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October 29, 2008 12:18

• Exhibition of photos taken at South-Ossetian war opens in Moscow

  On October 28, the Moscow-based State Central Museum of Modern Russian History opened a show of photos named "The Habitat" and dedicated to the military conflict in South Ossetia.

October 29, 2008 11:12

• Georgia reports kidnapping of six Zerti villagers

  Georgian mass media report that in the evening on October 28 six males, residents of Zerti village, Gori District of Georgia, were kidnapped.

October 29, 2008 11:03

• Woods of World Natural Heritage chopped down in Adygea

  The Centre named "NABU-Kavkaz" reports that in Adygea, in the territory of World Natural Heritage (WNH) object "Western Caucasus", illegal wood-felling and "other activities, which look quite illegal" continue. The Centre plans to address the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology and UNESCO's Centre of the World Natural Heritage.

October 29, 2008 10:28

• State Duma ratifies treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  Today, the Russian State Duma has ratified the friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which were signed in Moscow on September 17 and on October 20 brought to consideration of the Lower Chamber of the Parliament by President of Russia.

October 28, 2008 13:31

• Russia wants to deploy troops in Nagorno-Karabakh, experts think

  In the opinion of analysts, the interest of Russia in speeding up the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement is exclusively caused by its desire to deploy its troops in the so-called "safety zones" - near the borders of the former NKAO (Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Okrug).

October 28, 2008 13:26

• President of Armenia voices three conditions of Karabakh settlement

  President of Armenia Serzh Sarkisyan is sure that the Karabakh conflict can be settled: if Azerbaijan recognizes the right of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination; if Karabakh has on-land communication with Armenia; and if international organizations and leading countries guarantee safety for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.

October 28, 2008 13:20

• Georgian authorities build villages for South Ossetian refugees

  Tengiz Ablotiya, the Tbilisi-based expert of the Centre of Extreme Journalism, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that villages are now being built in the territory of Georgia for the projected capacity of 15,000 residents - exactly the Georgian population of South Ossetia.

October 28, 2008 13:15

• Experts praise balanced decision of the Hague Tribunal on Georgia's claim against Russia

  Georgian and Russian experts have treated the decision of the Hague Tribunal on the Georgia-versus-Russia suit on preliminary measures as "well-balanced". The main litigation and consideration of Russia's guilt in the conflict will take up to two years.

October 28, 2008 12:56

• Moscow: human rights activists hold press conference to sum up their visit to Georgia

  Today, on October 28, the "Interfax" has hosted a press conference organized by representatives of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "Demos" Centre on the outcomes of their trip to Georgia. They showed the photos made during the visit.

October 28, 2008 12:53

• Zviad Gamsakhurdia's son released on bail in Georgia

  The son of the first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia and oppositional politician Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, who had been arrested on suspicion of espionage for Russia and attempt of coup d'etat, is now at large on bail worth 20,000 laris (over 14,000 US dollars).

October 28, 2008 12:49

• Chechen residents win trial at European Court on Human Rights

  On October 23, the European Court on Human Rights considered the case "Magomed Musaev et al versus Russia" on disappearance of three residents of Chechnya: Said-Rakhman Musaev, Odes Mityaev and Magomed Magomadov, and found that the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was breached in relation of these persons.

October 27, 2008 13:41

• Two Volgograd militiamen convicted for beating people

  The Svetloyar District Court of Volgograd has passed a verdict of guilty to two employees of the Svetloyar ROVD. The former district militiaman Shamil Bolatkhanov and militiaman of the patrol service platoon Sergey Kabdulov were found guilty of beating, when on duty in February and March 2005, citizens, trying to knock confessions of committing crimes out of them.

October 27, 2008 13:37

• No Chechen militiamen among those kidnapped in Ingushetia

  The information that among the citizens kidnapped on October 23 in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, there could be three Chechen militiamen was not confirmed.

October 27, 2008 13:27

• "Memorial": actions of power agents provoke militants' response in Northern Caucasus

  On October 20, Paris hosted another consultation round between Russian human rights activists and EU representatives. The former had noted the fact of activation of armed underground in Northern Caucasus in reply to tortures, extrajudicial executions and preventive violence exercised by power agents.

October 27, 2008 13:24

• Azerbaijan: foreign diplomats visit imprisoned journalist

  On October 27, representatives of the Baku OSCE office, US, French and Norwegian embassies and local human rights organizations paid a visit to Colony No. 14 to meet the convicted satirist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zakhidov).

October 27, 2008 13:19

• Armenian Ombudsman to take part in fact-finding group on March 1 events

  Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, gave his consent to take part in the work of the newly created group, the mission of which will be to collect on the events of March 1 in Yerevan. The Ombudsman has motivated this decision by saying that the work of the group will have more positive than negative aspects.

October 27, 2008 13:06

• New war in Georgia is on the edge, experts think

  Russian and Georgian experts believe that recurrence of August events is possible in Georgia in near future.

October 27, 2008 13:01

• Abkhazia calls UN to give objective appreciation to Georgia's actions

  Sergey Shamba, Abkhazian Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Zhang Esui, Chairman of the UN Security Council, because of the aggravation of the situation in the Abkhazian Gali District, which borders on Georgia.

October 25, 2008 21:58

• Union of Imereti Valley Residents founded at rally in Sochi

  Today, under the All-Russian action "Day of People's Anger", Sochi has held a rally "In defence of Sochi residents-victims of lawlessness, arbitrariness, corruption of city officials, judges and MIA workers". The event participants have founded the Union of Imereti Valley Residents.

October 25, 2008 21:22

• Krasnodar, Sochi and Astrakhan took part in All-Russian "Day of Anger"

  Quite a number of Russian regions were planning to hold social protest actions on October 25 within the agenda of the All-Russian "Day of People's Anger". In particular, the action was held today in the cities of Astrakhan, Krasnodar and Sochi.