High-capacity explosive device detonated in Grozny June 07, 2004 11:34 It was already the second landmine explosion in the Chechen capital for 24 hours.
Operation to liquidate tents conducted in refugee center June 07, 2004 11:31 Officers of the police and migration services were involved in the operation.
3 Chechen policemen killed in clash June 07, 2004 11:26 As reported by correspondents of the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship, an armed clash between Chechen policemen and rebels occurred in the vicinity of the village of Dzhani-Vedeno, Chechnya's Vedeno district, on June 2.
2 women killed in skirmish in Grozny June 07, 2004 11:24 Witnesses say the women were killed as a result of the disorderly fire opened by officers of security agencies on separatists who were running away.
Refugees in Satsita camp receive ultimatum June 05, 2004 12:40 Migration service officials demanded that camp inhabitants should sign papers certifying that they bind themselves to leave their tents by June 5.
Human rights advocates disprove kamikaze children report June 05, 2004 12:13 We call your attention to a press release of the International Working Group for the Search of Missing People and Hostages and Release of Prisoners in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Area.
Chechen refugees under relentless pressure June 05, 2004 11:45 On June 2, head of the Ingush Interior Ministry's migration department Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Pomeshchenko and officials of the Interior ministry who accompanied him demanded that Chechen refugees living in the camp in the village of Yandare in Ingushetia should immediately dismantle the tents and leave the camp for Grozny, Nazran or any place they want.
Chechen war photography exhibition June 05, 2004 11:43 The street photo exhibition "The Road to Nowhere" will open in Ryazan on June 5. The exhibition is arranged within the framework of the "How Many?" campaign waged by the Ryazan Human Rights Coalition.
General Lebed Peacemaking Mission to resume its work June 05, 2004 10:41 The work of the organization was suspended because of the four-month examination of the organization's activity conducted by the Pyatigorsk prosecutor's office. No violations of the law have been established.
International women's conference in Derbent June 04, 2004 21:36 The subject matters of the last day of the conference were the promotion of the Caucasian women's status and role in society by means of developing education in the spirit of tolerance and human rights and the protection of migrants' rights as an important component of neighborly relations between the Caucasian peoples.
Armenian cultural center set on fire in Irkutsk June 04, 2004 17:31 Firemen arrived in time to help the center's guard who had started extinguishing the fire. They coped with it in a few minutes.
Rebel attack leaves 4 servicemen dead June 04, 2004 17:12 "Another five people, including one officer, received wounds of different severity. They were hospitalized," a source in the Chechen military commandant's office said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
Combined Control Commission inspects withdrawal of Georgian forces from South Osetian border June 04, 2004 17:10 According to information of the Osetian side, not all armed units have been withdrawn from the zone controlled by peacekeeping forces, some of them have been quartered in the villages situated in the zone of the conflict.
Visit of PACE delegation to Chechnya is over June 04, 2004 16:10 The PACE delegation was unable to meet with representatives of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Center Memorial though the meeting had been planed in advance.
Novorossiysk Memorial publishes book about victims of political repressions June 04, 2004 15:05 The book "To All People Whose Fates Are Seen in the Distance" holds not only reminiscences but also a piece of advice how to register rehabilitation, what documents must be prepared, what agencies one should address, and what legislative acts one can use proving his or her innocence.
Moscow businessman registered as candidate for Chechen presidency June 04, 2004 15:03 Experienced lawyers will help Malik Saidullayev during his election campaign, a source at the Chechen Central Election Commission reported.
Special commission to work out Karabakh constitution June 04, 2004 12:18 The constitutional regime will be based on the system that has developed and justified itself in the last ten years. The matter concerns the presidential system of government.
Nakhchivan oppositionist renounces Azerbaijan citizenship June 04, 2004 11:26 Deputy chair of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party branch in Nakhchivan Gasan Aliyev explained his decision by the persecution of opposition activists in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
Municipal elections to be held in Karabakh June 04, 2004 11:24 These municipal elections will be the third in Karabakh after the declaration of independence.
Terrorists receive life sentence June 04, 2004 11:23 Three terrorists, Akhmed Ismailov, Yusup Yunusov, and Valid Suleymanov, were sentenced to life imprisonment. They all were charged with a number of grave crimes, terrorism, murder and illegal use of arms.