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1. Grozny: eyewitnesses report abduction of "improperly dressed" girl

   24.08.10 / 17:15 In the evening on August 23, in the Zavodskoy District of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, unknown persons kidnapped a young girl. Eyewitnesses say that the reason of abduction was the girl's light dress. The militia has no data about the incident.

2. Action in memory of Zarema Sadulayeva held in Grozny

   10.08.10 / 13:00 Today, in the capital of Chechnya, in the Journalists' Mini-Park, in front of the building of the House of the Press, an action was held in memory of Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the youth charitable organization "Let's save the generation", who was assassinated a year ago.

3. Seminar on defence of journalists' rights opened in Makhachkala

   04.08.10 / 22:20 In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, correspondents of local newspapers will discuss legal aspects of their work in the course of the seminar organized by the Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR).

4. Oleg Orlov's case sent to court

   30.07.10 / 23:40 As reported by the human rights defender himself, the investigation of the criminal case against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", for slandering President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is over.

5. FSB forbids Danish photographer who cooperated with Estemirova to enter Russia

   29.07.10 / 22:10 Photographer Mari Bastashevski, a citizen of Denmark, who is covering kidnappings in the Caucasus, was forbidden to come to Russia. According to the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), she is on the list of persons, whose entrance to Russia is forbidden under the order of the FSB.

6. Moscow: figurant in inspector Kaziakhmedov's murder case sentenced to 12 years of colony

   27.07.10 / 23:20 The Moscow City Court has sentenced Rasul Akhmaev, accused of complicity in the murder of Nazim Kaziakhmedov, an inspector of the General Prosecutor's Office, to 12 years of high security colony. He was found guilty of buying the firearm that was used for the murder and of participating in organization of the murder.

7. Medvedev offers tougher sanctions for terrorism

   20.07.10 / 17:00 After the recent resonant terror acts committed in Russia, President Dmitri Medvedev has brought in a bill to the State Duma on amending the Russia's Criminal Code.

8. Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 12-18

   20.07.10 / 01:00 One year after Natalia Estemirova's murder; forced eviction of Imereti residents from "Olympic" lands; start of ethnographic expedition of Russian bloggers to the Caucasus, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 12-18, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

9. Belarusian TV showed interview with Mikhail Saakashvili

   16.07.10 / 23:50 In the evening on July 15, the first channel of the Belarusian state television showed an exclusive interview with President of Georgia, in which Mikhail Saakashvili answered the questions on modernization of Georgia, whether it is possible to reconcile Tbilisi and Moscow, when Georgia would join the European Union, about South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and even about his gastronomic preferences.

10. Cherkasov: investigation considers involvement of militant Bashaev in Estemirova's murder as main version

    16.07.10 / 23:40 The investigation continues considering involvement of Alkhazur Bashaev, killed in November 2009, as the main version of the murder of Natalia Estemirova; and it is not clear whether the evidences of employees of the "Memorial" were taken into account, as Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.