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23:40, 25 October 2006

Politkovskaya's murder may push EU to revise its relations with Russia

At today's sitting in Strasbourg, European Parliament deputies have addressed the leaders of the European Union member-states with a demand to place the issue of human rights respect by Russia into the centre of the forthcoming negotiations with Moscow.

23:17, 25 October 2006

Investigators of Politkovskaya's case left for Nizhnevartovsk

It looks like a dominant version has appeared in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta."

23:15, 25 October 2006

Putin scarified Kondopoga authorities

Nobody needs the power that fails to defend its population during the incidents like the events that took place early in September in the Karelia city of Kondopoga, president of Russia stated, answering a question of a lady from Kondopoga.

23:09, 25 October 2006

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.

23:29, 24 October 2006

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.

23:26, 24 October 2006

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.

21:30, 24 October 2006

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.

21:26, 24 October 2006

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.

21:24, 24 October 2006

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.

23:59, 23 October 2006

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.

23:58, 23 October 2006

"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.

23:53, 23 October 2006

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.

23:52, 23 October 2006

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.

23:50, 23 October 2006

Moscow remembers victims of Dubrovka terror

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

20:48, 21 October 2006

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.

20:42, 21 October 2006

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.

20:36, 21 October 2006

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.

20:10, 21 October 2006

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.

20:00, 21 October 2006

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.

22:59, 20 October 2006

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.

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