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November 19, 2007 12:43

• Georgian authorities prevent to restart broadcasting of the "Imedi" Radio

  The government of Georgia does not allow the "Imedi" Radio Station to resume broadcasting.

November 19, 2007 12:40

• Moscow City Court leaves three suspects of involvement in Politkovskaya's murder under arrest

  The Moscow City Court has rejected the complaints lodged by advocates of the brothers Tamerlan and Ibragim Makhmudovs and Magomed Demelkhanov who asked to release the three convicts in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya.

November 19, 2007 12:24

• Sydoruk: militants received $1.5 million on destabilization of the situation in Northern Caucasus

  Terrorists have received over one and a half million US dollars for destabilization of the situation in Northern Caucasus before the forthcoming parliamentary elections, and the law enforcement bodies failed to block the channels of funding the militants.

November 19, 2007 12:00

• Krasnodar: doctors who have mutilated Sonya Kulivets convicted to a year in colony

  In Krasnodar both defendants in the case of newborn Sonya Kulivets - doctor Vladimir Pelipenko and nurse Elena Senicheva - have been sentenced to one year of imprisonment in a colony-settlement.

November 17, 2007 15:27

• Georgia: second Okruashvili's sentence in absentia to arrest

  In Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court has satisfied the petition of the State Office of Public Prosecutor and ruled in absentia another pre-trial arrest for Irakliy Okruashvili, former Minister of Defence.

November 17, 2007 15:23

• Opposition of Ingushetia warns the authorities against attempts to hamper the rally

  The opposition of Ingushetia is warning the authorities against any attempts to prevent to hold an all-Republic's protest rally.

November 17, 2007 15:17

• United Nations welcome lifting the state of emergency in Georgia

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the cancelling of the state of emergency in Georgia and expressed his hope for a fast and complete restoration of the freedom of all the mass media operating in this country.

November 17, 2007 15:12

• Main versions of Kerch Strait catastrophes made public

  The investigators have announced the main reasons of the numerous ship-wrecks on November 11 in the Kerch Strait.

November 17, 2007 15:04

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria dies by jumping down from the fourth floor of the UBOP building

  Zeitun Gaev, 29, a resident of Gerpegezh village, who was detained on November 15, died in Kabardino-Balkaria.

November 16, 2007 23:29

• European Court condemns Russian authorities on three complaints from Chechnya

  On November 15, the European Court for Human Rights (ECfHR) satisfied three complaints lodged by Chechen residents and found Russia guilty of violent disappearances, extrajudicial executions and illegal capture and destruction of private property in Chechnya.

November 16, 2007 11:33

• "Ingushetia.ru" calls on Internet users to give up services of Telecom LLC and ITT CJSC

  The Internet resource "Ingushetia.ru", where access had been stopped by the order of the authorities of Ingushetia, has made a statement calling on the Ingush Internet users to refuse from the services of the Internet providers - the Telecom Limited Liability Company and the ITT Closed Joint-Stock Company.

November 16, 2007 11:24

• Scientists warned the authorities about the forthcoming catastrophe in the Kerch Strait

  The Ukrainian scientists had tried to warn the authorities about the catastrophe that was approaching in the Kerch Strait; however, nobody listened to them.

November 16, 2007 11:21

• Whole circulation of the book about Azerbaijani printed media destroyed

  According to the ruling of the Binagadinskiy District Court of Azerbaijan, the whole circulation of the book "Public TV in the Press Mirror" will be confiscated and destroyed.

November 16, 2007 11:16

• A man beaten at dispersal of the opposition meeting dies in the capital of Georgia

  In Georgia, a craniocerebral trauma has caused death of a man who suffered during the dispersal of the meeting of the united opposition held in Tbilisi on November 7.

November 16, 2007 11:12

• Pressure on Moslems is stronger in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, after the recent execution of hunters, the pressure on Moslems by employees of law enforcement bodies has amplified.

November 16, 2007 11:08

• Georgian residents accuse special forces of wrongful use of gas at dispersal of the meeting in Tbilisi

  The victims of the dispersal of the November 7 meeting in Tbilisi and members of the opposition doubt the gas type that was used to disperse the meeting, as well as the fact there were policemen dressed in yellow raincoats with the inscription "Police" on the back.

November 16, 2007 11:04

• Georgia lifts the state of emergency

  The state of emergency has been lifted in Georgia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports about broadcasting of information programs of TV Companies "Rustavi-2", "Mze" (Sun) and others, except for the "Imedi" (Hope) TV and Radio Company.

November 15, 2007 12:32

• Polish journalist filmed a story on children's fate in post-war Chechnya

  Polish journalist Marcin Mamon has made a video story about the problems of children in post-war Chechnya based on a family with six Chechen children, living alone in the building of a ruined factory.

November 15, 2007 12:30

• Ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia Okruashvili announced into search

  The General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has officially announced a search of Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia and leader of the opposition party "Movement for United Georgia".

November 15, 2007 12:27

• Sochi resident who blew up drilling units sentenced to five years of imprisonment

  The Court of Sochi has sentenced the local resident, who blew up this spring a drilling unit in his protest against holding the Olympiad-2014 in the city, to five years of imprisonment.