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Ingushes have no idea on who hunts on Zyazikovs
Experts differ in their opinions on assessing the attacks on GIBDD (Traffic Inspectorate) employee Zakre Zyazikov and Deputy Minister of Economy Arsamak Zyazikov - new attempts on the relatives of President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov.
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Tatiana Kasatkina: Georgian population leaves South-Ossetian Akhalgori District
Tatiana Kasatkina, Executive Director of the HRC "Memorial", told at the press conference yesterday, on October 28, about the situation in the Akhalgori District of South Ossetia, which was visited by human rights activists on October 21. As she said, Georgian villages are closed there, and the remaining Georgians are persuaded into Russian citizenship.
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Georgian authorities build villages for South Ossetian refugees
Tengiz Ablotiya, the Tbilisi-based expert of the Centre of Extreme Journalism, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that villages are now being built in the territory of Georgia for the projected capacity of 15,000 residents - exactly the Georgian population of South Ossetia.
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Experts praise balanced decision of the Hague Tribunal on Georgia's claim against Russia
Georgian and Russian experts have treated the decision of the Hague Tribunal on the Georgia-versus-Russia suit on preliminary measures as "well-balanced". The main litigation and consideration of Russia's guilt in the conflict will take up to two years.
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"Memorial": actions of power agents provoke militants' response in Northern Caucasus
On October 20, Paris hosted another consultation round between Russian human rights activists and EU representatives. The former had noted the fact of activation of armed underground in Northern Caucasus in reply to tortures, extrajudicial executions and preventive violence exercised by power agents.
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New war in Georgia is on the edge, experts think
Russian and Georgian experts believe that recurrence of August events is possible in Georgia in near future.
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Malashenko: Chechnya experiences re-Islamization
Alexei Malashenko, expert of the Carnegie Foundation, asserts that today Chechnya is in the process of re-Islamization. In his opinion, by strengthening the Sufi branch of Islam in Chechnya and spreading the Sufi values President Ramzan Kadyrov is fighting against Salafites - his religious and political opponents, and by reviving traditional Islamic norms of behaviour, he keeps the society under control.
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Moscow-Tbilisi TV conference: Georgian refugees' problems need urgent solution
While politicians quarrel, the problems of Georgian refugees should be promptly addressed, and cooperation of Russian and Georgian civil societies should be promoted - this is the conclusion reached, according to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, by the participants of the television conference between Moscow and Tbilisi on the topic "Are peoples of Georgia and Russia able to strike hands?" held at the press centre of the RIA "Novosti" on October 16.
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Book "South Ossetia - Chronicle of Customized Murder" published
The book-album named "South Ossetia - Chronicle of Customized Murder", which was in early October presented to PACE delegates and at the OSCE conference on human dimension in Warsaw, has caused public resonance. On October 16, representatives of public organizations held a press conference on the topic.
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Ingushetia: two persons kidnapped by armed men in masks
Two persons have been kidnapped by unidentified armed people in different dwelling settlements of Ingushetia.
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Khazbiev: Maksharip Aushev could have been killed during search in his house in Ingushetia
Magomed Khazbiev, head of the Nationwide Rally of Ingush People and Maksharip Aushev's comrade-in-arms, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Maksharip, present owner of the independent Internet portal "Ingushetia.Ru" (now "Ingushetia.Org"), whose house was searched today in the morning again without due sanction, is under threat of physical liquidation.
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In Kalmykia, "Elistinskaya Panorama" newspaper is still away from parliament
Journalists of "Elistinskaya Panorama" are still not admitted to the Parliament of Kalmykia - National Hural, referring to the absence of the necessary accreditation.
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"Memorial" presents a report on preconditions of armed revolt in Nalchik in 2005
Today, the Moscow Independent Press Centre held a press conference - presentation of the report prepared by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and entitled: "Kabardino-Balkaria: On the Way to Catastrophe. Preconditions Armed Revolt in Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005". The report is based on 3 years of field work in Kabardino-Balkaria, interviews with local residents, power agencies and representatives of the authorities.
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Native of Ingushetia Khamkhoev denies "Beslan trace" in his kidnapping
Magomed Khamkhoev, a native of Ingushetia, rejects any "Beslan trace" in his kidnapping and only marks that his kidnappers spoke Ossetian and Russian.
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Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia opens another criminal case against website "Ingushetia.Ru"
The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia has initiated a criminal case on the fact of placement of the "Chronology of Magomed Evloev's murder" on the website "Ingushetia.Ru"/"Ingushetia.Org". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Rosa Malsagova, editor-in-chief of the website.
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