Monday, 01 March 2004

KHAKAMADA WINS A COURT VICTORY

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The Supreme Court ruled on 1 March that the Central Election Commission (TsIK) should reconsider a complaint filed by presidential candidate Irina Khakamada regarding federal television stations\' live broadcast of a 12 February speech by President Putin to his campaign workers. Khakamada\'s lawyer, Daniil Katkov, said his client is seeking recognition that the broadcasts violated election law. TsIK Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on 13 February acknowledged that \"certain state television channels slightly overdid it\" with their coverage of Putin\'s speech.
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The Russian Foundation for Free Elections held a straw poll on 29 February in which mobile phone users could express their preference in the upcoming presidential election. President Putin carried the day with the backing of nearly 64 percent of the more than 108,000 mobile-phone users who took part in the straw poll. Irina Khakamada finished second with some 18 percent, followed by Sergei Glazev with 5 percent.
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By empty (2/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian lawyers flew to Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Sunday, to provide legal defense to two Russian citizens arrested on suspicion of killing Chechen separatist leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, a Russian diplomat told Interfax from Doha. On Saturday, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said that Russian lawyers would work in Doha \"to defend the rights of the detained Russian citizens, are seriously preparing for their defense.\" Three Russians attached to the embassy in Qatar were arrested in Doha early on February 19, \"with the use of weapons and force.
Thursday, 26 February 2004

U.S. CRITICIZES RUSSIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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By empty (2/26/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The U.S. administration has sharply criticized several countries for human rights violations.

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