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22:55, 17 March 2007

Abkhazian vice-president: Georgia's accession to NATO will aggravate the situation in North Caucasus

Raul Khadzhimba, vice-president of Abkhazia, does not exclude that after Georgia's accession to NATO the situation may considerably aggravate not only in the Caucasian countries but also in the whole North Caucasian Region, which is administratively represented by the South Federal District (SFD) of Russia.

22:52, 17 March 2007

They plan to alter the Chechen constitution by the end of 2007

Today, Ismail Baikhanov, chairman of the Chechen Republic's Central Electoral Commission (CEC), has informed that the referendum on making changes in the constitution of Chechnya is planned to be held before next October.

22:42, 17 March 2007

Ex-Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan starts hunger strike

Ali Insanov, ex-minister of public health of Azerbaijan has told his lawyers that as of today he goes on hunger strike. The reason, he has stated, is the biased character of his trial.

22:36, 17 March 2007

Abusers of Prophet Mohammed to be trialled in Azerbaijan

The sitting of the Sabail Court of the city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, on the case of publicist Rafik Tagi and the editor of newspaper "Sanat" Samir Sadatoglu, accused of kindling religious enmity, will take place on March 19 under the chair of Judge Yusif Kerimov.

23:48, 16 March 2007

In the process on Ulman's case, interrogation of defendant Perelevskiy is completed

Today, at the North Caucasian Regional Military Court, at the process on Ulman's case, they have finished to interrogate the last defendant - major Alexei Perelevskiy.

23:43, 16 March 2007

Maiskiy settlement of Ingush refugees to be disbanded in North Ossetia

According to the enacted court ruling, the remaining families who are fundamentally refusing to quit their housing facilities will be forced out of the spontaneous settlement of Maiskiy in North Ossetia, where the victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict have been living for 13 years.

23:30, 16 March 2007

Amnesty International calls Russia to stop tortures in Chechnya

The "Caucasian Knot" has already informed that the world's largest human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) made a statement accusing Russian authorities of using tortures in Chechnya.

22:26, 16 March 2007

Orkhan Jemal: militia generates terrorism in Kabardino-Balkaria

Orkhan Jemal, deputy editor-in-chief of the "Smysl" (Sense) magazine and an expert in North Caucasian problems thinks that the only improvement of the situation with terrorism in Kabardino-Balkaria is the replacement of the top management of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic.

22:16, 16 March 2007

Chechnya Prosecution Office investigates tortures in ORB-2

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov announced at his meeting with journalists on Friday that the Public Prosecutor's Office was launching a criminal case on the facts of mockery and tortures at the Operations and Search Bureau (the so-called "ORB-2") of the city of Urus-Martan.

23:40, 15 March 2007

Sappers prepare Chechnya farmland to spring sowing

This spring the farmland of Chechnya will be completely cleared of mines and unexploded shells.

23:35, 15 March 2007

Third of NGOs audited by "Rosregistratsia" are religious ones

One third of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) subject to check in 2007 by the Federal Registration Service of Russia ("Rosregistratsia") are religious ones. There are three human rights organizations, and no ecological NGOs at all in the auditing plan of "Rosregistratsia" for this year, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" has analysed.

23:30, 15 March 2007

Council of Europe reiterates its non-recognition of the outcomes of Abkhazian elections

The Council of Europe rejects the legality of parliamentary elections in Abkhazia. It was declared by Fiorenzo Stolfi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of San Marino and Chairman-in-Office of the CE's Committee of Ministers.

22:11, 15 March 2007

South Ossetia accuses Georgia of shelling Ossetian village

Today, early in the morning, at 6:45 a.m., four UAZ model jeeps with allegedly Georgian special unit ("spetsnaz") fighters in them entered the Ossetian village of Kvatetri (in the pre-frontier zone with Georgia) and opened fire on the village, the Ministry of Defence and Emergencies of South Ossetia has reported.

22:04, 15 March 2007

FSB Department: threat of terror acts persists in Kabardino-Balkaria

The Government House of Kabardino-Balkaria has held a briefing on the outcomes of the activities of the Anti-Terrorist Commission.

22:47, 14 March 2007

Georgia has promised to shoot down Russian helicopters

Today, president of Georgia visited Upper Abkhazia. Mr. Saakashvili inspected the damaged buildings and promised support and protection to local residents.

22:43, 14 March 2007

Combat collision in Stavropol Territory

A skirmish, as a result of which one militiaman was killed and another one wounded, burst out in the city of Neftekumsk, Stavropol Territory.

22:40, 14 March 2007

Lady-journalist Ersenoyeva, kidnapped in Chechnya, did not ask for US asylum

The close people of journalist Elina Ersenoyeva who was kidnapped in Chechnya last August doubt that she could have an opportunity to apply for political shelter in the USA.

22:36, 14 March 2007

Trial on Khlebnikov's case suspended for defendant's disappearance

The Moscow City Court has suspended the trial on the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine because of disappearance of defendant Kazbek Dukuzov.

22:33, 14 March 2007

Strasburg has responded to appeals from Kabardino-Balkaria to give out militants' bodies to relatives

The European Court for Human Rights, acting on the basis of a complaint against Russia filed by 50 citizens of Kabardino-Balkaria, sent a so-called "communication" to the government of the Russian Federation (RF).

23:23, 13 March 2007

Attack on Cherkessk prevented in Karachayevo-Cherkessia

In 2006, special agencies of Russia managed to prevent an act of terrorism in Cherkessk (Karachayevo-Cherkessia), comparable by the scale with the attack of militants on Nalchik in 2005.

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