Abkhazian economy damaged by political crisis December 07, 2004 23:40 Following the developments in Abkhazia, Russia imposed serious restrictions on the admission regime on the border with Abkhazia along the Psou River.
Police do not confirm abduction of Maskhadov's relatives December 07, 2004 23:14 Chechen law enforcement agencies have not confirmed reports that close relatives of Aslan Maskadov, president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, were taken hostages.
Juvenile delinquency grows in Azerbaijan December 06, 2004 23:33 Some 8 thousand children tramp in Azerbaijan, official sources say. Approximately 20% of them are children who arrived in Azerbaijan from Russia.
Terrorist killed in Ingushetia December 06, 2004 23:30 Special services know Alikhan Saduyev, whose nickname is Dodi, as one of the organizers of a series of terror attacks in Chechnya and Ingushetia, including the explosions at the buildings of the Chechen Government House and the FSB Department in Ingushetia.
Bagapsh, Khadzhimba to be one team December 06, 2004 23:25 Sergey Bagapsh and Raul Khadzhimba have come to the agreement that they will participate in a new presidential election in Abkhazia as members of one team: Bagapsh as a presidential candidate, and Khadzhimba as a candidate for the post of vice president.
South Osetia accuses Georgia of preparing aggression December 03, 2004 23:37 "South Osetia's aspiration to be prepared to repulse the enemy's attacks is quite explicable under conditions when the militarist policy in Georgia becomes more and more evident," said South Osetian Minister for Special Affairs Boris Chochiyev.
Azerbaijan oil workers protest against violations of their rights December 03, 2004 23:36 "Foreign oil companies don't stop violating Azerbaijan laws and labor rights of its citizens," chairwoman of the Committee to Protect Oil Industry Workers Mirvari Gakhramanly said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
President Ardzinba does not recognize Bagapsh's inauguration December 03, 2004 23:03 The Abkhazian president's press service claims that the forthcoming ceremony of taking an oath by Sergey Bagapsh as a president elect is illegal.
Japanese journalist to be deported from Russia December 02, 2004 23:52 A court in Nazran declared the journalist to be guilty of violating the regime of foreign citizens' stay on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Presidential candidates suggest different methods of checking election results December 01, 2004 23:59 Sergey Bagapsh, the candidate for the Abkhazian presidency, has declared against the expert examination of materials related to the presidential election in Abkhazia by Russian lawyers.
Young Azerbaijan oppositionists participate in rallies in Kiev December 01, 2004 23:58 Members of the opposition Musavat party hold there is nothing illegal in the fact that several young people from Azerbaijan decided to support the Ukrainians in their struggle for "freedom and democracy".
Withdrawal of troops from Karachaevo-Cherkessia begins December 01, 2004 22:54 The troops were brought in Karachaevo-Cherkessia when riots and mass rallies with appeals to overthrow the power and a storm of the Government House of Karachaevo-Cherkessia took place in the republic.
Human rights activist reports on violations in judicial system November 30, 2004 23:30 Lawyer Iskhak Kuchukov addressed a letter to the members of the congress of judges that began in Moscow today, the Caucasian Knot correspondent was told in the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center.
Azerbaijan opposition supports Yushchenko November 30, 2004 23:25 On November 29, the leader of the Azerbaijan opposition party Musavat, Isa Gambar, made a speech at the meeting held by the opposition in the center of Kiev and expressed solidarity with the people participating in the action.
Student suspected of involvement in terror attack November 30, 2004 23:16 The 16-year-old resident of Ingushetia detained on suspicion of pandering terrorists who captured a school in the town of Beslan is being held in a temporary detention isolator in Vladikavkaz.
OSCE concerned about legal reforms in Azerbaijan November 29, 2004 23:39 "We consider the possibility to receive legal aid from all lawyers able to represent citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic to be the citizens' fundamental right," Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi said.
Prosecutor general lodges protest against presidential decree November 29, 2004 23:10 "On October 28, the panel of judges for common pleas of the Supreme Court determined to recognize as grounded the Central Election Commission's decision concerning the protocol on the election results under which Bagapsh was elected Abkhazian president," reads Rauf Korua's document.
Sentence upon Armenian pilots pronounced November 29, 2004 22:58 The court sentenced the commander of the Armenian aircraft to 24 years' imprisonment, the other pilots were sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment.
Azerbaijan President meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees November 26, 2004 23:59 Azerbaijan President Ilkham Aliyev has received a UN delegation, headed by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers, in the Presidential Palace.
One rebel killed, three FSB officers wounded in Ingushetia November 26, 2004 23:18 The killed rebel has been identified. He turned out to be Akhmet Sambiyev, Shamil Basayev's closest associate and a successor of Arab Abu Kuteib Akhmet, reported the FSB Department in Ingushetia.