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13:59, 18 April 2008

Jury in the case on Kondopoga disorders acquits militiaman Vysokikh

Today, the jury has acquitted Victor Vysokikh, deputy head of the Public Security Militia of Karelia, accused of professional negligence in relation to mass disorders in Kondopoga in 2006.

13:57, 18 April 2008

In Azerbaijan, political scientist sentenced to four years of imprisonment

Rovshan Novruzoglu, an Azerbaijani political scientist and Director of the Centre for Fighting Corruption and International Terrorism, has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment with serving the punishment in a general custody colony.

13:55, 18 April 2008

Putin orders to lift all visa restrictions for Georgian citizens

Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, has instructed the government to start consultations on admission of Georgian goods to the Russian market and on cancelling visa restrictions for citizens of Georgia.

13:49, 18 April 2008

HRC "Memorial": Chechnya's authorities under-fulfil what they had promised to human rights activists

The cooperation of the authorities of the Chechen Republic with human rights activists is not thus efficient as could be expected after the meeting on February 22 of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with representatives of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

13:39, 18 April 2008

Ecologists ask to change the agenda of UNESCO mission to Krasnodar Territory and Adygea

Local ecologists think that the agenda of the Mission of the UNESCO's Centre of World Heritage and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) in Krasnodar Territory and Adygea should be amended.

13:15, 18 April 2008

Armenia: GALA TV Company looks for place to install its antenna

In Armenia, the GALA TV Company looks for alternatives to restart broadcasting. Vaan Khachatryan, owner of the TV Company, has assured that GALA will surely find a new place for its sending antenna.

13:51, 17 April 2008

People in Kabardino-Balkaria approve Putin's instructions to support Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The public of Kabardino-Balkaria is positive towards the orders issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin on rendering subject support to Russian citizens living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

13:36, 17 April 2008

Parliament of Chechnya asks Russian MoD to disband "Vostok" battalion

Parliamentarians of the Chechen Republic ask Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian Minister of Defence, to disband the "Vostok" (East) special purpose battalion, or to replace its commander Sulim Yamadaev.

12:51, 17 April 2008

USA would not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state

The US State Department has reiterated that it does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh to be an independent state, but will continue its efforts towards peaceful settlement of the conflict.

12:48, 17 April 2008

In Azerbaijan, journalist Fatullaev is still in dungeon

Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, will remain in prison's dungeon till April 20.

12:45, 17 April 2008

GALA oppositional Armenian TV Channel stops broadcasting

In Armenia, the broadcasting of the oppositional GALA TV Company is stopped. On April 16, the court marshals dismantled its broadcasting equipment - they performed the decision of the Cassation Court of Armenia.

12:41, 17 April 2008

Dagestan prosecutors refuse to initiate criminal case against founder of "Nastoyascheye Vremya" newspaper

The Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for Dagestan has failed to find any crime elements in the actions of Rizvan Rizvanov, the founder of the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), and decided not to open a criminal case against him.

11:38, 16 April 2008

Russia can have much less NCOs

April 15 was the deadline for submitting operation reports by all the non-commercial organizations, with no exceptions. Human rights activist believe that Russia can launch mass closing of NCOs.

11:32, 16 April 2008

Chechen public demands to punish "Vostok" for skirmish in Gudermes

Representatives of human rights and public organizations of Chechnya demand to make accountable the special-purpose battalion of the GRU named "Vostok" (East), which took part in the conflict with the guards of Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya that burst out in Gudermes.

11:22, 16 April 2008

PACE anxious about situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus

In the memorandum published on April 15, the committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for observance of human rights in Northern Caucasus has recognized the situation with human rights in the region to be "very disturbing".

11:19, 16 April 2008

PACE representative indicates inadmissibility of political prisoners in Armenia

The demand of the Council of Europe concerning political prisoners in Armenia remains unchanged: people shall not be imprisoned for their political convictions.

10:35, 16 April 2008

Khazbiev: at May rally in Ingushetia opposition will demand to return Ruslan Aushev to the Republic

At the rally that is planned in Ingushetia in May the opposition will demand to return the first President of Ingushetia Ruslan Aushev back as the Republic's President.

10:31, 16 April 2008

Armenia denies Seiran Oganyan's announcement into search by Interpol

Colonel Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, press secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, has rejected the information that the newly appointed Minister of Defence General-Colonel Seiran Oganyan had taken part in massacres of the Azerbaijani peaceful population in 1992 and was announced into search by the Interpol.

10:23, 16 April 2008

Georgia prepares "adequate response" to Russia on Putin's instructions on Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Tbilisi treats the Russian initiatives to set up legal relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia as a desire to infringe the sovereignty of Georgia.

15:03, 15 April 2008

Russar: Georgian politicians would not understand the value of the freedom of speech

In the opinion of the Estonian journalist and media expert Ainar Russar, the most important journalistic problem in Georgia is that the authorities, same as the opposition, do not understand that the freedom of speech is one of fundamental public values.

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