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The issue of stationing US military bases in the Republic of Azerbaijan came into spotlight after US Defense Secretary Rumsfeld´s one-day visit to Republic of Azerbaijan at mid-August. The US official´s talks with the government of Republic of Azerbaijan have triggered heated discussions on the issue by the Azeri public and mass media and sparked concerns of the Russian Federation and Islamic Republic of Iran. Media around the world, including the USA, have released reports saying that the US intends to deploy forces in the Republic of Azerbaijan. (22 August 2004)

Zmitser Pawlichenka, suspected of abduction and possible murder of Lukashenka’s political opponents, was awarded with the order of the Russian Orthodox Church. Families of the disappeared are indignant about the award. (18-AUG-2004)

The election into the Parliament of Republic of Belarus will take place on 4 October. District electoral commissions have been already formed and have begun registration of candidates’ initiative groups. This stage has never been a problem before. As a rule, all initiative groups were registered during all previous elections. Now some district election commissions insistently refuse to register the groups. It has become a real problem for some well-known regional activists.
(18-AUG-04)

Today the Russian Supreme Court upheld a sentence the Moscow City Court earlier handed down on Russian researcher Igor Sutyagin, who was found guilty of espionage. (17-AUG-04)

AFS (worldwide) has been chosen the Overall Winner in the Social Achievement category of the 2003 Associations Make a Better World awards program. The program, run by the American Society of Association Executives, in coordination with the Global Forum of Societies of Association Executives “recognizes outstanding examples of associations who make a significant contribution to societies and economies world wide.” (17-AUG-04)

Today the Russian Supreme Court upheld a sentence the Moscow City Court earlier handed down on Russian researcher Igor Sutyagin, who was found guilty of spying. The Moscow City Court on April 7 sentenced Sutyagin to 15 years in prison. The court ruled that his term be counted from the date of his detention in Obninsk in the Kaluga region on October 29, 1999. (17-AUG-04)

Open appeal of the President of National Olympic Committee of the Chechen Republic, sport-master of international class Ruslan Badalov to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. (13-AUG-04)
 

The statement released by the State Department says that eviction of the Mosque community and attempts to the keep the leadership under state control are not justifiable according to international human rights law, or the OSCE principles. (16-AUG-04)

Taliyat Aliyev, the Secretary on Organizational Issues of Republic of Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) has been detained by Prosecutor Administration of Nasimi District on 12 August 2004. He was detained in relation to the scandal at the court trial of seven opposition party leaders, who were arrested just aftermath the disputed presidential elections of last fall. (16 August 2004)