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23:01, 2 May 2007

Moscow City Court postpones the case hearing of Stomakhin, supporter of Chechen separatists

Today, the Moscow City Court has postponed consideration of the complaints lodged by the defence and accusation on the verdict to Boris Stomakhin, author of the "Kavkaz-Center" web site of Chechen separatists.

23:00, 2 May 2007

Georgia demands release of students detained in Abkhazia

Georgia is ready to take serious steps to have the three Georgian students seized by Abkhazian separatists on March 1 in Shamgona village of the Zugdidi District released, Dmitri Kitoshvili, parliamentary secretary of the President of Georgia, has declared today on behalf of the latter.

22:20, 2 May 2007

Russia and Azerbaijan share the 164th position in the rank of mass media freedom

The Freedom House Human Rights Organization has made public its report on the freedom of mass media worldwide. In the rating by the level of mass media freedom Russia has shared position No. 164 with Azerbaijan, still ahead of Brunei, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Swaziland.

22:13, 2 May 2007

North Ossetian SC refuses to bring Beslan power officials to responsibility

The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has satisfied the complaint of the Russian State Office of Public Prosecutor on cancellation of the decision on non-initiation of a criminal case in relation to the members of the operative headquarters for saving the Beslan hostages.

18:11, 28 April 2007

"Disagreement March" organizers in Nizhni Novgorod released

Militia has dispersed a non-sanctioned "Disagreement March" in Nizhni Novgorod.

18:10, 28 April 2007

ICRC representatives discuss interaction problems with Chechen authorities

In Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met the leaders of the Republic.

18:06, 28 April 2007

Public Prosecutor's Office stops investigation into Baisarov's murder

The last November execution in Moscow of Movladi Baisarov, ex-commander of the FSB's "Gorets" (Mountaineer) operative and fighting regiment, who had joined the opposition to the then prime minister and today's President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, got its logical outcome on April 27.

18:02, 28 April 2007

Georgian students throwing stones at peacemakers at the border with Abkhazia

On April 27, students of Georgian higher schools held another protest action near the Russian peacemaking post on the border with Abkhazia.

17:55, 28 April 2007

NGOs of Stavropol Territory: authorities ignore migrants' problems

A roundtable on the topic "Integration Problems of Migrants into Local Community - Russian and Swiss Experiences" was held in Stavropol Territory.

22:32, 27 April 2007

A helicopter with troopers crashed down in Chechnya

A model Mi-8 helicopter of Ministry of Defence that was transporting rangers fell down in Chechnya.

22:27, 27 April 2007

Forced resettlers are granted documents in Northern Ossetia

Today, the working group has finished its regular acceptance session of forced resettlers in Novy settlement of the Prigorodny District, North Ossetia.

22:23, 27 April 2007

Zhernov: kidnappings in SFD remain an alarming factor

A briefing was held in Nalchik, at the Chief Department for Fighting Terror of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation for the South Federal District (SFD) (Centre-T), on the activities of the employees of Centre-T to counteract kidnappings and capture of hostages in the south of Russia.

22:19, 27 April 2007

Defence thinks the person accused of murdering Kislovodsk imam is innocent

At the judicial debates of the parties that took place in Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory), the defence of Roman Koyushev, accused of murdering the imam of the Kislovodsk mosque, asked the court to acquit him of all the charges.

22:09, 27 April 2007

Russia asks extra time to answer European Court's questions

The Russian government has asked for another delay - till May 22 - for preparing answers to the "communication" of the European Court for Human Rights on the complaint lodged by the relatives of the militants, who perished on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria), concerning refusal to give out their bodies for burial.

23:37, 26 April 2007

Georgian national defender is anxious about pressure on mass media

The fact that the authorities of Georgia are funding new media outlets in the regions is creating serious problems for the existing newspapers - they have not only stopped to develop in order to gain independence in the local market, but in many cases get bankrupt.

23:28, 26 April 2007

European Parliament scarifies Russia for abuse of human rights

Today, members of the EU Parliament have criticized the violations of human rights in Russia, Iran and China and demanded that the EU Government should raise this issue at cooperation negotiations in Moscow.

23:22, 26 April 2007

Residents of "Maiskiy" settlement, North Ossetia, can be forced out

The forced resettlers from the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, who inhabit the refugees' camp located in the suburb of "Maiskiy" settlement, were awarded with another warning.

22:39, 26 April 2007

Authorities of North Ossetia ignore problems of forced resettlers

On April 25, in Novy village of the Prigorodny District, North Ossetia, a meeting was to take place of forced resettlers with representatives of the FMS (Federal Migration Service) and employees of the passport and visa service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of North Ossetia (RNO)-Alania.

22:35, 26 April 2007

European Court for Human Rights gets tired with claims from North Caucasian Republics

Quite recently the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that Russia was a source of 20 percent of the cases currently under consideration at the European Court for Human Rights.

23:50, 25 April 2007

S. Gannushkina: Yeltsin had flexibility and force to end the war in Chechnya

Svetlana Gannushkina, member of the Council under the RF President for Promoting Development of Civil Society Institutes and Human Rights, thinks that Boris Yeltsin was a strong and flexible person.

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