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The Chief Department of the General Public Prosecutor's Office for the South Federal District has resumed the earlier suspended investigation on the criminal case in relation to Ahmed Zakaev, emissary of Chechen separatists, initiated back in 2001.

Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov, defendant in the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine, has made an attempt to hang himself in the trial prison, where he is now kept.

Vladimir Plotnikov, former commander of the special operation - now witness in Ulman's case, - has stated that had not ordered to kill residents of Chechnya.

Today, Ismail Bostanov, rector of the Islamic Institute, has undergone an emergency surgery in the city hospital of Cherkessk (Karachayevo-Cherkessia).

The "Caucasian Knot" has informed earlier that on October 7, 2006, three militants were killed in Chechnya.

The cassation complaint of the terror act victims that was lodged to the Supreme Court of Russia does not appeal against the life sentence passed earlier to Nurpashi Kulaev, survived attacker of school No. 1.

Sergey Mironov, speaker of the Council of Federation, has put a task before the Parliamentary Commission on Beslan, to finalize its report by the end of 2006.

Gegam Khalatyan, vice-president of the Union of Armenians of Russia, has told in his interview to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that throughout the latest fifteen years, the climate of extreme intolerance to Caucasus natives has been planted in Russia, and what happens today - is the result of this policy.

The Presnenskiy Court of Moscow has refused to bring into court as co-claimants 54 more persons under the suit on compensation of moral damage to residents of Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya lodged against the Ministry of Defence.

Today, Ismail Bostanov, rector of the Islamic Institute and deputy chairman of the Spiritual Directorate of the Moslems of Karachayevo-Cherkessia and Stavropol Territory, has been taken to the city hospital of Cherkessk with firearm and incised wounds.

The start of proceedings of the case on dispersal of Anna Politkovskaya's memorial picket, which had been appointed for 4 p.m. yesterday, December 15, at the Nazran District Court of the Republic of Ingushetia, did not come about again. Magomed Mutsolgov, claimant's representative and chairman of the "Mashr" Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANO), informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" about the fact.

Alexander Litvinenko was murdered because he possessed information on a certain powerful Kremlin figure, his former partner told the BBC in an interview.

Senator Oleg Panteleev, member of the federal parliamentary commission on Beslan, has reported on Friday that the commission's report will be presented to parliament in the 20s of December this year.

In Rostov-on-Don, at the North-Caucasian Military Court, three witnesses on the prosecution part were interrogated on Friday on "Ulman's case."

Alexander Belov, leader of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (MAII) was summoned to Petrozavodsk for interrogation.