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11:30, 16 February 2008

Lawyer Boris Kuznetsov gets political asylum in the States

Lawyer Boris Kuznetsov who earlier defended ex-senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan and was suspected of disclosing state secrets was granted political asylum in the United States.

11:27, 16 February 2008

Mother of Guantanamo prisoner Kudaev detained in Kabardino-Balkaria

On February 14, Fatima Tekaeva, mother of Rasul Kudaev, a defendant in the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, was detained in the city of Nalchik.

15:02, 15 February 2008

In Krasnodar Territory, human rights activists demand to settle the Kurds' problems

The Public Organization "Southern Regional Resource Centre" has sent an application to the Regional Department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) with a request to inspect the situation of the Kurds who are living in the Krasnodar Territory since 1992.

14:58, 15 February 2008

Hunger strike in defence of Vasily Aleksanyan goes on in Rostov-on-Don

Human rights activist Raissa Grishechkina continues her hunger strike in support of fatally sick former vice-president of the YUKOS Company Vasily Aleksanyan in Rostov-on-Don. Now, Vasily Aleksanyan is under arrest in one of Moscow clinics.

14:55, 15 February 2008

Officials-lawbreakers are not trialled in Kabardino-Balkaria

On February 14, the Judicial Department of Kabardino-Balkaria held a Collegium sitting to sum up the work of the courts in 2007. Leila Zanikoeva, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Court, spoke at the sitting and noted that out of 41 officials, brought to criminal liability in 2007, none was actually punished.

14:48, 15 February 2008

Criminal case initiated against "Voice of Beslan" activists in North Ossetia

Today, a criminal case was initiated in North Ossetia against Ella Kesaeva, Svetlana Margieva and Emilia Bzarova - the core members of the "Voice of Beslan" Organization.

14:45, 15 February 2008

Consideration of the suit of the Ministry of Property of Dagestan against the Women's Charitable Hospital postponed

Today, the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Dagestan held a preliminary hearing of another suit with a demand to abandon the premises lodged by the Ministry of Property Relations against the Regional Public Foundation named "The Charitable Women's Hospital".

14:18, 15 February 2008

Georgian opposition starts a mass protest action in the capital of the country

Today at 2:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. Moscow time), a mass protest action of Georgian opposition has started in Tbilisi.

15:25, 14 February 2008

Evloev, arrested in Ingushetia, is suspected of organizing mass disorders in Nazran

Magomed Evloev, a resident of Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, who was detained on February 13 by power agents, is suspected of organizing mass disorders in Nazran on January 26, when the buildings of the Republic's newspaper "Serdalo" and hotel "Assa" were set on fire.

15:22, 14 February 2008

Residents of Dagestan capital accuse law enforcement bodies of kidnapping

Two residents of the capital of Dagestan - Dzhabir Kamaludinov and Shamil Omarov - declare that they were kidnapped by law enforcement bodies. They disappeared in the end of January and returned home in a week with bodily injuries.

15:18, 14 February 2008

Advocates of ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan fear for his life

According to the statement made by the advocates of Farkhad Aliev, former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, if the authorities want their client to escape the fate of Patarkatsishvili, they should admit attending physicians to him.

15:14, 14 February 2008

Spontaneous rally in Ingushetia was caused by detention of an Ekazhevo villager

The reason for a spontaneous rally held last night in Nazran was the detention on February 13 by employees of power agencies in the centre of Nazran of Magomed Evloev, a resident of Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia.

15:11, 14 February 2008

Experts: Patarkatsishvili died a natural death

British policemen have promulgated the first results of the post mortem examination of Badri Patarkatsishvili's body. It was found out that the death of the Georgian businessman was a result of natural causes, runs their special statement.

15:06, 14 February 2008

Ingushetia: relatives of Chapanov killed by power agents are dissatisfied with investigation

The relatives of Yusup Chapanov, who was killed on February 1, 2008, in the centre of Nazran by employees of power agencies of the Russian Federation, express their discontent with the progress of investigating the murder.

17:58, 13 February 2008

Head of Ter-Petrosyan's election office beaten in the capital of Armenia

In Yerevan, head of the election office of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who is running for presidency in Armenia, was beaten.

17:53, 13 February 2008

In Armenia, investigation is underway of attacks on Sarkisyan's election offices

The attacks on election offices of Serzh Sarkisyan, one of Armenian presidential candidates, committed on February 10 and 11, caused an investigation now underway within a criminal case initiated under point 1, part 2, Article 185 of the Criminal Code of the Republic Armenia.

17:50, 13 February 2008

Court marshals deny that they we beaten by "Voice of Beslan" members

The Department of the Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia has stated that nobody from the "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization beat the judge and seven court marshals.

17:45, 13 February 2008

Georgian opposition tends to believe that Patarkatsishvili was killed

Representatives of Georgian oppositional parties agree that the murder version of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili cannot be excluded.

17:41, 13 February 2008

British experts will investigate into Badri Patarkatsishvili's death

The cause of a sudden death of the richest person in Georgia, former presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili will be established by British experts.

12:27, 12 February 2008

Activist of "The Other Russia" litigates militia in Rostov

On February 13, the Rostov Regional Court will consider the cassation complaint filed by the activist of "The Other Russia" Pavel Nagibin on violation of the right to freedom, freedom of movement and freedom of creativity.

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