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The aim of this election "farce" was to give Kadyrov legitimacy. For in 2000, Moscow appointed him as its administrator of the republic even though at that time the republic had its own legally elected and internationally recognized president and parliament.

The collection of articles compiled by Florian Hassel, the Moscow correspondent of the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, was published with the assistance of the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

Russian military men backed by armored equipment entered the village of Stariye Atagi, the Grozny (rural) district, on October 8.

"Political stabilization has effect on the economic development of Russia's South," claimed Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the South Federal District Viktor Kazantsev.

A police officer demanded from the journalists a "special permit" signed by acting head of the Ingush migration service Ivan Pomeschenko. As it became clear, visits to the refugee camps are not allowed without a sanction of this official.

About twenty signatures of passers-by were collected during the picket under the appeal in support of Akhmadov's plan "For Establishment of the UN Interim Administration in Chechnya".

The military demonstrated clearly the situation was under their full control and they were fixing what was happening at the electoral districts.

According to the data of "Memorial", two thirds of grave crimes against peaceful Chechen people are committed by Russian military men and officers of special services.

From the very beginning of the press conference MHG Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva let the present know that the reality shown virtually in all media reports on the elections in Chechnya seemed to be too affected.

The research results show 51% of the questioned people of Russia do not approve of the Russian authorities' policy towards the Chechen Republic.

Numerous independent sources assert the voters' attendance on October 5 was extremely low.

According to some information, Akhmad Kadyrov's son was delivered to a local hospital; other reports say he was taken outside the republic.

"The presidential election campaign has shown everybody's real worth and certain conclusions will certainly be made," said Anatoly Popov.

Public figures and public organizations working in the field of peacemaking, defending human rights and providing humanitarian aid in the Northern Caucasus can be nominees for the "Prize".

Dozens of families of Chechen refugees from the tent camp "Bella", which was forcedly liquidated at the end of September, were moved to the other tent centre of temporary accommodation "Satsita" and are in the state of outcasts so far.