Oppositionists go on hunger strike in Nakhichevan June 01, 2004 09:38 Opposition activists started this action to protest against persecution and beatings on the part of the police. They demand that the persecution be stopped.
3 killed in landmine explosion in Chechnya May 31, 2004 23:26 A high-capacity explosive device was mounted by unknown people in a garbage heap on Kraynyaya Street, reported a source at the Chechen interior ministry.
Abkhazian parliament passes law on presidential elections May 31, 2004 23:26 Under the Constitutional Law on the Elections of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, the candidate for the post of president will have to undergo testing by a special commission, which will be created by the Central Election Commission.
Chechen refugees abducted in Ingushetia May 31, 2004 22:32 Military men who came out of the helicopter rushed into one house and captured five people who were in it - four young men and a girl.
Military men kill woman in Chechen village May 31, 2004 22:07 When gunmen in camouflage uniform arrived at the village, they continued to drink up alcoholic drinks cursing loudly. When a local woman rebuked them, one of the men fired several shot in her direction.
Grozny-Moscow train makes first run May 31, 2004 21:11 A passenger train left Grozny for Moscow in the morning of May 30, for the first time over the last several years.
1 local resident killed, 2 abducted in Chechnya May 31, 2004 20:56 Criminals moved in three UAZ cars without number plates. They wore military uniforms.
Georgian forces to be withdrawn from South Osetian border May 31, 2004 20:38 The sides will discuss the situation that has arisen at a scheduled session of the Combined Control Commission in Tskhinval tomorrow, June 1.
Historical competition award ceremony conducted in Rostov May 31, 2004 20:11 The competition was organized by the International Society Memorial, the Council of Local Lore of the Russian Academy of Education, and the Russian State Humanitarian University.
NGOs to keep Georgian police departments under supervision May 29, 2004 18:06 The project to create the Georgian Interior Ministry's Public Council has been worked out by the ministry.
Erkel's freedom cost 1 million euros May 29, 2004 17:36 The Russian authorities claimed earlier that the release of the head of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) mission had become possible due to a special operation conducted by the Interior Ministry jointly with the Federal Security Service.
Georgia's development level does not meet any standards, Russian businessman says May 29, 2004 17:05 Viktor Vekselburg thinks Russian businessmen may be interested in the Georgian tourism, hotel system, roads, transportation and communications.
Moscow-Vladikavkaz train blown up May 29, 2004 12:48 The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Southern regional center reported that the first explosion took place under the last car, and the second one took place under the fourth car.
Round table on extremism to take place in Dagestan May 29, 2004 11:13 Organizers of the discussion are Dagestani regional branches of political parties and the Union of Dagestani Journalists.
Local detained, then released in Urus-Martan May 29, 2004 11:12 "It had become known to us that federals wanted to abduct him. And if we hadn't taken him, your son would have disappeared without a trace. We arrested him in order not to let it happen," a man working in a temporary detention isolator said to the mother of Said-Ibragim Rasayev.
Rebels to serve 15 years for taking part in attack on Budyonnovsk May 29, 2004 11:09 The 14 June 1995 attack of Shamil Basayev's group on Budyonnovsk left 129 people dead and over 400 wounded.
Azerbaijan warns foreign companies against cooperation with Karabakh Telecom May 28, 2004 19:01 The Azerbaijan side considers the existence of this mobile company on the territory of Nagorny Karabakh illegal.
Businessman to run for Chechen presidency May 28, 2004 18:28 Malik Saidullayev, chairman of the board of directors of the Milan concern, has announced his intention to run for the Chechen presidency.
President of North Osetia proposes placing new item on agenda of Russian-Georgian talks May 28, 2004 18:26 "We forecast developments, and we have no reason to think that a campaign with spiny roses comes into the picture," President of North Osetia Aleksandr Dzasokhov said at a press conference in Moscow.
Amnesty International - 43 years of work May 28, 2004 17:18 On May 28, 1961, lawyer Peter Benenson launched the first campaign to protect political prisoners, which gave birth to one of the largest international organizations.