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22:06, 2 December 2006

Italian and British journalists know who poisoned Litvinenko

Journalists from The News of the World newspaper have managed to find out the name of Litvinenko's poisoner.

22:03, 2 December 2006

Mario Scaramella has no traces of radiation intoxication

The British doctors who continue examining Italian Mario Scaramella have reported today that he has no traces of radiation intoxication.

23:39, 1 December 2006

Azerbaijan: the frequencies of the ANS TV Channel has been put to tender

The ANS has refused to take part in the tender for their own frequencies to be held in the period December 5 - January 5.

23:31, 1 December 2006

Preparatory court session on Sakit Zakhidov's case held in Azerbaijan

Today, the Court of Appeal of Azerbaijan has held a preparatory session on the case of satirical poet Sakit Zakhidov

22:17, 1 December 2006

Litvinenko's body autopsy finished

The autopsy of the body of Alexander Litvinenko is over. The examination was held at the London Royal Hospital under special safety precautions.

22:14, 1 December 2006

Exact number of militants in Chechnya is unknown

Different figures of the number of militants who are still hiding in the mountain part of Chechnya, made public by military officials and representatives of local authorities, give grounds to suppose that the exact number is still unknown.

22:09, 1 December 2006

Jury on explosion case of Grozny-Moscow train dissolved

On Friday, the Moscow Regional Court dissolved the jury in the case on blowing up of the Grozny-Moscow train in 2005.

23:49, 30 November 2006

In Ingushetia, the court intends to consider legality of dispersing the picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya

At 4:00 p.m. on December 7, the Nazran District Court of the Republic of Ingushetia will start to consider the application of the "Mashr" Association of Relatives of Missing Persons on recognition to be illegal of the actions of the Mayor's Office of the city of Nazran, who had banned a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 this year, and of the Nazran Interior Department and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, who violently dispersed the action.

23:45, 30 November 2006

Human rights activists: Budanov takes his third try to get a pre-time release

On November 28, the human rights organization "Chechen Committee of National Rescue" distributed information that colonel Yuri Budanov had lodged a petition to the Ulyanovsk Regional Court on his pre-term release from the strict custody colony, where he is serving his sentence for the murder of Chechen young woman Elza Kungaeva.

23:34, 30 November 2006

Eighty-nine refugees have returned from Georgia to Chechnya

A total of 89 Chechen refugees who fled to the Akhmetovskiy District of Georgia at the very start of 1999 military actions have come back home from there.

23:31, 30 November 2006

13,000 Finns voiced against trampling human rights in Chechnya

A broad-scale action of direct expression of public will under the motto "Now its Finland's turn to affect!" was dated to the Russia-EU Summit held in Helsinki, capital of Finland, currently the chair country in the EU.

23:17, 30 November 2006

Trial on explosion of Grozny-Moscow train is scandalous

A scandal has burst out at the Moscow Regional Court, where the case on explosion of the Grozny-Moscow train is considered.

23:32, 29 November 2006

Kosachov: accusing Russia of poisoning Litvinenko is proofless

Konstantin Kosachov, chairman of the Committee of State Duma on Foreign Affairs, believes that a certain "presumption of guilt" has formed in the West in relation to Russia.

23:26, 29 November 2006

Ingushetia: refusal to initiate a case against those guilty of beating a lady-picketer in Politkivskaya's memory has been cancelled

Nurdin Doklaev, deputy public prosecutor of the city of Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, has made a decision to cancel the ruling of Hussein Sakalov, investigator of the City prosecutor's office, on refusal to initiate a criminal case on application about beating Ms. Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," during dispersal on October 16 this year of a picket in memory Anna Politkovskaya in Nazran.

23:14, 29 November 2006

International organizations call Azerbaijani authorities to open ANS TV channel

Ilkham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, gave his comments on the situation around mass media.

22:18, 29 November 2006

The prosecutor's office has not enforced any decisions on Baisarov's case

The Moscow prosecutor's office has refuted the information that it has recognized lawful the actions of Chechen militiamen in the course of operation aimed to detain Movladi Baisarov, former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) squadron; in the course of the operation on November 18 he was shot dead, the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office reported.

22:11, 29 November 2006

Skaramella: Litvinenko was smuggling nuclear materials

Eight persons have been sent to the British specialized clinic for getting examined for possible radioactive irradiation with polonium-210, the substance with which Alexander Litvinenko was killed.

23:21, 28 November 2006

Kalmyk militia blamed of negligence during nationalistic disorders

The employees of the District Interior Department of the Priyutnenskiy District of Kalmykia have been charged under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence).

23:19, 28 November 2006

PACE advises to involve Russian opposition in addressing Chechnya's problems

Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who paid a visit to Chechnya, were glad with its outcomes.

22:56, 28 November 2006

Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has forbidden parents to represent perished Moslems at court

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has cancelled the decision of the Nalchik City Court on recognition of parents of perished Moslems to be their lawful representatives at court.

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