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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya has reported that the militants who attacked this morning the Parliament building in Grozny, were members of the illegal armed formation (IAF) commanded by Hussein Gakaev, who has organized this action in order to kill Chechen MPs and become famous. However, so far, none of the militants has taken responsibility for the attack.

As reported by Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia, Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI), was announced into international search again. The Yessentuki City Court, the Stavropol Territory, has arrested Zakaev in absentia.

Advocates of those defendants who were sentenced today on charges of murdering Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, a former State Duma Deputy, plan to file, within their legitimate 10 days, an appeal against the verdict. They assert that witnesses' evidences were unreliable, and the case materials were falsified.

Today the Moscow Municipal court sentenced three natives of Chechnya to imprisonment terms of 14 to 20 years acknowledging them guilty of the murder of Ruslan Yamadayev, ex-deputy of State Duma of the Russian Federation.

In the evening of October, 17, in Lenin district of Grozny, some strangers beat up a member of a non-governmental organization "Human Rights Center of Chechen Republic" and her daughter aged 18.

Such human rights activists an Natalya Estemirova are the pride of Russia, this is the opinion of Sergey Komkov, President of the All-Russian Fund of education who on October, 14, was interrogated in court on the action of Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya, against Oleg Orlov, Head of "Memorial" Human Rights center. Another witness, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman of Checnya, said that Estemirova's role in human rights defense had been much exaggerated.

Today in Moscow, the third session took place on the criminal case of slander initiated against Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under the suit of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

Population census in Chechnya as well as in all the rest regions of Russia has started today. Law enforcement agencies of the republic will remain on an intensified watch regime until the end of the census.

Today in Grozny, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was elected by the delegates of the World Congress of Chechen People to be Secretary General of the Congress. According to observers, this will make him more independent from the Kremlin.

The main mission of the two-day World Congress of Chechen People opened today in Grozny was formulated by its organizers as unification of all the Chechens living in different countries of the world. Observers, however, believe that the forum is held in Grozny as an opposition to the World Chechen Congress, which was held on September 16 in Poland with the participation of representatives of the non-recognized Ichkeria.

On October 11, a special vehicle named "Hydrema" and designed for de-mining tripped over a mine and blew up in the Grozny District of Chechnya during clearing arable land from explosive devices. Experts say that this was the first incident of this sort that occurred with this machinery. Two sappers inside the vehicle were not injured.

Ahmed Zakaev, Head of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI), has resolved to stop the activities of this Government and declared that he and his adherents acknowledged "State Committee of Defense - Shura Majlis" headed by Khusein Gakaev the supreme governing body of Ichkeria "for the war period".