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11:05, 8 March 2008

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a rally was held in memory of victims of deportation of the Balkar people

Today, in Nalchik at the Memorial to Victims of Repressions against Balkar People, a public rally was organized in memory of the victims of mass deportation of Balkars in 1943.

10:56, 8 March 2008

Movement against War in Northern Caucasus asks Alexis II to help Maskhadov's relatives to get his remains for burial

On the day of the third anniversary of the death of Aslan Maskhadov the participants of the Movement against War in Northern Caucasus have addressed Patriarch Alexis II for assistance in giving out of the remains of the former President of Chechnya to his relatives.

14:41, 7 March 2008

General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia: 46 participants of March 1 disorders arrested

According to the latest data of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Armenia, 125 persons were brought to police stations during the disorders on March 1, of them 46 persons were indicted and arrested, and 20 more are detained and wait for indictments to be presented to them within three days.

14:37, 7 March 2008

Coalition of Georgian NGOs condemns persecutions on Ter-Petrosyan's supporters in Armenia

The Coalition of Nongovernmental Organizations of Georgia has passed a petition in support of the Armenian people and condemned repressions against supporters of Levon Ter-Petrosyan in Armenia.

14:32, 7 March 2008

CPRF of Dagestan declares distortion of voting results

The Dagestan Republic's Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has declared that in Dagestan, the observers of the Party registered rough and mass distortions of the will of the voters during the presidential election.

14:21, 7 March 2008

Levon Ter-Petrosyan talks to the head of the PACE's observation missions in Armenia

Today in Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan had a meeting with John Prescott, chairman of the temporary commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who is now in Yerevan.

14:16, 7 March 2008

Advocates of the journalist convicted in Azerbaijan want to address the European Court

Today the Yasamal District Court of Baku has sentenced Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg", to four years of deprivation of freedom on charges of "hooliganism and causing damage to the health of a human."

14:09, 7 March 2008

Abkhazia applies to UN and Parliaments for recognition

Today, the Parliament of Abkhazia has passed two appeals with a demand to recognize the state independence of the Republic of Abkhazia.

16:16, 6 March 2008

Former troopers who beat Turkish builders in Krasnodar receive conditional terms

On March 4, a verdict was passed in Krasnodar to former troopers who beat Turkish construction workers.

16:11, 6 March 2008

US and Russian Armenians call the authorities of Armenia and opposition to restraint

On March 5, in the district of Los Angeles known as "Small Armenia", several thousands protesters rallied to voice against the violence applied to peaceful demonstrators in Yerevan on March 1.

16:08, 6 March 2008

Released Georgian journalists confirm that they were in Abkhazia without documents

Today at 11:30 a.m. Moscow time, the Service of State Security of Abkhazia released two Georgian journalists of the TV Company "Mze" Malkhaz Basilaya and David Tsotsoriya and handed them over to employees of the UN Office for Human Rights.

16:04, 6 March 2008

HRC "Memorial" is concerned with detention in Moscow of the head of the Anti-War Club

The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" is concerned with detention of human rights activist Mikhail Kriger, coordinator of the Anti-War Club, who was a regular participant of pickets against the policy of the Kremlin in Northern Caucasus and the war in Chechnya, in particular.

16:01, 6 March 2008

132 oppositionists detained in Armenia

As of the present moment, 132 activists of the opposition have been arrested in Armenia; they were charges under a number of Articles of the Criminal Code.

15:57, 6 March 2008

Because of corruption in Stavropol Territory, Tersk Cossacks threaten to give up Russian citizenship

The Cossacks of the Tersk Army are indignant with the corruption in the Stavropol Territory and the course of investigation of the murder of Ataman Andrei Khanin, 34.

15:52, 6 March 2008

Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Ingush militiamen on Beslan events

Today, the Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the acquittal verdict to commanders of the Malgobek ROVD of Ingushetia accused of professional negligence during the events in Beslan in September 2004.

10:55, 5 March 2008

Krasnodar Territory: militiaman convicted for excess of powers

In the Krasnodar territory, a militiaman was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for beating Nishik Sloyan, a resident of Pshekhskaya village, during interrogating the latter.

10:51, 5 March 2008

In North Ossetia, hearing adjourned on holding repeated examinations of Beslan victims' bodies

On March 4, the Promyshlenny Court of North Ossetia postponed the hearing on the complaint of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" against the actions of the investigatory group of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation till March 11.

10:47, 5 March 2008

Claudia Podrez: Stavropol residents live worse today than under Stalin

Fifty percent of the victims of political repressions who live now in the Stavropol Territory are positively treating Joseph Stalin, since today they live worse than under Stalin's rule, Claudia Podrez, chair of the Stavropol Regional public organization of invalids-victims of political repressions, said.

10:45, 5 March 2008

Son of the administration head of the Dokuzparinskiy District of Dagestan is suspected of ordering Farid Babaev's murder

On March 4, two suspects of murdering Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan branch of the "Yabloko" Party, were brought the Tyumen Region of Russia to Dagestan.

10:37, 5 March 2008

Ter-Petrosyan: witnesses of election falsifications in Armenia are arrested

Many of the important witnesses of the mass falsifications undertaken during the election on February 19 are now under arrest, and it hampers to studying the case in the court.

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