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September 18, 2008 23:54

• Parliament of Georgia extends state of emergency till October 3

  Today, the Parliament of Georgia has made a decision to prolong the state of emergency in those regions of Georgia, where Russian troops are still present, including the peacekeeping forces, till October 3, 2008.

September 18, 2008 23:50

• "Voice of Beslan": keeping Ingushetian natives in underground prison is special agencies' provocation

  The fact of keeping certain natives of Ingushetia in an underground prison as a vengeance for the tragedy in Beslan is a "provocation of special agencies", said Ella Kesaeva, co-chair of the "Voice of Beslan" organization, making comments on the case of Magomed Khamkhoev's kidnapping.

September 18, 2008 23:44

• Lavrov: recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia is no precedent for Transdniestria and Karabakh

  Sergey Lavrov, head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke today to the Council of Federation and said that the recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia did not create any precedent for Transdniestria and Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 18, 2008 23:31

• FSB prevents Beslan-like school capture in Dagestan

  According to the version of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau), the group of 10 militants liquidated on September 17 in Dagestan had planned to capture a secondary school located in the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of the Republic.

September 17, 2008 13:41

• Opposition rally to be held in Kalmykia

  A protest rally with a demand of resignation of the incumbent President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is planned for September 21 in the capital of Kalmykia. It is dated to the anniversary of dispersal of a similar protest action in September 2004.

September 17, 2008 13:34

• Two residents of Ingushetia disappear in Moscow

  In Moscow, two residents of Ingushetia have disappeared. Their relatives have addressed with applications to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Nazran.

September 17, 2008 13:10

• Khugaev: 1694 persons fell victim of the war in South Ossetia

  Public Prosecutor of South Ossetia Taimuraz Khugaev has reported that presumably 1694 persons were lost in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

September 17, 2008 13:03

• UN headquarters commemorates casualties in South Ossetia

  On the fortieth day after the start of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict the headquarters of the United Nations opened a show of photos presented by the leading Russian news agencies and depicting the degree of destructions in South Ossetia.

September 17, 2008 12:59

• Russia's MFA: NATO encourages Georgia to new adventures

  By deepening cooperation with Georgia, NATO encourages Tbilisi to new adventures, runs the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation made in the context of the visit of the delegation of the North Atlantic Alliance to Georgia.

September 17, 2008 12:53

• Russia concludes friendship and cooperation treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  Today, Russia has concluded treaties on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The solemn signing ceremony took place in the Kremlin.

September 17, 2008 12:42

• Liudmila Alekseeva is concerned about human rights situation in Ingushetia

  On September 16, Liudmila Alekseeva, well-known human rights defender and leader of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) arrived to Ingushetia.

September 17, 2008 12:27

• Mourning events held in SFD in memory of victims in South Ossetia

  September 16 was 40 days after the start of the broad-scale warfare in South Ossetia. A number of regions of the South Federal District (SFD) held mourning actions in memory of the victims of the armed conflict.

September 17, 2008 12:22

• "Voice of Beslan" demands to set up protective dome over Beslan School

  On August 16, the members of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" arrived to the House of Government in Vladikavkaz to meet the leader of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov and ask him to help in erecting a transparent dome over the destroyed building of School No. 1 in Beslan.

September 16, 2008 12:26

• In Ingushetia, court satisfies suit of ChCNS to Registration Service

  A lengthy litigation of the Regional Public Movement "Chechen Committee of National Salvation" (ChCNS) against the former Department of the Federal Registration Service of Russia for the Republic of Ingushetia (DFRS for RI) was over on September 12 victoriously for the claimant - the ChCNS.

September 16, 2008 12:22

• Medvedev signs draft treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  On September 15, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev signed his statements about conclusion of treaties on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

September 16, 2008 12:16

• Lavrov: during warfare in South Ossetia, all the parties were "exorbitant"

  Sergey Lavrov, head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has admitted that all the parties of the military actions in South Ossetia were "exorbitant" in their warfare.

September 16, 2008 12:13

• Citizens of Azerbaijan and Chechnya assassinated in Moscow

  On September 15, in the territory of Russian capital, two unidentified persons beat and knifed a citizen of Azerbaijan. Earlier in Moscow, a native of Chechnya was killed.

September 16, 2008 12:06

• Davidis: prosecution of Kuzmin, ex-Mayor of Stavropol, is politically motivated

  In the opinion of Moscow electoral expert Sergey Davidis, the prosecution of former Mayor of Stavropol Dmitri Kuzmin, who has applied for political asylum in one of European countries, has political character and is connected with the victory of the Party "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia), which was headed by Kuzmin, at elections to the Territorial Parliament in March 2007.

September 16, 2008 12:01

• Russian Ministry for Emergencies: 33,000 refugees return to South Ossetia

  The Information Department of the Ministry for Emergencies of the Russian Federation has reported that almost 33,000 persons, who had left South Ossetia after Georgia's attack, have returned to their homeland. In total, according to the Federal Migratory Service, over 34,500 persons had left the Republic.

September 15, 2008 13:00

• Lavrov: Russia and Abkhazia to have transparent border

  In the long term, the border between Russia and Abkhazia will be transparent, same as between EU countries, said the head of Russian MFA Sergey Lavrov, who paid a visit to Abkhazia.