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The situation in the Tskhinval District of South Ossetia has aggravated after the Georgian power agencies deployed in the conflict zone took hostages from among peaceful population of South Ossetia of Ossetian nationality and militia.

On February 13, the interim parliamentary inquiry commission on the matters of Georgian citizens deported from the Russian Federation (RF), held its hearings.

The Parliamentarians of North Ossetia have discussed an appeal of the victims of Beslan terror act who asked the deputies to listen to Yuri Saveliev, a member of the federal parliamentary commission for investigating the terror act, who has drafted an alternative report.

The confrontation between head of Chechnya Alu Alkhanov and premier of the Republic's government Ramzan Kadyrov continues to build-up.

Batal Tobagua, head of the Central Electoral Committee, has stated that the elections into the bodies of local self-government, held in Abkhazia on Sunday, February 11, could be considered valid.

On Tuesday, the Political Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will consider the situation in Chechnya at its session in Paris.

The Chairman of Chechen Government has declared that "peace has set in finally and irrevocably" in the Chechen Republic.

Human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov has appealed to the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia against the decision of the Nazran District Court of the Republic, which upheld the verdict of the magistrate judge of Court District No. 8 of Nazran, who had fined Mr. Mutsolgov for breaching the order of holding a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 last year.

On February 10, at 8:30 p.m., a Georgian subversive group attacked the posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), having swept also dwelling settlements of the city of Tskhinval.

In these latter days, provocations in the deployment area of Russian peacekeeping posts in the Abkhazian-Georgian conflict zone have become more frequent.

With a reference to a source close to the investigation of the case on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper has informed about detention of two suspects of committing the crime.

The Volgograd Region has faced an extremely poor situation with implementing privileges in provision medicines to the population.

On February 13-15, 2007, the city of Volgograd will host a charitable action of the International Festival of films on human rights "Stalker."

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya's government, has won his suit lodged against the "Kommersant" newspaper.

Journalist Nidzhat Daglar (Guseinov) has reported about his departure from the "Azadlyg" newspaper.

About 27,000 Chechen pensioners remained without their pensions in January this year.

Mr. Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on the issues of missing people in South Caucasus, has prepared a report, which was also submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorny Karabakh.

It has become known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that at the sanatorium "Nart" in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a group of children from the Chechen Republic has undergone treatment from an unknown illness diagnosed in them earlier.

The Board of Directors of the Public Television and Radio Company (PTV) of Azerbaijan has refused to provide air time to the "Musavat" opposition party.

Until release of two senior employees of the Galskiy District Administration - Fridon Chakaberia and David Sigua - the leadership of Abkhazia refuses to continue dialogue with Georgia.