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17:46, 16 December 2006

Defendants on the case of dispersal of the picket in Politkovskaya's memory in Ingushetia fail to arrear at court

The start of proceedings of the case on dispersal of Anna Politkovskaya's memorial picket, which had been appointed for 4 p.m. yesterday, December 15, at the Nazran District Court of the Republic of Ingushetia, did not come about again. Magomed Mutsolgov, claimant's representative and chairman of the "Mashr" Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANO), informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" about the fact.

17:41, 16 December 2006

Yuri Shvets: Litvinenko was killed because of Russia's secret folder

Alexander Litvinenko was murdered because he possessed information on a certain powerful Kremlin figure, his former partner told the BBC in an interview.

17:38, 16 December 2006

"March of objectors" demands to stop outrage of Kadyrov's militants

A protest action named "March of objectors" has been launched in the Triumphal Square of Moscow by the opposition coalition "The Other Russia."

23:09, 15 December 2006

Report of Beslan commission will be ready about 20s of December

Senator Oleg Panteleev, member of the federal parliamentary commission on Beslan, has reported on Friday that the commission's report will be presented to parliament in the 20s of December this year.

23:05, 15 December 2006

Yakunina: refugees from Chechnya and other Caucasian regions live worse than refugees from CIS countries

Forced migrants from Chechnya and other regions of North Caucasus face much more problems in Russia than resettlers from CIS countries. Alla Yakunina, chair of the "Compatriots" Russian Foundation for helping refugees, told about it to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."

22:37, 15 December 2006

German journalist deported from Chechnya

On Thursday December 14, Wanner Christoph, journalist of the Deutsche Welle TV Company, was brought to militia of Grozny, capital of Chechnya.

22:34, 15 December 2006

Witnesses state that Ulman was ordered to kill Chechnya residents

In Rostov-on-Don, at the North-Caucasian Military Court, three witnesses on the prosecution part were interrogated on Friday on "Ulman's case."

22:30, 15 December 2006

European deputies join Russian-Chechen Friendship Society

Heidi Hautala, leader of the Green faction in parliament of Finland, told in her exclusive interview to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that she would join the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS), which has its branches in Nizhniy Novgorod and Chechnya.

00:44, 15 December 2006

Children of Chechnya's Shelkovskoj District continue showing symptoms of unknown disease

On December 13, representatives of the "Civil Assistance" NGO and Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship made a joint visit to the village of Staroschedrinskaya of the Shelkovskoj District of the Chechen Republic.

23:43, 14 December 2006

Kondopoga events: MAII leader accused of extremism

Alexander Belov, leader of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (MAII) was summoned to Petrozavodsk for interrogation.

23:10, 14 December 2006

Chechnya residents confirm a new outbreak of mass children disease

About thirty children-residents of Staroschedrinskaya village of the Shelkovskoj District of Chechnya have been taken ill again with an unknown disease, officially treated as massive post-war mental disorder.

22:33, 14 December 2006

Azerbaijani ANS TV Channel lost half a million because of suspension

On December 13, Vakhid Mustafaev, president of the ANS TV Company, stated while talking to journalists that the Company people believed in a fair decision to be taken on the future of the ANS.

22:28, 14 December 2006

Anna Politkovskaya awarded Diploma of Sakharov's Prize

Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," was posthumously awarded a special Diploma of the Jury of Andrei Sakharov's Prize "For the Life Sacrificed to Journalism."

23:21, 13 December 2006

Polonium traces detected in two Lithuanian citizens after they visited London

Upon returning from London, two citizens of Lithuania underwent medical examination, which showed that they were "contaminated with polonium," Vigaudas Ushatskas, Ambassador of Lithuania to Great Britain.

23:14, 13 December 2006

International organizations welcome renewal of ANS TV Channel in Azerbaijan

The OSCE Baku office and the representative of this organization for the freedom of press have positively accepted the decision to resume broadcasting of the ANS TV Channel in Azerbaijan.

22:15, 13 December 2006

Court session on dispersal of picket in memory of Politkovskaya appointed on December 15

At 4:00 p.m. on December 15, the Nazran District Court of the Republic of Ingushetia (RI) will start considering an application lodged by the "Mashr" Association of Relatives of Missing People on illegal decision of the Mayor's Office of the city of Nazran, which had prohibited a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 this year, and actions of the Interior Department of Nazran and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia who violently dispersed the protest action.

22:12, 13 December 2006

Culture Centre to be opened in burnt-down restaurant in Kondopoga

The "Chaika" restaurant in the town of Kondopoga, which was burnt down in the course of mass disorders in September, will be rebuilt into a culture-leisure youth centre.

22:08, 13 December 2006

Widow of journalist killed in Azerbaijan was granted political asylum in Norway

Rushana Guseinova, widow of Elmar Guseinov, assassinated journalist, received political asylum in Norway, and together with her son Aslan is already in the territory of this country.

23:24, 12 December 2006

Trial of Pyatigorsk imam continues in Stavropol Territory

In the course of court sessions on the case of Anton (Abdullah) Stepanenko, imam of Pyatigorsk mosque (Stavropol Territory), the defence evidences are now considered.

23:21, 12 December 2006

Interpol comes down to Litvinenko's case

Timur Lakhonin, head of the Russian Interpol Bureau, has reported that this organization is now engaged in the inquiry into Litvinenko's case.

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