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The judicial hearing in respect of the defendant, accused of killing former Colonel Yuri Budanov, has been invalidated; and the jury has been dissolved, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

At least 62 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in January 2013; of them, 39 persons perished and 23 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

During trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder the defense introduced witness Fataliev’s statement submitted to Public Prosecutor’s office and Committee of Inquiry in which he reported undergoing pressure.

11 Russian human rights organizations have filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) the complaint against the law on non-commercial organizations. The human rights defenders believe that the requirement to get registered as "foreign agents" violates their right to freedom of association and freedom of speech and violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.

According to the Russia's MIA, the money allocated for capital repairs of the housing fund and resettlement of tenants from dilapidated houses was stolen.

The defence of Sergey Khadjikurbanov, a figurant in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", has decided to challenge the extension of his arrest, which was ruled by the Moscow City Court.

According to the press service of the Investigatory Department for Moscow of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), eight suspects of kidnapping a resident of Grozny have been detained in Moscow.

The authorities of Dagestan are investigating the circumstances of kidnapping and killing of a policeman from Chechnya.

The female staff of the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Grozny" is obliged to go to work in hijabs, say the employees.

In Nizhny Novgorod, at the trial on recognition of the monograph "The International Tribunal for Chechnya" as extremist, Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC)"Memorial", has testified as a witness.

Today, after being questioned by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in respect of Darya Trenina, an advocate of the defendant in the murder case of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, a criminal case was initiated against Trenina on charges of bribing the witness Alexander Evtukhov.

During the trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder in Moscow city court the attorneys of defendant Yusup Temerkhanov demanded witness Alexander Evtukhov’ reconduction for interrogation in court. The court dismissed the motion of the defence.

In 2012 human rights activists in Russia who worked in Northern Caucasus underwent a high risk, World report of international human rights organization “Human Rights Watch” (HRW) published today runs.

The Supreme Court of Chechen Republic sentenced private entrepreneur Islam Shamsaitov to three years of custody for finance support of participants of armed underground.

During trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder the defence entered a motion to disclose in the presence of the jury witness Alexander Evtukhov’s evidence he give in process of preliminary investigation in connection with inconsistencies the lawyers considered significant. The court dismissed the motion.