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23:17, 31 March 2007

Opposition newspaper journalist beaten in Kalmykia

On March 30, at 7 p.m., in the city of Elista (Kalmykia), at office of the Kalmyk Republic's Branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), unknown persons attacked Vitaly Shulenin, editor of the "Leninskiy Puts" (Lenin's Way) opposition newspaper of the Kalmyk Republic's Branch (KRB) of the CPRF.

22:51, 31 March 2007

Erection of a mosque for Moslems of Krasnodar and Sochi is again debated in SFD

This week, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Russian president to the South Federal District (SFD) has discussed with Moslems of Krasnodar Territory the issue of building a mosque for the parishioners from Sochi and Krasnodar, where the authorities have been unable to allocate land for the mosque cannot for more than ten years.

22:37, 31 March 2007

Hunger strike of life prisoners continues in Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, a group of inmates of the Gobustan closed prison continue their hunger strike commenced on Monday, March 26.

22:25, 31 March 2007

Azerbaijan marks the Memory Day of the victims of Azerbaijanis' genocide

Today Azerbaijan marks the Memory Day of the victims of genocide against Azerbaijanis who perished during the events of March-April of 1918.

22:45, 30 March 2007

Bird's flu not confirmed in Krasnodar Territory

Poultry mortality cases registered in a number of districts of Krasnodar Territory have nothing to do with the bird's flu infection.

22:36, 30 March 2007

Former Pyatigorsk imam convicted but will remain at large

The Pyatigorsk City Court has re-qualified the offences committed by Anton (Abdullah) Stepanenko, former imam of Pyatigorsk mosque, and Andrei Grudin, another convict in the case, from Article 163 of the Criminal Code (CC) of the Russian Federation (extortion) to Article 330 (arbitrariness).

22:28, 30 March 2007

Felgengauer: Kodor could be swept by Russian helicopters only

At night of March 12, several villages of Kodor Gorge were bombarded by Russian helicopters, Paul Felgengauer, an independent military observer, asserts. The expert thinks that Abkhazia and Georgia have actually no aircrafts capable to fly in darkness.

22:23, 30 March 2007

Politkovskaya adjudged UNESCO award for freedom of speech

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who had covered events in Chechnya and was killed in Moscow last October, has been posthumously awarded with UNESCO Prize for freedom of press.

22:12, 30 March 2007

Interrogation of Berezovskiy on Litvinenko's case is over in London

In London, a meeting took place of entrepreneur Boris Berezovskiy with representatives of law enforcement bodies of Russia and Great Britain, where Mr. Berezovskiy gave evidence to Russian investigators on the murder case of Alexander Litvinenko, former Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) officer.

22:59, 29 March 2007

Report of Human Rights Watch on Guantanamo is partially devoted to R. Kudaev from Kabardino-Balkaria

Yesterday, the international organization Human Rights Watch published a report entitled "Guantanamo Stigma," dealing with the fate of former Guantanamo prisoners, among them - Rasul Kudaev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria.

22:56, 29 March 2007

In Krasnodar Territory, the court that considers tortures by "OMON" fighters asked to remove "extra" victims

At the process dealing with accusation of "OMON" (Special Militia) fighters of application of violence in the children's summer camp "Druzhba" (Friendship) in Sochi (Krasnodar Territory), the victims' party has lodged a petition on elimination of violations in the indictment.

22:54, 29 March 2007

Russia would not recognize South Ossetian alternative government

Russia is calling Tbilisi to give up its plans of legitimizing the alternative government in South Ossetia and to take a constructive stand concerning development of the negotiation process on Georgian-Ossetian settlement.

22:13, 29 March 2007

Instances of avian flue registered in Krasnodar Territory

Krasnodar Territory has introduced the quarantine regime because of avian (bird) flue.

22:00, 29 March 2007

PACE has criticized Azerbaijan

Yesterday, the PACE Monitoring Committee held a discussion of Azerbaijan's liabilities before this international body.

22:18, 28 March 2007

Committee against Tortures: Chechnya differs from other regions in the character of violence

"After all the years of out studies of torture cases, we now have got an idea why they exist in Russia. However, we have no answer to the question how often tortures are applied to people," with these words Igor Kalyapin, chairman of the Nizhniy Novgorod regional public organization "Committee against Tortures," started his press conference in Moscow.

22:13, 28 March 2007

Member of jama'at "Yarmuk" killed in Kabardino-Balkaria

Last night, in the centre of Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Radik Bappinaev, member of jama'at "Yarmuk," who was in international search from spring 2005, was killed in the course of a clash with militia patrol.

22:03, 28 March 2007

O. Khabibrakhmanov: people in Chechnya are scared to talk about tortures

On February 28, the Committee against Tortures held a joint sitting with the power structures of the Chechen parliament.

20:58, 28 March 2007

Dagestan: militia tries to constrain mass disorders

Additional militia forced are deployed in the district centre of Sergokala of the Sergokalinskiy District with the aim to prevent possible mass disorders that may be organized by supporters of Ali Kadiev, head of Municipal Formation (MF) "The Sergokalinskiy District," and Gasan Gasanov, head of MF "The Sergokala Settlement."

20:54, 28 March 2007

Chechnya doubts of Baisarov fighters' involvement in Politkovskaya's murder

Local observers find the statement disseminated by a number of mass media on behalf of former fighters of the "Gorets" FSB's special detachment (where Movladi Baisarov, who was killed several months ago in Moscow, was the commander) on their complicacy in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya to be a pure disinformation.

22:57, 27 March 2007

Litvinenko's case: Russians will interrogate Berezovskiy in London

The Russian investigators engaged in inquiry of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer, have arrived to London, where they expect to interrogate more than a hundred persons including businessman Boris Berezovskiy who resides there.

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