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23:28, 22 November 2006

HRC "Memorial": power agencies are fully responsible for tortures and kidnappings in Chechnya

On November 22, the Independent Press Centre held a presentation of the report named "Tortures in Chechnya: Stabilization of Nightmare."

22:48, 22 November 2006

Iran plans to make short work of Azerbaijani journalist who offended Mohammed

On November 21 in the Iranian city of Tabriz, students of religious schools held a protest action against the statements concerning Prophet Mohammed, published in Azerbaijani newspaper "Sanat," in publicist Rafik Tagi's article named "Europe and We."

22:46, 22 November 2006

Armenia tries to understand why Armenians are assassinated in Russia

"There are two reasons for killing Armenians in Russia. Firstly, the Russian society is sick with xenophobia, secondly, there is an order to kill Armenians in Russia," thinks Levon Ananyan, Chairman of Armenian Writers' Guild.

22:44, 22 November 2006

22 Georgian natives deported from Moscow

Today, Russia has deported a group of Georgia citizens who were illegally staying in the Russian territory, Konstantin Poltoranin, press-secretary of the Federal Migratory Service, reported.

23:14, 21 November 2006

Skaramella discloses secret of his meeting with Litvinenko

Mario Skaramella gave a press conference for the first time after Alexander Litvinenko, former Russia's FSB agent, was poisoned.

22:11, 21 November 2006

Recognition of situational examination to be illegal can change the course of investigating the Beslan terror act

The decision of the Leninskiy Court of Vladikavkaz to recognize the complex situational examination, which has concluded innocence of the members of the hostage rescue operative headquarters, to be illegal and unjustified can radically change the investigation course of the basic case on the Beslan act of terror and bring into challenge certain conclusions of Torshin commission.

22:09, 21 November 2006

Relatives of "Kavkaz-Tsentr" separatists' web-site author to appeal against the verdict

Relatives of Boris Stomakhin, author of the "Kavkaz-Tsentr" (Caucasus-Centre) web-site of Chechnya separatists who was convicted to five years in custody, announced that they would appeal against the judgment.

22:07, 21 November 2006

Human rights activists: fewer kidnappings in Chechnya now

In the recent months less people have been kidnapped in Chechnya, however the Republic's authorities have failed so far to eradicate the problem completely, the human rights activists from the "Memorial" Russian Centre have stated.

22:04, 21 November 2006

They think in Chechnya, Baisarov was doomed to be killed, not arrested

In Chechnya, people think that liquidation of Movladi Baisarov, former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) special squadron was an act of intimidation, and they believe that his arresters were not going to leave him alive.

22:36, 20 November 2006

Foreign Intelligence Service ("SVR") denies its involvement in poisoning Litvinenko

The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation has refuted accusations of possible involvement in poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London.

22:34, 20 November 2006

Journalist of the "Caucasus-Centre" Chechnya separatists' web-site sentenced to 5 years of custody

The Butyrskiy District Court of Moscow has recognized guilty and sentenced Boris Stomakhin, editor-in-chief of the bulletin "Radical Policy" and journalist of the "Caucasus-Centre" web-site, to five years of imprisonment at a general custody treatment for excitation of religious hatred accomplished publicly with use of mass media.

22:30, 20 November 2006

Attackers on the minister of culture of Kabardino-Balkaria got their penals

The Izmailovskiy District Court of Moscow has sentenced three defendants on the case of attacking Zaur Tutov, minister of culture of Kabardino-Balkaria, for conditional deprivation of freedom in a colony-settlement for the terms from twelve to eighteen months.

22:28, 20 November 2006

Baisarov, ex-commander of "Gorets" squadron, killed in Moscow

The murder of the former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) special squadron, lieutenant colonel of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) Movladi Baisarov became possible because the FSB operative shelter was removed from him after he had decided to evidence at the Military of the Office of Public Prosecutor on what happens in Chechnya.

15:31, 20 November 2006

Gordievskiy: Litvinenko was poisoned under Kremlin order

Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned under a direct order from the Kremlin, Oleg Gordievskiy, former resident of Soviet special services in Great Britain and one of major deserters from the KGB, has declared.

23:56, 18 November 2006

A refugee from Chechnya disappeared in Azerbaijan

Ruslan Eliev, 31, a refugee from Chechnya, has disappeared in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, under unclear circumstances.

22:23, 18 November 2006

In North Ossetia, a family of come-back Ingush refugees was attacked

About 10 p.m. on November 17, three unknown persons in camouflage and armed with automatic guns rushed into a private house in Kirova Street of the Dongaron village of North Ossetia.

22:21, 18 November 2006

In North Ossetia, refugees' camp was cut off from heat and electricity

For 12 days in a row already, the refugees of the settlement named "Maiskiy" in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia have been living in their unheated dillies, since on November 6 the authorities stopped gas supply, and on November 14 disconnected the camp from electricity.

22:19, 18 November 2006

They tried to poison A. Litvinenko by thallium

The British police have initiated a criminal case on poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer.

22:17, 18 November 2006

Two oil wells blown up in the Grozny District of Chechnya

Today at night in the Grozny District of Chechnya two oil wells have been blown up.

22:15, 18 November 2006

Economic motives make the main version of murdering the head of the Armenian community of Murmansk Region

"Murder of Arthur Arutyunyan, head of the Armenian community of the Murmansk Region, is exclusively business-related," Oleg Mnatsakanyan, a member of the community board, believes.

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