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23:13, 30 December 2006

Turan Moraly: it is too early to speak about closing Turkish channels in Azerbaijan

During a meeting with Azeri journalists, Turan Moraly, Turkish ambassador in Azerbaijan, has expressed his attitude towards cessation of broadcasting of Turkish channels in Azerbaijan.

23:11, 30 December 2006

Conflict with Georgia is considered main topic of foreign policy in 2006 in the Russian Federation

Russians consider the development of relations with neighboring countries the main topic of RF foreign policy in 2006.

22:50, 30 December 2006

Aliev ordered to strengthen control over the observance of human rights in Azerbaijan

Ilkham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree on approving the National Action Plan on the protection of human rights in the country.

22:47, 30 December 2006

Mario Scaramella refused to be granted home arrest

Mario Scaramella, Italian lawyer, will spend the New Year holiday in the Roman prison of "Regina Koeli".

23:33, 29 December 2006

Georgia and Abkhazia draw troops to the borders

According to the TV company "Rustavi 2", a state of emergency has been introduced in Abkhazia, and the government military forces are located in the Ochamchirsk district adjoining the Galsk district.

23:30, 29 December 2006

Poisoning of Litvinenko: General Prosecutor's Office wants Scotland Yard to question Berezovsky

Scotland Yard has been asked to interrogate Boris Berezovsky at the earliest opportunity on the case of murder of Alexandr Litvinenko, former FSB officer, and attempted murder of businessman Dmitri Kovtun, which is under investigation by the Russian prosecutor's office.

22:09, 29 December 2006

Two residents of Chechnya charged with disturbances in Kondopoga

The Karelia prosecutor's office has accused of murder two residents of Chechnya who took part in a mass fight in the city of Kondopoga which resulted in ethnic-based disturbances in the city at the beginning of September.

22:06, 29 December 2006

RF First Channel is puzzled at broadcasts to be stopped in Azerbaijan

"Interfax" reports that the Russian First Channel, according to its public relations directorate, expresses its perplexity in connection with the Baku decision to stop broadcasting its programs in Azerbaijan starting from July next year.

22:04, 29 December 2006

Seriously ill judge who sentenced Budaev placed into pre-trial prison punishment cell

The Russian national movement "For Human Rights" and the Committee "For Civil Rights" express their grave concern in connection with the fact that, on December 28, Vladimir Bukreyev, the former judge who sentenced colonel Budanov, has been placed into the punishment cell of Moscow's pre-trial prison No 5 for 15 days under the pretext that a SIM-card was found on him.

22:58, 28 December 2006

Litvinenko gave materials on YUKOS case to Nevzlin

At the end of November, Leonid Nevzlin told in his interview to the British The Times newspaper that not long before his death Alexander Litvinenko gave him certain materials, which "shed light on most important aspects of the YUKOS case."

22:53, 28 December 2006

OSCE demands to find those guilty of attacking journalists in Azerbaijan

On December 27, Robin Seaword, head of the Baku OSCE office, expressed his concern of inactivity of the Azerbaijani police in relation to assaults on representatives of opposition papers that took place last Sunday and Monday.

22:47, 28 December 2006

South Resource Centre: distribution of Putin's grants among NCOs has strengthened estrangement of public and power

The Krasnodar non-governmental organization (NGO) "South Regional Resource Centre" thinks that Vladimir Putin's order on state support of non-commercial organizations (NCOs) "has strengthened the estrangement of civil society and the power."

22:40, 28 December 2006

Azerbaijan stops Russian TV channels

The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting (NCTRB) of Azerbaijan made a decision at its sitting on Thursday made a decision to stop broadcasting of Russian channels "Pervy" (First) and "Rossiya" (Russia) in the Republic's national frequencies, and of two Turkish ones - "STV" ("Samanyolu") and "D."

22:36, 28 December 2006

Examination has confirmed: Basaev was killed in Ingushetia

A gene-molecular examination has confirmed that the remains of the terrorist liquidated in Ingushetia that were delivered for investigation belong exactly to Shamil Basaev.

23:22, 27 December 2006

One of indictees of Moscow Metro explosions begs for leniency

Mr. Tambij Khubiev, one of defendants on Moscow Metro terror acts case, has applied to the Moscow City Court for leniency, Igor Trunov, victims' lawyer has reported.

23:21, 27 December 2006

General Prosecutor's Office checks Nevzlin's involvement in Litvinenko's murder

The Russian General Prosecutor's Office is undertaking investigatory actions to verify the information about Russian citizens' poisoning with toxic substances.

22:16, 27 December 2006

Alkhanov: 380 militants have surrendered during the year

In 2006, about 380 former militants have got back to peaceful life in Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, president of the Republic, has reported this fact to the press conference.

22:08, 27 December 2006

Igor Dobaev: "youth jama'ats" assault North Caucasus

On request of the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot," Igor Dobaev, Doctor of Philosophy, head of the sector of geopolitical problems of the South Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, gave his comments on the events in Cherkessk (Karachayevo-Cherkessia) on December 25, 2006.

22:05, 27 December 2006

Nalchik attackers have publicly repented in Kabardino-Balkaria

The "Kabardino-Balkarian Pravda" newspaper has published the "Address of Former Members of Illegal Armed Formations (IAFs) Who Have Voluntarily Laid Down Arms," which runs that the time that has passed allowed them "to give a new look on their actions and rethink over the grave consequences" of what has happened.

22:09, 26 December 2006

Ali Gasanov: authorities of Azerbaijan are against impingement of freedom of speech

Human rights activists and lawyers consider that violence applied to Nidzhat Daglar, correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, was a continuation of the violence campaign of the authorities towards the press, as well as a result of impunity for previous crimes.

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