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00:47, 9 January 2008

Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria fail to sue Savrulin and Shepel

In reply to their appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office with a demand to bring Alexei Savrulin, head of the investigatory group of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office for the South Federal District, to criminal liability, relatives of the perished militants received a response from the Chief Investigatory Department for the SFD.

00:43, 9 January 2008

Georgian opposition starts long-term protest actions

Today, Levan Gachechiladze, candidate for President of Georgia from opposition, and his supporters start a hunger strike in front of the Public TV building in Tbilisi with a demand to hold the second round of the election.

00:39, 9 January 2008

CEC of Georgia: Saakashvili has won presidential by gathering 52.2% of votes

Levan Tarkhnishvili, Chair of the Georgian CEC, has stated today that Mikhail Saakashvili has won the presidential election in Georgia.

00:33, 9 January 2008

Chechnya: Chernokozovo inmates complain of tortures

Ruslan Kutaev, head of the International Committee for Northern Caucasus problems, has stated that the prisoners of Chernokozovo Colony No. 2 in Chechnya complain of beatings and tortures.

00:08, 6 January 2008

Central Electoral Commission of Georgia: Saakashvili - 55.23%, Gachechiladze - 23.86%

According to the data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia, received from 285 out of 3512 polling stations, as of 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. Moscow time), the rating of Mikhail Saakashvili went down a little as a whole for the country and made 55.23% of the votes of all the electors.

12:51, 5 January 2008

Exit poll data differing at election in Georgia

According to the data of the exit poll conducted by four Georgian TV Companies, at the snap presidential election in Georgia held today, Mikhail Saakashvili is in the lead with an essential breakaway.

12:49, 5 January 2008

A Dagestan native assassinated in Moscow

The law enforcement bodies of the Russian capital have informed today that a native from Dagestan was killed in Moscow.

11:57, 5 January 2008

"Voice of Beslan" to challenge Solzhenitsyn, head of investigation

The "Voice of Beslan" committee of the Beslan terror victims' relatives is going to demand removal of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, head of the investigatory group in charge of the inquiry of the terror act.

11:11, 5 January 2008

Observers state multiple violations at presidential election in Georgia

As of 6:00 p.m. today (5:00 p.m. Moscow time), the NGO named "The Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia" had recorded 190 violations in the course of the presidential election in Georgia.

11:01, 5 January 2008

NGOs fix more than 40 violations at election in Georgia

As of 3:00 p.m., the office of the observers of the Coalition of NGOs, which unites up to 200 NGOs, have fixed over 40 violations made during the presidential election in Georgia.

12:40, 4 January 2008

State of health of imprisoned journalist is worse in Azerbaijan

The state of health of satirist Sakit Zakhidov who is kept behind bars in Azerbaijan is worse again. He suffers from strong pains in his heart and legs.

12:34, 4 January 2008

International observers to present their estimates of the pre-electoral campaign and elections in Georgia on January 6

At a press conference held at the "ZP" Hotel in Tbilisi, international observers have told about their preliminary impressions from the course of the electoral campaign in Georgia and presented information about their activities.

12:30, 4 January 2008

Antadze: 2007 was a hard year for Georgian journalism

Iya Antadze, a journalist for the Radio Liberty who was recognized to be the best journalist of Georgia in 2007, thinks that the last year was hard for Georgian journalism.

12:21, 4 January 2008

Georgia: supporters of Gachechiladze and Gamkrelidze complain of attacks

Today in Georgia several incidents took place against supporters of oppositional candidates for President of Georgia.

13:02, 3 January 2008

Residents of Chechnya are most frequent refuge applicants in Belgium

Thirteen percent of total applicants for political asylum in Belgium are residents of Chechnya.

12:57, 3 January 2008

Novorossisk denies 7 casualties in the Azov Sea

According to the Marine Rescue Centre of Novorossisk, they found bodies of four, not of seven, out of the eleven seamen from the Bulgarian dry-cargo ship "Vanessa" that has sunk today in the Kerch Strait.

12:49, 3 January 2008

KGB (USSR State Security Committee) archives declassified in Kabardino-Balkaria

A collection of documents and materials entitled "State Security Bodies and Society. 1920-1992" is published in Kabardino-Balkaria.

15:42, 2 January 2008

Scandal in children's home in Volgograd Region: Children Ombudsperson's comments

Nina Boldyreva, Children Ombudsperson for the Volgograd Region, thinks that violations of the rights of orphans in children's homes will continue until the very principle of organizing such establishments is changed.

15:35, 2 January 2008

Diter Boden: using OSCE guidelines, Georgia can hold free elections

The responsiveness of the Georgian party to recommendations of the Observation Mission of the Office of Democratic Institutes and Human Rights of the OSCE for elections in Georgia will ultimately allow holding fair elections in this country, Mission Head Diter Boden states.

15:26, 2 January 2008

Over 1000 foreign observers intend to monitor elections in Georgia

The monitoring of the forthcoming elections in Georgia will be conducted by more than 1000 foreigners - representatives of the OSCE, EU (European Union), Council of Europe, CIS, as well as from countries of Europe, America and Asia.

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