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Anarchist from St-Petersburg Andrei Kalyonov, arrested on suspicion of organizing the explosion of the "Neva-Express" train, has stopped his protest hunger strike.

The murder of Russian teacher Liudmila Teryokhina has been opened in Ingushetia.

Today, Gambar Gambarov and Etimad Bydagov, employees of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety, have been detained by securities from the Azerbaijani President's machinery.

In the centre of Moscow, militiamen have dispersed a meeting in support of St-Petersburg anarchists detained on the case of blowing up the "Neva Express" train on August 13.

On August 27, Ernest Mezak, a Board member of the "Memorial" Komi Human Rights Commissions (KHRC), lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Republic against refusal of the City Court of Komi's capital, the city of Syktyvkar, to recognize illegal the Russia's postal blockade of Georgia.

At today's judicial session on the case of Farkhad Aliev, ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, his brother Rafik Aliev and 17 other persons, the main defendant has stated that he rejects the defence.

In the course of yesterday's hearings at the sitting of the Commission for Human Rights of the European Parliament in Brussels, the authorities of Azerbaijan were criticized for the poor state of affairs with human rights in their country.

Mr Makhmudov, the native of Chechnya, arrested on charges of association in Anna Politkovskaya's murder, was beaten.

Murad Musaev, advocate of one of the detainees, has informed that three brothers-Chechens are now among the persons arrested in relation to the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has rejected the petition of Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Foundation "Educated Media", accused of money contraband, to consider her criminal case without her presence - in absentia.

At the Urvan District Court (Kabardino-Balkaria), the CD with the materials of the investigatory experiment on the criminal case initiated on the fact of murder of Islam Kumyshev, 14, was found drilled through with a bore.

The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Abkhazia is concerned of the situation around the Muslim community of the Republic and development of Islam as a whole.

A powerful explosive device has been detected in Ingushetia under the railway bridge near the road that connects the area of the Kommunalnaya Street with a suburb of the city of Nazran - the Altievo village.

Young people of Ingushetia continue to prepare a collective claim against President Murat Zyazikov.

The Leninskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz has passed a decision to stop the activities of the Public Organization (PO) "Voice of Beslan" in its present composition.

Musa Ragim, leader of the Imishli Regional Organization of the Party of National Independence, was arrested for his protests against arbitrariness of local authorities.

The New York-based International Committee for Protection of Journalists has condemned the August 22 decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upholding the 30-month custody verdict in relation to Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of newspapers "Gyundalik Azerbaijan" and "Real Azerbaijan."

With regard to the case of murdering schoolboy Narek Kocharyan accomplished in a Moscow suburb last November, four young persons were arrested. Now two of them are also accused of creating an extremist organization.

The Moscow's Mayoralty has sanctioned a meeting on August 30 in Russian capital dedicated to the 49th birthday of Anna Politkovskaya, which falls on this day.

A meeting in memory of the victims of the Beslan tragedy will take place on September 1 at 4:00 p.m. in the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow.