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"First Ring" in Chechen schools is held under strengthened security
Today, the schools of Chechnya started their new school year with the "First Ring". On the eve, all the general educational establishments and adjacent territories were inspected, and round-the-clock securities were deployed.
Sep 01 2010, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 23-29
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Reappointment of President of Kabardino-Balkaria; reconciliation of the clans of Chechen President and the Yamadaevs; heat of pre-election situation in Dagestan; violation of refugees' rights in Georgia, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 23-29, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Abkhazia, South Caucasus, Georgia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Sep 01 2010, 18:00
Court awards 30,000 roubles of compensation to resident of Chechnya for inspector's actions
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On August 31, the judicial panel on civil cases of the Supreme Court of Chechnya upheld the decision of the Leninskiy District Court of Grozny of May 15, 2010, on awarding compensation to local resident Muslim Kulaev of the moral harm caused to him by actions of the inspector of the inter-district investigatory division (IDID) at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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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). |
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, 22:10; CK correspondent
In Riga, organizers of dispersed picket for renaming Dudaev Street will go to court against police actions
| The picket "For Riga without Dudaev", which was planned by activists of the Party "For Human Rights in United Latvia" (FHRUL) on August 25 at the building of the Riga City Duma, was dispersed by municipal police soon after some two dozens of local residents grouped around the picketers. Its organizers are going to sue the police and the mayoralty. |
Aug 30 2010, 18:00
Militiamen who returned from Chechnya are suspected of kidnapping
| On August 28 in Moscow four militiamen were detained on suspicion of kidnapping. These employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have recently returned from Chechnya, and took their psychological rehabilitation. This was reported by Oleg Mitvol, now one of Moscow prefects. |
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, 20:00; CK correspondent
In Grozny, girls in streets are taught Islam
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Employees of the Centre for Spiritual and Moral Education and Development of Chechnya and activists of the Patriotic Club "Ramzan" have held an action in the Chechen capital under the motto "Woman in Islam", by telling girls and women in the streets of Grozny how they should dress and behave according to norms of Islam. Local residents express ambiguous attitude to the action.
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Chechnya: Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Tom de Waal "I look optimistically at the problem of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, since societies change and people become more open for possible changes"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Chechnya: NGO Documents
- Statement by NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer: "Detention of Article 31 Rally Participants Raises Human Right Concerns"
- Statement of Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova
- Appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks
- Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) Report, Chechnya Fact-Finding Mission
- Russian Federation: Mr. Oleg Orlov charged with criminal offence