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Gerter: the sufferers from the road accident in the neighbourhood of Pyatigorsk will get financial aid
The families of the lost people and those who got injured in the road accident with the participation of buses in the settlement of Inozemtsevo, Stavropol region, will get financial aid, Ivan Gerter, Chairman of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria, said at a session of the Government on May, 14.
May 15 2012, 18:00; CK correspondent
A trestle bed set in the courtroom for one of the defendants on the case of assault at Nalchik
| Defendant Zaur Tokhov will participate in the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik in a lying position for one month and a half. A special trestle bed was set in the courtroom for this purpose. |
May 10 2012, 23:00; CK correspondents
NCFD regions celebrate Victory Day
| Residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Federation celebrated the day of May 9 Day of Victory in World War II with holiday festivities and parades. Major cities held military parades, and many towns organized "Memory Watches". The festivities ended with salutes and fireworks. |
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May 10 2012, 22:10; CK correspondent
FSIN inspection does not confirm beating of Aslan Cherkesov in SIZO
| Inspection on the fact of beating at the Krasnoyarsk SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, who was sentenced for the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan, has been completed. This was reported by the press service of the Chief Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) of the Russian Federation in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. |
May 08 2012, 19:00; CK correspondent
In Turkey, Circassian Diaspora demands to create conditions for learning mother tongue
| The Turkish city of Kayseri hosted a demonstration and a rally of representatives of the Circassian Diaspora. The protesters demanded that the government should create the conditions for learning Circassian language at comprehensive schools in Turkey and to establish broadcasting in Circassian language on public TV channels. |
May 03 2012, 21:00
HRC "Memorial" gives materials on power agents' crimes to ICRF
| Today, the materials gathered by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"on the crimes committed, according to human rights defenders, by law enforcement officials in Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Chechnya, were sent to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to be investigated by the special unit of the ICRF. |
May 02 2012, 22:00; CK correspondent
Gabibulaeva, detained at "Chermen", asks judge to let her marry defendant in Nalchik attack case
| Zalina Gabibulaeva,a resident of Dagestan, who was detainedat the road patrol checkpoint "Chermen" between Ingushetia and North Ossetia, was on her way to Nalchikaiming to get a permit to marriage with Rasul Kudaev, one of the defendants in the caseon events on October 13, 2005. This is stated in Gabibulaeva's application to the chair of the court dealing with this case. |
Apr 30 2012, 18:00
16 people became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from April, 23, to April, 29
| At least 16 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from April, 23, to April, 29. 14 out them perished and two got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources. |
Apr 27 2012, 23:20
Kabardino-Balkaria: local resident asserts that he confessed of keeping grenade under power agents' torture
| Nuraed Erizhokov, a resident of the city of Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria, has addressed human rights defenders asking to help to restore his rights violated by power agents. The man alleges that policemen planted a grenade into his pocket and then tortured him into confession of complicity with militants and possession of weapons. |
Apr 27 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
In Kabardino-Balkaria, GIBDD inspectors are suspected of beating driver and his wife
| The investigatory authorities have initiated a case against an inspector of the GIBDD (traffic police) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria and his colleague from the city of Perm, who are both suspected of beating a resident of Nalchik and his wife. This was reported by the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the ICRF. |
NGO Documents
- Appeal of Aslan Cherkesov’s mother (Kabardino-Balkaria) on the fact of beating his son in investigative isolation ward of Krasnoyarsk
- DECLARATION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONHOOD OF THE AUTONOMUS AUTOCHTHONOUS INDIGENOUS CIRCASSIAN PEOPLES: A NATION IN EXILE


