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October 25, 2006 23:09

• Aslan Tkhakushinov has become the head of Adygea

  The State Council of Adygea approved the candidature of Aslan Tkhakushinov to the position of the head (president) of the Republic.

October 24, 2006 23:29

• Bill on control over NCOs' capitals brought to Duma

  A bill "On the Order of Formation and Use of Targeted Capitals of Non-Commercial Organizations" was brought for consideration to the State Duma of Russia. The bill establishes the peculiarities of managing the capitals, which are formed by charitable donations.

October 24, 2006 23:26

• Foreign ministers of Russia and Georgia meet in Moscow

  Nino Kadzhaya, head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia, told the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that on November 1-2 in Moscow, within the session of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), a meeting will take place of the ministers of foreign affairs of Russia and Georgia.

October 24, 2006 21:30

• Georgian NGOs will defend rights of Georgian citizens at the European Court

  Georgian non-governmental organizations are commencing their litigation at the European Court on the facts of mass deportation of Georgian citizens and violations of fundamental human rights in Russia.

October 24, 2006 21:26

• European Court will consider the case of Azerbaijani veterans of Karabakh war

  On October 26, the European Court for Human Rights will consider a complaint lodged by Etimad Asadov and other leaders of the Society of Azerbaijani Veterans of Karabakh War.

October 24, 2006 21:24

• Court made proceedings on Metro terror acts classified

  The criminal case on terror acts near the "Rizhskaya" Moscow Metro station and in the train car between the "Avtozavodskaya" and "Paveletskaya" stations will be heard by a sole judge in a closed trial.

October 23, 2006 23:59

• Prosecutor's office checked Politkovskaya's materials

  The latest criminal cases on the articles by Anna Politkovskaya, murdered observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," were initiated back in spring this year, Sergey Sokolov, deputy editor-in-chief of "Novaya Gazeta," informed.

October 23, 2006 23:58

• "Nord-Ost" hostages want to sue high-rank bureaucrats

  Before the end of 2006, relatives of Dubrovka terror act victims will go to law against the officials who headed the headquarters in charge of hostage rescue.

October 23, 2006 23:53

• Criminal case initiated on the facts disclosed by Politkovskaya

  On the basis of the video tape frames published by the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper in the article of Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in Moscow on October 7, a criminal case has been initiated.

October 23, 2006 23:52

• Investigation of terror acts in "Avtozavodskaya" and "Rizhskaya" Metro stations completed

  Investigation of the criminal case has been finished in relation to another group of militants, members of subversive underground movement, with the help of which the leaders of Chechen separatists undertook in 2004 a terrorist attack on Russian authorities, which ended with Beslan tragedy.

October 23, 2006 23:50

• Moscow remembers victims of Dubrovka terror

  Today, Moscow brings back to memory of the victims of the terrorist act in Dubrovka area.

October 21, 2006 20:48

• Georgia creates a commission on Georgians' human rights violations in Russia

  The Georgian parliament is founding a special commission "to study facts of breaching Georgians' rights in the Russian Federation.

October 21, 2006 20:42

• Putin: Abkhazia and South Ossetia should not detach from Georgia

  Russia does not support the intention of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to separate from Georgia, Vladimir Putin stated at the informal Russia-EU summit.

October 21, 2006 20:36

• Iranian authorities arrest journalists from Azerbaijan

  Authorities of Iran continue to exert pressure on mass media in South Azerbaijan. In several recent days, 8 journalists were arrested under different pretexts.

October 21, 2006 20:10

• A number of Azerbaijani media self-stop in solidarity with "Azadlyg" newspaper

  Today's meeting of editors representing a number of Azerbaijani mass media discussed the issue of the fate of the building where the "Azadlyg" newspaper and a number of other media and NGOs are located.

October 21, 2006 20:00

• Politkovskaya's murder condemned at informal EU summit

  At Vladimir Putin's meeting with the leaders of European Union countries, the parties touched upon the issue of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder, Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland.

October 20, 2006 22:59

• Dagestan Moslems are against introduction of Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture in schools

  Moslems of Dagestan stand against introduction into curriculums of secular schools of the discipline "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" (FOC) and in general against teaching any religion, Muhammad-Rasul-hadji Saaduev, chief imam of the Central Jumah-Mosque of the capital of Dagestan, head of the Board of Imams of Makhachkala.

October 20, 2006 22:58

• Investigation knows why Politkovskaya was killed

  The investigation knows the murder motives of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Buksman, First Deputy General Prosecutor of Russia, declared.

October 20, 2006 22:55

• MHG: 400 NGO branches suspended in Russia

  Some 400 branches of foreign-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have suspended their work in Russia in the context of enforcement of the Law on NGOs, human rights activists declared.

October 20, 2006 22:52

• Chechen MIA: 300 militants have surrendered this year

  About 300 members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) came to surrender to the law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic from the start of this year.