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March 05, 2007 22:23

• Militants may get amnestied again in Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov, recently approved by the Chechen Parliament of Chechnya as the head of the Republic, intends to strive for a new amnesty for participants of armed formations in Chechnya.

March 03, 2007 22:58

• Georgian Foreign Affairs call international community to assess Abkhazian actions in the Galskiy District

  "On March 1, 2007, within the security zone, the so-called law enforcement bodies of Sukhumi regime opened fire at the group of local youth of Georgian and Abkhazian nationality," runs the statement of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

March 03, 2007 22:55

• In North Ossetia they intend to peacefully resolve the problem of refugees near the Maiskiy settlement

  The federal embassy to the South Federal District (SFD) and the government of North Ossetia are going to complete, in the peaceful and lawful way, the disbandment process of the spontaneous settlement of forced migrants near the Maiskiy settlement of the Prigorodny District of the Republic, where the victims of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict have lived for 13 years.

March 03, 2007 22:48

• European Parliament has highly praised the activity of "Memorial"

  The Human Rights Society "Memorial" was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize by a group of deputies of the European Parliament from six countries.

March 03, 2007 22:46

• Office of Public Prosecutor of Dagestan has initiated a criminal case on the fact of a skirmish of state servants

  In the Dakhadaevskiy District of Dagestan, Magomed Aliev, head of local administration, started a politically-motivated skirmish with one of candidates for deputies of the regional assembly.

March 03, 2007 22:38

• Bagapsh: there are no grounds for Abkhazian and Georgian presidents to meet

  "There is no need to hold a meeting just for the sake of a meeting, it should be productive," president of Abkhazia S. Bagapsh has emphasized today at the press conference in Sukhumi speaking about his possible meeting with president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili.

March 02, 2007 23:00

• Katanandov expects new players to appear in Kondopoga case

  Sergey Katanandov, head of Karelia, does not exclude that in the course of investigation of the criminal cases, initiated on the outcomes of the events in the city of Kondopoga, new figures can appear.

March 02, 2007 22:49

• "We Ourselves": masses of Georgians run away from Galskiy District of Abkhazia

  Paata Davitaya, leader of the political movement "We Ourselves," has stated that many Georgians of the Galskiy District of Abkhazia are leaving their homes because of their unwillingness to take part in elections on March 4, and those who stay at home "will be forced to vote under the gunpoint."

March 02, 2007 22:38

• СЕ Commissioner is concerned with interrogation methods used in Chechnya

  The Council of Europe (CE), whose delegation has visited Chechnya these days, relates the violations of inmate detention conditions in the Republic with the deficit of judges.

March 02, 2007 22:02

• Kadyrov approved as Chechen president

  Today, the Parliament of Chechnya has approved awarding Ramzan Kadyrov with the powers of the president of the Republic. Overall, 56 deputies of both Chambers has voted for this decision.

March 02, 2007 21:59

• Georgia hopes for the dialogue with South Ossetia

  Georgia will welcome a sitting of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC) for settling the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in Tbilisi, should mutual understanding be reached by the parties at the Istanbul meeting.

March 01, 2007 22:54

• Court completed Ulman's interrogation in Rostov-on-Don

  The North-Caucasian Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has finished today the interrogation of Captain Eduard Ulman, officer of the military reconnaissance, who is accused of murdering peaceful residents in Chechnya in January 2002.

March 01, 2007 22:50

• Putin has chosen Kadyrov to be the president of Chechnya

  President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has made a decision to offer the candidature of Ramzan Kadyrov to the post of the president of Chechnya.

March 01, 2007 22:47

• Participants of the human rights conference in Chechnya find it "topical" and "critical"

  The participants of the international human rights conference that has opened today morning in the capital of Chechnya state that "serious topics" have been considered at the forum.

March 01, 2007 22:34

• Opposition has failed to unite in Armenia before elections

  The overwhelming number of political movements in Armenia are planning their independent, outside any blocks, participation in the elections on May 12 to the National Assembly of Armenia, and some even intend to boycott the elections whatsoever.

March 01, 2007 22:32

• At the conference in Grozny, they state mass violations of human rights in Chechnya

  At the international conference, now held in Grozny, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman for human rights in the Republic, has presented his report enumerating multiple facts of violation of human rights and freedoms in Chechnya in the course of armed actions.

February 28, 2007 23:06

• "Committee against Tortures" hopes the law will be respected in Chechnya prisons

  Today, on February 28, 2007, the city of Grozny has hosted a sitting of the Committee for Security, Legal Order and Interaction with Power Agencies under the Parliament of Chechnya.

February 28, 2007 23:04

• Chechen refugees resident in Azerbaijan held a protest action

  Today, several dozens of Chechens, who resettled to Azerbaijan after the start of military actions in Chechnya, have picketed the Baku office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

February 28, 2007 20:53

• Human rights defender Mutsolgov has refused to take part in the human rights conference to be held in Chechnya

  Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the "Mashr" Association of Kidnapped Relatives (Ingushetia) has refused to take part in the international conference on human rights, which will open tomorrow, on March 1, in the city of Grozny, capital of Chechnya.

February 28, 2007 20:46

• Christian Bzhania: pre-election campaign in Abkhazia is not accompanied by any skirmishes

  In Abkhazia, they have perceived with irony the messages of Georgian mass media about certain alleged skirmishes between supporters of the president and vice-president of the Republic, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" reports.