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Mar 12 2010, 22:40; CK correspondent
Picket in memory of Aslan Maskhadov held in Moscow
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Today in Moscow, in Chistye Prudy, at the monument to Alexander Griboedov, a picket was held in memory of the leader of Chechen separatists Aslan Maskhadov.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya, Russia
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Mar 11 2010, 23:20; CK correspondent
Opening of "Verkhni Lars" is no indication of improved Russian-Georgian relations, Georgia's ambassador to Armenia says
| As stated at a press conference on March 11 by Grigol Tabatadze, ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, by having reopened the border check point "Verkhni Lars", Georgia sacrificed a lot and did it, first of all, to preserve good neighbourhood relations with Armenia. |
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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
Mar 11 2010, 22:50; CK correspondent
Chechnya: two locals convicted for murdering frontier guards
| On March 10, two residents of the Chechen Republic, earlier members of armed separatists' groupings, were convicted to long imprisonment terms for murdering three federal soldiers in 2002. |
Mar 10 2010, 23:00
Suspects of blowing up "Neva-Express" train, detained in Ingushetia, refuse to plead guilty
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None of the detainees in the course of special operation conducted in Ekazhevo village in Ingushetia, suspected of taking part in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, has pled guilty. All of them are arrested. According to the legislation, a charge of terrorism should be presented to them within 30 day after arrest.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia, Russia
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Mar 10 2010, 22:00; CK correspondents
Participants of Moscow-Tbilisi-Yerevan space bridge differ in assessing "Verkhni Lars" opening
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In the course of the space bridge held on March 9 by the RIA "Novosti" between Armenian, Georgian and Russian experts, who discussed the opening of the surface border between Russia and Georgia at the check points "Darial" and "Verkhni Lars", it became clear that the experts viewed the event differently. Alexei Malashenko from the Carnegie Institute treated the fact positively, while Georgiy Khaindrava, one of the leaders of the non-parliamentary opposition, found incompatible such factors like "occupation of Georgian regions" and simultaneous restoration of communication between the two countries.
Armenia, Georgia, Russia
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Mar 09 2010, 23:10
Protest action against resolution on Armenians' genocide held at the US embassy in Baku
| On Monday, March 8, in Baku, a protest action was held in front of the US embassy in the context of the approval on March 4 by the Committee on Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives of the US Congress of draft resolution on Armenians' genocide. |
Mar 09 2010, 22:50
Lebedev: UN Special Representative's report on his visit to South Ossetia is lopsided and biased
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The Russian delegation labelled as politicized the report of Walter Kelin, Special Representative of Secretary General of the United Nations on Internally Displaced Persons' Rights, which summed up his visit to South Ossetia. The report was presented on March 8 at the 13th Session of the United Nations on Human Rights (HRS) held in Switzerland. In the opinion of Mikhail Lebedev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Branch and other international organizations in Geneva, the report is lopsided, biased and contains factual mistakes.
South Osetia, Russia, Georgia
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Mar 09 2010, 21:20; CK correspondent
Fate of Chechen resident who disappeared in Ingushetia still unknown
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Mair-Ali Vakhaev, a resident of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya who disappeared on February 11 in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, is still undetected. The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic now nothing about his fate. A source from there does not exclude that Vakhaev could be killed by militaries, and his body hidden.
Ingushetia, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 08 2010, 23:40; CK correspondent
Nalchik holds rally on Memory Day of Balkars' deportation victims
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The rally of Balkars, held today in Nalchik, at the Memorial to victims of violent deportation of the Balkar nationals, has instructed the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP) and the organization named "Balkaria" to initiate the process of self-identification of the Balkar people, since the problems raised by the BEBP on behalf of the nation are not solved. About 500 persons present at the event have voted unanimously for the initiative.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 08 2010, 22:10; CK correspondent
Resident of Chechnya brings his lost brother's sub-machine gun to militia
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A resident of the Shelkovskoi District of Chechnya (in the north of the republic) has voluntarily given out a Kalashnikov that he had hid for more than ten years to law enforcers. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from a local MIA employee.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Mar 08 2010, 21:00
Georgia voices readiness to restore air traffic with Russia
| If accord is reached by private airlines, the official Tbilisi is ready to resume regular air flights between Georgia and Russia, said Nino Kalandadze, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia. |
Mar 08 2010, 19:00
Valery Etezov, suspected of attacking power agents, shot dead in Nalchik
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As reported by law enforcement bodies, in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Valery Etezov, helper of one of regional militants' leaders - Anzor Astemirov, - was liquidated.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria
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Mar 08 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Five years after death of Chechen separatists' leader Aslan Maskhadov
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Five years ago, on March 8, 2005, it was announced that in the plain Grozny District of Chechnya, as a result of successful operation of Russian special agencies Aslan Maskhadov, President of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), was liquidated. Some people in Chechnya still believe that Maskhadov was killed on other day and in other place, while the special operation in Tolstoy-Yurt village, where he was allegedly liquidated, was just an imitation.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 06 2010, 21:00
FSB: 2009 "Neva-Express" train explosion case solved
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The case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, committed in 2009, is solved. The FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of Russia reports that the Kartoevs' grouping headed by Said Buryatskiy was in charge of the crime.
Russia, Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 06 2010, 17:00
Said Buryatskiy's liquidation in Ingushetia officially confirmed
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As confirmed today by Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Russian FSB, among the suspected militants killed in the course of the special operation on March 3 in Ingushetia, one of their leaders known as Said Buryatskiy has been identified.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 06 2010, 11:00; CK correspondent
David Ovannisyan: Armenian-Turkish dialogue grows into bargaining and speculations
| The present stage of negotiations on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations has the character of imitation. As stated by Professor of the Yerevan State University David Ovannisyan on March 5 at the roundtable "Dialogue Armenia-Turkey: Relation Recovery Process", the parties use any occasion to push negotiations into the track of deal-making and gambling. |
Mar 06 2010, 08:00
After Burdzhanadze, other Georgian oppositionists are ready to come to Moscow
| After the visit on March 5 to Moscow of Nino Burdzhanadze, ex-speaker of the Georgian parliament and leader of the "Democratic Movement - United Georgia", activists of other oppositional parties - Labourites and Conservatives - have expressed their readiness to go to Moscow to establish relations. |
Mar 05 2010, 23:40
Armenia welcomes US resolution on genocide, Turkey protests
| Edward Nalbandyan, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, has stated that adoption by the International Committee of the House of Representatives of US Congress of the resolution on Armenians' genocide is an indication of the commitment of American people to universal values. Turkey in reply to the resolution recalled its ambassador from Washington. |
Mar 05 2010, 23:00
Sappers to blow up mine-studded houses in the venue of special operation in Ingushetia
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Two private houses in the special operation zone in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, had been mined with non-extractable mines, as reported by a source in power agencies. According to his story, these buildings will be blown up by sappers. The body of supposed Said Buryatskiy, found after examination of the operation venue, was already delivered to the Centre of Forensic-Medical Examination of the Ministry of Defence in Rostov-on-Don, where the genetic examination will be held to identify the casualty.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Mar 04 2010, 23:50
Militant Said Buryatskiy liquidated in Ingushetia
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As a result of a special operation conducted by FSB agents in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, one of militants' leaders - Said Buryatskiy (initial name - Alexander Tikhomirov) - was killed. Several sources in power agencies have reported about it today.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia
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