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September 21, 2007 19:01

• Arrested journalist Sakit Zakhidov went on hunger strike in Azerbaijan

  Satirical journalist Sakit Zakhidov, an employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, who is now in custody, has started a hunger strike.

September 20, 2007 19:59

• Miner dies during protest action in Rostov Region

  In the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, a participant of the picket of former miners who demanded from local authorities to respect their social rights and guarantees deceased.

September 20, 2007 19:47

• Politkovskaya is posthumously awarded the American "For Development of Democracy" Award

  Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," has been posthumously awarded the annual American Award "For Development of Democracy."

September 20, 2007 19:37

• Human rights activists: authorities evade responsibility for forced migrants in Northern Caucasus

  On September 18 in Moscow, the Independent Press Centre held a roundtable "Obligations of the State before Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the Way the State Observes Them."

September 20, 2007 19:31

• After meeting in Nazran, situation in Ingushetia has stabilized

  The situation in the Ingush city of Nazran, where on September 19 clashes burst out between the residents of Ingushetia who rallied to a spontaneous protest meeting and the militia, is now more stable.

September 20, 2007 19:26

• Fate of Vagap Tutakov kidnapped in Chechnya still unknown

  The exact whereabouts and fate of Vagap Tutakov, a former deputy of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), who was kidnapped by unknown persons on September 10, are still not established.

September 19, 2007 11:24

• President of South Ossetia: "Peace March" has failed

  Eduard Kokoity, President of the Republic of South Ossetia, has stated: "The attempt to hold the so-called 'Peace March' has completely failed."

September 19, 2007 11:20

• Kalyonov and Zelenyuk gave recognizance not to leave

  The St-Petersburg anarchists Andrei Kalyonov and Denis Zelenyuk gave recognizance not to leave; and their criminal prosecution in relation to blowing up the "Neva-Express" train has been stopped.

September 19, 2007 11:15

• Hundreds join the protest action in Ingushetia

  The number of the participants of the spontaneous meeting, held today in Ingushetia with a demand to release the two local residents kidnapped yesterday, is permanently increasing, and by 2 p.m. it has reached some 700-800 persons.

September 19, 2007 11:10

• Bodies of the terrorists killed in Dagestan will not be given out to relatives

  Today, Igor Tkachov, Public Prosecutor of Dagestan, has stated that the burial of Rappani Khalilov and Nabi Nabiev, murdered in the course of a special operation, will take place without giving out the bodies to relatives.

September 19, 2007 11:06

• Defendant in murder case of Stavropol students was under moral pressure

  Andrei Keilin, accused of murdering two students on June 3 in Stavropol and released from custody on September 16, was put under moral pressure.

September 18, 2007 21:46

• Azerbaijani Supreme Court satisfies oppositionist's claim against MIA

  The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has passed a decision to cancel the 2004 decisions of the Nasiminskiy and Appeal Courts on the claims of Sardar Dzhalaloglu, leader of the Democratic Party.

September 18, 2007 21:41

• Sagalaev: RAO "EES Rossii" and LUKOIL will destroy the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain

  The activities of the Russian Open Joint Stock Company (RAO) "EES Rossii" and realization of the plans of the LUKOIL Company will inevitably bring to ruin the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, concludes V. A. Sagalaev, Doctor of Biology.

September 18, 2007 21:37

• Advocates demand to return the case on Kondopoga fight back to prosecutor's office

  At the process on the criminal case about the fight in the city of Kondopoga that had provoked mass disorders, the advocates of Chechen defendants have again demanded to return the case back to the prosecutor's office.

September 18, 2007 21:34

• Former miners go on hunger strike in Rostov Region

  22 former miners from Maiskiy settlement in the Rostov Region have announced a dry hunger strike.

September 18, 2007 21:30

• Didigov, suspect in "Neva-Express" case, arrested again

  The prosecutor's office has re-arrested Khasan Didigov, a suspect of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train who was released today, as his advocate Murad Yunusov has reported.

September 18, 2007 21:25

• Residents of Borozdinovskaya move to Kizlyar District of Dagestan

  Over 130 refugees from Borozdinovskaya village, who live in the "Nadezhda" (Hope) tent camp, have started their resettlement to the Kizlyar District Dagestan, where they had been allotted land estates for individual housing construction.

September 18, 2007 21:21

• FSB Department for Dagestan officially confirms Khalilov's death

  According to the statement of Vyacheslav Shanshin, head of the FSB Department for Dagestan, "liquidation of Rappani Khalilov was a logic end of a complex of operative actions accomplished under direction of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) of Russia."

September 17, 2007 21:11

• Woman-civilian killed in Dagestan during special operation

  Today at about 6:40 p.m., a special operation was undertaken in Khasavyurt (Dagestan) with the aim to detain and liquidate members of Askhab Bidaev's armed formation. One militiaman and a civilian woman were killed in the skirmish.

September 17, 2007 21:08

• Real estate transactions of Georgian refugees in Abkhazia to be considered by the PACE

  Georgiy Kheviashvili, Minister for Refugees' Matters and Accommodation of Georgia, held a meeting on September 16 with Kastrio Islami, Rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).