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22:03, 16 October 2006

Registration of NCOs will continue after the re-registration deadline

Registration of foreign-based non-commercial organizations (NCOs) will continue after expiry of the final term for re-registration, Natalia Vishnyakova, Director of the Department for Control, Organization and Audit of the Ministry of Justice, told the press conference.

01:35, 15 October 2006

The need to recognize genocide of Armenians gets ever wider support in the world

The decision of the French National Congress has been welcomed by Vardan Oskanian, minister of foreign affairs of Armenia.

20:47, 14 October 2006

Russia and Armenia signed two protocols on interaction in fighting international terrorism

The management of Russian FSS and Armenian National Security Service have signed two new protocols on combating terrorism in Yessentuki (Stavropol krai) today.

20:38, 14 October 2006

Activity of foreign radio stations may be suspended in Azerbaijan

The National Council on TV and Radio (NCTVR) of Azerbaijan has adopted a decision to the effect that radio stations "Freedom", BBC and "Voice of America" and TV station "Voice of America" are re-broadcast by certain broadcasters in Azerbaijan without appropriate contracts, which is illegal.

20:12, 14 October 2006

Works of Orkhan Pamuk little known in Armenia

"Unfortunately, almost no one knows the works of Orkhan Pamuk here." This has been stated by Nelson Shakhnazarian, expert of the "Noravank" scientific and cultural foundation, commenting, upon the request of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, on the attitude of the Armenian public to the issue of granting Orkhan Pamuk, well-known Turkish writer, the 2006 Nobel prize in literature.

20:08, 14 October 2006

French parliament decision will not affect implementation of railway project, as considered in Azerbaijan

The decision of the French parliament on the genocide of Armenia will not affect the implementation of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway construction, noted Arif Askerov, chief of the State Railway Directorate of Azerbaijan.

00:14, 14 October 2006

Abortive meeting of MSC in North Ossetia

No concrete constructive results have been reached in the course of the second round of the 51st meeting of the Mixed Supervisory Commission on settling the Georgia-Ossetia conflict.

00:11, 14 October 2006

US embassy in Moscow refused visa to head of Abkhazia MFA

The US embassy in Moscow has refused an entry visa to Sergei Shamba, MFA head of the unrecognized republic of Abkhazia. According to Shamba, he was going to New-York in order to attend the discussion in the UN Security Council of the SC resolution on Georgia.

21:56, 13 October 2006

Russian-Chechen friendship society closed

On Friday, the Nizhni Novgorod town court liquidated the human rights organization "Russian-Chechen friendship society".

21:44, 13 October 2006

Anniversary of mutiny in Nalchik: versions of the events greatly differ

On October 13, 2005, at 9 a.m. sharp, 13 targets were simultaneously attacked in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria: KBR MIA, RF FSS Directorate for KBR, Nalchik departments 1,2,3 of internal affairs, Center "Т", Nalchick border guards, federal tax service directorate for KBR, KBR MIA riot militia squad, KBR MIA patrol militia, a traffic militia post, and two shops selling ammunition.

21:39, 13 October 2006

Cynologist never inspected school building in Beslan

The relatives of those killed and the victims who suffered during the capture of school No1 in Beslan demand that Igor Terekhov, cynologist of the Pravoberezhny district internal affairs department who had checked the school on the day of the attack, should be brought to criminal responsibility.

19:37, 13 October 2006

No Nobel peace prize for Chechen human rights activist

Yesterday morning, on October 12, Lidiya Yusupova receiced a call on her mobile from an unknown man who threatened her in the Chechen language.

22:03, 12 October 2006

The European Court: Russia is responsible for execution of five persons in Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights today held Russia responsible for the summary execution of five members of the Estamirov family in Chechnya in February 2000.

21:09, 12 October 2006

RF authorities to finance more than 1100 NGOs from the state budget

The president's administration has completed compilation of the final list of non-profit organizations to be supported from the state budget.

21:08, 12 October 2006

VIIth part of expert Saveliev's report on Beslan published

Yury Saveliev, author of the "Beslan: hostages' truth" report made public late in August, has prepared a new, seventh part of it.

21:05, 12 October 2006

USA prepared to investigate murder of Politkovskaya

The US State Department does not rule out the possibility of the Russian party inviting American experts for the investigation of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, stated Sean McCormack, official US State Department representative on October 11.

19:32, 12 October 2006

Turkish writer who recognizes genocide of Armenians gets Nobel prize

Orkhan Pamuk, a Turkish writer, has become a 2006 Nobel prize winner in the area of literature.

19:27, 12 October 2006

Preliminary hearing on the "Ulman's case" put off again

The North Caucasus military district has put off the preliminary hearing of the fourth trial on the case of the special task force of federal troops under the command of captain Eduard Ulman accused of killing six Chechen civilians.

23:19, 11 October 2006

Lidia Yusupova, human rights activist from Chechnya, may be awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Lawyer Lidia Yusupova, employee of the "Memorial" Human Rights Centre's representative office in Grozny, Chechnya capital, who is specializing on violation of human rights in Chechnya, may become the third laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize from Russia during the whole history of this prestigious award.

23:12, 11 October 2006

A powerful explosion thundered close to the Chechen Culture Ministry

A powerful explosion thundered in the Leninskiy District of Grozny in the cross of the Bogdana Khmelnitskogo and Krasnoznamennaya Streets.

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