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Irakliy Batiashvili, one of the prominent leaders of the opposition and the leader of the Movement "Go Ahead, Georgia!", who had been recently released from custody, believes that the problem of political prisoners is still acute in the country.

The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has satisfied, during its preliminary hearings on the criminal case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, the petition on appointing a public prosecutor's examination on the fact of application to defendants of unlawful methods of investigation.

"The fight goes on, and I'll never reconcile with injustice. The destiny of the country is at stake, our homeland needs salvation" Levan Gachechiladze, candidate from the United Opposition, said live in the "Prime Time" program on "Rustavi-2" Channel on January 10.

The journalist has misunderstood the words of Dieter Boden, head of the long-term OSCE observation mission, about the election in Georgia.

Jorg Haider, Governor the Land Carinthia (Austria), has demanded from the Austrian government "to immediately and completely" stop granting shelter to refugees from Chechnya.

The situation with electricity and heat supply continues to remain strained in Makhachkala. Many houses lack electricity and heat, and people demand resignation of the leaders of Dagestan, city authorities and law enforcement bodies.

Inauguration of Mikhail Saakashvili, the winner of the early presidential election in Georgia, will be held on January 20 or January 21.

The "Voice of Beslan" Public Organization has published in its website an appeal to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, with a demand "to personally get into the case and stop prosecution" of the members of the organization.

On January 10 at the building of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in the centre of Moscow an action was held in defence of Sergey Arakcheev and Evgeniy Khudyakov, officers of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, sentenced to 15 and 17 years of deprivation of freedom for murdering peaceful residents of Chechnya.

Today, at a session of the Appeal Court, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has confirmed that he finds himself to be innocent, and the criminal case against him to be forged.

The leader of Chechnya is not going to stop TV Companies for absence of religious propaganda in their programs.

Irakliy Batiashvili, one of prominent leaders of the opposition and leader of the movement "Go Ahead, Georgia!" who had been convicted for his support of Kvitsiani was set free on parole.

Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev has sent his assistant to Colony No. 2 located in the settlement of Chernokozovo, the Naur District, in connection with the appeared information about the facts of torturing prisoners there.

The European Union has positively perceived the pardon act of 119 Azerbaijani inmates, five journalists among them.

For the first time, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia has recognized facts of rough violations, which had taken place during the early presidential election.

German diplomat Dieter Boden, head of the OSCE observation mission, has confirmed the facts of roughest violations and falsifications at the election in Georgia, having declared that the Electoral Commission of Georgia is dominated by "chaos".

As of 9:00 p.m. on January 9, 2008, a total of 87,340 applications were gathered under the action "I did not vote!" filed by the residents of Ingushetia aged 18 and up who stated that they had not gone to vote on December 2, 2007, at the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to close the local TV Companies, which will not cover Islamic issues.

The "Voice of Beslan" will send a petition to the district court of the city of Nazran with a demand to return the statement of claim of the Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, which had arrived to the address of this public organization on January 9, because of the violation of the territorial jurisdiction legislation, and later will ask to hold examination of the material, in which an appeal to extremism had been discovered.

Baptist Gagik Davidovich Mirzoyan, who refused to take the oath, has been demobilized from the Karabakh army after serving his term.