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February 15, 2007 22:09

• Azerbaijan to toughen control over religious organizations

  The Azerbaijani Milli Medzhlis (Parliament) is now drafting, with the aim to toughen the state control over the activities of missionary organizations, a new wording of the Law "On Freedom of Religion."

February 15, 2007 22:05

• Discussion of the Georgian-Abkhazian peace process summarized in Geneva

  "Together with Mr. Jean-Mari Gennos, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Peacemaking Operations, the Friends have discussed the Georgian-Abkhazian peace process under the aegis of the United Nations, and the ways to promote the dialogue between the parties," the summarizing document runs.

February 15, 2007 22:02

• International conference on human rights is planned in Chechnya

  The authorities of Chechnya intend to organize a major international conference in Grozny with participation of delegates from Russian and foreign human rights and non-governmental organizations.

February 14, 2007 23:05

• Book against Olympiad in Sochi presented in Moscow

  On February 13, at the Independent Press Centre, representatives of the public held a presentation of the so-called "anti-application" book, prepared on the materials of various ecological and public organizations (Greenpeace of Russia, World Wildlife Fund, Ecological Watch over North Caucasus, International Olympic Committee, etc.).

February 14, 2007 22:51

• "Spetsnaz" of Georgia has released detained Ossetians

  Georgian special police agents ("spetsnaz") have released the citizens of South Ossetia who had been detained earlier on Tuesday.

February 14, 2007 22:48

• Chechnya: facts of money plunder at the Ministry for National Policy are investigated

  The Office of Public Prosecutor of Chechnya has initiated a criminal case on the fact of swindle within the system of the Ministry for National Policy, Print and Information of the Republic.

February 14, 2007 22:43

• In 2006, ten mine explosions registered in Karabakh

  In Nagorny Karabakh, the process of mine clearing is performed by army sapper units, the fast reaction group of the Rescue Service, and also by the forces of the international organization "The Hallo Trust."

February 14, 2007 22:39

• Georgia has presented in Geneva a package of proposals on settling conflict with Abkhazia

  According to the information of the press centre of the Ministry for Settling Conflicts in Georgia, in the course of the meeting in Geneva on February 12-13 of representatives of the Group of Countries-Friends of the UN Secretary General of the United Nations with participation of the Georgian and Abkhazian parties, the Georgian delegation presented a package of proposals on formation of safety mechanisms for restoration of peace and security in the conflict zone.

February 13, 2007 23:02

• Advocate who defended Budanov has entered the Khudyakov and Arakcheev trial

  Today, the North Caucasian Regional Military Court has resumed the process on internal troops officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev accused of murdering Chechnya residents.

February 13, 2007 22:57

• Georgian special troops have seized hostages in South Ossetia

  The situation in the Tskhinval District of South Ossetia has aggravated after the Georgian power agencies deployed in the conflict zone took hostages from among peaceful population of South Ossetia of Ossetian nationality and militia.

February 13, 2007 22:56

• Georgia has not yet decided whether to suit Russia or not

  On February 13, the interim parliamentary inquiry commission on the matters of Georgian citizens deported from the Russian Federation (RF), held its hearings.

February 13, 2007 20:31

• Parliament of North Ossetia refused to hear the alternative report on Beslan

  The Parliamentarians of North Ossetia have discussed an appeal of the victims of Beslan terror act who asked the deputies to listen to Yuri Saveliev, a member of the federal parliamentary commission for investigating the terror act, who has drafted an alternative report.

February 13, 2007 20:28

• Alkhanov-Kadyrov confrontation aggravates in Chechnya

  The confrontation between head of Chechnya Alu Alkhanov and premier of the Republic's government Ramzan Kadyrov continues to build-up.

February 12, 2007 23:57

• Council of Europe criticized elections in Abkhazia

  Batal Tobagua, head of the Central Electoral Committee, has stated that the elections into the bodies of local self-government, held in Abkhazia on Sunday, February 11, could be considered valid.

February 12, 2007 23:56

• PACE is going to consider the situation in Chechnya

  On Tuesday, the Political Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will consider the situation in Chechnya at its session in Paris.

February 12, 2007 23:43

• Kadyrov has declared peace in Chechnya

  The Chairman of Chechen Government has declared that "peace has set in finally and irrevocably" in the Chechen Republic.

February 12, 2007 23:40

• Human rights defender fined for holding a picket in memory of Politkovskaya has lodged a complaint to the SC of Ingushetia

  Human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov has appealed to the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia against the decision of the Nazran District Court of the Republic, which upheld the verdict of the magistrate judge of Court District No. 8 of Nazran, who had fined Mr. Mutsolgov for breaching the order of holding a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 last year.

February 12, 2007 23:12

• South Ossetia: Georgia has again attacked RSO MIA's posts

  On February 10, at 8:30 p.m., a Georgian subversive group attacked the posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), having swept also dwelling settlements of the city of Tskhinval.

February 12, 2007 23:12

• Peacekeepers state more frequent provocations from the Georgian party

  In these latter days, provocations in the deployment area of Russian peacekeeping posts in the Abkhazian-Georgian conflict zone have become more frequent.

February 10, 2007 23:21

• "Komsomolskaya Pravda": possible Politkovskaya's killers detained

  With a reference to a source close to the investigation of the case on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper has informed about detention of two suspects of committing the crime.