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February 01, 2007 23:21

• Putin waits for trial on Politkovskaya's murder case

  "Anna Politkovskaya was a sharp critic of the authorities, and it is nice," president of Russia Vladimir Putin has declared today in the Kremlin.

February 01, 2007 22:50

• Commission of Outstanding Lawyers has summed up its work in Russia

  The Experts' Commission of Outstanding lawyers, comprising Professor Mary Robinson, former commissioner for human rights and the first woman-president of the Republic of Ireland, Stephan Treshel, judge of the UN Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, and China Jilani, judge of the Supreme court of Pakistan, has summed up two-day hearings on counterterrorism in Russia.

February 01, 2007 22:41

• Case on mass beating of citizens by "OMON" in Sochi delivered to court

  The Office of Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory has delivered to the court the criminal case on accusation of a group of "OMON" (Special Militia) officers of excess of official powers with application of violence in relation to a big group of peaceful citizens.

February 01, 2007 22:15

• Verdict on case of Moscow metro terror acts to be announced tomorrow

  At midday on February 2, the Moscow City Court plans to start announcing of the verdict on the case on the acts of terror in Moscow metro, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" was told by Igor Trunov, defendants' advocate.

January 31, 2007 23:41

• Litvinenko's poisoning case delivered to the British Public Prosecutor's Office

  The British police have delivered the case on Alexander Litvinenko's murder to the Office of Public Prosecutor.

January 31, 2007 23:19

• Armenia: students protest against murders of Armenians in the Russian Federation

  On January 31, the Students-and-Youth Union "Sarkis Tkhruni" of the "Gnchak" Social-Democratic Party held a protest action in front of the building of the Russian embassy in Yerevan in connection with continuing murders of Armenian natives in Russia.

January 31, 2007 23:12

• Draft resolution on recognition of Armenians' genocide submitted to US Congress

  A draft resolution has been submitted to the House of Representatives of the US Congress, calling to recognize the genocide of Armenians, the Armenian Assembly of America has reported.

January 31, 2007 21:48

• Constitutional Court of Chechnya intends to demand higher compensations to victims of political repressions

  The Judges of the Constitutional Court of Chechnya have addressed the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with a request to bring a bill to the RF State Duma stipulating an increase of monetary compensations to the citizens of the Republic who have become victims of political repressions.

January 31, 2007 21:46

• Figurant in Khlebnikov's case punished with nine years for swindle

  The Preobrazhenskiy Court of Moscow has sentenced Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov, one of the figurants in Khlebnikov's case, to nine years of imprisonment for a swindle with an apartment.

January 31, 2007 21:38

• Supreme Court of Russia upholds cancellation of verdict to natives of Chechnya

  Today, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (RF) has rejected the supervisory presentation of the State Office of Public Prosecutor, with which it tried to protest against the decision of the Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of the RF Supreme Court, which cancelled the verdict passed to two natives of Chechnya and their allies, who were sentenced by the Tver Regional Court for extortion with application of violence, robbery, kidnapping and possession of munitions.

January 30, 2007 23:24

• Militiamen injured in South Ossetia have been taken to North Ossetia

  The Ossetian militiamen who were wounded as a result of the attack on the post of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia are alive, although two of them are still in a grave condition.

January 30, 2007 23:14

• "Expert Commission of Outstanding Lawyers" discusses war on terror issues

  In Moscow today the public hearings held by the "Expert Commission of Outstanding Lawyers" have continued; the conference has considered the issues of fighting terrorism and the problem of non-observance of human rights in Chechnya.

January 30, 2007 23:09

• Georgia agrees to hold JSC session in South Ossetia

  The Georgian party has again confirmed its readiness to take part in an informal meeting of the co-chairmen of the Joint Supervisory Commission (JSC) for settling the South Ossetian conflict, which is planned for the second decade of February.

January 30, 2007 23:05

• RF Supreme Court to consider the case of Badalov and Ahmetkhanov, Chechnya natives

  At 10 a.m. on January 31, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (RF) will consider the supervisory presentation of the State Office of Public Prosecutor, lodged in protest to the decision of the Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of the Russian Supreme Court, which cancelled the verdict in relation to two Chechnya natives and their helpers, convicted by the Tver Regional Court for extortion with application of violence, robbery, kidnapping and ammunition possession.

January 30, 2007 22:22

• Human rights defenders of Krasnodar Territory complain of power agencies' pressure

  Human rights activists from the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANCO) "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights" assert that they are under pressure exerted on them by members of power agencies of the Krasnodar Territory.

January 29, 2007 23:17

• Two servicemen killed during a collision in Chechnya

  Two servicemen of federal troops and one militant were killed in a skirmish in the mountainous Shatoj District of Chechnya.

January 29, 2007 23:12

• "Russian March" marched over Russia again

  On January 28, a meeting organized by the participants of the scandalously known "Russian March."

January 29, 2007 23:11

• Abkhazian refugees threaten to hold mass protest actions in Georgia

  The Party "We Ourselves" has expressed its support to the refugees from Abkhazia, who have been deprived their jobs at night today, when the authorities have forbidden street traders and kiosk owners to trade near the "Gotseridze" underground station in the capital of Georgia.

January 29, 2007 23:06

• "Demos" Centre: the situation with human rights in Chechnya has not changed

  Tortures, kidnappings, murders and various other violations of human rights continue in Chechnya. This is the topic of the report disseminated by the "Demos" Moscow Information-Analytical Centre.

January 29, 2007 22:39

• Indictees of blowing up Grozny-Moscow train have not admitted their guilt

  The defendants in the case of blowing up the Grozny-Moscow train deny their guilt, Valery Prilepskiy, advocate of one of the case figurants, has reported.