needs. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the Ministry of Health of Chechnya.
21:30, 2 June 2014
Today, at the trial in the case against Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, accused of drug possession, a prosecution witness has given testimony, which conflicts with the official version on the circumstances of the detention of human rights defender.
09:00, 2 June 2014
Political crisis in Abkhazia that ended in abdication of President Alexander Ankvab; reports of Chechen residents about funeral of locals who perished in warfare in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine; conviction of Anar Mamedli who conducted monitoring of presidential election in Azerbaijan; conviction of Kontantin Shirshov, a State Duma MP from the Krasnodar Territory, for an attempted fraud; abolition of direct election of heads of towns and districts of Volgograd Region; "Extraordinary Congress of Dagestani Nations" urging Russian President to dismiss region head, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 26-June 1, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
02:33, 1 June 2014
On May 30, the Sakharov Centre in Moscow hosted a presentation of the book written by Polina Zherebtsova, a documentary journalist and a poet entitled "An Ant in Glass Jar; 1994-2004. Chechen Diaries".
00:25, 31 May 2014
At present, 14 natives of Chechnya are in the combat zone in Ukraine. Of them, one was killed and four were wounded. This was announced by Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic.
19:33, 30 May 2014
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by local resident that several combatants, who went to take part in the warfare in Ukraine and were killed there, were buried in Chechnya without publicity. According to locals, the wounded residents of Chechnya are still in hospitals in Donetsk.
03:21, 30 May 2014
Participants of the interregional conference "Human rights and international relations in Northern Caucasus" held on May 24 in Pyatigorsk have adopted a resolution to create the Centre for Human Rights Monitoring and Protection in Southern Russia. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
18:36, 29 May 2014
Residents of Chechnya assert that during the last 24 hours bodies of several dozens of locals who took part in fights in Ukraine and perished in the Donetsk Region, where brought home, citing the number from 35 to 40-45.