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Local residents hold that the killed men fell victims to extrajudicial execution by special operations units of the Russian security structures, which are called "death squadrons" in Chechnya.

Experts of Fair Elections think that if to take into account statistical error, the Union of Democratic Revival, led by Aslan Abashidze, still has a chance of breaking the 7% threshold required to gain representation in the parliament.

Deputy US Representative to the OSCE Douglas Davidson noted that none of those pardoned and released were among the detainees arrested following the October 15 and 16 post-election demonstrations.

In the course of the debate, opposition deputies laid strictures on the ombudswoman's activity in the pre-election period and after the presidential election.

Activists of the NGO Green Alternative believe gross violations of the Georgian legislation were committed when the Georgian government gave permission for the construction of the pipeline.

Today security agencies of the Chechen Republic launched the forcible liquidation of refugee camps in Ingushetia. They are forcibly moving camp inhabitants to Chechnya.

On March 24, members of the Chechen intelligentsia and NGOs attended a conference organized by the Lam Cultural Center in Grozny. The main topic of the discussion was the role public organizations should play in restoring humanitarianism to the republic.

Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Interior Troops, forecasts aggravation of the situation in Chechnya in spring and summer.

The press conference "Having Despaired of the Russian Justice, an Injured Party in the "Nord-Ost" Criminal Case Turns to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg" will take place at the Independent Press Center on March 30.

The 28 March elections for the Georgian parliament were held at 2,867 polling stations, 265 of them being opened in Adjaria.

Aslan Abashidze holds the presence of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania in Adjaria during the elections were "a kind of agitation for the Georgian authorities."

The only thing unknown yet is whether the National Movement - Democrats party will be the only one represented in the parliament.

In conformity with the law on the elections, elections are declared valid if one third of voters took part in the voting.

The Baksanyonok residents report that the plots of land and shares of property were allotted to them during the reorganization of a state farm but they were not given any documents certifying their title.

Temur Lomsadze, an acting public lawyer, visited Gia Dzhokhtaberidze on March 25. He found him sharing the cell with four prisoners accused of grave crimes.