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 In connection with the latest act of terror, this time in the town of Nalchik, the Chechen Committee of National Salvation has declared that “Terrorist attacks in Russia are inevitable until the war in Chechnya is concluded. It would be high time to finally achieve this!” Full Story...Chernobyl today
 In Ukraine, protests involving ecologists and those involved in the clean-up operation at Chernobyl have been taking place. The demonstrators’ ire relates to the conclusions of United Nations experts that the Ukrainian state is exaggerating the consequences of the atomic disaster of April 1986. Full Story...Violation of Legality
 These were the words uttered by Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s lawyer, Yuri Shmidt, commenting on what the Russian “Vertical of Power” had arranged at the 22 September hearing at the Moscow city court. It would be hard to disagree with his words. During the appeal against the guilty verdict against the former heads of Yukos, prosecution and defence were unequally represented. Full Story...Declaration of “Terrorist Danger”: Who is in danger?
 By the end of this year the State Duma will have passed the law “On opposing terrorism”. The first reading has already passed, while the second will be held in October, as stated by the chairman of the Duma’s committee on security, Colonel-General Vladimir Vasilyev. Full Story...Mikhail Kasyanov: General without an army
 Russia’s former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, speaking on Wednesday on the radio channel Ekho Moskvy, announced he is ready to fight for the presidency of the country in the next elections. His candidature would appear quite promising: at 48 he is young; has charm, has considerable experience in government, comes across well with the public, puts his ideas across well and clearly. Just a small matter – find the army to support him in the battle for the presidency. Full Story...Yulia Timoshenko: once again the revolutionary
 Ukraine’s former prime minister, Yulia Timoshenko, has accused the president, Viktor Yushchenko, of seriously wounding her. In his turn, the president accused his former associate of populism and provocations. Full Story...Corruption in Ukrainian President’s entourage
 As a sign of protest against corruption in the entourage of the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yushchenko, the ideologue behind the country’s Orange Revolution, Alexander Zinchenko, has resigned his position as state secretary. According to him, bribery is flourishing at the highest levels of power, and clannish groups are forming. Officials and politicians close to Yushchenko are using their power to enrich themselves. Full Story...A visit to prison
 On 6 July the wife and the daughter of PRIMA-News correspondent Adolfo Fernandez Sainz had to travel 700 kilometres from Havana to Holguin prison to see him for only a brief visit. He has been in prison for two years and four months. Full Story...Chemical waste: Europe exports, Ukraine imports
 Protests have been underway in the Lvov and Subcarpathian regions of Ukraine against the import of highly toxic chemical waste. The protestors are promising to take sacks filled with the poisonous waste to the offices of governors and officials if the several thousand tons of the unwanted substances are not returned to the European countries where they originally came from. Full Story...Torture in Russia
 A majority of Russians fear the arbitrariness of the country’s law enforcement bodies: those organs of the state which should be engaged in the fight against crime. On the occasions members of the militia do appear before a court on charges of torture, then a conviction is, as a rule, followed by a conditional sentence. Full Story...[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] |
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