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The School of Public Politics worked for journalists of local and regional mass media and leaders of public organizations in the town of Azov in the Rostov region on October 11-12. The Russian public organization "Open Russia" is an organizer of the School.

As police officers assert, no one can visit the refugee camp without having a special permit of the Federal Migration Service direction.

For the first time presidential elections are being held on the basis of the Electoral Code of Azerbaijan.

On October 13 the Russian mass media gave information that 27 families of Chechen refugees who had lived in the tent camp "Satsita" voluntarily returned to Chechnya. This information does not represent the facts. As members of the "Satsita" Public Council have reported, no family left this camp for Chechnya on October 13.

Unknown people attempted on the life of Sernovodsk village administration head Vakha Arsamakov. The incident occurred in Chechnya's Sunzha district on October 13.

The Russian military disclaim their belonging to the fire.

For the last few days officials of the Russian migration service have started to put pressure on Chechen refugees living in the tent camp "Alina", which is situated on the outskirt of the Sleptsovskaya village in Ingushetia's Sunzha district.

The competition goal is to join the efforts of public authorities, local government and public organizations to promote citizens' social activity directed towards the solution of socially important problems of Dagestani people.

Department head Akhmed Parchiyev announced to them that unexampled pressure from the direction of the federal migration service was put upon their department, so he was forced to inform tents in all the places of compact residence were to be removed by October 11.

The sides noted during the talks that the parliament of Armenia had passed the law on ombudsman, thereby it met the commitment undertaken to the Council of Europe.

Ruslan, a Kurchaloy villager, told after voting that his father, who had died 5 years ago, was on the voter lists.

Bilateral agreements with the Association of Russian Students and the Georgian student movement "Georgia's Future" on the creation of the South Caucasian Student Confederation were signed during the conference.

Olga Bagdasarian, a representative of the Assirian community, and Knyaz Gasanov, a representative of the Kurd community, told about problems which their communities are faced with.

An "Ural" truck with Russian servicemen was hit by a landmine in the Staropromislovsky district of Grozny on October 11.

The decision was made at the meeting to form the Union of IDPs' Public Committees, the aim of which will be the protection of displaced persons' rights.

Azerbaijan's presidential elections cannot be considered free and fair because of widespread abuse and bias favoring government candidates, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released yesterday.

Overall losses of the federal forces and Chechen rebels came to 12 people killed as a result of Saturday clashes in Chechnya.

Shovket's election program holds the ultimatum to Armenia: either it withdraws troops from the "occupied territories" within 12 months, or the threat of starting military operations exists.

The "Kmara" activists were beaten up by police; reportedly some of them got severe injuries.

"Gogi Mikanadze suffered an attack by political opposition members, as he possesses specific evidence confirming the fact that the opposition parties were involved in the falsification the voting lists," Irakly Gogava, a leader of the pro-government election bloc "For New Georgia", told the press.