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November 01, 2006 22:24

• Beslan Commission again delays the end of its work

  The final date of the Parliamentary Commission on Beslan terror act is postponed, and they plan to hold the nearest sitting after the November holidays, Ms. Lyubov Sliska, First Vice-Speaker of State Duma told the Deputies today.

October 31, 2006 23:51

• Repressions are part of fight for power in the Caucasus, human rights activists state

  On October 30, on the Memory Day of victims of political repressions, the Moscow Independent Press Centre held a roundtable of human rights organizations on the topic "Political Persecutions in Present-Day Russia."

October 31, 2006 23:48

• Adoption of Armenians' genocide bill has aggravated French-Turkish relations

  After the National Assembly of France has passed a law that criminalizes negation of Armenians' genocide, anti-French moods in Turkey have drawn to a head.

October 31, 2006 23:48

• In Ingushetia, organizer of picket in Politkovskaya's memory mulcted 10 MMWs

  A magistrate judge has fined Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the non-commercial public organization "Mashr," who organized on October 16 a picket in memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya in the city of Nazran (Ingushetia).

October 31, 2006 22:45

• Kondopoga collects signatures to pardon pogromists

  In Kondopoga, people started to collect signatures under the appeal to the authorities requesting them to amnesty the participants of mass disorders that burst out in Kondopoga on September 2 this year.

October 31, 2006 22:43

• Kadyrov elected head of Chechnya Peoples' Assembly

  Ramzan Kadyrov, chairman of the Chechen government, was elected the Chair of the Assembly of the Peoples of the Chechen Republic.

October 30, 2006 23:26

• Krasnodar Territory continues to deport natives of Georgia

  In the Krasnodar Territory, they continue to deport natives of Georgia illegally staying in Russia. A total of 50 persons will be excluded.

October 30, 2006 23:23

• Ingushetia trials picketers in memory of Politkovskaya

  In Nazran (Ingushetia), a court session has taken place today to trial Magomed Mutsolgov, chairman of the "Mashr" Association of Missing Persons' Relatives, and Albert Khantygov, worker of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial."

October 30, 2006 23:21

• North Caucasus commemorated the victims of political repressions

  Today, Russia marks the Memory Day of the victims of political repressions.

October 30, 2006 22:31

• Chechnya has over 173,000 victims of political repressions

  Chechnya officially counts over 173,000 victims of political repressions of 1940s and 1950s.

October 30, 2006 22:29

• Kabardino-Balkaria commemorates victims of political repressions

  Today, the Nalchik branch office of the Russia's Association of Victims of Political Repressions holds a memory day of those who suffered from repressions.

October 28, 2006 11:24

• North Ossetian parliament states genocide of Ossetians by Georgia

  The parliament of North Ossetia adopted an appeal to the Russian State Duma on the fact of genocide of the Ossetian nation by the Georgian leadership.

October 28, 2006 11:21

• European Parliament signed resolution on South Ossetia

  On October 27, the European Parliament deputies adopted a joint resolution on South Ossetia calling both parties to reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

October 28, 2006 11:17

• D. Milovidov: investigation of "Nord-Ost" case may last forever

  Today, Moscow continues to commemorate the victims of the terror act committed four years ago during performance of musical "Nord-Ost" in the Dubrovka Theatre Centre.

October 28, 2006 11:15

• Georgia will bring home her deported citizens herself

  A special Georgian Airline aircraft has left from Tbilisi to Moscow to take the deported citizens of Georgia out of Russia.

October 28, 2006 11:13

• On the "Day of National Unity" Maikop (Adygea) will host "Russian March"

  The public organization "The Union of Slavs of Adygea" declared that it would take part in the "Russian March" to be held on November 4 on the "Day of National Unity" and called out "all those who do not separate their fate from the fate of the Russian people and Russia to join them.

October 27, 2006 23:54

• 27 militiamen perished in Dagestan this year

  "In Dagestan, underground bandits are very isolated, they continue to operate in four directions: Buinaksk, Makhachkala, South Dagestan and Khasavyurt," Mr. Solodovnikov said, in particular.

October 27, 2006 23:05

• Ulman's advocate: hearing postponement is a routine measure

  For today, a session has been appointed at the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court to hear the case of Ulman and three special agents of the Chief Reconnaissance Agency ("GRU") charged of murdering peaceful Chechen residents.

October 27, 2006 22:53

• Anna Politkovskaya's memorial party will be held in Brussels

  Saturday evening, on October 28, Brussels will host a memorial party of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, organized by international journalistic and human rights organizations.

October 27, 2006 22:45

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, militants who attacked Nalchik are pardoned

  The correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" has learnt from unofficial sources that last night five persons out of those accused of attack on the power structures of Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13 last year were released under amnesty from the investigation custody of Nalchik.