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November 27, 2006 23:26

• British Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA): Litvinenko was irradiated with polonium-210

  John Reid, head of the British MIA, has reported on the investigation of the circumstances of Alexander Litvinenko's death.

November 27, 2006 23:23

• Victims of metro intend to adjudge 41 million roubles

  Within the criminal case on terror acts committed in 2004 in Moscow metro, the victims lodged five suits to the Moscow City Court to the total sum of more than 41 million roubles.

November 27, 2006 22:44

• Abu Havs, Al-Qaeda emissary, killed in Dagestan

  Abu Havs, Al-Qaeda emissary for North Caucasus, and four his helpers were killed in Khasavyurt (Dagestan).

November 27, 2006 22:43

• "Novaya Gazeta" journalists who write about North Caucasus and Politkovskaya receive assassination threats

  On November 24, 2006, two employees of the "Novaya Gazeta" were threatened assassination. The fact was made public in the application of the edition placed in the web site of the newspaper on Monday.

November 27, 2006 22:33

• PACE sets conditions for holding a roundtable in Chechnya

  The delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has declared that it will support the roundtable to be held in Grozny on situation in Chechnya provided the event is attended by the advocates of Chechnya remaining under jurisdiction of Russia.

November 25, 2006 22:56

• Finland held a symposium "Democracy and Human Rights in Russia"

  On November 23, the capital of Finland hosted a symposium "Democracy and Human Rights in Russia," the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" was informed at the Society of Finnish-Chechen Friendship.

November 25, 2006 22:55

• Austrian journalists detained in Chechnya

  On November 24, Austrian TV lady-journalist, operator and sound operator were detained in Chechnya.

November 25, 2006 22:52

• Azerbaijan staged a police operation to move the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its building

  In the evening of November 24, police conducted an operation in the capital of Azerbaijan aimed at moving the "Azadlyg" newspaper, Information Agency (IA) "Turan" and the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) out of their premises.

November 25, 2006 22:47

• UN Committee Against Tortures accuses Russia of keeping secret prisons and kidnappings in Chechnya

  The United Nations Committee Against Tortures has accused Russia of having secret prisons, violations of human rights and kidnappings in Chechnya.

November 25, 2006 22:40

• British authorities: Litvinenko's murder is an act of state terrorism

  The British authorities think that poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko looks like a murder organized by a state.

November 24, 2006 23:53

• 12 oppositionists arrested in Azerbaijan

  Today, by decision of the Sabail Court a group of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) was arrested for several days for participation in a non-sanctioned picket on November 23 in the vicinity of the president's administration premise.

November 24, 2006 23:48

• Litvinenko accused Putin of his death

  A posthumous letter of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer, who died under puzzling circumstances, was announced in London.

November 24, 2006 23:17

• Dutch human rights activists who render assistance to Chechnya residents were not registered in Russia

  The human rights activists have stated that the authorities have rejected their application on re-registration of the Moscow office of the Dutch organization "Legal Initiative for Russia," which renders legal aid to Chechnya residents.

November 24, 2006 23:09

• Azerbaijani authorities stop the ANS independent TV channel

  Today's sitting of the National TV and Radio Board (NTRB) of Azerbaijan has made a decision not to extend the license of the ANS TV and Radio Channel.

November 24, 2006 23:04

• Alexander Litvinenko died in London

  Alexander Litvinenko, former employee of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has died in London.

November 23, 2006 23:05

• People in Krasnodar is seriously concerned about safety of foreign students

  One of these days, Krasnodar hosted a roundtable on the topic "Adequate Methods to Counteract Xenophobia. Safety of Foreign Students."

November 23, 2006 23:01

• Azerbaijani police violently dispersed protesters against pressure on mass media

  Today in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the police have again violently dispersed a picket of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA).

November 23, 2006 22:17

• People think Stomakhin's trial to be a politically motivated persecution

  On November 20 in Moscow, Boris Stomakhin, journalist of the "Kavkaz-Tsentr" Chechen separatists' web-site, was sentenced to five years of custody.

November 23, 2006 22:10

• Health condition of poisoned Litvinenko has sharply worsened

  The wife of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned ex-officer of the FSB, whose health condition has seriously aggravated during the last night and became extremely grave, was urgently called to the London University Hospital, where the patient is kept. Alexander Goldfarb, Litvinenko's friend, told about it and explained in his interview to the BBC that "most probably, now he is connected to the artificial blood circulation system".

November 23, 2006 22:07

• Chechnya: practice of torturing detainees continues

  Representatives of human rights organizations deployed in Chechnya confirm the statement of the Human Rights Watch international organization that kidnappings and tortures of detained persons continue in this Republic.