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23:22, 9 November 2006

Moscow City Court will reconsider Paul Khlebnikov's murder

The case of the murder of Paul Khlebnikov will be considered again at the Moscow City Court - by a new court staff, the Radio Liberty reports.

22:13, 9 November 2006

Russia's Supreme Court quashes acquittal on Khlebnikov's case

The Supreme Court of Russia has vacated a sentence to two Chechnya natives - Musa Vakhaev and Kazbek Dukuzov, who were acquitted on the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of Russian Forbes.

22:09, 9 November 2006

Editors-in-chief of leading Azerbaijani media are on hunger strike

Today, a hunger-strike action in protest against expulsion of the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its own office was launched by the heads of six mass media of Azerbaijan, namely.

23:33, 8 November 2006

Azerbaijani police dispersed a students' picket in Baku

The students of the University "Independent Azerbaijan" held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan.

23:30, 8 November 2006

Applicant to the European Court fears that her relatives were killed by Russian servicemen in Chechnya

Tomorrow, on November 9, 2006, the European Court for Human Rights will make its decision on disappearance in Chechnya of father and son Imakaevs.

23:08, 8 November 2006

Jabrailov's words that Alkhanov should resign in favour of Kadyrov were perceived ambiguously in Chechnya

The statement of Umar Jabrailov, Chechnya's Senator at the Council of Federation of Russia, on the need for Alu Alkhanov, today's head of the Republic, to pass over his authorities to Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Cabinet of Ministers, caused an ambiguous reaction in Chechnya.

22:57, 8 November 2006

European Court will consider the case on kidnappings of Chechnya residents

On November 9, 2006, the European Court for Human Rights will make its decision on disappearance in Chechnya of father and son Imakaevs.

22:53, 8 November 2006

Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov, suspect of Politkovskaya's murder, asserts his non-involvement

Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov, a militiaman from Nizhnevartovsk, suspected by the State Office of Public Prosecutor of implication in killing journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has stated in his interview to the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper that he had nothing to do with the murder, and moreover, in no case could have been its executor.

23:00, 7 November 2006

Torshin: 380 militants responded to amnesty in Russia

According to the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), from the moment of announcing the amnesty, a total of 380 militants have voluntarily surrendered in Russia.

21:39, 7 November 2006

The Guardian: militiamen hide their colleagues suspected of Politkovskaya's murder

Today, it is precisely one month after the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

21:28, 7 November 2006

Journalists to start hunger strike in Azerbaijan against pressure on the press

At their today's sitting, the Board of Editors of Azerbaijani mass media made a decision to hold a series of protest actions in the context of the facts of pressure on the press and attempts to move the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its building.

21:23, 7 November 2006

Alu Alkhanov, president of Chechnya, was suggested to pass the power over to Ramzan Kadyrov

Mr. Umar Jabrailov, Chechnya's representative in the Council of Federation, thinks that Alu Alkhanov, president of Chechnya, should resign and pass over his powers to Ramzan Kadyrov, chairman of the government.

21:18, 7 November 2006

"Russian March" to be held in Moscow again

The Organizing Committee of the "Russian March" is going to hold another march dedicated to Stalin's birthday.

13:04, 5 November 2006

Meeting of anti-fascists in the Bolotnaya Square is over

The meeting has adopted a resolution, in which participants declared a reality of a threat of fascism in Russia and emphasized that stand for Russia for all nations.

22:58, 4 November 2006

"Russian March" was rather peaceful in Russia

In Moscow, despite all the earlier multiple declarations of the authorities on the ban of any marches, the "Russian March," nevertheless, took place.

22:56, 4 November 2006

Hunger strike against pressure on media lasts in Azerbaijan for a week already

Functionaries of the "Azadlyg" Block are holding their hunger strike for the sixth day today in the building where the editorial board of the newspaper "Azadlyg" is located.

22:53, 4 November 2006

Rashid Gadzhily: situation with mass media in Azerbaijan is close to dangerous threshold

Recently, mass media of Azerbaijan have confronted the pressure of the authorities, unprecedented by force and scale. Jurisprudent Rashid Gadzhily, Director of the Media Rights Institute, thinks that the situation with printed and electronic mass media "is approaching a dangerous threshold."

22:49, 4 November 2006

Several meetings held in Dagestan

On the occasion of the holiday, a solemn rally was held in the Dagestan House of Government.

00:11, 4 November 2006

Consulate of Georgia: 2681 Georgians deported from Russia

According to the Embassy of Georgia in Moscow, a total of 2681 citizens of Georgia have been deported from Russia under court judgements, and 1194 Georgians more "were forced to leave the country without any legal judgements."

23:44, 3 November 2006

Prosecution: investigation of murders in Kondopoga to be over by mid-November

The Kondopoga prosecutor's office promises to finish, by the middle of November, the investigation of the murder of local citizens that had entailed massive ethnic-motivated disorders.

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