(Appeal of the society ’Memorial’). The Russian TV company TV-6 was accused of non-profitability, and the court ruled to deprive it of the frequency. Without neglecting their guilt the company started a campaign that this is a political decision and it must be cancelled. Human rights protectors certainly joined the scandal on the side of TV-6.

The way of life in Belarus, basing on the author’s own observations, is described in the first part of the article. It is assessed as inferior to the Ukrainian was of life. In the second part the presidential election proper is described. Lukashenko’s policy to hamper the information exchange during the election is criticized, but it is confirmed that he won the election with a great advantage.

On 12 July in the city of Vladivostok another trial of journalist Grigoriy Pasko accused of the high treason began.

Aslan Maskhadov’s letter is devoted to the tragic situation in Chechnya. The letter calls to exert pressure on Russia in order to save the Chechen people.

The interview of the correspondent of the magazine ‘Ukrainska kultura’ (‘Ukrainian culture’). Maliuta with the executive director of the Kharkov Group for human rights protection Eugene Zakharov and a human rights protector, former political convict Vasyl Ovsienko.