Arrested opposition leaders refuse to take part in court sitting May 22, 2004 15:16 The defendants explained their actions by the refusal of the court to satisfy their numerous petitions concerning the holding of the preliminary hearing.
Two rebels detained in Grozny May 22, 2004 14:19 Both the detainees are suspected of committing attacks on federal soldiers and republican law enforcers and murdering civilians.
Chechen refugees seek help May 22, 2004 14:16 Two former refugees living in the Achkhoy-Martan district of the Chechen Republic turned to the Ingush office of the Information Center of the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship in Karabulak. They complained about difficult conditions their families were in.
Chechen residents resist illegal actions of security service officers May 22, 2004 14:15 Locals categorically demanded that Kadyrov's people should abandon the practice of committing arbitrary night attacks on private houses.
Chechen presidential election set for August 29 May 21, 2004 19:17 The election commission intends to strictly abide by the Constitution and the law on elections of the president of the Chechen Republic while making preparations for and holding the election, the chairman of the election commission, Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov, emphasized.
Railway service between Grozny and Moscow to be resumed May 21, 2004 18:43 On May 30, for the first time over the last several years, the Grozny-Moscow train will make its run.
Rights defenders, lawyers get legal training in Ingushetia May 21, 2004 17:53 Vladimir Weissman of the International Helsinki Federation and Karina Moskalenko of the Moscow-based International Protection Center arrived in Nazran as experts in international law.
Press conference, devoted to Mikhail Trepashkin's sentence, to be held in Moscow May 21, 2004 17:28 The press conference titled "Mikhail Trepashkin: Sentence with Particular Cynicism" will be held at the Independent Press Center in Moscow on May 24.
Burdjanadze: Abkhazia 'not ready to make concessions' May 21, 2004 17:14 "We expect an unbiased, not pro-Georgian position from Russia. We wish the Abkhazian population well and are not going to evict them from their houses," the speaker of the Georgian parliament said.
10 minutes are enough to pass sentence on Armenian oppositionist May 21, 2004 16:51 The united Armenian opposition informs of the beginning of a new wave of detentions of its activists.
Migration service denies chemical contamination of refugee center May 21, 2004 16:21 Ingush migration service officials have denied information that the premises of the temporary accommodation center for refugees Oskanovskiye Garages in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya are contaminated with chemicals.
Collected articles, devoted to elections in Chechnya, presented in Moscow May 21, 2004 15:50 Results of the monitoring of presidential and parliamentary elections in Chechnya conducted by the Moscow Helsinki Group with the support of the Caucasian Knot agency and the Memorial center form the basis of the book "Chechnya 2003: Political Process in Zazerkalye".
Workshop on ethnic journalism to be conducted in Krasnodar May 21, 2004 15:29 The workshop will be conducted within the framework of the Counteraction to Language of Hostility: the Civil Position of Russian NGOs and Media project.
No suspects in Kadyrov's assassination May 21, 2004 12:47 A source at the Chechen interior ministry rated the reports that Shamil Basayev had taken responsibility for Akhmad Kadyrov's assassination as the rebels' propaganda move.
Participants in Georgian-Abkhazian meeting comment on its results May 21, 2004 12:12 "We have reached an understanding that we deny the use of force in the future and will make common efforts not to allow any inciting actions and statements both in the security zone and against us," the Abkhazian foreign minister said.
Terrorist act committed in Grozny May 21, 2004 12:08 A high-capacity landmine mounted on the roadside was set off when a car with GIBDD (State Inspection for Traffic Security) officers was passing by.
Arrested opposition leader goes on hunger strike in Armenia May 20, 2004 17:51 Suren Sureniants demands that all political prisoners be immediately released and other requirements of the resolution on Armenia adopted by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly on April 28 be fulfilled.
Kmara movement becomes more active in South Osetia May 20, 2004 17:05 "The role of the Kmara movement in the recent developments in Adjaria is widely known. However, this organization gained popularity as early as November 2003, during the Rose Revolution in Georgia. There is not any information on more radical actions of Kmara activists on the territory of South Osetia so far," reads the commission's report.
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee returns to Georgia May 20, 2004 16:34 The main purpose of the eight-day prolongation (7 to 14 May 2004) was to examine the treatment of persons detained in Ajara as well as conditions of detention in this part of Georgia.
Military garrison to be permanently stationed in Tsalka area May 20, 2004 16:04 A serious clash between Georgians and Armenians, which left 30 people injured, occurred in Tsalka on May 10.