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April 19, 2008 10:09

• European Union calls Russia to give up supporting Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The European Union expresses serious concern because of Russia's intention to launch legal relations with non-recognized Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and calls Moscow not to undertake any steps in this direction. This is the topic of the statement of Slovenia, which is currently presiding in the EU.

April 19, 2008 10:07

• Yamadaev's utterances about militia provoke Chechen MIA's indignation

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya is revolted with the statements about the Chechen militia, made yesterday, on April 18, by Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion.

April 19, 2008 10:04

• Experts: Armenia waits for CE's help in solving legal problems

  On April 17 the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a report on the situation in democratic institutes of Armenia.

April 19, 2008 09:59

• HRC "Memorial": violations of human rights in Northern Caucasus continue

  Northern Caucasus remains one of the poorest Russian regions from the viewpoint of respect of human rights. This is the conclusion of the report entitled "Situation in Northern Caucasus. Autumn 2007 - Spring 2008" of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", prepared for the regular round of EU-Russia consultations on human rights that took place on April 16 in Ljubljana.

April 18, 2008 14:02

• Ali Babaev: situation with Azerbaijanis in Georgia is grave

  The region named Kvemo-Kartli, inhabited by most of the Azerbaijanis living in Georgia, is in a very grave situation - both economically and morally. For this reason many residents are forced to leave Georgia.

April 18, 2008 13:59

• Jury in the case on Kondopoga disorders acquits militiaman Vysokikh

  Today, the jury has acquitted Victor Vysokikh, deputy head of the Public Security Militia of Karelia, accused of professional negligence in relation to mass disorders in Kondopoga in 2006.

April 18, 2008 13:57

• In Azerbaijan, political scientist sentenced to four years of imprisonment

  Rovshan Novruzoglu, an Azerbaijani political scientist and Director of the Centre for Fighting Corruption and International Terrorism, has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment with serving the punishment in a general custody colony.

April 18, 2008 13:55

• Putin orders to lift all visa restrictions for Georgian citizens

  Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, has instructed the government to start consultations on admission of Georgian goods to the Russian market and on cancelling visa restrictions for citizens of Georgia.

April 18, 2008 13:49

• HRC "Memorial": Chechnya's authorities under-fulfil what they had promised to human rights activists

  The cooperation of the authorities of the Chechen Republic with human rights activists is not thus efficient as could be expected after the meeting on February 22 of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with representatives of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

April 18, 2008 13:39

• Ecologists ask to change the agenda of UNESCO mission to Krasnodar Territory and Adygea

  Local ecologists think that the agenda of the Mission of the UNESCO's Centre of World Heritage and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) in Krasnodar Territory and Adygea should be amended.

April 18, 2008 13:15

• Armenia: GALA TV Company looks for place to install its antenna

  In Armenia, the GALA TV Company looks for alternatives to restart broadcasting. Vaan Khachatryan, owner of the TV Company, has assured that GALA will surely find a new place for its sending antenna.

April 17, 2008 13:51

• People in Kabardino-Balkaria approve Putin's instructions to support Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The public of Kabardino-Balkaria is positive towards the orders issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin on rendering subject support to Russian citizens living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

April 17, 2008 13:36

• Parliament of Chechnya asks Russian MoD to disband "Vostok" battalion

  Parliamentarians of the Chechen Republic ask Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian Minister of Defence, to disband the "Vostok" (East) special purpose battalion, or to replace its commander Sulim Yamadaev.

April 17, 2008 12:51

• USA would not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state

  The US State Department has reiterated that it does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh to be an independent state, but will continue its efforts towards peaceful settlement of the conflict.

April 17, 2008 12:48

• In Azerbaijan, journalist Fatullaev is still in dungeon

  Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, will remain in prison's dungeon till April 20.

April 17, 2008 12:45

• GALA oppositional Armenian TV Channel stops broadcasting

  In Armenia, the broadcasting of the oppositional GALA TV Company is stopped. On April 16, the court marshals dismantled its broadcasting equipment - they performed the decision of the Cassation Court of Armenia.

April 17, 2008 12:41

• Dagestan prosecutors refuse to initiate criminal case against founder of "Nastoyascheye Vremya" newspaper

  The Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for Dagestan has failed to find any crime elements in the actions of Rizvan Rizvanov, the founder of the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), and decided not to open a criminal case against him.

April 16, 2008 11:38

• Russia can have much less NCOs

  April 15 was the deadline for submitting operation reports by all the non-commercial organizations, with no exceptions. Human rights activist believe that Russia can launch mass closing of NCOs.

April 16, 2008 11:32

• Chechen public demands to punish "Vostok" for skirmish in Gudermes

  Representatives of human rights and public organizations of Chechnya demand to make accountable the special-purpose battalion of the GRU named "Vostok" (East), which took part in the conflict with the guards of Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya that burst out in Gudermes.

April 16, 2008 11:22

• PACE anxious about situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus

  In the memorandum published on April 15, the committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for observance of human rights in Northern Caucasus has recognized the situation with human rights in the region to be "very disturbing".