The aim of this election "farce" was to give Kadyrov legitimacy. For in 2000, Moscow appointed him as its administrator of the republic even though at that time the republic had its own legally elected and internationally recognized president and parliament.

The articles on the inadmissibility of abuse of freedom of speech and transparency of financial resources are among the main disputable provisions of the bill.

The collection of articles compiled by Florian Hassel, the Moscow correspondent of the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, was published with the assistance of the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

The International Committee of the Red Cross mission is holding four-day training for the Commission for Abkhazian Refugees and Missing People and the Movement "Mothers of Abkhazia for Peace and Social Justice".

The meeting was arranged by the Yeni Nesil journalist union, the Media Rights Institute of Internews Azerbaijan, the Confederation of Azerbaijan Journalists, and the Research Center "Serene World".

"We call upon all political parties, the government and public to cooperate during the process of rechecking the voter lists so that to avoid falsification of the elections," reads the statement of the organization.

Russian military men backed by armored equipment entered the village of Stariye Atagi, the Grozny (rural) district, on October 8.

Karen Andreasian, an advisor of the international non-government organization "Article 19", presented results of the independent examination of the legislation prepared at the instance of the Media Club.

"Political stabilization has effect on the economic development of Russia's South," claimed Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the South Federal District Viktor Kazantsev.

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.