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November 07, 2009 20:00

• Chechnya's authorities: Emir of Shali and Kurchaloy Districts is dead

  As reported by the authorities, Rizvan Osmaev, Emir of the Shali and Kurchaloy Districts, also known under nickname "Gyurza" (blunt-nosed viper), and a certain Khasan Ozdamirov ("Herat") were liquidated in the vicinity of the Chechen city of Argun.

November 07, 2009 19:00

• Novorossisk militiaman complains to Putin of his bosses

  Human rights activists are ready to support militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy from Novorossisk in the context of his open statements about his militia bosses' abusive practice.

November 07, 2009 18:00

• Oppositional action held in capital of Georgia

  A manifestation of supporters of the opposition and NGO activists took place in Tbilisi. The participants of the action stood against the course of the present authorities of Georgia. About 500 persons took part in the action.

November 07, 2009 17:00

• Bomb blows up in Makhachkala bar

  Today, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, an explosion took place in the centre of the capital of Dagestan. According to the preliminary data, several persons were wounded.

November 07, 2009 16:00

• Rally of supporters of ex-President Gamsakhurdia's widow dispersed in Georgia

  Today in Tbilisi, policemen have suppressed a protest action held by supporters of Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, the widow of ex-President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

November 07, 2009 15:00

• Patriarch Kirill: Azerbaijan keeps high level of inter-religious dialogue

  Patriarch Kirill has expressed his gratitude to the head of Azerbaijan for the high level of inter-religious relations in his country and the position of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), and for cooperation between the Moslems and Orthodox Christians of the republic.

November 07, 2009 12:00

• Armenian opposition to offer ways out of economic crisis

  Members of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) have reported that they have their own programme of measures for getting out of the economic crisis and promised to publish it in the near future. The Congress has stated that the 2010 budget draft is just a statement of the authorities' blunders and short-sightedness, and a good pretext for resignation.

November 06, 2009 23:00

• Detained human rights activist Arbi Khachukaev set free in Chechnya

  Arbi Khachukaev, head of the public organization named "Pravo" (Law), detained on November 5 in Moscow and convoyed to Chechnya, has been released from custody.

November 06, 2009 21:00

• Gannushkina: deportation of Georgians from special facility of Archangelsk depends on Georgia

  According to Russian legislation, the two citizens of Georgia, who are keeping hunger strike in a special detention facility of the city of Archangelsk, can stay there for a year pending deportation, unless the Georgian party accelerates the process of their exclusion. This was stated by Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the board of the International Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

November 06, 2009 20:00

• Inspectors do not exclude involvement of suspects of Markelov's murder in other crimes

  Ilya Goriachev, one of the leaders of the nationalist organization "Russian Image" was detained today in Moscow in the context of murder cases of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.

November 06, 2009 19:00

• Habsburg dynasty descendant is Georgia's ambassador in Germany

  Today, the Georgian parliament has approved Gabriella Habsburg-Lotringen to the position of the new plenipotentiary ambassador of Georgia in Germany. She is a descendant of the dynasty that ruled in Austria.

November 06, 2009 18:00

• Another hazardous emission by "Electrozink" in North Ossetia

  In Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, as a result of an accident at the "Electrozink" factory (this time with a pipe in the sulphuric acid shop), another emission of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere took place.

November 06, 2009 17:00

• Georgia: health condition of hunger-striker Tsotne Gamsakhurdia gets worse

  The health condition of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the first President of Georgia, who is on the 10th day of his hunger strike in protest against his arrest, is now grave. This was stated by his advocate Keti Bekauri, who has noted that her client is in a separate cell under doctor's supervision.

November 06, 2009 14:00

• New government members appointed in Ingushetia

  New appointments in the government of Ingushetia have been announced. Some ministers have preserved their posts.

November 06, 2009 13:00

• Dagestan now has 12 swine flu patients

  As of November 5 in Dagestan, twelve infections with A/H1N1 virus were laboratory confirmed. The chief medical sanitation officer of the Republic Dagestan has ruled to put several school classes and higher school group under quarantine.

November 06, 2009 10:00

• Georgia to be visited by ambassadors of all EU countries

  On November 12-14, Georgia will receive ambassadors of all the 27 countries of the European Union (EU). They will visit the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian conflict zones and have meetings with refugees.

November 06, 2009 09:00

• In Ingushetia, process on Magomed Evloev's murder resumed

  On November 5, the court resumed the consideration of the murder case of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru". The case is considered by the Karabulak City Court.

November 05, 2009 23:00

• Ingush President takes Makhsud Makhloev's kidnapping under personal control

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov said that he would take the case about kidnapping of Makhsud Makhloev on October 29 in Sleptsovskaya village, Sunzha District, under his personal control.

November 05, 2009 22:00

• DFMS of Archangelsk: Georgia itself delays exclusion of its citizens

  Citizens of Georgia Nikoleishvili and Khubunaya have been kept for a long time already in the special detention facility of the Interior Department of the city of Archangelsk pending exclusion from Russia because the Georgian party protracts granting documents required for the procedure. This was stated by Sergey Safronov, senior inspector for special missions of the Department for the Archangelsk of the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS).

November 05, 2009 21:00

• Human rights activist Khachukaev brought to Chechnya

  Arbi Khachukaev, head of the public organization from Grozny named "Pravo" (Law), who was detained today in Moscow, was convoyed by air to Chechnya, as reported by one of his human rights colleagues. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, the reason of detention was that he is suspected of taking part in an armed assault in the territory of the republic in 2008.