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January 14, 2008 12:51

• Batiashvili: problem of political prisoners in Georgia is still acute

  Irakliy Batiashvili, one of the prominent leaders of the opposition and the leader of the Movement "Go Ahead, Georgia!", who had been recently released from custody, believes that the problem of political prisoners is still acute in the country.

January 12, 2008 12:19

• Kabardino-Balkaria: court wants to verify the legality of evidences of those accused of attack on Nalchik

  The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has satisfied, during its preliminary hearings on the criminal case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, the petition on appointing a public prosecutor's examination on the fact of application to defendants of unlawful methods of investigation.

January 12, 2008 12:16

• Levan Gachechiladze: Georgia's fate is at stake; the country should be saved

  "The fight goes on, and I'll never reconcile with injustice. The destiny of the country is at stake, our homeland needs salvation" Levan Gachechiladze, candidate from the United Opposition, said live in the "Prime Time" program on "Rustavi-2" Channel on January 10.

January 12, 2008 12:12

• Georgian MFA: journalist distorts the words of the head of OSCE mission about election

  The journalist has misunderstood the words of Dieter Boden, head of the long-term OSCE observation mission, about the election in Georgia.

January 12, 2008 11:59

• Governor in Austria demands the government stop granting shelter to refugees from Chechnya

  Jorg Haider, Governor the Land Carinthia (Austria), has demanded from the Austrian government "to immediately and completely" stop granting shelter to refugees from Chechnya.

January 12, 2008 11:54

• Residents of Makhachkala demand resignation of Dagestan and city leaders and prosecutors

  The situation with electricity and heat supply continues to remain strained in Makhachkala. Many houses lack electricity and heat, and people demand resignation of the leaders of Dagestan, city authorities and law enforcement bodies.

January 11, 2008 15:16

• Georgia: Saakashvili to be inaugurated on January 20 or 21

  Inauguration of Mikhail Saakashvili, the winner of the early presidential election in Georgia, will be held on January 20 or January 21.

January 11, 2008 15:12

• "Voice of Beslan" asks Putin to stop prosecuting the organization

  The "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization has published in its website an appeal to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, with a demand "to personally get into the case and stop prosecution" of the members of the organization.

January 11, 2008 15:08

• Participants of the action in support of Arakcheev and Khudyakov appeal to Dmitri Medvedev for help

  On January 10 at the building of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in the centre of Moscow an action was held in defence of Sergey Arakcheev and Evgeniy Khudyakov, officers of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, sentenced to 15 and 17 years of deprivation of freedom for murdering peaceful residents of Chechnya.

January 11, 2008 14:55

• Azerbaijan: journalist Fatullaev thinks his arrest to be politically motivated

  Today, at a session of the Appeal Court, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has confirmed that he finds himself to be innocent, and the criminal case against him to be forged.

January 11, 2008 13:50

• Press service of the president of Chechnya: Kadyrov is not going to close TV Companies

  The leader of Chechnya is not going to stop TV Companies for absence of religious propaganda in their programs.

January 11, 2008 13:46

• Irakliy Batiashvili released in Georgia

  Irakliy Batiashvili, one of prominent leaders of the opposition and leader of the movement "Go Ahead, Georgia!" who had been convicted for his support of Kvitsiani was set free on parole.

January 11, 2008 13:14

• Nukhazhiev directs to check the information about tortures in Chernokozovo

  Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev has sent his assistant to Colony No. 2 located in the settlement of Chernokozovo, the Naur District, in connection with the appeared information about the facts of torturing prisoners there.

January 10, 2008 12:12

• European Union welcomes release of five journalists in Azerbaijan

  The European Union has positively perceived the pardon act of 119 Azerbaijani inmates, five journalists among them.

January 10, 2008 12:06

• CEC of Georgia: falsifications really took place at the election

  For the first time, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia has recognized facts of rough violations, which had taken place during the early presidential election.

January 10, 2008 12:06

• Boden: OSCE confirms rough falsifications at Georgian election

  German diplomat Dieter Boden, head of the OSCE observation mission, has confirmed the facts of roughest violations and falsifications at the election in Georgia, having declared that the Electoral Commission of Georgia is dominated by "chaos".

January 10, 2008 12:04

• Ingushetia: 54.5% of voters assert their non-participation in elections on December 2

  As of 9:00 p.m. on January 9, 2008, a total of 87,340 applications were gathered under the action "I did not vote!" filed by the residents of Ingushetia aged 18 and up who stated that they had not gone to vote on December 2, 2007, at the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

January 10, 2008 12:00

• President of Chechnya Kadyrov threatens to stop the TV Companies that do not explaining the Islam fundamentals

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to close the local TV Companies, which will not cover Islamic issues.

January 10, 2008 11:35

• "Voice of Beslan" insists on independent examination of the statement that was considered extremist

  The "Voice of Beslan" will send a petition to the district court of the city of Nazran with a demand to return the statement of claim of the Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, which had arrived to the address of this public organization on January 9, because of the violation of the territorial jurisdiction legislation, and later will ask to hold examination of the material, in which an appeal to extremism had been discovered.

January 09, 2008 01:04

• Baptist who has served 2 years demobilized from army in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Baptist Gagik Davidovich Mirzoyan, who refused to take the oath, has been demobilized from the Karabakh army after serving his term.