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13:46, 11 January 2008

Irakliy Batiashvili, one of prominent leaders of the opposition and leader of the movement "Go Ahead, Georgia!" who had been convicted for his support of Kvitsiani was set free on parole.

13:14, 11 January 2008

Nukhazhiev directs to check the information about tortures in Chernokozovo

Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev has sent his assistant to Colony No. 2 located in the settlement of Chernokozovo, the Naur District, in connection with the appeared information about the facts of torturing prisoners there.

12:12, 10 January 2008

European Union welcomes release of five journalists in Azerbaijan

The European Union has positively perceived the pardon act of 119 Azerbaijani inmates, five journalists among them.

12:06, 10 January 2008

CEC of Georgia: falsifications really took place at the election

For the first time, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia has recognized facts of rough violations, which had taken place during the early presidential election.

12:06, 10 January 2008

Boden: OSCE confirms rough falsifications at Georgian election

German diplomat Dieter Boden, head of the OSCE observation mission, has confirmed the facts of roughest violations and falsifications at the election in Georgia, having declared that the Electoral Commission of Georgia is dominated by "chaos".

12:04, 10 January 2008

Ingushetia: 54.5% of voters assert their non-participation in elections on December 2

As of 9:00 p.m. on January 9, 2008, a total of 87,340 applications were gathered under the action "I did not vote!" filed by the residents of Ingushetia aged 18 and up who stated that they had not gone to vote on December 2, 2007, at the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

12:00, 10 January 2008

President of Chechnya Kadyrov threatens to stop the TV Companies that do not explaining the Islam fundamentals

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to close the local TV Companies, which will not cover Islamic issues.

11:35, 10 January 2008

"Voice of Beslan" insists on independent examination of the statement that was considered extremist

The "Voice of Beslan" will send a petition to the district court of the city of Nazran with a demand to return the statement of claim of the Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, which had arrived to the address of this public organization on January 9, because of the violation of the territorial jurisdiction legislation, and later will ask to hold examination of the material, in which an appeal to extremism had been discovered.

01:04, 9 January 2008

Baptist who has served 2 years demobilized from army in Nagorno-Karabakh

Baptist Gagik Davidovich Mirzoyan, who refused to take the oath, has been demobilized from the Karabakh army after serving his term.

00:47, 9 January 2008

Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria fail to sue Savrulin and Shepel

In reply to their appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office with a demand to bring Alexei Savrulin, head of the investigatory group of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office for the South Federal District, to criminal liability, relatives of the perished militants received a response from the Chief Investigatory Department for the SFD.

00:43, 9 January 2008

Georgian opposition starts long-term protest actions

Today, Levan Gachechiladze, candidate for President of Georgia from opposition, and his supporters start a hunger strike in front of the Public TV building in Tbilisi with a demand to hold the second round of the election.

00:39, 9 January 2008

CEC of Georgia: Saakashvili has won presidential by gathering 52.2% of votes

Levan Tarkhnishvili, Chair of the Georgian CEC, has stated today that Mikhail Saakashvili has won the presidential election in Georgia.

00:33, 9 January 2008

Chechnya: Chernokozovo inmates complain of tortures

Ruslan Kutaev, head of the International Committee for Northern Caucasus problems, has stated that the prisoners of Chernokozovo Colony No. 2 in Chechnya complain of beatings and tortures.

00:08, 6 January 2008

Central Electoral Commission of Georgia: Saakashvili - 55.23%, Gachechiladze - 23.86%

According to the data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia, received from 285 out of 3512 polling stations, as of 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. Moscow time), the rating of Mikhail Saakashvili went down a little as a whole for the country and made 55.23% of the votes of all the electors.

12:51, 5 January 2008

Exit poll data differing at election in Georgia

According to the data of the exit poll conducted by four Georgian TV Companies, at the snap presidential election in Georgia held today, Mikhail Saakashvili is in the lead with an essential breakaway.

12:49, 5 January 2008

A Dagestan native assassinated in Moscow

The law enforcement bodies of the Russian capital have informed today that a native from Dagestan was killed in Moscow.

11:57, 5 January 2008

"Voice of Beslan" to challenge Solzhenitsyn, head of investigation

The "Voice of Beslan" committee of the Beslan terror victims' relatives is going to demand removal of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, head of the investigatory group in charge of the inquiry of the terror act.

11:11, 5 January 2008

Observers state multiple violations at presidential election in Georgia

As of 6:00 p.m. today (5:00 p.m. Moscow time), the NGO named "The Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia" had recorded 190 violations in the course of the presidential election in Georgia.

11:01, 5 January 2008

NGOs fix more than 40 violations at election in Georgia

As of 3:00 p.m., the office of the observers of the Coalition of NGOs, which unites up to 200 NGOs, have fixed over 40 violations made during the presidential election in Georgia.

12:40, 4 January 2008

State of health of imprisoned journalist is worse in Azerbaijan

The state of health of satirist Sakit Zakhidov who is kept behind bars in Azerbaijan is worse again. He suffers from strong pains in his heart and legs.

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