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09:31, 7 May 2008

Court rejects early release of Yuri Budanov

Today, the Ulyanovsk Regional Court has upheld the decision of the City Court of Dimitrovgrad to reject to apply the early conditional release to former colonel Yuri Budanov who is serving his ten years' term for murdering Elza Kungaeva, a resident of Chechnya.

09:29, 7 May 2008

In Armenia, court extends arrest of opposition leader Zurabyan

The court has added two months to the term of pre-trial custody of Ararat Zurabyan, leader of the oppositional Armenian All-National Movement, as Karen Karapetyan, a member of the Movement Board, has informed.

09:24, 7 May 2008

Human rights activists: 25,000 hectares of Chechen territory are still mine-studded

Leaders of human rights and other public organizations of Chechnya are concerned with slow rates of de-mining the territory. They also are dissatisfied with the intention of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies to finance mine clearing in Serbia and forget about mines in Chechnya.

09:20, 7 May 2008

Shevchenko: closure of charitable hospital in Dagestan is a tragedy

Maxim Shevchenko, a member of the Public Chamber and head of the Centre for Strategic Researches of Religion and Politics in Modern World, has treated the judicial decision on the claim of the Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Dagestan against the Regional Public Foundation "Charitable Women's Hospital" to be a tragedy and disaster.

14:43, 6 May 2008

Candidate from Georgian party in power gives up his participation in elections

Valery Giorgobiani, a candidate for majority deputy in the Tsager Constituency of Georgia from the party in power United National Movement, has refused to take part in the elections after his compromising audio record was made public.

14:39, 6 May 2008

France holds protest rally against deportation of Chechen illegal migrants

The French city of Nancy (Department of Meurthe and Moselle) has hosted a protest rally against deportation of illegal migrants from Chechnya. About 150 persons took part in the event.

14:35, 6 May 2008

In Armenia, office of opposition party "Homeland and Honour" was searched

Tonight, at about 7:30-8:30 p.m. local time, employees of the Special Investigatory Group of the State Office of the Public Prosecutor of Armenia made a sanctioned search in the office of the opposition party "Homeland and Honour".

14:27, 6 May 2008

Militiamen detain believers in Ingushetian mosque

On May 5, in one of the mosques of the Pliev Municipal District in Ingushetia, a number of mosque parishioners were detained.

14:20, 6 May 2008

Prosecutor's Office checks for violations in Adygean reserves

Following the visit of the Mission of the UNESCO and IUCN, the local Prosecutor's Office has started its own check in the Maikop District of Adygea in the territory of the World Natural Heritage "Zapadny Kavkaz" (Western Caucasus); the check may last till the end of May.

14:06, 6 May 2008

Residents of Dagestan capital ready to protest against electricity outages

Despite the authorities' assurances about no-break electricity supply in Makhachkala, certain districts of Dagestan capital have no electricity for some days already. City dwellers are again ready to go out for protest actions.

13:59, 6 May 2008

Georgia to get 2 million euros from European Commission to prepare elections

Today, the European Commission has announced allocation of two million euros to Georgia as support to preparation of the parliamentary elections to be held on May 21.

12:58, 5 May 2008

Kukava: candidate for deputy from the Georgian party in power blackmails the population

Valery Giorgobiani, a candidate for a majority deputy from the party in power of Georgia - the United National Movement - is blackmailing people. This was stated today by Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the Conservative Party and a member of the United Opposition, in a press conference, having made public an audio record of the sitting held in the administration of the Tsager District.

12:53, 5 May 2008

Khidasheli: on the eve of elections Georgian authorities stir up the situation in Abkhazia

Tina Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the oppositional Republican Party of Georgia, asserts that nothing special is taking place in Abkhazia today, and the situation is deliberately stirred up by Georgian authorities before the elections.

12:47, 5 May 2008

Resident of North Ossetia asserts that his son is prosecuted on ethnic motives

Zaurbek Bolataev, a resident of the city of Beslan (North Ossetia), has addressed human rights organizations of the country for help because of criminal prosecution of his son Nikolai Bolataev, a student of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School.

11:40, 5 May 2008

In Armenia, court leaves head of Ter-Petrosyan's pre-election staff under arrest

Today, the first-instance court of the Yerevan community Kentron-Nork-Marash has ruled to extend by two months the custody term of Alexander Arzumanyan, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and head of the pre-election office of Ter-Petrosyan.

11:21, 5 May 2008

Georgia quits air defence agreement with Russia

Today, Georgia has served a note to Russia informing the Russian party about its exit from the antiaircraft defence cooperation agreement.

11:17, 5 May 2008

In Georgia, "Imedi" TV Company restarts broadcasting in testing mode

The Georgian "Imedi" TV Company has resumed its technical broadcasting. Now, the TV Channel, which stopped its operation last December, is putting movies on air. Information programs are planned from June on.

11:26, 3 May 2008

Mekhtiyev: USA interfere into internal affairs of Azerbaijan

According to Ramiz Mekhtiyev, head of the Azeri president's administration, the allocation by the USA of more than 3 million dollars for supporting election in Azerbaijan in October 2008 is an interference by USA into the internal affairs of Azerbaijan.

11:24, 3 May 2008

Tinatin Khidasheli accuses Georgian authorities of pressure upon herself

Tinatin Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the "Republican Party" and a majority candidate to deputies from Saburtalin district in Georgia, claims that members of the youth wing of her party have been threatened while she is under permanent watch.

11:20, 3 May 2008

Picket to defend media freedom held in Krasnodar

About 15 persons came to the square in front of the cinema hall "Avrora" in Krasnodar to hold a picket. Half of them are journalists. The picketers protested against the interference of functionaries into the mass media activity, and also called on their colleagues to work on the principles of objectivity and truth.

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