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May 03, 2007 22:22

• Case against Beslan power agents can be reconsidered

  Today, after their meeting with the Chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia, the women of Beslan left the North Ossetian SC building. Ms. Anneta Gadieva, co-chair of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee, has reported the news by telephone.

May 02, 2007 23:10

• E. Kisriev: the mosque in Dagestan was attacked because of "internal showdowns"

  "The attack on 'Yuzhnaya' (Southern) mosque located in the outskirt of the capital of Dagestan committed at the end of March was caused by internal showdowns (conflicts) among the people engaged in servicing the mosque," Enver Kisriev, an employee of the Centre for Civilization and Regional Researches of the Russian Academy of Sciences, asserts.

May 02, 2007 23:01

• Moscow City Court postpones the case hearing of Stomakhin, supporter of Chechen separatists

  Today, the Moscow City Court has postponed consideration of the complaints lodged by the defence and accusation on the verdict to Boris Stomakhin, author of the "Kavkaz-Center" web site of Chechen separatists.

May 02, 2007 23:00

• Georgia demands release of students detained in Abkhazia

  Georgia is ready to take serious steps to have the three Georgian students seized by Abkhazian separatists on March 1 in Shamgona village of the Zugdidi District released, Dmitri Kitoshvili, parliamentary secretary of the President of Georgia, has declared today on behalf of the latter.

May 02, 2007 22:20

• Russia and Azerbaijan share the 164th position in the rank of mass media freedom

  The Freedom House Human Rights Organization has made public its report on the freedom of mass media worldwide. In the rating by the level of mass media freedom Russia has shared position No. 164 with Azerbaijan, still ahead of Brunei, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Swaziland.

May 02, 2007 22:13

• North Ossetian SC refuses to bring Beslan power officials to responsibility

  The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has satisfied the complaint of the Russian State Office of Public Prosecutor on cancellation of the decision on non-initiation of a criminal case in relation to the members of the operative headquarters for saving the Beslan hostages.

April 28, 2007 18:11

• "Disagreement March" organizers in Nizhni Novgorod released

  Militia has dispersed a non-sanctioned "Disagreement March" in Nizhni Novgorod.

April 28, 2007 18:10

• ICRC representatives discuss interaction problems with Chechen authorities

  In Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met the leaders of the Republic.

April 28, 2007 18:06

• Public Prosecutor's Office stops investigation into Baisarov's murder

  The last November execution in Moscow of Movladi Baisarov, ex-commander of the FSB's "Gorets" (Mountaineer) operative and fighting regiment, who had joined the opposition to the then prime minister and today's President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, got its logical outcome on April 27.

April 28, 2007 18:02

• Georgian students throwing stones at peacemakers at the border with Abkhazia

  On April 27, students of Georgian higher schools held another protest action near the Russian peacemaking post on the border with Abkhazia.

April 28, 2007 17:55

• NGOs of Stavropol Territory: authorities ignore migrants' problems

  A roundtable on the topic "Integration Problems of Migrants into Local Community - Russian and Swiss Experiences" was held in Stavropol Territory.

April 27, 2007 22:32

• A helicopter with troopers crashed down in Chechnya

  A model Mi-8 helicopter of Ministry of Defence that was transporting rangers fell down in Chechnya.

April 27, 2007 22:27

• Forced resettlers are granted documents in Northern Ossetia

  Today, the working group has finished its regular acceptance session of forced resettlers in Novy settlement of the Prigorodny District, North Ossetia.

April 27, 2007 22:23

• Zhernov: kidnappings in SFD remain an alarming factor

  A briefing was held in Nalchik, at the Chief Department for Fighting Terror of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation for the South Federal District (SFD) (Centre-T), on the activities of the employees of Centre-T to counteract kidnappings and capture of hostages in the south of Russia.

April 27, 2007 22:19

• Defence thinks the person accused of murdering Kislovodsk imam is innocent

  At the judicial debates of the parties that took place in Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory), the defence of Roman Koyushev, accused of murdering the imam of the Kislovodsk mosque, asked the court to acquit him of all the charges.

April 27, 2007 22:09

• Russia asks extra time to answer European Court's questions

  The Russian government has asked for another delay - till May 22 - for preparing answers to the "communication" of the European Court for Human Rights on the complaint lodged by the relatives of the militants, who perished on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria), concerning refusal to give out their bodies for burial.

April 26, 2007 23:37

• Georgian national defender is anxious about pressure on mass media

  The fact that the authorities of Georgia are funding new media outlets in the regions is creating serious problems for the existing newspapers - they have not only stopped to develop in order to gain independence in the local market, but in many cases get bankrupt.

April 26, 2007 23:28

• European Parliament scarifies Russia for abuse of human rights

  Today, members of the EU Parliament have criticized the violations of human rights in Russia, Iran and China and demanded that the EU Government should raise this issue at cooperation negotiations in Moscow.

April 26, 2007 23:22

• Residents of "Maiskiy" settlement, North Ossetia, can be forced out

  The forced resettlers from the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, who inhabit the refugees' camp located in the suburb of "Maiskiy" settlement, were awarded with another warning.

April 26, 2007 22:39

• Authorities of North Ossetia ignore problems of forced resettlers

  On April 25, in Novy village of the Prigorodny District, North Ossetia, a meeting was to take place of forced resettlers with representatives of the FMS (Federal Migration Service) and employees of the passport and visa service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of North Ossetia (RNO)-Alania.