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Journalists' investigation of Anna Politkovskaya's murder "committed in February will be full-scale unfolded," Dmitri Muratov, Editor-in-Chief of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, has stated on live air of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio Station.

On December 25, 2006, the "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" ("MK") newspaper published an article "33rd Beslan Militant" signed by journalist Vadim Rechkalov.

Lawyer Tatiana Psomiadi has informed the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that announcement of a verdict to two members of the "Yarmuk" jama'at has taken place at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Today, the International Department of the Committee Against Tortures has lodged a complaint to the European Court for Human Rights on behalf of Aslan Dovletukaev, a resident of Chechnya.

Today, after the last word of the defendants on the case of acts of terrorism in Moscow Metro, the Moscow City Court has appointed the adjudgement of the sentence on February 2.

Within the framework of the Programme "Fighting Trafficking in Armenia," 25 victims of trafficking have been rendered medical, psychological and legal aid.

The investigation is over on the case of twelve supporters of Igor Giorgadze. They are accused of an attempt of an armed revolt in Georgia.

British detectives are sure that they now know who killed ex-FSB colonel Alexander Litvinenko.

In the village of Troitskaya, the building of local militia unit was shelled from a grenade launcher, the Ingushetian law enforcement bodies have reported.

Investigation of the case on the fight near the "Chaika" restaurant in Kondopoga is over, Piotr Klemeshev, deputy public prosecutor of Karelia has stated.

The British investigators have come close to naming the suspects of murdering the former Russia's FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has made a statement on situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Konstantin Romodanovskiy, Director of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia, has stated on air of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio Station that FMS had not undertaken any punitive measures in relation to Georgians when deporting illegal migrants from Russia.

Two soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army - Samid Mamedov and Eldaniz Nuriev, captured by the Armenian party on December 25 and December 31, accordingly, are still in Armenian captivity. The former is kept in Armenia, the latter - in Nagorny Karabakh.

The Federal Punishment Execution Service (FPES) has denied the information on the death of Nurpashi Kulaev, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for capture of hostages in Beslan school.

Last night, a Georgian policeman was killed in the zone of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

Nancy Pelosi has become the first woman-House speaker in the US history. The correspondent of the RIA "Novosti" has reported that 233 out of 435 congressmen have voted for Ms. Pelosi.

In North Ossetia, near Vladikavkaz, during an attack of unknown persons on a military unit's check point, an officer was wounded, one of the attackers detained, a spokesman of the military unit has informed.

Alexander Torshin, head of the parliamentary commission on investigating the act of terror in Beslan, is going to send a request to the Chief Administration for Penitentiary Service ("GUIN") of Russia on the destiny of condemned terrorist Nurpashi Kulaev.

The international organization for defence of the press "Reporters without Borders" has come out with condemnation of the recent attack in Azerbaijan on Nidzhat Guseinov, correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, committed on December 25 in broad daylight in the street.