Tutakov released in Chechnya hospitalized September 26, 2007 17:57 Vagap Tutakov, former separatists' representative in Strasbourg, who was released in Chechnya after almost two weeks in custody, was hospitalized.
Police of Azerbaijani capital brutally disperses a youth action September 26, 2007 17:54 Today, the police of the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, have violently dispersed the action of the members of the "Dalga" Youth Movement, when they tried to hold a march along the central streets of the capital.
Bombardment of Tskhinval, capital of South Ossetia, stopped September 26, 2007 17:48 The bombardment of the city of Tskhinval, the capital of South Ossetia, from the territory of Georgia that has lasted tonight for almost two hours was stopped.
Ingushetia: Estoev brothers detained and tortured September 25, 2007 20:53 In Ingushetia, on September 24, in the settlement of Barsuki, dozens of armed persons in masks rushed into house and took away Estoev brothers - Musa Muradovich, born in 1974, and Adam Muradovich, born in 1987, in unknown direction.
Prosecutor's office of Rostov Region denies miner's death during picket in Zverevo September 25, 2007 20:49 According to the press service of the Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office, Kravchenko, Mikhail Romanovich, former drift miner of the Zverevo Mining Administration (retired in 2000), did not take part in the picket that started in the city of Zverevo on September 14, 2007.
Journalist arrested in Azerbaijan September 25, 2007 20:46 On September 22, Khyakimeldostu Mekhtiev, regional correspondent of the "Eni Musavat" newspaper for the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, was sentenced by the Sharur District Court to a 15-day administrative arrest.
Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Public Health warns about a would-be attempt on him September 25, 2007 20:43 Togrul Babaev, defender of Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health, has informed that an attempt is being prepared on his client.
The States are anxious about the situation with mass media in Azerbaijan September 25, 2007 20:39 The US position in relation to the freedom of the media and status of journalists in Azerbaijan is very simple and transparent: journalists should not be subject to imprisonment because of their expressed thoughts.
Court states Arakcheev's sub-machine gun unfit for examination September 25, 2007 20:37 Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court (Rostov-on-Don) has continued hearing the case of Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev, officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, accused of murdering peaceful residents of Chechnya.
Acquittal verdict on murder case of Sardaryan, a native of Armenia, cancelled September 25, 2007 20:34 The Supreme Court of Russia has cancelled the non-guilty verdict in the case of murdering Arthur Sardaryan, an Armenian of 19, committed in a Moscow suburban electric train in May 2006.
CPJ to Honor Four International Journalists September 24, 2007 21:35 The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor four courageous journalists from Russia, Pakistan, China, and Mexico with 2007 International Press Freedom Awards in November.
South Ossetia: Georgians kidnap residents of Kabardino-Balkaria September 24, 2007 10:59 "Citizens of Russia were kidnapped by the Georgian police in the village of Avnev of the Znaur District of South Ossetia, occupied by power agencies of Georgia," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the United Press Centre of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO).
Bagapsh: human rights activists should take care of captured Abkhazian frontier guards September 24, 2007 10:55 President of Abkhazia has informed that negotiations on releasing Abkhazian border servicemen are conducted with Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and with those international structures who should deal with it.
Abkhazian Ministry of Defence: Georgian militaries shot dead two Abkhazian prisoners September 24, 2007 10:50 Sources in Abkhazia are asserting that two Abkhazian servicemen were executed by Georgian militaries already after capture, and they had rendered no resistance.
Ingushetia.Ru: crimes are not registered in the Republic September 24, 2007 10:44 Everywhere in Ingushetia, local militia bodies are obeying to the oral order of Musa Medov, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ingushetia (RI), not to register crimes connected with bombardments, explosions and other acts of terror.
Deputy of Ichkerian Parliament kidnapped in Chechnya is at large September 24, 2007 10:34 Vagap Tutakov, former special representative of Aslan Maskhadov in Strasbourg and a deputy of the Chechen Parliament of 1997 convocation, kidnapped by unknown persons on September 10 in the southwest of the Republic, has been released.
Encoding of mobile telephone conversations lifted in Adygea September 22, 2007 15:09 On the eve of the celebrations dedicated to Adygea's accession to Russia, along with the whole system of law and order protection activities, preventive security measures are taken in various spheres.
Human Rights Centre of Kabardino-Balkaria discusses xenophobia issues September 22, 2007 15:06 A roundtable was held at the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre dedicated to xenophobia issues. Denga Khalidov, Corresponding Fellow of the Academy of Geopolitical Sciences of Russia, took part in the debates.
Homes of Chechen natives searched in relation to blowing up the "Neva-Express" train September 22, 2007 15:03 On September 21, under the criminal case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, members of law enforcement bodies conducted searches of several houses of the Chechen natives who live in the Chudov District of the Novgorod Region.
MIA of Chechnya: "Riyadus Salikhijn" was not involved in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train September 22, 2007 14:59 The "Riyadus Salikhijn" grouping, which has again declared itself to be responsible for blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, was liquidated and could not have committed this terror act, Ruslan Alkhanov, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, has stated.