FSB officers seize edition of book "FSB Blows Up Russia" January 03, 2004 18:43 According to the driver of the car, FSB officers talked to him, in particular the FSB investigator who said the books were withdrawn as an "antistate propaganda".
Rescuers in Dagestan find body of soldier, lost last week January 03, 2004 14:27 Six rescuers, headed by Colonel Gadzhimurad Abdulatipov, were looking for three soldiers, lost during an army operation to destroy the armed gang which had broken into the Tsuntinsky district of the Dagestani Republic.
Mikhail Saakashvili stands highest chances of winning Georgian presidential election January 03, 2004 14:13 Originally, 15 candidates intended to run for the presidency but eight of them failed to gather the necessary number of signatures.
Georgia is getting ready for presidential election January 03, 2004 14:09 Approximately 3 million voting ballots were to be sent on Friday to all election polls, including the Adjarian Autonomy, the press-service of the Central Election Commission disclosed.
Motherland-Ayrenik Front takes on responsibility for working out proposals on resolution of Karabakh conflict January 02, 2004 12:28 According to the authors of the statement, recently the Karabakh problem has appeared to be in the center of the country's political life again.
Round table devoted to defense of Rauf Arifoglu January 02, 2004 12:27 Ali Kerimli, APFP chairman and a Milli Majlis deputy, summed up the exchange of opinions. He spoke for the organization of mass actions in defense of the people arrested in connection with the events of October 15 and 16.
Illegal migrants deported from Kuban region January 02, 2004 12:26 Governor of Krasnodar Territory Aleksandr Tkachyov took a firm stand towards the migratory law breakers.
Children of IDPs get presents from President of Ingushetia January 02, 2004 12:26 On the instructions of the Ingush President, New Year presents were given on behalf of him on December 26 to all the children who were in the camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from North Osetia and Chechnya.
"Come To Know Yourself Through Law" Project summed up in Rostov December 30, 2003 23:57 Semen Filatov, a student of the 11th form, became a winner in the "Learn Your Rights" Internet contest.
Student club "Justice" to bring action against Sergey Dorenko December 30, 2003 23:48 The academic council of the student club "Justice" (Chechen State University) made a decision to bring an action against journalist Sergey Dorenko, who stated in the Zavtra newspaper that to annihilate all the Chechen people would be enough for the elimination of terrorism.
Special operation in Stariye Atagi December 30, 2003 23:46 According to preliminary information, the military killed three residents of the village. But it remains unknown so far if they were members of the armed resistance or civilians.
Operation to eliminate rebel group in Dagestan completed December 30, 2003 23:27 "On Monday, army commandos eliminated the last rebels trying to break out of the encircled area destroying 15 of them," said Colonel Igor Konashenkov, an aide to the commander of the North Caucasian military district.
Georgian, Abkhazian sides exchange hostages December 30, 2003 21:23 On December 29, the Abkhazian side released ten Georgians abducted from the Gali district of breakaway Abkhazia a few days ago, in exchange for release of three Abkhazians.
Relatives of abducted Ingush resident seek human rights activists' help December 30, 2003 19:53 We call your attention to the extracts from the statement Ruslan Mutsolgov handed in to Imran Ezhiev, head of the Ingush office of the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship and Moscow Helsinki Group coordinator.
Three Abkhazian servicemen abducted, then released December 30, 2003 18:38 The ministry of defense regards the incident as the one throwing discredit upon the peacekeeping forces as it occurred in the area they are responsible for.
Act of charity for disabled children in Abkhazia December 30, 2003 17:59 Activists of the Humanitarian Programs Center took the lead in conducting such an action in 1995. Both the number of its participants and the number of children getting New Year presents and congratulations has been increasing year after year.
Sitting of Coordinating Center on Issues of Civil Society Development in Dagestan December 30, 2003 17:04 Participants considered the Regulations on the Coordinating Center and a plan of work for the first six months of 2004. The Chairman of the Dagestani National Assembly, Mukhu Aliyev, presided at the sitting.
Rebels surrounded in Dagestan try to break into Georgia December 30, 2003 16:32 The surrendering militant said that Arab mercenaries had killed two other gunmen who wanted to surrender together with him, sources from the public relations centre of the Federal Security Service reported.
Turkish citizens who were declared to have been killed in Chechnya appeared on television December 30, 2003 14:42 Yastrjembsky's statement that Russian special operations forces destroyed 17 Mojaheds (22 by another version) near Serzhen-Yurt and that one German and three Turkish citizens were among the people killed may turn to serious international embarrassing position for the Kremlin.
Case of Mikhail Trepashkin: defendant's statement about torture used against him December 30, 2003 10:16 "After I was arrested by the Judge of the Moscow Circuit Court Martial I was subjected to torture and degrading treatment," reads the statement.