A police officer demanded from the journalists a "special permit" signed by acting head of the Ingush migration service Ivan Pomeschenko. As it became clear, visits to the refugee camps are not allowed without a sanction of this official.

The new structure is created with the purpose of coordinating actions of the state and public and religious organizations so that to use their potential for a jail system reform.

About twenty signatures of passers-by were collected during the picket under the appeal in support of Akhmadov's plan "For Establishment of the UN Interim Administration in Chechnya".

Passengers of the bus, who survived by a miracle, say five armed men in masks went on the country road and opened fire.

The main item on the agenda was a discussion on the aggravating security situation in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, especially in the Gali district.

The military demonstrated clearly the situation was under their full control and they were fixing what was happening at the electoral districts.

According to the data of "Memorial", two thirds of grave crimes against peaceful Chechen people are committed by Russian military men and officers of special services.

From the very beginning of the press conference MHG Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva let the present know that the reality shown virtually in all media reports on the elections in Chechnya seemed to be too affected.

The research results show 51% of the questioned people of Russia do not approve of the Russian authorities' policy towards the Chechen Republic.

A meeting of partners of the international organization "Article 19" took place in Zvenigorod, a town near Moscow, on October 2-5 within the limits of the project "Consolidation of Democracy in the Southern Caucasus through Freedom of Speech".

Numerous independent sources assert the voters' attendance on October 5 was extremely low.

The mass media monitoring conducted by the Press Club of Baku during the pre-election campaign displays breaches of legal regulations and one-sided coverage of the election process by the media.

According to some information, Akhmad Kadyrov's son was delivered to a local hospital; other reports say he was taken outside the republic.

"The presidential election campaign has shown everybody's real worth and certain conclusions will certainly be made," said Anatoly Popov.

Public figures and public organizations working in the field of peacemaking, defending human rights and providing humanitarian aid in the Northern Caucasus can be nominees for the "Prize".

Dozens of families of Chechen refugees from the tent camp "Bella", which was forcedly liquidated at the end of September, were moved to the other tent centre of temporary accommodation "Satsita" and are in the state of outcasts so far.

On October 6 the press service of the foreign ministry of Chechnya's government in exile propagated a statement in which it roundly denounced so called presidential elections.

Russian military men solemnly gave a small "present" to each villager who was leaving the election center after voting.

The Foreign Ministry called it "off-handed and tactless".

A simple deduction can be made that the internally displaced persons in Ingushetia practically boycotted the elections of the president of Chechnya.