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January 09, 2007 20:30

• Jury of Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria announced verdict to members of "Yarmuk" jama'at

  Lawyer Tatiana Psomiadi has informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that announcement of a verdict to two members of the "Yarmuk" jama'at has taken place at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria.

January 09, 2007 20:28

• Strasbourg will consider the murder of Chechnya resident

  Today, the International Department of the Committee Against Tortures has lodged a complaint to the European Court for Human Rights on behalf of Aslan Dovletukaev, a resident of Chechnya.

January 09, 2007 20:22

• Verdict on terror acts in Moscow Metro will be made on February 2

  Today, after the last word of the defendants on the case of acts of terrorism in Moscow Metro, the Moscow City Court has appointed the adjudgement of the sentence on February 2.

January 08, 2007 20:18

• The USA help Armenia to fight trafficking

  Within the framework of the Programme "Fighting Trafficking in Armenia," 25 victims of trafficking have been rendered medical, psychological and legal aid.

January 08, 2007 20:07

• Trial of Giorgadze supporters to start in Georgia within a month

  The investigation is over on the case of twelve supporters of Igor Giorgadze. They are accused of an attempt of an armed revolt in Georgia.

January 08, 2007 20:05

• Daily Mirror: Scotland Yard has found Litvinenko's killers

  British detectives are sure that they now know who killed ex-FSB colonel Alexander Litvinenko.

January 08, 2007 20:03

• Militia station shelled from grenade launcher in Ingushetia

  In the village of Troitskaya, the building of local militia unit was shelled from a grenade launcher, the Ingushetian law enforcement bodies have reported.

January 08, 2007 20:00

• Cases on Kondopoga disorders to arrive to court in February

  Investigation of the case on the fight near the "Chaika" restaurant in Kondopoga is over, Piotr Klemeshev, deputy public prosecutor of Karelia has stated.

January 06, 2007 22:17

• Scotland Yard is almost ready to disclose the killers of Litvinenko

  The British investigators have come close to naming the suspects of murdering the former Russia's FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko.

January 06, 2007 22:15

• Russia will go on with its peacekeeping mission in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has made a statement on situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

January 06, 2007 22:13

• In 2006, Russia deported five thousand Azerbaijani and Georgian citizens each

  Konstantin Romodanovskiy, Director of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia, has stated on air of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio Station that FMS had not undertaken any punitive measures in relation to Georgians when deporting illegal migrants from Russia.

January 06, 2007 22:10

• Two Azerbaijani soldiers are still in Armenian captivity

  Two soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army - Samid Mamedov and Eldaniz Nuriev, captured by the Armenian party on December 25 and December 31, accordingly, are still in Armenian captivity. The former is kept in Armenia, the latter - in Nagorny Karabakh.

January 06, 2007 22:06

• FPES refutes information on Kulaev's death

  The Federal Punishment Execution Service (FPES) has denied the information on the death of Nurpashi Kulaev, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for capture of hostages in Beslan school.

January 05, 2007 22:42

• Georgia: shelling by Abkhazia kills a policeman

  Last night, a Georgian policeman was killed in the zone of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

January 05, 2007 22:36

• New speaker of the House of US Congress speaks in favour of recognizing the genocide of Armenians

  Nancy Pelosi has become the first woman-House speaker in the US history. The correspondent of the RIA "Novosti" has reported that 233 out of 435 congressmen have voted for Ms. Pelosi.

January 05, 2007 22:23

• Military unit assaulted in North Ossetia

  In North Ossetia, near Vladikavkaz, during an attack of unknown persons on a military unit's check point, an officer was wounded, one of the attackers detained, a spokesman of the military unit has informed.

January 05, 2007 22:15

• Head of Beslan commission to check information on Kulaev's death

  Alexander Torshin, head of the parliamentary commission on investigating the act of terror in Beslan, is going to send a request to the Chief Administration for Penitentiary Service ("GUIN") of Russia on the destiny of condemned terrorist Nurpashi Kulaev.

January 05, 2007 22:07

• "Reporters without Borders" call Azerbaijani president to put an end to pressure on journalists

  The international organization for defence of the press "Reporters without Borders" has come out with condemnation of the recent attack in Azerbaijan on Nidzhat Guseinov, correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, committed on December 25 in broad daylight in the street.

January 04, 2007 23:00

• Prosecutor's office is investigating death of Russian soldier in Georgia

  The Military Prosecutor's Office of the North-Caucasian Regional Command ("SKVO") is undertaking investigatory actions in relation to the fact of death of a Russian serviceman at the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki, Georgia.

January 04, 2007 22:56

• Traces of polonium, Litvinenko's "killer," detected in two Britons

  Two more persons in Great Britain have exposed traces of polonium-210, the radioactive substance used to poison ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko.