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January 01, 2007 19:00

• Another militiaman shot dead in the capital of Dagestan

  In the Yubileinaya Street of Makhachkala, unknown persons have shot dead a sentry militiaman who was on duty guarding the public order.

January 01, 2007 18:56

• Azerbaijani businessman assassinated in Moscow

  Several days ago in Moscow, in 3rd Park Street in Moscow, a young Jewish businessman, a native of the "Krasnaya Sloboda" (Red Settlement) in Azerbaijan was murdered.

January 01, 2007 18:52

• Litvinenko's murder is now linked with death of Putin's bodyguard

  The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office is now considering a version that connects the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, ex-FSB officer, in London with two other undiscovered poisonings, the London newspaper The Sunday Times asserts.

January 01, 2007 18:44

• Mobile telephony stations shelled in Ingushetia

  At night of January 1, the Ingushetian stations of mobile telephone communication were shelled twice.

December 30, 2006 23:20

• One more participant of Karabakh conflict arrested in Armenia

  As a result of a search conducted on December 29 in the house of Vaan Iliyazovich Aroyan, resident of the village Lusarat, Ararat region, a cache with a lot of weapons and ammunition has been discovered, reports the press-service of the Armenian National Security Service.

December 30, 2006 23:13

• Turan Moraly: it is too early to speak about closing Turkish channels in Azerbaijan

  During a meeting with Azeri journalists, Turan Moraly, Turkish ambassador in Azerbaijan, has expressed his attitude towards cessation of broadcasting of Turkish channels in Azerbaijan.

December 30, 2006 23:11

• Conflict with Georgia is considered main topic of foreign policy in 2006 in the Russian Federation

  Russians consider the development of relations with neighboring countries the main topic of RF foreign policy in 2006.

December 30, 2006 22:50

• Aliev ordered to strengthen control over the observance of human rights in Azerbaijan

  Ilkham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree on approving the National Action Plan on the protection of human rights in the country.

December 30, 2006 22:47

• Mario Scaramella refused to be granted home arrest

  Mario Scaramella, Italian lawyer, will spend the New Year holiday in the Roman prison of "Regina Koeli".

December 29, 2006 23:33

• Georgia and Abkhazia draw troops to the borders

  According to the TV company "Rustavi 2", a state of emergency has been introduced in Abkhazia, and the government military forces are located in the Ochamchirsk district adjoining the Galsk district.

December 29, 2006 23:30

• Poisoning of Litvinenko: General Prosecutor's Office wants Scotland Yard to question Berezovsky

  Scotland Yard has been asked to interrogate Boris Berezovsky at the earliest opportunity on the case of murder of Alexandr Litvinenko, former FSB officer, and attempted murder of businessman Dmitri Kovtun, which is under investigation by the Russian prosecutor's office.

December 29, 2006 22:09

• Two residents of Chechnya charged with disturbances in Kondopoga

  The Karelia prosecutor's office has accused of murder two residents of Chechnya who took part in a mass fight in the city of Kondopoga which resulted in ethnic-based disturbances in the city at the beginning of September.

December 29, 2006 22:06

• RF First Channel is puzzled at broadcasts to be stopped in Azerbaijan

  "Interfax" reports that the Russian First Channel, according to its public relations directorate, expresses its perplexity in connection with the Baku decision to stop broadcasting its programs in Azerbaijan starting from July next year.

December 29, 2006 22:04

• Seriously ill judge who sentenced Budaev placed into pre-trial prison punishment cell

  The Russian national movement "For Human Rights" and the Committee "For Civil Rights" express their grave concern in connection with the fact that, on December 28, Vladimir Bukreyev, the former judge who sentenced colonel Budanov, has been placed into the punishment cell of Moscow's pre-trial prison No 5 for 15 days under the pretext that a SIM-card was found on him.

December 28, 2006 22:58

• Litvinenko gave materials on YUKOS case to Nevzlin

  At the end of November, Leonid Nevzlin told in his interview to the British The Times newspaper that not long before his death Alexander Litvinenko gave him certain materials, which "shed light on most important aspects of the YUKOS case."

December 28, 2006 22:53

• OSCE demands to find those guilty of attacking journalists in Azerbaijan

  On December 27, Robin Seaword, head of the Baku OSCE office, expressed his concern of inactivity of the Azerbaijani police in relation to assaults on representatives of opposition papers that took place last Sunday and Monday.

December 28, 2006 22:47

• South Resource Centre: distribution of Putin's grants among NCOs has strengthened estrangement of public and power

  The Krasnodar non-governmental organization (NGO) "South Regional Resource Centre" thinks that Vladimir Putin's order on state support of non-commercial organizations (NCOs) "has strengthened the estrangement of civil society and the power."

December 28, 2006 22:40

• Azerbaijan stops Russian TV channels

  The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting (NCTRB) of Azerbaijan made a decision at its sitting on Thursday made a decision to stop broadcasting of Russian channels "Pervy" (First) and "Rossiya" (Russia) in the Republic's national frequencies, and of two Turkish ones - "STV" ("Samanyolu") and "D."

December 28, 2006 22:36

• Examination has confirmed: Basaev was killed in Ingushetia

  A gene-molecular examination has confirmed that the remains of the terrorist liquidated in Ingushetia that were delivered for investigation belong exactly to Shamil Basaev.

December 27, 2006 23:22

• One of indictees of Moscow Metro explosions begs for leniency

  Mr. Tambij Khubiev, one of defendants on Moscow Metro terror acts case, has applied to the Moscow City Court for leniency, Igor Trunov, victims' lawyer has reported.