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Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachyov called on Russian law enforcement agencies to be more efficient in seeking the extradition of Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev, who was granted political asylum by Britain. British judicial authorities might consider another extradition request from Russian law enforcement agencies irrespective of the Thursday bombings in London, Kosachyov said at a press conference on Friday. A British court earlier declined Russia\'s request to extradite Zakayev, who has been charged, in particular, with involvement in terrorist activities.By empty (7/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Meeting in emergency session on 8 July, the parliament of the Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic adopted a resolution creating national districts for the Abazin and Nogai minorities. The two ethnic groups account for 4.6 and 3.By empty (7/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In a 7 July press release, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry raised questions about the continued presence of U.S. troops in Uzbekistan, official Uzbek news agency UzA reported.By empty (7/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Prosecutor-General Azimbek Beknazarov told a news conference in Bishkek on 7 July that Kyrgyz authorities have received requests from Uzbek authorities to extradite 231 Uzbek asylum seekers, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. While noting that Kyrgyzstan intends to honor its international obligations, Beknazarov stressed that Kyrgyzstan will check the information it has received from Uzbekistan. He said that 29 Uzbek citizens \"are at a detention center in Osh.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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