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December 03, 2010 23:00

• Evkurov demands severe punishment for those guilty in a road accident with the car of Ingush permanent mission in the MRHW

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov addressed the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department) asking not to give any favours to perpetrators in the traffic accident with participation of a car registered at the Ingush Parliament. It has been already established that the car was used not for its destination.

December 03, 2010 22:40

• Sokiryanskaya: trial on Israilov's murder works clearly and consistently

  The investigation into the murder of Umar Israilov, ex-guard of Chechen President, was held masterly; and the trial is held in accordance with international standards, said Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, a member of the international coalition of human rights organizations, which monitors this trial.

December 03, 2010 22:30

• GPO: violations in law enforcement bodies in Krasnodar Territory were systematic

  The Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika has ordered, after detection of violations admitted at the inquiry of the massacre in Kuschevskaya, to check the legality of accounting and registration of crimes everywhere across the country, giving special attention to facts of concealing serious crimes, Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), said today.

December 03, 2010 22:10

• Writer from Chechnya German Sadulaev is among top six writers of 2010

  Yesterday, on December 2, Moscow announced the results of the major literary award of the country - the "Russian Booker Prize". The list of six top nominees included the writer from Chechnya German Sadulaev.

December 03, 2010 22:00

• Public movement for universal equality before the law is created in Krasnodar Territory

  The interregional public movement under the motto "All the persons are equal before the law and court" is formed in the Krasnodar Territory; this was reported by its organizers.

December 03, 2010 21:00

• Attempt on servicemen committed in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, on December 3, an explosion was triggered in Kabardino-Balkaria: a self-made explosive device disguised as a log blew up in the Federal Highway Prokhladny-Azau in the Elbrus District, when a truck with militaries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was passing by.

December 03, 2010 20:00

• In Krasnodar Territory, inspectors found no extremism in HRC "Memorial" brochure

  The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory has found no attributes of extremism in the brochure "Situation with Former USSR Citizens in Krasnodar Territory", published by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Youth Group for Tolerance "ETnIKA", the "Caucasian Knot" was told at the press service of the ICPO.

December 03, 2010 19:00

• Magomedov: there are no obstacles for those who wish to live in Dagestan according to Islamic customs

  One should not oppose the secular life style to the religious one, Magomedsalam Magomedov, President of Dagestan, declared during an informal meeting with the journalists on December, 2.

December 03, 2010 18:00

• European Court of Human Rights fined Russia for a loss of 24 residents of Chechnya during bombings in 2000

  European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has fined Russia to an unprecedented sum of 1,72 million euros for a loss of 24 residents of Chechnya during bombings in Achkhoy-Martan district in February, 2000. The plaintiffs were 29 residents of Chechnya who had failed to obtain the desired results in the Russian juridical instances.

December 02, 2010 23:50

• Sergey Tsapok starts evidencing against his gang

  Sergey Tsapok, accused of committing the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, started telling investigators about the crimes of his gang. While actively cooperating with the investigation, Tsapok stressed that he personally was not involved in the killings that he is talking about.

December 02, 2010 23:40

• HIV-infections on the rise in Dagestan

  Dagestan, which is among sad leaders in Southern Russia by the number of HIV-infected patients, has increased the score still more, the local "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency on Consumer Supervision) branch reports.

December 02, 2010 23:30

• Armenia hosts Film Festival "Woman"

  The programme of the Seventh International Film Festival "Woman", held in Yerevan on December 1-5, includes 55 films from 18 countries.

December 02, 2010 23:30

• Armenian academia stands up for Nikol Pashinyan

  Members of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia and other Armenian scholars have signed a statement calling the authorities to consider a possibility to release Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak".

December 02, 2010 23:20

• Capital of North Ossetia holds social action against AIDS

  On December 1, in Vladikavkaz, the action "Safeguard Your Future", dated to the World AIDS Fighting Day was held.

December 02, 2010 23:10

• Stavropol Territory sentences local resident for raider's capture of enterprise

  The Izobilnoe District Court of the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Oleg Dunis, accused of a fraudulent embezzlement of another person's company, which caused a more than 19-million-rouble-worth damage to the victim, to three years of freedom deprivation, the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has reported today.

December 02, 2010 23:00

• Attempt on federal judge committed in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Tonight in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons shot a judge of the Cherek District Court.

December 02, 2010 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 22-28

  Tbilisi scared by night blasts; Stavropol Territory seeks roots of conflict between Cossacks and Chechens; "high water" attacks Krasnodar Territory again, - look these and other events in the review of the week of November 22-28, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 02, 2010 22:50

• Adygea: prosecutor's office warns activist of "Circassian Congress" on inadmissibility of extremist statements

  On November 29, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Adygea passed a warning to Zaur Dzeukozhev, an activist of the Adyg public movement "Circassian Congress", about inadmissibility of extremist activities. The Office found Dzeukozhev's alleged extremist expressions while monitoring local media and Internet resources.

December 02, 2010 22:50

• Case on dissemination of extremist leaflets initiated in Kalmykia

  The local prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case under the article of "inciting hatred or hostility, and dignity humiliation" against a resident of Dagestan, who, according to the investigation, had promulgated extremist leaflets in the settlement named Artesian.

December 02, 2010 22:40

• Armenian authorities assert that Pashinyan's wilful violation of custody regulations caused his transfer to another prison

  Nikol Pashinyan, a convicted opposition activist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak", was moved from prison "Kosh" to prison "Artik" because of his numerous malicious violations of prison regulations. This was stated by Arsen Babayan, press secretary of the Criminal Executive Department of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia.