Beslan case unlikely to be investigated — Beslan Voice January 25, 2006 14:40 School No 1 in Beslan was not a random choice as claimed by special agencies, victims insist.
Shady action against rights defender January 25, 2006 14:37 A human rights activist who has applied to the European Court of Human Rights concerning abduction by police officers is on trial in Dagestan.
Human Rights First Condemns False Accusations against Russian Human Rights Organizations January 25, 2006 10:11 A statement by a leading human rights organisation concerning the recent attacks on human rights defenders in Russia.
ECHR applicants' relative tortured in Chechnya January 24, 2006 22:08 The Human Rights Centre Memorial receives information that beating and torture are used in Chechnya against a relative of applicants to the European Court of Human Rights.
Television discredits human rights defenders January 23, 2006 21:57 The Moscow Helsinki Group chair denies allegations of its being involved in espionage against Russia.
Police officer killed in Dagestan January 23, 2006 21:47 One police officer is killed and another one is wounded in the capital of Dagestan, Makhachkala.
People continue to disappear in Kabardino-Balkaria January 20, 2006 19:08 Another resident of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Zaur Pshigotyzhev, has gone missing, unofficial sources say.
Removed prisoner lost again January 20, 2006 19:04 Mr Rasul Kudayev, the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, is found not to be in the White Swan prison in Piatigorsk, Stavropol territory.
New law stifles independent civil society - AI January 19, 2006 19:01 Amnesty International regrets that President Putin has approved amendments to laws regulating NGO operation in Russia.
Witnesses fail to come January 19, 2006 18:59 No witness comes to the Kulayev trial, including Ingush ex-president Ruslan Aushev and businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev.
Caucasians hated most among ethnic minorities January 18, 2006 18:57 There were around 25 killings and more than 200 assaults on an ethnic basis last year, says a human rights defender.
Eleven killed, wounded in Chechnya January 18, 2006 18:54 Six Russian military men are killed and five are wounded in Chechnya on 16-17 January, according to a France-Presse source.
Chechen refugees rush for Europe January 18, 2006 18:49 Mr Kadyrov once said that those who refused to come back to Chechnya were "criminals and terrorists," Prague Watchdog reports.
Abducted Chechen released after torture January 17, 2006 19:47 There is information that he has some fingers and toes broken and his kidneys injured and that he is currently in a very grave condition.
Controversial evidence in Kulayev case January 17, 2006 19:43 Andrei Gagloyev, commander of the engineering troops of the 58th army, gives evidence at the Beslan attack case trial.
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner found in Piatigorsk January 16, 2006 19:37 Rasul Kudayev accused of taking part in the 13 October 2005 events in Kabardino-Balkaria is kept in a prison in Piatigorsk, Stavropol territory.
Killed rebels' parents willing to know their sons' bodies safe January 16, 2006 19:34 Parents of rebels killed on 13 October 2005 ask Kabardino-Balkaria's Prosecutor Yuri Ketov for an opportunity to make certain that their sons' bodies are safe.
Bomb wounds teenager January 16, 2006 19:24 A 16-year-old boy is wounded because of the explosion of an unidentified device in Chechnya's Urus-Martan district.
Four wounded in Chechnya January 16, 2006 18:59 Four contract soldiers are seriously wounded in a blast of a military truck in Chechnya's Nozhai-Yurt district.
Beslan Voice challenges federal officials January 13, 2006 19:16 The Beslan Voice public organisation makes a statement demanding that some federal officials give evidence and even prove their innocence.