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June 25, 2007 11:22

• Greenpeace: preparation for Sochi Olympics threatens the "West Caucasus" reserve

  The authorities of Russia are planning, under pretext of getting ready for possible 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, large-scale construction projects in the immediate proximity to the borders of a World Heritage Object - the "West Caucasus" reserve.

June 24, 2007 00:45

• Forced migrants evicted from their homes in Chechnya

  The administration of the Oktiabrskiy District and power agencies of Chechnya have commenced compulsory eviction of forced migrants out of their homes.

June 22, 2007 20:05

• Widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria are under pressure

  It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that officers of law enforcement bodies are exerting pressure on the widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria.

June 21, 2007 17:45

• Strasbourg condemns Russia again for murdering and torturing residents of Chechnya

  The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of murders and tortures of Chechen residents. Today in Strasbourg, the RF (Russian Federation) authorities lost the case "Bitieva and Kh. versus Russia." The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the Human Rights Centre "Memorial," whose lawyers represented the applicants' interests at the European Court.

June 20, 2007 22:34

• Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship adjudges 120,000 roubles from tax inspectorate

  The Arbitration Court of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region has found unjustified the tax claims to the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship (ORChD) in the sum of 120,000 roubles.

June 19, 2007 23:01

• "Caucasian Knot" is laureate of Gerd Bucerius Prize for journalism

  The "Caucasian Knot" Internet Edition has become a laureate of the prestigious international journalistic Prize named after Gerd Bucerius.

June 19, 2007 22:08

• Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria intend to complain to the European Court

  The advocates of the parents of the militants-casualties of the October 13, 2005, events in Kabardino-Balkaria should present, before July 24, to the European Court for Human Rights their objections to the answers of the Russian Government.

June 18, 2007 21:09

• Liquidation of Maiskiy settlement is negatively perceived in Ingushetia

  The action of forced resettlement of the residents of the Maiskiy refugees' camp conducted yesterday by employees of power agencies of North Ossetia caused a wide resonance in Ingushetia.

June 12, 2007 19:06

• A bill on how to return Meskhetians is ready in Georgia

  The Parliament and the Ministry on Refugees' Matters of Georgia have jointly developed a bill aimed to bring the Muslim Meskhetians who were evicted in the 1940s to various Asian countries back home.

June 11, 2007 14:25

• "Disagreement March" in Moscow will be guarded by 2000 militiamen

  In Moscow, during the today's meeting of the oppositional coalition "The Other Russia" safety will be ensured by more than two thousand militiamen, a spokesman of Moscow's GUVD (Chief Interior Department) has told today.

June 07, 2007 18:29

• The right of citizens for judicial defence and its enforcement discussed in Volgograd

  The Volgograd human rights NGOs, with support of M. A. Tarantsov, Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region, held a round table "On Enforcement of Citizens' Right for Judicial Defence in the Volgograd Region."

June 07, 2007 16:22

• People in Kabardino-Balkaria condemn cremation of militants' bodies

  Yesterday, it became known in Kabardino-Balkaria that the bodies of the militants who perished during the events on October 13-14, 2005, had been cremated right a year ago.

June 07, 2007 14:02

• Prosecutor-General's Office has investigated the attack on capital of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2005

  The investigation into the criminal case of the militants' attack on the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in October 2005 is over. The fact was declared today to the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria by Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia for the South Federal District.

June 06, 2007 20:54

• Court in North Ossetia refused to initiate a case against Beslan operative headquarters

  The Leninskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia), having considered today the complaint of the victims who challenged the refusal of the Public Prosecutor's Office to initiate criminal cases against the members of the operative headquarters in charge of rescuing the hostages in Beslan on September 1-3, 2004, has confirmed the legality of the Office's position.

June 06, 2007 19:44

• Sanakoev: water supply failure liquidated in South Ossetia

  Dmitri Sanakoev, administration head of the temporary territorial unit, has told journalists today that "the Edisi-Tskhinval water line failure in the Kekhvi-Tamarasheni section was liquidated yesterday: the pipe has been repaired, and now the water supply can be restored."

June 06, 2007 18:27

• Russia responds to European Court on the case of non-giving out militants' bodies for burial in Kabardino-Balkaria

  "The bodies of 95 militants who perished in the events on October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria were cremated on June 22, 2006," runs the answer of V. Milinchuk, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court for Human Rights, to the Memorandum of the European Court on the complaint "Sabanchieva et al versus Russian Federation."

June 06, 2007 17:04

• All-European action for giving out Maskhadov's body to his relatives for burial

  On Saturday, June 9, at midday GMT an international action will be held for giving out the body of President of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov, assassinated by Russian special agencies, to his family. Simultaneous manifestations will take place in the capitals of Russia, Poland, Sweden, in cities of Austria, Norway, Germany, Denmark and other European countries.

June 06, 2007 16:37

• Builders work at their own risk in the capital of Chechnya

  The workers engaged in construction and restoration works in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, are actually not protected by the law. The result is a high level of traumatism and even deaths of people at construction sites.

June 05, 2007 21:29

• Trepashkin refuses to have advocates

  The consideration by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court of the cassation complaint lodged by Mikhail Trepashkin against the ruling of the Nizhni Tagil District Court on toughening his custody mode that was pre-scheduled for tomorrow, June 6, will not take place.

June 05, 2007 20:05

• 20 protesters detained in Stavropol

  Over one thousand persons took part in the non-sanctioned meeting that has started today in Stavropol at the building of the Territory's Government. The meeting was provoked by the murder on June 3 in the Territory's capital of two students - Dmitri Blokhin and Pavel Chadin (today at midday they were buried in the cities of Stavropol and Blagodarny).