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Coordination board of Balkar organizations starts preparing Congress of Balkar People
On August 31, the coordination board (CB) of Balkar NGOs made a decision to convoke a congress for deciding on the issue of self-determination of the Balkar people. Bakhaudin Etezov was unanimously elected to be the chairman of the organizing committee of the congress. The organizing committee includes all the CB members and will invite experts - Balkar historians, economists and lawyers.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
Society, Politics
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, 23:00; CK correspondent
Relatives of Aslan Lupezhev killed in Kabardino-Balkaria reject his involvement in IAFs
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Relatives of Aslan Lupezhev, who was killed on August 27 in the course of a special operation in Nalchik, disagree with the official version about his involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and are convinced that Aslan became an occasional victim of the operation.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 31 2010, 23:10
One casualty and two wounded militiamen in Kabardino-Balkaria
| According to local law enforcement bodies, a suspected member of a bandit formation was liquidated in Stary Cherek village in the Urvan District; two militiamen were injured. |
Aug 27 2010, 23:30
Bodies of two residents of Krasnodar Territory found in Kabardino-Balkaria
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Today at night bodies of a man and a woman with traces of violent death were found in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Krasnodar region, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 26 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Attackers on tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria looked for militiamen, inspectors assert
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The unidentified persons, who attacked tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria on August 9 and 19, were looking for militiamen, said an informed source from local investigatory bodies and added that both crimes had been committed by one and the same grouping.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 23 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Tkhagapsoev: candidates for presidency in Kabardino-Balkariya were no rivals
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On August 23, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev brought his nominee Arsen Kanokov to consideration of the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria for approval as president. Other candidates were Alexander Merkulov, local Prime Minister, and Anuar Chechenov, local Speaker. However, experts note that that Medvedev's decision was anticipated and predictable, and there was no rivalry among the candidates.
Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 20 2010, 09:00
Killers of tourists and militiamen in Kabardino-Balkaria pretended to be power agents
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The unidentified persons, who committed attacks in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria on militiamen and tourists, were dressed in camouflage and presented themselves as employees of Moscow special agencies. This was reported by the centre of law enforcement bodies of the republic.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 19 2010, 11:00
Kabardino-Balkaria: unidentified persons open fire on group of tourists
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Today at night, near Kendelen village, Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, in a large forest, four unidentified persons in camouflage and masks came up to six tourists and opened fire from sub-machine guns.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 18 2010, 21:00
A man killed and two women wounded at shelling in Kabardino-Balkaria
| As reported by a source in power bodies of Nalchik, a man was killed and two women - passengers of a fixed-route taxi - were wounded in a shelling. |
Kabardino-Balkaria: 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)
Kabardino-Balkaria: 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