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22:09, 1 December 2006

Jury on explosion case of Grozny-Moscow train dissolved

On Friday, the Moscow Regional Court dissolved the jury in the case on blowing up of the Grozny-Moscow train in 2005.

23:49, 30 November 2006

In Ingushetia, the court intends to consider legality of dispersing the picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya

At 4:00 p.m. on December 7, the Nazran District Court of the Republic of Ingushetia will start to consider the application of the "Mashr" Association of Relatives of Missing Persons on recognition to be illegal of the actions of the Mayor's Office of the city of Nazran, who had banned a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 this year, and of the Nazran Interior Department and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, who violently dispersed the action.

23:45, 30 November 2006

Human rights activists: Budanov takes his third try to get a pre-time release

On November 28, the human rights organization "Chechen Committee of National Rescue" distributed information that colonel Yuri Budanov had lodged a petition to the Ulyanovsk Regional Court on his pre-term release from the strict custody colony, where he is serving his sentence for the murder of Chechen young woman Elza Kungaeva.

23:34, 30 November 2006

Eighty-nine refugees have returned from Georgia to Chechnya

A total of 89 Chechen refugees who fled to the Akhmetovskiy District of Georgia at the very start of 1999 military actions have come back home from there.

23:31, 30 November 2006

13,000 Finns voiced against trampling human rights in Chechnya

A broad-scale action of direct expression of public will under the motto "Now its Finland's turn to affect!" was dated to the Russia-EU Summit held in Helsinki, capital of Finland, currently the chair country in the EU.

23:17, 30 November 2006

Trial on explosion of Grozny-Moscow train is scandalous

A scandal has burst out at the Moscow Regional Court, where the case on explosion of the Grozny-Moscow train is considered.

23:32, 29 November 2006

Kosachov: accusing Russia of poisoning Litvinenko is proofless

Konstantin Kosachov, chairman of the Committee of State Duma on Foreign Affairs, believes that a certain "presumption of guilt" has formed in the West in relation to Russia.

23:26, 29 November 2006

Ingushetia: refusal to initiate a case against those guilty of beating a lady-picketer in Politkivskaya's memory has been cancelled

Nurdin Doklaev, deputy public prosecutor of the city of Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, has made a decision to cancel the ruling of Hussein Sakalov, investigator of the City prosecutor's office, on refusal to initiate a criminal case on application about beating Ms. Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," during dispersal on October 16 this year of a picket in memory Anna Politkovskaya in Nazran.

23:14, 29 November 2006

International organizations call Azerbaijani authorities to open ANS TV channel

Ilkham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, gave his comments on the situation around mass media.

22:18, 29 November 2006

The prosecutor's office has not enforced any decisions on Baisarov's case

The Moscow prosecutor's office has refuted the information that it has recognized lawful the actions of Chechen militiamen in the course of operation aimed to detain Movladi Baisarov, former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) squadron; in the course of the operation on November 18 he was shot dead, the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office reported.

22:11, 29 November 2006

Skaramella: Litvinenko was smuggling nuclear materials

Eight persons have been sent to the British specialized clinic for getting examined for possible radioactive irradiation with polonium-210, the substance with which Alexander Litvinenko was killed.

23:21, 28 November 2006

Kalmyk militia blamed of negligence during nationalistic disorders

The employees of the District Interior Department of the Priyutnenskiy District of Kalmykia have been charged under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence).

23:19, 28 November 2006

PACE advises to involve Russian opposition in addressing Chechnya's problems

Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who paid a visit to Chechnya, were glad with its outcomes.

22:56, 28 November 2006

Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has forbidden parents to represent perished Moslems at court

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has cancelled the decision of the Nalchik City Court on recognition of parents of perished Moslems to be their lawful representatives at court.

22:37, 28 November 2006

Separatists confirm Abu Havs' death in Dagestan

One of Arab-language separatists' web-sites has confirmed the death of a foreign mercenary Abu Havs in Dagestan. At least five foreign Islamic Internet resources, which usually disseminate Al-Qaeda's statements, have re-published this news message from the web-site.

22:12, 28 November 2006

New trial on Ulman's case to start on December 12

A new consideration of the "Ulman's case" has been appointed for December 12 and will be held by three professional judges. Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court has made this decision at its session.

23:26, 27 November 2006

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.

23:23, 27 November 2006

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.

22:44, 27 November 2006

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).

22:43, 27 November 2006

"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.

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