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Inquiry into the case of 12 school directors in Chechnya is not over
The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has opened criminal cases against directors of 12 schools of the Vedeno District. According to the investigation, last summer each of them appropriated, by forgery, 30,000 roubles. Defendants' colleagues speak about constant extortions and small salaries of teachers. Also, they are confused by the fact that all the 12 directors are suspected of simultaneous forgery and appropriation of the same sum. The investigation continues.
European Court fined Russian Federation for disappearance and death of the Chechen people
The European human rights court (EHRC) in Strasbourg has fined Russia to the sum of 225 000 euro for disappearance and death of habitants of Chechnya, the released court communique informs today. Relatives of the disappeared people repeatedly applied to the Russian judicial bodies but were not satisfied with their decisions. In the claimants' opinion, the local courts failed to investigate properly the circumstances of their relatives' disappearance.
Azerbaijan: situation in flooding zone remains tense
The situation in Mursalli village and surrounding area (Azerbaijan), where in the evening on May 10 the Kura River washed off a dam, remains strained. Dashgyn Agaev, a resident of the village, said today in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that water continues to advance. The situation is also heavy in the Salyan District, where the water level would not go down. Deputies from the opposition accuse officials of having done nothing to prevent the tragedy.
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 3-9
First resettlers from Imereti Lowland celebrate their housewarming parties in Nekrasovskoe village; Ingush mothers state power agents' arbitrariness towards their sons; in Azerbaijan the Kura River overflows its banks and floods houses; Georgian oppositionists suffer in fight with policemen, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of May 3-9, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Authorities and NGOs of South Ossetia state the need to develop democracy
The South-Ossetian civil society is notable by its critical backwardness in development, dissociation and extreme form of opposition to the authorities. This is the opinion of the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), working today in South Ossetia. In the opinion of Sarmat Parastaev, chairman of the citizens' forum of South Ossetia, in spite of it, "people still try to start dialogue with the authorities." President Eduard Kokoity also expresses his intention to hold open dialogue and discuss the problems of democracy development.