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February 14, 2008 15:18

• Advocates of ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan fear for his life

  According to the statement made by the advocates of Farkhad Aliev, former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, if the authorities want their client to escape the fate of Patarkatsishvili, they should admit attending physicians to him.

February 14, 2008 15:14

• Spontaneous rally in Ingushetia was caused by detention of an Ekazhevo villager

  The reason for a spontaneous rally held last night in Nazran was the detention on February 13 by employees of power agencies in the centre of Nazran of Magomed Evloev, a resident of Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia.

February 14, 2008 15:11

• Experts: Patarkatsishvili died a natural death

  British policemen have promulgated the first results of the post mortem examination of Badri Patarkatsishvili's body. It was found out that the death of the Georgian businessman was a result of natural causes, runs their special statement.

February 14, 2008 15:06

• Ingushetia: relatives of Chapanov killed by power agents are dissatisfied with investigation

  The relatives of Yusup Chapanov, who was killed on February 1, 2008, in the centre of Nazran by employees of power agencies of the Russian Federation, express their discontent with the progress of investigating the murder.

February 13, 2008 17:58

• Head of Ter-Petrosyan's election office beaten in the capital of Armenia

  In Yerevan, head of the election office of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who is running for presidency in Armenia, was beaten.

February 13, 2008 17:53

• In Armenia, investigation is underway of attacks on Sarkisyan's election offices

  The attacks on election offices of Serzh Sarkisyan, one of Armenian presidential candidates, committed on February 10 and 11, caused an investigation now underway within a criminal case initiated under point 1, part 2, Article 185 of the Criminal Code of the Republic Armenia.

February 13, 2008 17:50

• Court marshals deny that they we beaten by "Voice of Beslan" members

  The Department of the Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia has stated that nobody from the "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization beat the judge and seven court marshals.

February 13, 2008 17:45

• Georgian opposition tends to believe that Patarkatsishvili was killed

  Representatives of Georgian oppositional parties agree that the murder version of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili cannot be excluded.

February 13, 2008 17:41

• British experts will investigate into Badri Patarkatsishvili's death

  The cause of a sudden death of the richest person in Georgia, former presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili will be established by British experts.

February 12, 2008 12:27

• Activist of "The Other Russia" litigates militia in Rostov

  On February 13, the Rostov Regional Court will consider the cassation complaint filed by the activist of "The Other Russia" Pavel Nagibin on violation of the right to freedom, freedom of movement and freedom of creativity.

February 12, 2008 12:17

• Office of oppositional political faction plundered in Georgia

  Today at night, the office of the oppositional political faction "Our Georgia", headed by Valery Gelbakhiani, was plundered. Four computers containing data about the pre-election campaign and supporters of Patarkatsishvili were carried away.

February 12, 2008 12:13

• Krasnodar: trial of former commandoes accused of beating Turks postponed

  The hearing of the case about beating Turks by former Russian troopers is postponed for a week, since Judge Sergey Bykov from the Leninskiy District Court of Krasnodar has satisfied the petition lodged by defendant Arthur Ruzavin.

February 12, 2008 12:08

• Hotline on election issues functional in Krasnodar

  Krasnodar human rights activists have launched a hotline telephone on the matters related to forthcoming elections. The territorial NGO "Civil Voice" was the initiator.

February 12, 2008 12:01

• HRC "Memorial": authorities incite the society of Ingushetia against themselves

  Today, the Independent Press Centre in Moscow has held presentation of the report prepared by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" entitled: "Ingushetia 2007. Where Now?", presenting a review of the events that took place in the Republic in 2007 and containing recommendations to the authorities of the region and heads of power agencies on how to remedy the situation.

February 12, 2008 11:56

• Ingushetia: militants declare hunt on drug dealers and slot machine owners

  Leaflets have appeared in public places of Ingushetia, in which the militants are promising, as on March 1, to start killing drug dealers and owners of gambling dens and slot machine halls.

February 12, 2008 11:53

• Military Prosecutor's Office investigates shelling of Gekhi village in Chechnya

  The Military Prosecutor's Office of the Combined Armed Forces in Northern Caucasus has initiated a criminal case under Article 293 of Russian Criminal Code ("Negligence") on the fact of artillery bombardment of Gekhi village, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya.

February 11, 2008 17:18

• Kindergarten teacher trialled for child abuse in Stavropol

  This week, proceeding will go on in Stavropol on the case of Lilia Leonova, a teacher of Kindergarten No. 78 "Alye Parusa", accused of sticking the mouth of one of fooling girls with adhesive tape.

February 11, 2008 17:15

• Constitutional Court refuses to recognize the obstacles arisen in front of Ter-Petrosyan to be insuperable

  On February 11, the Constitutional Court of Armenia rejected the claim of presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who demanded to recognize the obstacles that he has faced in his pre-election campaign to be insuperable.

February 11, 2008 17:06

• Court marshals accuse "Voice of Beslan" members of beating them

  The Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) accuses three members of the "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization of beating seven court marshals and a judge.

February 11, 2008 16:55

• Ingushetia: relatives of Chapanov killed by power agents seek help from human rights activists

  The relatives of Yusup Chapanov, who was killed in the course of a special operation in Nazran on February 1 on suspicion of taking part in a number of terror acts in the territory of Ingushetia, are confident of his innocence and are going to strive for thorough investigation into this incident.