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The widow of Alexander Litvinenko has thanked the British investigators who returned yesterday from Moscow for their investigation into the death of her husband.

On December 20, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court continued interrogating witnesses in Ulman's case.

The emissary of Chechen separatists has stated that Russian authorities, who have resumed investigation of his criminal case, are thus trying to scare him.

An order of Mr. Putin, President of the Russian Federation, has appeared in the web-site of the RF President. The order lists the Non-Commercial Organizations (NCOs), which will be funded from the state budget.

The Chief Department of the General Public Prosecutor's Office for the South Federal District has resumed the earlier suspended investigation on the criminal case in relation to Ahmed Zakaev, emissary of Chechen separatists, initiated back in 2001.

On December 14, the European Court for Human Rights ruled that the judicial authorities of the Russian Federation had encroached on the right of Anatoly Karman, former editor-in-chief of the "Gorodskie Vesti" (City News) newspaper (Volgograd), for the freedom of expression, stipulated by Article 10 of the European Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

The heads of the Danish Council for Refugees have categorically refuted the accusations put forward in relation to this humanitarian organization by Russian FSB director Nikolai Patrushev.

Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov, defendant in the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine, has made an attempt to hang himself in the trial prison, where he is now kept.

Vladimir Plotnikov, former commander of the special operation - now witness in Ulman's case, - has stated that had not ordered to kill residents of Chechnya.

Today, Ismail Bostanov, rector of the Islamic Institute, has undergone an emergency surgery in the city hospital of Cherkessk (Karachayevo-Cherkessia).

The "Caucasian Knot" has informed earlier that on October 7, 2006, three militants were killed in Chechnya.

Nikolai Patrushev, Director of the FSB, has moved his claims to the operations of the Danish Council for Refugees (DCF) in the territory of Russia.

The cassation complaint of the terror act victims that was lodged to the Supreme Court of Russia does not appeal against the life sentence passed earlier to Nurpashi Kulaev, survived attacker of school No. 1.

Sergey Mironov, speaker of the Council of Federation, has put a task before the Parliamentary Commission on Beslan, to finalize its report by the end of 2006.

Today, the Ulman's case trial went on in Rostov-on-Don. Eight prosecution witnesses - defendants' colleagues who took part in the special operation to capture Hattab in January 2002 - were summoned to the court.

Gegam Khalatyan, vice-president of the Union of Armenians of Russia, has told in his interview to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that throughout the latest fifteen years, the climate of extreme intolerance to Caucasus natives has been planted in Russia, and what happens today - is the result of this policy.

The Presnenskiy Court of Moscow has refused to bring into court as co-claimants 54 more persons under the suit on compensation of moral damage to residents of Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya lodged against the Ministry of Defence.

A Commission of the Chechen Parliament has begun its work to calculate the whole damage caused to the Republic starting from 1994 - opening of the operation to set up the constitutional order.

Today, Ismail Bostanov, rector of the Islamic Institute and deputy chairman of the Spiritual Directorate of the Moslems of Karachayevo-Cherkessia and Stavropol Territory, has been taken to the city hospital of Cherkessk with firearm and incised wounds.

"Since the law on migration adopted in Russia and the government's decision on this issue could have created problems for the Azerbaijanis who live in this country, the order of the president of Azerbaijan has formed a state commission that has already started its work," Nazim Ibragimov, chairman of the state committee for work with Azerbaijanis living abroad, told the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."