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Sep 01 2010, 23:55; CK correspondent
North Ossetia starts mourning actions dated to September 2004 terror act
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People began coming to School No. 1 in Beslan since early in the morning; and before the first ring at 9:15 a.m. over 2500 persons gathered in the school yard. Taimuraz Mamsurov, head of North Ossetia, Larissa Khabitsova, chair of the parliament, Nikolai Khlyntsov, chairman of the government, and many republic's officials came to commemorate the victims.
North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 23:50; CK correspondent
"First Ring" in Chechen schools is held under strengthened security
| Today, the schools of Chechnya started their new school year with the "First Ring". On the eve, all the general educational establishments and adjacent territories were inspected, and round-the-clock securities were deployed. |
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
NATO exercises of in Vasiani and Putin's revelations on Georgian democracy.
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
The Patriarchy interferes and calls; it was all clear with it long ago! Misha, having released the detainees; this test has failed, and it's my great, GREAT! pity:-(
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Gorgud, Azerbaijan, Baku. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
Will they really succeed? Azerbaijan can do without imprisoning journalists
Sep 01 2010, 23:40
Sports journalist attacked in Azerbaijan
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The Baku police have started investigating an attack on the well-known sports observer Rasul Shukyursoy (Allahverdiev). As reported by the 4th branch of the Binagadin district police division, currently investigatory actions are underway to reveal the suspect and attract him to responsibility.
Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Sep 01 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent
Coordination board of Balkar organizations starts preparing Congress of Balkar People
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On August 31, the coordination board (CB) of Balkar NGOs made a decision to convoke a congress for deciding on the issue of self-determination of the Balkar people. Bakhaudin Etezov was unanimously elected to be the chairman of the organizing committee of the congress. The organizing committee includes all the CB members and will invite experts - Balkar historians, economists and lawyers.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 23:10
In Armenia, ecologists hold protest action in front of EBRD office
| On August 31 in Yerevan, the "Group of Tekhut Protection" held a protest action near the Yerevan office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Activists-ecologists are concerned of possible financing by Russian VTB of the disputable programme on development of the Tekhut deposit. |
Sep 01 2010, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 23-29
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Reappointment of President of Kabardino-Balkaria; reconciliation of the clans of Chechen President and the Yamadaevs; heat of pre-election situation in Dagestan; violation of refugees' rights in Georgia, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 23-29, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Abkhazia, South Caucasus, Georgia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 23:00; CK correspondent
Relatives of Aslan Lupezhev killed in Kabardino-Balkaria reject his involvement in IAFs
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Relatives of Aslan Lupezhev, who was killed on August 27 in the course of a special operation in Nalchik, disagree with the official version about his involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and are convinced that Aslan became an occasional victim of the operation.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 22:20; CK correspondent
In Abkhazia, investigation into beating of "Abaza" board chairman is fruitless
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The preliminary investigation in underway on the fact of beating of Mussa Takushinov, chairman of the board of the public organization of Abasins of the Karachai-Circassian Republic named "Abaza". The criminal case was initiated under the article of deliberate causing of medium-gravity harm to one's health by a group of persons out of hooligan intentions."
Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Abkhazia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 22:10
Volgograd Region: number of WNE patients is over 200
| Within the week the number of the West Nile Encephalitis (WNE) patients in the Volgograd Region went up by 36 persons, the local "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) Department has reported. |
Sep 01 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
Leonid Roshal is ready to treat the boy beaten by power agents in Dagestan in his clinic
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Doctor Leonid Roshal, Director of the Moscow Scientific-Research Institute of Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology, said that his hospital is ready to take Makhmud Ahmedov, 14, beaten by militiamen in Dagestan, for further treatment. The case about beating the teenager is under supervision of President of Dagestan, the republic's government has reported.
Dagestan, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 19:00
Yerevan mayoralty bans oppositional rally in Freedom Square
| Having banned the oppositional rally in the Freedom Square on September 17, the mayoralty offered to hold the action in the territory adjoining Matenadaran. The Armenian National Congress (ANC) believes this decision to be "obviously illegal". |
Sep 01 2010, 18:00
Court awards 30,000 roubles of compensation to resident of Chechnya for inspector's actions
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On August 31, the judicial panel on civil cases of the Supreme Court of Chechnya upheld the decision of the Leninskiy District Court of Grozny of May 15, 2010, on awarding compensation to local resident Muslim Kulaev of the moral harm caused to him by actions of the inspector of the inter-district investigatory division (IDID) at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 31 2010, 23:50
New district started in Sochi for "Olympic" resettlers
| In the vicinity of Yan Fabritsius Street in the Hosta District of Sochi, a new residential area was launched for the residents of the city-resort, whose houses get into the zone of Olympic construction. |
Aug 31 2010, 23:40
Georgia: refugees from Abkhazia to pass free-of-charge medical examination
| An action will be held in Western Georgia of free-of-charge medical examination of refugees from Abkhazia. |
Aug 31 2010, 23:30
"Strategy-31" activists detained in Rostov
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As reported by Valentina Tolkachova, an activist of the "Solidarity" Movement, participants of the action "Strategy-31" were detained in Rostov-on-Don.
South Federal District, Krasnodar region, Rostov region, Dagestan, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 31 2010, 22:00
ECtHR to consider claims of Azerbaijani citizens to Armenia and vice versa
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On September 15, the High Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will consider the claim of an Armenian citizen against Azerbaijan and the claim of six Azerbaijanis against Armenia. The applicants claim violations of their civil rights during the Karabakh War in 1991-1992.
Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Aug 31 2010, 18:00
University student disappears in Ingushetia
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On August 25, 2010, at about 3:00 p.m., in the city of Karabulak, Republic of Ingushetia, Magomed Kureishovich Aushev, born in 1988, left his home and never returned. As reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", his whereabouts are still unknown.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 30 2010, 23:20; CK correspondent
Information about attack on Tsentoroy remains contradictory
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Two days after the attack, in the morning on August 29, of militants on Tsentoroy village in Chechnya, there is no exact data on the number of casualties and victims among power agents and peaceful residents, as well as on the number of attackers. The family village of the president of Chechnya is completely blocked; and local residents cannot leave it yet.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 30 2010, 23:10
Azerbaijani soldier lost his way and got in captivity, his relatives say
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Roman Novruz ogly Husseinov, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, who crossed the contact line in the evening on August 27 and was captured by Karabakh troops, had just lost his ways while returning to his unit, as his father Novruz Husseinov asserts.
Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Aug 30 2010, 23:00; CK correspondent
Dagestan: followers of Turkish scholar complain of power agents' pressure
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Ibragim Mutrazaliev, a resident of Makhachkala and a follower of the Turkish scholar Said Nursi, whose written works were forbidden in Russia by the court in 2007, said that he was summoned to the Department of the Russian FSB for Dagestan, where he was asked to evidence against another Said Nursi's follower - Ziyavdin Dapaev. The latter, against whom a criminal case was opened under the article of the Russian Criminal Code dealing with "organizing the activity of an extremist organization", told about pressure on his relatives.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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