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October 03, 2006 14:30

• Russia may strengthen blockade of Georgia

  For the time being, Russia is not going to resume transport communications with Georgia, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared. "So far, we are not," he told the journalists.

October 03, 2006 14:05

• US Department of State: Russia keeps a heightened danger of terror acts

  The US State Department reminded American citizens that Russia still has a "heightened danger of terror acts."

October 03, 2006 10:53

• Insanov, ex-Minister of Health of Azerbaijan again transferred to prison cell from hospital

  Tonight, Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Health of Azerbaijan has again been transferred from the Ministry of Justice hospital to the pre-trial prison of the Ministry of National Security.

October 02, 2006 23:49

• "Asia-Centre" gas pipeline repaired in Volgograd Region

  The Volgograd Region has completely eliminated the implications of the fire in the section of the "Asia-Centre" high-pressure main gas pipeline.

October 02, 2006 23:33

• Abkhazia stopped talks with Georgia

  Abkhazia has suspended all its negotiations with Georgia until the latter withdraws its troops from the Codor Clove.

October 02, 2006 23:30

• Political crisis ripens in Adygea

  The current president is firmly adhering to the principle of keeping the status of Adygea, while his basic opposition advocated the accession of Adygea to the Krasnodar region.

October 02, 2006 23:25

• Source in the Ministry of Defence: Russia's war on Georgia is possible

  At a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council in the "Novo-Ogaryovo" Residence, president Vladimir Putin disclosed those standing behind the espionage scandal in Georgia and arrests of Russian servicemen.

September 30, 2006 22:58

• J. Chirac: to accede the EU, Turkey has to recognize genocide of Armenians

  Turkey has to acknowledge its mistakes of the past including the 1915 genocide of Armenians in order to join the European Union, President of France Jacques Chirac who is paying his state visit to Armenia stated at the press conference on Saturday, September 30, in Yerevan.

September 28, 2006 17:41

• Court founds arrest of human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov to be legitimate

  The Tverskoj Court of Moscow has found legitimate the three-day arrest ruling of Lev Ponomaryov, head of the Public Movement "For Human Rights."

September 28, 2006 12:03

• Picket against war in Chechnya starts in the centre of Moscow

  Today at 5:30 p.m., in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in the centre of Moscow, a picket against the war in Chechnya was organized by the Committee of Antiwar Actions and Antiwar Club.

September 28, 2006 11:52

• Arrest of Lev Ponomaryov caused public protests in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that a picket was organized on September 3 in Moscow near the Solovki Boulder in memory of Beslan events.

September 27, 2006 11:48

• Kabardino-Balkaria: children of the militants who perished on October 13, 2005, are paid social pensions

  The children of the militants who perished during October events in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, have begun to receive social pensions at a rate of 1035 roubles per month.

September 27, 2006 11:43

• Prosecutor-General's Office of Azerbaijan allowed Eldar Salaev to leave abroad for medical treatment

  On September 30, Academician Eldar Salaev will leave for Turkey to continue his treatment.

September 27, 2006 11:30

• Azerbaijan: another life convict hang himself in Gobustan prison

  It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that another life-term prisoner has committed suicide in Gobustan prison (Azerbaijan).

September 27, 2006 10:02

• Participants of the picket in memory of Beslan victims condemned in Moscow

  Yesterday, September 26, Judge Natalia Dyatlova from the Moscow Magistrate Court District No. 370 delivered her judgment on administrative cases of the participants of the mourning human rights picket held on September 3 this year "In Memory of Beslan Tragedy," which was prohibited and dispersed by the authorities of the capital.

July 17, 2006 15:13

• "The Other Russia" discussed situation in Northern Caucasus

  On July 11 and 12, 2006, the "Renaissance-Moscow" hotel hosted an All-Russian Conference "The Other Russia," convoked by the Action Committee of the All-Russian Civil Congress.

July 15, 2006 20:21

• Journalist Arrested in Azerbaijan is Worse

  Yesterday, July 14, the state of health of Sakid Zakhidov, the satirist journalist arrested in Azerbaijan, sharply deteriorated, told Emin Husseinov, head of committee for the protection of S. Zakhidov's rights, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 14, 2006 20:48

• FC Approved Amendments into the Law on Extremism

  Today, the Federation Council plenary session approved amendments into the Federal Law "On Counteracting Extremist Activity ", which more precisely formulate the notion of "extremist activity."

July 14, 2006 20:40

• Inmates of Gobustan Prison in Azerbaijan Tried to Commit Suicide

  The administration of Gobustan prison (Azerbaijan) goes on exerting pressure on the participants in the hunger strike, trying to make them stop it, according to the sources linked with the prisoners' relatives who provided information to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 14, 2006 20:33

• OSCE is Concerned about Sentencing the "Eni Fikir" Activists in Azerbaijan

  Said Nuri, activist of the "Eni Fikir " ("New Thinking") youth organization, who is under a suspended sentence of five yours in prison in Azerbaijan, has called the sentence on his companions-in-arms unfair, noting that the court hearing was conducted with violations of the law.