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February 22, 2007 21:50

• Trial of journalists who insulted Prophet Mohammed starts in Azerbaijan

  The trial of publicist Rafik Tagi, author of the scandalous article "Europe and We" with its hard-hitting utterances about Prophet Mohammed, and Samir Sadagatoglu, editor of the newspaper "Sanat" (Culture), where the article was published, will start on March 1 at the Nasiminskiy Court of the capital of Azerbaijan.

February 22, 2007 21:37

• Peacemaking doctors rescue Georgian policeman

  The medical stuff of the CIS Collective Forces for Peacemaking (CIS CFPM) in the zone of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict have saved the life of a police employee from Georgia in the upper section of the Kodor Gorge.

February 22, 2007 13:12

• In Krasnodar Territory, judge rules to ask permit from the authorities to assembly

  On February 20, the Oktiabrskiy District Court of the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory, held a court session chaired by Judge Esipko, S. N., on the appellate petition of Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights," to the magistrate judge's ruling.

February 21, 2007 23:03

• Human rights activists refuse to take part in Kadyrov's conference in Chechnya

  On March 1, 2007, they plan to hold an international conference in Grozny "Respect of Human Rights in the Chechen Republic: First Outcomes of Ombudsman's Work and Prospects for the Future."

February 21, 2007 22:58

• Kadyrov's rivals are thought to be outsiders in Chechnya

  Three candidates have been nominated to the post of Chechnya's president: Ramzan Kadyrov, temporary acting president of the Republic; Muslim Khuchiev, first deputy head of the office of the president and government of the Republic; and Shakhid Dzhamaldaev, head of the administration of the Groznenskiy District.

February 21, 2007 21:37

• Budanov will remain in Ulyanovsk colony

  Colonel Yuri Budanov, former commander of Armored Regiment No. 160, convicted for the murder of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen girl, "continues serving his punishment at Strict Custody Corrective Colony No. 3 in the town of Dimitrovgrad, the Ulyanovsk Region."

February 21, 2007 21:35

• IWPR's office is being searched in North Ossetia

  In Vladikavkaz, capital of North Ossetia, the employees of law enforcement bodies are searching the Office of the British Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).

February 20, 2007 23:20

• Commander of battalion "Vostok" (East) deployed in Chechnya is accused of criminal self-will

  Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" special battalion deployed in Chechnya, has become a suspect of self-will and inflicting medium-gravity bodily injuries.

February 20, 2007 23:17

• "Novaya Gazeta": not only Kadyrov is suspected of Politkovskaya's murder

  The employees of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper who are running a journalists' investigation of the murder of their colleagues Anna Politkovskaya are considering not only "the Chechen trace" and involvement in the crime of the current acting president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

February 20, 2007 23:12

• Kadyrov reiterates his reluctance to be president of Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov, now acting president of Chechnya, has again stated at the press conference in Grozny that he has no presidential ambitions.

February 20, 2007 22:53

• Suit of Borozdinovskaya residents to Ministry of Defence rejected

  The Presnenskiy Court of Moscow has refused to collect from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation the sum of 123 million roubles in favour of a group of residents of the Borozdinovskaya residents.

February 20, 2007 22:44

• "Memorial": rights of detainees are breached in deportation camps of the Krasnodar Territory

  Human rights defenders are concerned of detainment conditions in deportation camps of the Krasnodar Territory. The evidence of these facts is opening of a special page in the web-site of the International Historical-Enlightenment, Human Rights and Charitable Society "Memorial".

February 19, 2007 23:14

• "Ulman case" trial resumes in Rostov-on-Don

  Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court will continue the proceedings on the so-called "Ulman case" connected with murder of peaceful residents of Chechnya.

February 19, 2007 23:10

• The "MASHR" Organization reports violations of human rights in Ingushetia

  The Autonomous Non-Commercial Human Rights Organization (ANCO) "MASHR" has issued a report named "Lost Law: Violence without Borders," dedicated to violations of human rights in the Republic of Ingushetia.

February 19, 2007 23:07

• Militants killed in the capital of Chechnya were preparing acts of terror

  They assert at law enforcement bodies of Chechnya that the three militants killed on February 15 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Chechnya's capital were planning to execute a number of terrorist acts in Grozny.

February 19, 2007 23:01

• Passions build up in Dagestan around election of Rector of Pedagogical University

  The pre-election emotions, connected with the forthcoming on February 20 election of the Rector of the Dagestan State Pedagogical University (DSPU), have reached their peak in Dagestan.

February 19, 2007 22:59

• Cossack Ataman Khanin buried in Stavropol Territory

  Today, the town of Novoalexandrovsk (Stavropol Territory) has held the burial ceremony of Andrei Khanin, Ataman of Nizhnekubanskiy Cossack Branch of the Tersk Cossack Army, who died as a result of an attempt, which has caused nationalist-motivated public disturbances.

February 17, 2007 22:52

• Poultry mortality observed in Adygea

  Residents of aul Khodz (Koshekhabl District of Adygea) have lost about 80 percent of their poultry.

February 17, 2007 22:52

• Litvinenko's poisoning: State Procuracy inspectors going to London

  The visit of Russian investigators to London on the death case of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB (Federal Security Bureau of Russia) officer, is expected on the week to come.

February 17, 2007 22:47

• Cossack ataman Khanin has died in Stavropol Territory

  Making comments on the messages that have appeared in mass media on actions planned in Stavropol with nationalist colouring in connection with the attempt on the Cossack Ataman, Alexander Serkov, Ataman of the Stavropol Cossack Society of the Tersk Cossack Army has noted that Cossacks are against such actions.