Festival of documentary films about Chechnya postponed in Estonia March 19, 2004 21:35 The festival is arranged by the organization Estonian War Memorial with the assistance of the Sakharov Public Center.
Sputnik tent camp in Ingushetia to be dismantled soon March 19, 2004 18:15 The Caucasian Knot correspondent learnt about it at the Sunzha district migration department.
Memorial: over 60 people abducted in Chechnya in 2004 March 19, 2004 17:44 26 people were released, 35 are missing, and 2 were found dead, said Dmitry Grushkin, Memorial's activist.
Most Russians find authorities to be responsible for aid workers' safety March 19, 2004 16:49 An express survey conducted within the framework of the Rikoshet program via interactive phones has revealed that 68% of the respondents find Russian authorities to be responsible for the safety of aid workers, including those in the North Caucasus.
"Address purges" in Chechnya's Vedeno district March 19, 2004 16:46 Locals reported on several men detained by security officers during the actions.
Blockade against Adjaria lifted March 19, 2004 16:16 In line with a decree issued by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, all economic sanctions, introduced against the Adjarian autonomy on March 15, were lifted during the night of March 18-19.
Mikhail Saakashvili: no conflict between Georgia and Adjaria March 19, 2004 16:04 "The main thing is that democratic system and peace have been maintained. There is no conflict between Adjaria and Georgia," the Georgian president emphasized after his talks with Aslan Abashidze.
Georgian civil society on developments in Adjaria March 18, 2004 23:03 We call your attention to the statement issued by a number of Georgian civil society activists concerning the developments in Adjaria.
Statement by the Movement Against Religious Intolerance in Georgia in connection with arrest of Vasil Mkalavishvili March 18, 2004 15:56 "In the current pre-election period, some political parties have made attempts to use the discontent a certain part of the society has with Mkalavishvili's detention and methods the police has used in order to gain political benefits. Manipulating religious issues and using personal feelings of individuals in order to improve one's own rating is morally unacceptable everywhere, especially in a country that has been suffering from religious violence for years," reads the statement.
Kabardino-Balkarian branch of Movement for Human Rights gains court victory over regional department of justice March 18, 2004 15:23 On March 17, the Nalchik City Court satisfied the claim by the regional brunch chairman of the All-Russian Movement for Human Rights, Valery Khatazhukov, against the department of the Russian Ministry of Justice in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria concerning the registration of the branch.
Irina Sarishvili calls upon NGOs to demand to stop blockade against Adjaria March 18, 2004 14:53 The leader of the NGO League of People's Defense, ex-parliamentarian Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia, calls upon all non-government forces and non-government organizations (NGOs) to demand that the blockade against Adjaria be stopped.
Georgian women plan peace march to Adjaria March 18, 2004 14:12 Action participants are expected to go on foot from Tbilisi along the central motorway in the direction of the post at the Choloki River (Adjaria's administrative border).
Disfranchised Tuapse residents to lodge complaint to prosecutor's office March 18, 2004 13:41 Over 100 Tuapse residents were not able to vote in the elections of the Russian president and regional governor on March 14 as their names were not put on the lists of precinct election commissions.
New Armenian schools open in Krasnodar region March 18, 2004 12:38 By efforts of Armenian communities, one educational institution opened in each of the three towns: Nizhniy Tagil, Krimsk, and Goryachiy Klyuch, reported the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia.
Salary of budget employees illegally reduced by quarter in Chechnya March 18, 2004 12:32 Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov's security service officers stationed in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya are maintained at the expense of district budget employees, reports the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship.
Chechen State Council approves new premier of regional government March 18, 2004 12:28 Chechnya's State Council has consented to confirmation of Sergey Abramov as prime minister.
Court imposes fine on organizer of antiwar picket March 18, 2004 11:34 Proceeding from the fact that "Ponomarev, as the organizer, was not given permission to hold the meeting," Judge Oksana Suleymanova found him guilty of breaking the established order of arranging the meeting and imposed a penalty of 1,000 rubles on him as a punishment.
Lyudmila Alekseyeva: displaced persons return to Chechnya from Ingushetia under pressure March 18, 2004 11:16 Chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseyeva does not agree with the authorities' plan to resettle people from the last two tent camps for Chechen refugees in Ingushetia.
Our Adjaria to fight against Aslan Abashidze till "victorious end" March 18, 2004 10:14 "He must leave or we will clear him off," Guram Saladze, an activist of the Our Adjaria coalition, declared.
Saakashvili, Abashidze to meet in Batumi March 18, 2004 10:00 The agreement on this meeting was reached during the talks in Batumi between chairman of the Georgian parliament Nino Burdjanadze and the Adjarian leader.