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Abdul-Khakim Sultygov's dismissal as Russian president's human rights representative in Chechnya "has nothing to do with protection of human rights and freedoms in Chechnya", said Anna Politkovskaya, a Novaya Gazeta correspondent.

On January 21, the first case was registered in the Satsita camp when a refugee illegally taken off the books was reinstated in the Ingush migration service's lists.

The President of Ingushetia said that the federal authorities and the leadership of Ingushetia and Chechnya would jointly solve the problem of displaced persons who stay on the Ingush territory.

The press conference "Mother of a Hostage Killed in "Nord-Ost" Sues Investigative Bodies for Inaction" will take place at the Independent Press Center on January 26.

Russian president Vladimir Putin gave his loyal Chechen boss full control over human rights in the region Wednesday in a move aimed at improving stability there ahead of a re-election bid.

The letter of the Committee of Soldier's Mothers of Astrakhan Region.

Yashar Jafarli denied the statement by the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's Office that the released people had admitted their guilt and asked the head of the state to set them free.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an appropriate order, reports the president's press service.

An APC with servicemen rammed a Volga car on the Rostov-Baku federal route in the village of Gikhi.

The North Caucasian forum on migration "Ways and Methods of Cooperation and Coordination in the Work of State Structures, NGOs and International Humanitarian Organizations That Solve Problems of Refugees and IDPs in the Region" opened in Nalchik on January 21.

Local ecologists and human rights activists believe the authorities started to prosecute Konstantinidi in response to the fact that with his legal assistance, citizens of Novorossiysk gained an unprecedented court victory over Kaspiysk Pipeline Consortium (KTK).

The United Nations believes that the principle of sanctuary as such is seriously compromised if refugees are forced to move out without being provided with another place to live.

Russian Deputy Interior Minister Colonel-General Aleksandr Chekalin reported it.

Executive director of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Tatyana Kasatkina has denied information that the book "Russia's Crimes of the Century in Chechnya" was published jointly with Chechenpress Agency.

In a report released on January 19 that says progress in resolving the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict remains "painfully slow," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appeals to the Abkhaz side to negotiate a settlement with the new Georgian Government.

As reported by the Council members, the main subject matter of the discussion was the reinstatement in the Ingush Migration Service's lists of those Chechen refugees who have been take off the books before without any grounds.

The decision has been made to direct NDI's activity towards cooperation with political parties so that to promote their political and social potential.

At the same time Ilkham Aliyev told that at this point he considered necessary to continue negotiations with Armenia.

"Those who will feel a need for peace will be able to come to this house, which will be a kind of cultural center," said coordinator of the NGO Nagorno-Karabakh Committee "Helsinki Initiative - 92" Karen Ogandzhanian.

Servicemen in masks rushed into a private house and shot down two young people between the ages of 25 and 30 who were in there.