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February 17, 2007 22:44

• Volgograd Region has legalized responsibility for infringement of the rights of the citizens, wishing to get to the municipal service

  The Duma of the Volgograd Region has passed a bill brought in by the Office of Public Prosecutor of the Region, which establishes responsibility for adoption of illegal acts of law and infringement of the rights of citizens, wishing to get employed at the municipal service.

February 17, 2007 22:40

• South Ossetia will build its own gas main

  South Ossetia is planning to build its own gas pipeline, independently from Georgia. The statement was made on February 16 by Eduard Kokoity, president of South Ossetia.

February 16, 2007 23:10

• New EU project presented in Chechnya

  On February 15, capital of Chechnya, the city of Grozny was the venue of an official presentation of a new EU project aimed to support the public health sphere and education in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

February 16, 2007 22:56

• North Ossetian journalists find materials of web-site "Ingushetia.Ru" to be nationalistic

  The journalists of North Ossetia who have initiated the public prosecutor's examination of the Internet-portal "Ingushetia.Ru" think that the statement of Zalina Markhieva, editor-in-chief of the web-site, "has nothing to do with reality."

February 16, 2007 22:47

• South Ossetia rejects informal relations with Georgia

  Eduard Kokoity stated that he thinks it necessary to have a prompt renewal of the negotiating process within the framework of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC).

February 16, 2007 22:42

• Khudyakov and Arakcheev's trial postponed in Rostov-on-Don till March 5

  A break till March 5 has been announced in Rostov-on-Don by the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court in the case of internal troops officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev, accused of murdering Chechnya residents.

February 16, 2007 22:38

• Chechnya now under Ramzan Kadyrov's rule

  On Thursday, February 15, President Vladimir Putin declared a change of power in Chechnya: the president of the Republic Alu Alkhanov was decorated with an order and resigned, Ramzan Kadyrov was appointed to be acting president.

February 15, 2007 23:16

• Gryzlov: RF can demand Zakaev's extradition at the UN International Court

  Boris Gryzlov, Chairman of the State Duma, has declared that in the closest future Russia will get an opportunity to address the International Court of the United Nations with the aim to solve the issue of deporting Ahmed Zakaev, now living in Great Britain, to the Russian justice.

February 15, 2007 23:12

• Jurors on Khlebnikov's case will be selected on March 14

  The Moscow City Court has transferred to March 14 the selection of the board of jurors for considering the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine.

February 15, 2007 22:09

• Azerbaijan to toughen control over religious organizations

  The Azerbaijani Milli Medzhlis (Parliament) is now drafting, with the aim to toughen the state control over the activities of missionary organizations, a new wording of the Law "On Freedom of Religion."

February 15, 2007 22:05

• Discussion of the Georgian-Abkhazian peace process summarized in Geneva

  "Together with Mr. Jean-Mari Gennos, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Peacemaking Operations, the Friends have discussed the Georgian-Abkhazian peace process under the aegis of the United Nations, and the ways to promote the dialogue between the parties," the summarizing document runs.

February 15, 2007 22:02

• International conference on human rights is planned in Chechnya

  The authorities of Chechnya intend to organize a major international conference in Grozny with participation of delegates from Russian and foreign human rights and non-governmental organizations.

February 14, 2007 23:05

• Book against Olympiad in Sochi presented in Moscow

  On February 13, at the Independent Press Centre, representatives of the public held a presentation of the so-called "anti-application" book, prepared on the materials of various ecological and public organizations (Greenpeace of Russia, World Wildlife Fund, Ecological Watch over North Caucasus, International Olympic Committee, etc.).

February 14, 2007 22:51

• "Spetsnaz" of Georgia has released detained Ossetians

  Georgian special police agents ("spetsnaz") have released the citizens of South Ossetia who had been detained earlier on Tuesday.

February 14, 2007 22:48

• Chechnya: facts of money plunder at the Ministry for National Policy are investigated

  The Office of Public Prosecutor of Chechnya has initiated a criminal case on the fact of swindle within the system of the Ministry for National Policy, Print and Information of the Republic.

February 14, 2007 22:43

• In 2006, ten mine explosions registered in Karabakh

  In Nagorny Karabakh, the process of mine clearing is performed by army sapper units, the fast reaction group of the Rescue Service, and also by the forces of the international organization "The Hallo Trust."

February 14, 2007 22:39

• Georgia has presented in Geneva a package of proposals on settling conflict with Abkhazia

  According to the information of the press centre of the Ministry for Settling Conflicts in Georgia, in the course of the meeting in Geneva on February 12-13 of representatives of the Group of Countries-Friends of the UN Secretary General of the United Nations with participation of the Georgian and Abkhazian parties, the Georgian delegation presented a package of proposals on formation of safety mechanisms for restoration of peace and security in the conflict zone.

February 13, 2007 23:02

• Advocate who defended Budanov has entered the Khudyakov and Arakcheev trial

  Today, the North Caucasian Regional Military Court has resumed the process on internal troops officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev accused of murdering Chechnya residents.

February 13, 2007 22:57

• Georgian special troops have seized hostages in South Ossetia

  The situation in the Tskhinval District of South Ossetia has aggravated after the Georgian power agencies deployed in the conflict zone took hostages from among peaceful population of South Ossetia of Ossetian nationality and militia.

February 13, 2007 22:56

• Georgia has not yet decided whether to suit Russia or not

  On February 13, the interim parliamentary inquiry commission on the matters of Georgian citizens deported from the Russian Federation (RF), held its hearings.