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On Thursday, February 15, President Vladimir Putin declared a change of power in Chechnya: the president of the Republic Alu Alkhanov was decorated with an order and resigned, Ramzan Kadyrov was appointed to be acting president.

Boris Gryzlov, Chairman of the State Duma, has declared that in the closest future Russia will get an opportunity to address the International Court of the United Nations with the aim to solve the issue of deporting Ahmed Zakaev, now living in Great Britain, to the Russian justice.

The authorities of Chechnya intend to organize a major international conference in Grozny with participation of delegates from Russian and foreign human rights and non-governmental organizations.

The Office of Public Prosecutor of Chechnya has initiated a criminal case on the fact of swindle within the system of the Ministry for National Policy, Print and Information of the Republic.

Today, the North Caucasian Regional Military Court has resumed the process on internal troops officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev accused of murdering Chechnya residents.

The confrontation between head of Chechnya Alu Alkhanov and premier of the Republic's government Ramzan Kadyrov continues to build-up.

On Tuesday, the Political Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will consider the situation in Chechnya at its session in Paris.

The Chairman of Chechen Government has declared that "peace has set in finally and irrevocably" in the Chechen Republic.

With a reference to a source close to the investigation of the case on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper has informed about detention of two suspects of committing the crime.

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya's government, has won his suit lodged against the "Kommersant" newspaper.

About 27,000 Chechen pensioners remained without their pensions in January this year.

It has become known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that at the sanatorium "Nart" in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a group of children from the Chechen Republic has undergone treatment from an unknown illness diagnosed in them earlier.

On commission of Ramzan Kadyrov, prime minister of Chechnya, an inspection was held on observance of human rights in the Grozny pre-trial detention centre ("SIZO") and the colony for the victims located in the settlement of Chernokozovo.

Three nephews of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, former vice-president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), who surrendered on January 12 this year to the authorities of Chechnya, were engaged only in the issues of his guarding.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic is holding an examination on the occasion of confiscation of the whole run of the "Daimokhk" (Fatherland) newspaper.