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A court rules against Kommersant newspaper in a retrial of its case over an interview with ex-leader of Chechen separatists <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Rights defenders stripped of funds</a>Aslan Maskhadov</a>.</p>

Those who met the president remain generally satisfied, but many refused to meet him.

Law enforcement agencies say Merzhoyev was involved in the terrorist act in Beslan.

Scenes from the town

Police attack people distributing opposition leaflets.

A former hostage claims terrorists were the first to shoot in Beslan.

Officials deny Mr Basayev's <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/851521.html" target="_blank">statement</a>, while security officers treat it more seriously.

Psychologists think they still need medical assistance.

He says special services contributed to the preparation of the terrorist act in Beslan.

They are sure that officials shuffle numbers of people abducted in Chechnya.

Unidentified people in masks attack a police colonel in the capital of Dagestan.

The Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office raises the issue of protecting minors from cruel treatment.

A tax agency is seizing funds from accounts of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

The condition of citizens of Chechnya has worsened over the past year, say human rights defenders.

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire agreement.

Muslims protest against violation of their rights in Kabardino-Balkaria.

The prime minister of Ingushetia is seriously wounded in a terrorist act.

Witnesses say the terrorists did not plan to keep hostages for longer than one week.

Beslan School No 1 pupils are interrogated at the hearing of the Kulayev case.

Police disperse and prevent unauthorised public meetings of the Azadlyg bloc in Azerbaijan.