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Feb 07 2012, 21:00
Supreme Court of Ingushetia sentences Khamkhoev - figurant in "Domodedovo" terror act case - to 9 years in colony
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A resident of Ingushetia, a 19-year-old Bashir Khamkhoev, who is a figurant in the criminal case of the terror act committed at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport, was sentenced to nine years in prison for a number of crimes committed in the territory of his republic. The defendant refused to plead guilty, while his advocate reports that his client was pressed on by investigators.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia, Russia
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Feb 07 2012, 20:00
An "extremist" case of an Jehovah's Witness in Astrakhan region referred to court
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Investigation of a criminal case against Elena Grigorieva aged 44, resident of the town of Akhtubinsk working at a municipal institution of social services has been accomplished. The Jehovah's Witness accused of fomentation of religious hatred and animosity does not acknowledge herself guilty and in her turn, accuses secret services of "threats and blackmail".
South Federal District, Astrakhan region
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Feb 06 2012, 22:30
In Nagorno-Karabakh, soldier shot dead his colleague by negligence
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On February 5, in one of the positions of the south-east (Gadrut) direction of the Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line, a serviceman Gor Alaverdyan wounded his colleague Marat Dimaksyan, who died on the way to the hospital.
Armenia, Nagorny Karabakh, South Caucasus, Azerbaijan
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Feb 06 2012, 22:10
NAC: perished Dagestani was involved in "Domodedovo" terror act
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The person, perished in the morning of February 6 during the special operation in Dagestan, was the courier of Yandiev brothers involved in the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport. This was reported by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC).
North Caucasus, Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 06 2012, 21:00; CK correspondents
Chechen MIA: failed suicide bomber, detained in Grozny, convoyed to Moscow
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On February 5, a 19-year-old resident of the city of Moscow, who was detained in Grozny on suspicion of intent to establish contacts with militants and commit a suicide bombing, was brought to Moscow. Local human right defenders treated with distrust the report of the Chechen law enforcement agencies on detention of the suspected woman-terrorist, announced after the message of Dokku Umarov, the leader of North-Caucasian militants, about stopping terrorist attacks against the civilian population.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya, North Caucasus
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Feb 04 2012, 15:00; CK correspondent
Gimry villagers beaten by power agents feel satisfactory, head of village says
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The health condition of the beaten residents of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, Magomed Baisultanov, Aslangerey Magomedov and Zainudin Zainudinov, is satisfactory, said the head of the village administration Aliaskhab Magomedov. As reported by one of the power agents' victims, he is not going to complain about their actions.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 04 2012, 13:00; CK correspondent
Power agents continue searching militants on Chechen-Dagestani border
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The operation aimed at finding the grouping of militants, which was detected on February 2 near the Chechen-Dagestani administrative border, has brought no results yet. Power agents do not exclude that the blocked militants could get out of the cordon. The special operation continues.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Chechnya
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Feb 03 2012, 22:30
Umarov orders militants in Caucasus to avoid attacks on civilian objects
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Dokku Umarov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz", claimed changing the status of the civilian people of Russia, whom he earlier treated as his enemies for their non-resistance to the policy of the current authorities, and ordered his subordinates to avoid attacks on civilian targets.
North Caucasus, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Feb 03 2012, 19:00; CK correspondent
Residents of Dagestan report disappearance of three men
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This morning, under unknown circumstances, three men disappeared from the village of Shamkhal in Dagestan, as Shamil Magomedov, a villager, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, North Caucasus
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Feb 02 2012, 23:00
During the week of January 23-29, 15 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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During the period of January 23-29, at least 15 persons were killed and 5 persons were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, North Caucasus, Dagestan
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Feb 02 2012, 22:10
Tskhinvali hands five detained citizens of Georgia over to Tbilisi
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On February 1, the authorities of South Ossetia handed five Georgians detained by Russian border guards on charges of illegally crossing the border over to the Georgian party.
Georgia, South Caucasus, South Osetia
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Feb 02 2012, 21:00; CK correspondent
Dagestan: child injured by terror act dies in Makhachkala
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Today, the 8-year-old Haji Nasrutdinov, who was wounded in a bomb blast in the capital of Dagestan on January 28, has died in the Republic's Clinical Hospital in Makhachkala died.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Feb 01 2012, 19:00; CK correspondents
Attempt on Deputy Chair of National Council of Nogai Nation committed in Dagestan
| In the evening on January 31 in Dagestan, an attempt on Zalimkhan Kocherov, Deputy Chief of the National Council of the Nogai Nation, was committed. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Fazil Cherkesov, a resident of the village of Terekli-Mekteb of the Nogai District. No one was wounded by the shelling. |
Feb 01 2012, 18:00; CK correspondent
Azerbaijani MFA: Foreign Relations Committee of Pakistani Senate recognizes Khodjaly events as genocide
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Today, the meeting of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate of Pakistan unanimously adopted resolution to recognize the tragic events that occurred in 1992 in the town of Khodjaly in Nagorno-Karabakh as genocide. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Armenia, Nagorny Karabakh
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Jan 31 2012, 22:40; CK correspondent
Court decides to send five Georgia citizens out of South Ossetia
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On February 1, the South-Ossetian party plans to deliver five Georgian citizens detained for illegal crossing the border to its Georgian counterpart, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a source from the KGB (Committee for State Security) of South Ossetia.
South Osetia, Georgia, South Caucasus
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North Caucasus - statistics of victims
- In 2011, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus killed and wounded 1378 people
- In 2011, 64 persons were killed and at least 224 others wounded in suicide bombings in Northern Caucasus and Moscow
- In 2011, in Chechnya, 201 persons fell victim to armed conflict
- Dagestan: 824 persons lost or wounded in 2011 in armed conflict
- Kabardino-Balkaria: 173 victims of armed conflict in 2011
- North Ossetia: in 2011, 14 persons fell victim to armed conflict
- Karachay-Cherkessia: 34 victims of armed conflict in 2011
