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March 19, 2007 22:58

• Trial of Prophet Mohammed abusing publicists again postponed in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Sabailskiy Court of the capital of Azerbaijan held a preparatory session on the case of publicist Rafik Tagi and Samir Sadagatoglu, editor of the "Sanat" newspaper.

March 19, 2007 22:53

• Operation to liquidate militants failed in Dagestan

  As a result of a special operation conducted today in the Untsukulskiy District of Dagestan, no militants were detained or liquidated.

March 17, 2007 22:59

• USA helps Azerbaijan to fight avian flu

  As soon as the end of March, the United States will help Azerbaijan, within the framework of fighting the avian flu virus, in building special laboratories in 12 regions of the country and equipping them with the required equipment.

March 17, 2007 22:55

• 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.

March 17, 2007 22:52

• 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.

March 17, 2007 22:42

• 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.

March 17, 2007 22:36

• 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.

March 16, 2007 23:48

• 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.

March 16, 2007 23:43

• 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.

March 16, 2007 23:30

• 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.

March 16, 2007 22:26

• 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.

March 16, 2007 22:16

• 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.

March 15, 2007 23:40

• Sappers prepare Chechnya farmland to spring sowing

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

March 15, 2007 23:35

• 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.

March 15, 2007 23:30

• 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.

March 15, 2007 22:11

• 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.

March 15, 2007 22:04

• 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.

March 14, 2007 22:47

• 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.

March 14, 2007 22:43

• 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.

March 14, 2007 22:40

• 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.