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The Musaev family, residents of the village of Avtury of the Shali District of Chechnya, addressed the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

"We are afflicted with the decision of the Court on Sergey Lapin," Fredericka Ber, representative of the largest in the world human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) a AI's researcher for Russia, stated to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."

One of the most significant events of autumn 2006 political life was the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Forum 'For the Future of Democracy' held in Moscow.

Each of the forty-two claims lodged by residents of Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya versus the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on compensation of moral damage will be considered separately.

On January 17, the Supreme Court of Russia has ruled to send the case of Sergey Lapin (radio call sign "Cadet"), criminal search senior lieutenant of the Interior Department of the city of Nizhnevartovsk, who was convicted for torturing Zelimkhan Murdalov, a resident of Grozny, capital of Chechnya, to the first instance court for a new consideration.

Today, the North Caucasian Regional Military Court has continued the proceedings of the case of interior troops officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev, accused of murdering Chechnya residents.

The trend of recent years - hampering by the state of enforcement of the decisions of the European Court in the territory of the Russian Federation - may result in suspension of the Council of Europe membership.

Officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev, accused of murdering peaceful residents of Chechnya, refuse to admit their guilt.

On January 15, the premises of the Federation for Peace and Accord have become the venue of the roundtable with participation of human rights defenders from such public organizations like the Committee for Civil Rights, "Social Partnership" Foundation, "Public Verdict," as well as representatives of state institutions for defence of human rights and specialists in the area of fighting tortures, cruel and humiliating treatment and punishment.

On January 16, the European Court for Human Rights will notify about 27 court judgments made and will announce decisions on 24 cases. One of them refers applicants from Chechnya - Arbi Chitaev and his brother Adam, born in 1964 and 1967, respectively.

January 15 is the deadline for the amnesty declared last July by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia to participants of armed formations in North Caucasus.

Ruslan Demilkhanov, 30, resident of the Starye Atagi village of the Groznenskiy Rural District of the Chechen Republic, is trying to bring Vadim Rechkalov, journalist of the "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" ("MK") newspaper, to responsibility.

Mr. Rene Van der Linden, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), sees no reason now to start an international investigation into the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

Mr. Rene Van der Linden, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), does not exclude, that a report will be prepared under the auspice of the Council of Europe on the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

Yesterday, on January 10, Special Militia ("OMON") fighters dispersed a meeting held in the centre of Moscow near the Ministry of Defence of Russia in defence of Evgeniy Khudiakov and Sergey Arakcheev, interior officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, accused of murdering peaceful residents of Chechnya.