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The Moscow prosecutor's office detained again Fail Sadretdinov who was earlier acquitted on the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine.

A group of editors of Azerbaijani mass media continue their hunger strike action. The protesters' requirements have not changed, they still demand from the authorities to address the problem of "Azadlyg" newspaper and other mass media.

A total of 160 non-commercial organizations (NCOs) from 17 countries have passed the reregistration procedure in Russia, including human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" and "Amnesty International."

Saidali Luluev, husband of Nura Lulueva, a peaceful resident murdered in Chechnya, whose family is the winner of the yesterday's, November 9, case versus Russia at the European Court for Human Rights, remains unsatisfied with the Court's judgment.

The Russian Ministry of Justice intends to consider an application of the Georgian party on infringements of the rights of Georgian citizens in the process of detainment and deportation from the territory of Russia, Vladimir Ustinov, Minister of Justice of Russia, informed.

Today, lawyer Supyan Baskhanov, head of the regional representative office of the Committee Against Tortures in Chechnya, has informed that he received an answer to his complaint on the actions of the officials of the State Office of Public Prosecutor in violation by them of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, laws and regulatory acts of the General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, and the rights of the victim named Alaudin Sadykov.

Today, the European Court for Human Rights has sustained a complaint of Turko Luluev, resident of the city of Gudermes of the Chechen Republic, on disappearance and murder in Chechnya of his mother, and a suit of Marzet Imakaeva, former resident of the village of Novye Atagi, on detainment and disappearance of her son and husband.

A year has passed after one of the most tragic events in the new history of Kabardino-Balkaria: an armed revolt of about two hundred young Moslems.

The case of the murder of Paul Khlebnikov will be considered again at the Moscow City Court - by a new court staff, the Radio Liberty reports.

The Supreme Court of Russia has vacated a sentence to two Chechnya natives - Musa Vakhaev and Kazbek Dukuzov, who were acquitted on the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of Russian Forbes.

Today, a hunger-strike action in protest against expulsion of the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its own office was launched by the heads of six mass media of Azerbaijan, namely.

The students of the University "Independent Azerbaijan" held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan.

Tomorrow, on November 9, 2006, the European Court for Human Rights will make its decision on disappearance in Chechnya of father and son Imakaevs.

The statement of Umar Jabrailov, Chechnya's Senator at the Council of Federation of Russia, on the need for Alu Alkhanov, today's head of the Republic, to pass over his authorities to Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Cabinet of Ministers, caused an ambiguous reaction in Chechnya.

On November 9, 2006, the European Court for Human Rights will make its decision on disappearance in Chechnya of father and son Imakaevs.

Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov, a militiaman from Nizhnevartovsk, suspected by the State Office of Public Prosecutor of implication in killing journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has stated in his interview to the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper that he had nothing to do with the murder, and moreover, in no case could have been its executor.

According to the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), from the moment of announcing the amnesty, a total of 380 militants have voluntarily surrendered in Russia.

Today, it is precisely one month after the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

At their today's sitting, the Board of Editors of Azerbaijani mass media made a decision to hold a series of protest actions in the context of the facts of pressure on the press and attempts to move the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its building.

Mr. Umar Jabrailov, Chechnya's representative in the Council of Federation, thinks that Alu Alkhanov, president of Chechnya, should resign and pass over his powers to Ramzan Kadyrov, chairman of the government.