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February 15, 2008 15:02

• In Krasnodar Territory, human rights activists demand to settle the Kurds' problems

  The Public Organization "Southern Regional Resource Centre" has sent an application to the Regional Department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) with a request to inspect the situation of the Kurds who are living in the Krasnodar Territory since 1992.

February 15, 2008 14:58

• Hunger strike in defence of Vasily Aleksanyan goes on in Rostov-on-Don

  Human rights activist Raissa Grishechkina continues her hunger strike in support of fatally sick former vice-president of the YUKOS Company Vasily Aleksanyan in Rostov-on-Don. Now, Vasily Aleksanyan is under arrest in one of Moscow clinics.

February 15, 2008 14:55

• Officials-lawbreakers are not trialled in Kabardino-Balkaria

  On February 14, the Judicial Department of Kabardino-Balkaria held a Collegium sitting to sum up the work of the courts in 2007. Leila Zanikoeva, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Court, spoke at the sitting and noted that out of 41 officials, brought to criminal liability in 2007, none was actually punished.

February 15, 2008 14:48

• Criminal case initiated against "Voice of Beslan" activists in North Ossetia

  Today, a criminal case was initiated in North Ossetia against Ella Kesaeva, Svetlana Margieva and Emilia Bzarova - the core members of the "Voice of Beslan" Organization.

February 15, 2008 14:45

• Consideration of the suit of the Ministry of Property of Dagestan against the Women's Charitable Hospital postponed

  Today, the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Dagestan held a preliminary hearing of another suit with a demand to abandon the premises lodged by the Ministry of Property Relations against the Regional Public Foundation named "The Charitable Women's Hospital".

February 15, 2008 14:18

• Georgian opposition starts a mass protest action in the capital of the country

  Today at 2:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. Moscow time), a mass protest action of Georgian opposition has started in Tbilisi.

February 14, 2008 15:25

• Evloev, arrested in Ingushetia, is suspected of organizing mass disorders in Nazran

  Magomed Evloev, a resident of Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, who was detained on February 13 by power agents, is suspected of organizing mass disorders in Nazran on January 26, when the buildings of the Republic's newspaper "Serdalo" and hotel "Assa" were set on fire.

February 14, 2008 15:22

• Residents of Dagestan capital accuse law enforcement bodies of kidnapping

  Two residents of the capital of Dagestan - Dzhabir Kamaludinov and Shamil Omarov - declare that they were kidnapped by law enforcement bodies. They disappeared in the end of January and returned home in a week with bodily injuries.

February 14, 2008 15:18

• Advocates of ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan fear for his life

  According to the statement made by the advocates of Farkhad Aliev, former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, if the authorities want their client to escape the fate of Patarkatsishvili, they should admit attending physicians to him.

February 14, 2008 15:14

• Spontaneous rally in Ingushetia was caused by detention of an Ekazhevo villager

  The reason for a spontaneous rally held last night in Nazran was the detention on February 13 by employees of power agencies in the centre of Nazran of Magomed Evloev, a resident of Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia.

February 14, 2008 15:11

• Experts: Patarkatsishvili died a natural death

  British policemen have promulgated the first results of the post mortem examination of Badri Patarkatsishvili's body. It was found out that the death of the Georgian businessman was a result of natural causes, runs their special statement.

February 14, 2008 15:06

• Ingushetia: relatives of Chapanov killed by power agents are dissatisfied with investigation

  The relatives of Yusup Chapanov, who was killed on February 1, 2008, in the centre of Nazran by employees of power agencies of the Russian Federation, express their discontent with the progress of investigating the murder.

February 13, 2008 17:58

• Head of Ter-Petrosyan's election office beaten in the capital of Armenia

  In Yerevan, head of the election office of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who is running for presidency in Armenia, was beaten.

February 13, 2008 17:53

• In Armenia, investigation is underway of attacks on Sarkisyan's election offices

  The attacks on election offices of Serzh Sarkisyan, one of Armenian presidential candidates, committed on February 10 and 11, caused an investigation now underway within a criminal case initiated under point 1, part 2, Article 185 of the Criminal Code of the Republic Armenia.

February 13, 2008 17:50

• Court marshals deny that they we beaten by "Voice of Beslan" members

  The Department of the Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia has stated that nobody from the "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization beat the judge and seven court marshals.

February 13, 2008 17:45

• Georgian opposition tends to believe that Patarkatsishvili was killed

  Representatives of Georgian oppositional parties agree that the murder version of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili cannot be excluded.

February 13, 2008 17:41

• British experts will investigate into Badri Patarkatsishvili's death

  The cause of a sudden death of the richest person in Georgia, former presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili will be established by British experts.

February 12, 2008 12:27

• Activist of "The Other Russia" litigates militia in Rostov

  On February 13, the Rostov Regional Court will consider the cassation complaint filed by the activist of "The Other Russia" Pavel Nagibin on violation of the right to freedom, freedom of movement and freedom of creativity.

February 12, 2008 12:17

• Office of oppositional political faction plundered in Georgia

  Today at night, the office of the oppositional political faction "Our Georgia", headed by Valery Gelbakhiani, was plundered. Four computers containing data about the pre-election campaign and supporters of Patarkatsishvili were carried away.

February 12, 2008 12:13

• Krasnodar: trial of former commandoes accused of beating Turks postponed

  The hearing of the case about beating Turks by former Russian troopers is postponed for a week, since Judge Sergey Bykov from the Leninskiy District Court of Krasnodar has satisfied the petition lodged by defendant Arthur Ruzavin.