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14:33, 15 January 2008

In Dagestan power agents pursue the followers of Turkish theologian Said Nursi

On January 15, a search was conducted and goods were confiscated from one of private shops in the capital of Dagestan. The owner of the shop regards that the actions of power agents were explained by his belonging to the followers of the Turkish philosopher and theologian Said Nursi.

11:30, 15 January 2008

Kesaeva is satisfied with transfer of the "Voice of Beslan" trial to North Ossetia

Today, the Nazran Court of Ingushetia has passed a decision to transfer the hearing on the case of recognition of the materials published by the "Voice of Beslan" to be extremist ones to North Ossetia in spite of the fact that the Acting Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia had insisted that the trial should take place in Nazran.

14:25, 14 January 2008

80 applicants for political asylum from Chechnya stay at the Paris airport

The Paris airport Roissie-Charles de Gaulle is overwhelmed by applicants for political asylum from Chechnya. The refugees are in the conditions unfit for long stay of people.

14:22, 14 January 2008

Victims of explosion in apartment block in Stavropol Territory are now six in number

The number of casualties of the explosion of utility gas in the five-storey apartment block in Lenina Street in Zheleznovodsk has reached six persons.

14:19, 14 January 2008

Up to now, no electricity and heat at hospitals and kindergartens of the capital of Dagestan

Despite the assurances of the officials about restoration of electricity and heat supplies in Makhachkala, many hospitals and kindergartens of the capital of Dagestan continue to survive without heating.

14:15, 14 January 2008

Life prisoners go on hunger strike again in Azerbaijan

The inmates of the Gobustan Prison in Azerbaijan sentenced to life imprisonment have started a hunger strike in protest against their custody conditions.

14:11, 14 January 2008

Georgian NGOs: consideration of complaints on election outcomes is not less important than the election itself

The consideration of the complaints related to the election and tabulation of the final results of the election in Georgia are the same important steps of the electoral process like the pre-election period and the voting day, Georgian NGOs state.

13:01, 14 January 2008

Ella Kesaeva: no more grounds to postpone the trial on "Voice of Beslan"

Ella Kesaeva, co-chair of the "Voice of Beslan" Organization, has stated that all the necessary documents have been submitted to the Court of Nazran for restart of the trial on charges of extremism.

12:56, 14 January 2008

Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria stops the Board of Elders of Balkar People

The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has passed a decision to liquidate the Board of Elders of Balkar People (CEBP) as an extremist organization.

12:51, 14 January 2008

Batiashvili: problem of political prisoners in Georgia is still acute

Irakliy Batiashvili, one of the prominent leaders of the opposition and the leader of the Movement "Go Ahead, Georgia!", who had been recently released from custody, believes that the problem of political prisoners is still acute in the country.

12:19, 12 January 2008

Kabardino-Balkaria: court wants to verify the legality of evidences of those accused of attack on Nalchik

The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has satisfied, during its preliminary hearings on the criminal case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, the petition on appointing a public prosecutor's examination on the fact of application to defendants of unlawful methods of investigation.

12:16, 12 January 2008

Levan Gachechiladze: Georgia's fate is at stake; the country should be saved

"The fight goes on, and I'll never reconcile with injustice. The destiny of the country is at stake, our homeland needs salvation" Levan Gachechiladze, candidate from the United Opposition, said live in the "Prime Time" program on "Rustavi-2" Channel on January 10.

12:12, 12 January 2008

Georgian MFA: journalist distorts the words of the head of OSCE mission about election

The journalist has misunderstood the words of Dieter Boden, head of the long-term OSCE observation mission, about the election in Georgia.

11:59, 12 January 2008

Governor in Austria demands the government stop granting shelter to refugees from Chechnya

Jorg Haider, Governor the Land Carinthia (Austria), has demanded from the Austrian government "to immediately and completely" stop granting shelter to refugees from Chechnya.

11:54, 12 January 2008

Residents of Makhachkala demand resignation of Dagestan and city leaders and prosecutors

The situation with electricity and heat supply continues to remain strained in Makhachkala. Many houses lack electricity and heat, and people demand resignation of the leaders of Dagestan, city authorities and law enforcement bodies.

15:16, 11 January 2008

Georgia: Saakashvili to be inaugurated on January 20 or 21

Inauguration of Mikhail Saakashvili, the winner of the early presidential election in Georgia, will be held on January 20 or January 21.

15:12, 11 January 2008

"Voice of Beslan" asks Putin to stop prosecuting the organization

The "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization has published in its website an appeal to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, with a demand "to personally get into the case and stop prosecution" of the members of the organization.

15:08, 11 January 2008

Participants of the action in support of Arakcheev and Khudyakov appeal to Dmitri Medvedev for help

On January 10 at the building of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in the centre of Moscow an action was held in defence of Sergey Arakcheev and Evgeniy Khudyakov, officers of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, sentenced to 15 and 17 years of deprivation of freedom for murdering peaceful residents of Chechnya.

14:55, 11 January 2008

Azerbaijan: journalist Fatullaev thinks his arrest to be politically motivated

Today, at a session of the Appeal Court, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has confirmed that he finds himself to be innocent, and the criminal case against him to be forged.

13:50, 11 January 2008

Press service of the president of Chechnya: Kadyrov is not going to close TV Companies

The leader of Chechnya is not going to stop TV Companies for absence of religious propaganda in their programs.

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