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Sep 01 2010, 23:00; CK correspondent
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh refutes losses in the fight with Azerbaijani militaries
| The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh asserts that the losses of Azerbaijan during the combat clash on August 31 made at least seven killed and wounded persons. The Armenian party, as the department reports, had no losses; one soldier was wounded. |
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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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
Aug 31 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh reports injury of its soldier by Azerbaijani servicemen
| An armed clash of the Armenian and Azerbaijani parties burst out in the northeast of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to Karabakh militaries, both parties suffered losses, while their Azerbaijani counterparts did not confirm their losses. |
Aug 31 2010, 19:00
Militiaman lost, and suspected militant assassinated in special operation in Chechnya
| In Chechnya, a suspect of involvement in the armed underground took three hostages at an attempt of detention, but was shot dead by militiamen. As reported by Ruslan Alkhanov, local interior minister, the skirmish caused losses also among employees of his Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). |
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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, 21:00; CK correspondent
Commission on missing persons to restart in Abkhazia
| As reported today at the events dated to the International Day of Missing Persons by Leonid Lakerbaya, first vice-premier of the republic, the government of Abkhazia will resume the work of the commission on missing persons. |
Aug 30 2010, 19:00; CK correspondent
Dolidze: Georgian authorities fail to address refugees' problems
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Several families, evicted on August 13 from the hospital in Isani district, continue their hunger strike in front of the Ministry for the Matters of Refugees and Temporarily-Displaced Persons and Accommodation in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. On August 24, four of them sewed their mouths to show their commitment not to take food. In the opinion of Victor Dolidze, a deputy of the City Assembly of Tbilisi, the authorities are unable to solve refugees' problems.
Abkhazia, South Caucasus, Georgia
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Aug 27 2010, 23:10
Former Komi militiaman is suspected of beating Chechen residents
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The Investigatory Department of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of Russia) for the Chechen Republic has initiated a criminal case against former major of the MIA of the Komi Republic Mikhail Evseyev, suspected of beating peaceful residents of Chechnya during his official voyage to the republic in 2004, a source from the Department has reported.
Chechnya, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 27 2010, 22:10
Isa Yamadaev refutes Kremlin's pressure in his reconciliation with Kadyrov
| Isa, one of the brothers of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, who was killed in Dubai, has declared today that his reconciliation with President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was a good-will gesture by Kadyrov, not based on any preconditions. |
Aug 27 2010, 21:00
Georgia threatens to arrest foreigners who visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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The foreigners who visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia without permit of Georgian authorities will be exposed to criminal liability, once they appear in the territory of Georgia. This was stated today by Shota Utiashvili, official spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia. Today, it became known that citizens of Russia and Armenia are already behind bars in Georgia for illegal border crossing.
Abkhazia, Armenia, South Caucasus, Georgia, South Osetia, Russia
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Aug 26 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Attackers on tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria looked for militiamen, inspectors assert
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The unidentified persons, who attacked tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria on August 9 and 19, were looking for militiamen, said an informed source from local investigatory bodies and added that both crimes had been committed by one and the same grouping.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 25 2010, 12:29; CK correspondent1
In Chechnya, four girls join militants, their relatives complain of power agents' pressure
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Recently, four young women from the Sunzha District of Chechnya left their homes and joined the ranks of the armed underground.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 24 2010, 13:15
Charge of murdering Umar Israilov presented to three suspects in Austria
| The Austrian Office of Public Prosecutor has presented a charge to three natives of Chechnya, suspected of murdering – in January 2009 in Vienna – Umar Israilov, a former security of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. |
Aug 23 2010, 20:44
Deputy city head heavily wounded in Kizlyar, Dagestan
| Today in the morning, in Kizlyar, Dagestan, an attempt was committed on Vasily Naumochkin, deputy head of the city municipal formation. He was brought to local hospital with a heavy backbone wound. |
Aug 23 2010, 19:29
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on August 16-22
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Thirty persons suffered in terror act in the resort city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory; terrorist-suicide bomber blows himself up in North-Ossetian-Ingush border, kills a militiaman and wounds three more persons; armed underground of Northern Caucasus loses several of its notable leaders, – look these and other news items in the review of the main events in the Caucasus on August 16-22, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Abkhazia, Ingushetia, Georgia, Chechnya, North Osetia - Alania, Dagestan, Stavropol region
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Aug 23 2010, 10:25
Girl and young woman wounded in Dagestan at attack on militia post
| Today at night unidentified persons shelled a militia post in the Dagestan city of Derbent and wounded two local women, the local law enforcement bodies report. |
Aug 21 2010, 19:00
Militia major and supposed militant killed in special operation in Grozny
| In the course of an armed clash with a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, a senior militia officer was lost and six more were wounded. This was reported by the Headquarters of the United Army Grouping in Northern Caucasus. |
Aug 21 2010, 18:00
In Azerbaijan, soldier convicted to 13 years after return from Armenian captivity
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On August 20, the Military Court on Grave Crimes passed a verdict to the soldier who was in Armenian captivity. Gasanov was accused of high treason and sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Aug 21 2010, 16:00
Power agents report liquidation of militants' leader Magomedali Vagabov in Dagestan
| Leader of militants Magomedali Vagabov, who is regarded by power agencies to be the organizer of the March terror acts in Moscow metro, is dead, as reported by a source from power structures of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). |
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