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In Chechnya, the conflict continues, caused by the intention of the authorities to remove the Memorial erected in 1992 in the Chechen capital in memory of the victims of 1944 deportation to a city suburb. People are revolted with the fact that the place allocated for the new memorial is now a garbage dump.

The militants are searched in the Vedeno District of Chechnya who shelled on June 2 a Mi-8 helicopter, which was carrying militaries of a special subdivision of the Interior Troops.

The investigation has decided to release another figurant of the criminal case on Anna Politkovskaya's murder - Shamil Buraev, former head of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya.

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has approved the decision of the city administration of Grozny on removal of the complex in memory of victims of the 1944 deportation from the central part of city to a suburb and stated that the monument to the victims of repressions should be grandiose.

Head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny Shakhman Akbulatov has stated, while making his comments on the May 29 decision of the European Court for Human Rights obliging Russia to pay out money compensation to five residents of Chechnya, that Russia fails to completely fulfil the decisions of the European Court.

Bulgaria has stopped a criminal group suspected of financing militants in Chechnya.

Today, in the Leninskiy District of the capital of Chechnya, building workers have started dismantling the memorial complex erected in Grozny during Dzhokhar Dudaev's rule in memory of the victims of mass deportation of Chechens undertaken in February 1944.

Today, the European Court for Human Rights has made public its decisions on five cases related to residents of Chechnya.

The Prosecutor's Office has revealed violations of the legislation on prisoners' custody conditions and brought a presentation to the local Department of the Federal Service for Punishment Enforcement with a demand to eliminate the drawbacks.

Muslim Khuchiev, Mayor of the capital of Chechnya has signed an order to rename the Communist Street in Grozny into the Solsa-Haji Yandarov Street, in memory of the well-known religious figure of the Republic of the beginning of the 20th century.

The mission of CIS observers has assessed the parliamentary elections in Georgia as democratic, having noted that the revealed violations can in no way affect the outcomes of the voting.

Human rights activists are concerned with the situation around the "Vostok" (East) battalion of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, deployed in Chechnya, and state that irrespective of the political context, the grave crimes revealed during the recent weeks shall be investigated.

Nikolai Paizulaev, a writer and public figure, was kidnapped in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.

In the end of this April, the European Court for Human Rights started considering the cases of twelve Russian militaries, including those who had served in Chechnya, who complain of violation of their right to judicial defence.

Victor Orlov, a representative of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), has stated that more than 50 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) abroad are supporting militants in Chechnya.