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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

June 02, 2010 19:00

  • President of Chechnya: Sharia is more important than Russia's laws

    Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov denies his involvement in abductions and murder occurring in the republic and declares that "the only enemies he recognizes and intends to 'annihilate' are the enemies of Islam, to whom he refers the Wahhabi insurgents who are hiding in forests. Also, Kadyrov is convinced that Sharia is above the laws of the Russian Federation.

June 02, 2010 18:00

June 01, 2010 23:20

  • Russia lost its first action in the European Court upon Dagestan resident claim

    On 8 April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) passed a judgment on the case "Mrs.Abdurashidova against Russia", having acknowledged that the Russian Federation was responsible for the numerous violations of the applicant's rights. This is the first suit gained in the ECHR by the resident of Dagestan", the Human Right Center "Memorial" informed today.

June 01, 2010 23:10

  • Georgia: NGO reports violations at local elections

    Today, in Georgia, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) named "The Human Rights Centre" held a press conference, where it has presented its post-election report "General violations and disputable actions detected by observers on May 30, 2010, in Svanetia and Kakhetia".

June 01, 2010 23:00

  • Action for preschools improvement in Georgia

    Kindergartens reduction in Georgia contributes to the spread of diseases among children and the preschool education degradation. This was the key note of the action organized by the Educators and Scientists Trade Union of Georgia.

June 01, 2010 22:30

  • Supposed suicide-bomber killed in Grozny not identified yet

    Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya try to identify the young man, who was killed yesterday, on May 31, in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny and who, as power agents believe, was going to commit a self-suicidal act of terrorism. The information about liquidation of the failed suicide-bomber gives rise to doubts among local human rights activists.

June 01, 2010 22:00

  • Monument to Beslan terror act victims unveiled in Moscow

    The Monument to the people killed in the Beslan terrorist attack in 2004 was unveiled today in the downtown of Moscow. The monument was designed by the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli. His project was selected from more than ten anonymous proposals.

June 01, 2010 21:00

  • Two residents of Ingushetia detained in North Ossetia

    On May 28 in Vladikavkaz, law enforcers detained two residents of Ingushetia - Anzor Chaniev and Idris Yandiev. Their relatives are sure that the detention was illegal and state that at the militia the young men were exposed to violence, runs the statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

June 01, 2010 21:00

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June 01, 2010 19:00

  • Cafe blown up in Khasavyurt

    An unidentified explosive device was triggered in one of the cafes in the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt, the GOVD (City Interior Division) has reported.

June 01, 2010 18:00

June 01, 2010 18:00

May 31, 2010 23:40

  • In Georgia, three NGOs lodge 102 claims on violations at elections

    The "International Society of Fair Elections and Democracy", the "Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia" and the Movement "Multinational Georgia", which monitored the course of local elections in Georgia, lodged, by the moment of the end of voting, 102 claims to district and constituency electoral commissions.

May 31, 2010 23:20

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May 31, 2010 23:00

May 31, 2010 23:00

  • Armenia: police detains sit-in protesters

    Today, the police of Armenia prevented a sit-in protest action, which was planned by activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) in the Freedom Square of Yerevan. Policemen accompanied by "red berets" removed from the square to a police station not only activists of the opposition, but also journalists. The total of detainees was 15 persons.

May 31, 2010 22:00

May 31, 2010 20:00

  • CEC of Georgia: Gigi Ugulava wins election

    Under preliminary data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia, after tabulation of ballot papers from 774 polling stations, the incumbent Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, who is representing the party in power "United National Movement", is in the lead of the new election race. He has won 55.23 percent of votes. The runner-up is Irakli Alasaniya (19.5 percent), and Giorgi Chanturiya is in the third position (10.71 percent).

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