Separatists fired at commandant's building August 18, 2003 14:35 Two soldiers were dead and about 10 soldiers got wounds of different severity as a result of a massive fire on the building from the automatic and grenade-guns.
Moscow radicals resume interrupted collection of signatures under appeal for UN administration mission in Chechnya August 18, 2003 14:33 Earlier a collection of signatures on the streets of the capital was practically stopped because of the stubborn counteraction of Moscow's Central Administrative District Prefecture, and mainly because of complete destruction of the TRP Moscow's office as a result of a stealing of office equipment.
US Ambassador to Georgia urged Caucasians to think more contemporarily August 18, 2003 14:31 He underlined the approaches of the US and Russia to the conflict settlement were similar; they are based on the principles of peaceful adjustment and territorial integrity of Georgia.
Punitive "special operation" in Samashki village August 18, 2003 14:29 In the morning of August 15 Russian soldiers blocked several streets in the village of Samashki in the Achkhoy-Martan region to hold the next "cleanups".
Military men are interested in the dead August 18, 2003 14:24 People of Chechnya express special concern of the fact that cases have become more frequent when officials of Russian special services come to the funeral and demand from relatives of the dead man to tell the cause of the death.
Kadirov's supporters collect favorable signatures using ?administrative sources? August 18, 2003 14:22 "Kadirov`s security service seized our passports and then compiled lists using our personal statistics," said Zulfiya Zaurbekova.
Trial on men accused of national overturn attempt has started in Azerbaijan August 16, 2003 15:36 According to the words of Rasim Abbasov, he testified on the preparation of violent power usurpation having yielded to threats and moral pressure.
American human rights activists spoke supporting "School of Peace" August 16, 2003 15:33 "We are sure, that it is in the interests of Russian democracy to put an end to the antidemocratic actions of Krasnodar authorities against the widely known and high-performance human rights Fund "School of Peace", reads the statement.
Militiamen were fired from antitank rocket launcher August 16, 2003 15:30 On August 13 the PPS (patrol and sentry service) post "Orpheus", located on the administrative border of North Osetia with Ingushetia not far from the village of Kurtag, was fired from an antitank rocket launcher. Two shots were made from the direction of the neighboring republic from a forest belt.
London and Washington are worried about fate of Novorossiysk Fund "School of Peace" August 16, 2003 15:29 The main department of justice of the Krasnodar territory tries to liquidate the Novorossiysk Fund "School of Peace" through court. The cause is that the organization has only one founding member, the other two left it in 1999-2000. The department of justice was notified about it, but at that time it did not object to the Fund's work.
UN subjected Russia to sharp criticism, for it took forced measures to return Chechen refugees home August 16, 2003 15:26 Chris Yanovsky, a representative of the UN department on refugees, informed that 200 refugees had been turned out by force from the tent camp "Bella" in Ingushetia the other day.
State Duma deputy's car has been fired in Chechnya August 15, 2003 23:36 Neither deputy, nor chairman of the Chechen regional branch of the United Russia Party Ruslan Yamadayev, who was in the car too, has suffered.
US recognize Karabah as a part of Armenia August 15, 2003 23:34 The analysis of recently declassified CIA documents evidences an official, though confidential recognition of the fact that Nagorny Karabah is a historical part of Armenia.
Press-conference of Moscow Bureau on Human Rights "Russia Under Conditions of "Ruled Democracy". What shall intelligentsia do?" August 15, 2003 20:40 A press-conference will be held at the Institute of Press Development (Tverskoy Bulvar, 20) at 11:00 on August 19, 2003.
"Doctors Without Borders" and volunteers passed through town wearing T-shots with "Where is Arjan?" inscription August 15, 2003 20:38 The procession was held within the framework of the exhibition that is opened in the Exhibition Hall of the Dagestan Republican Library. The exhibition is timed to the sad date: a year ago, on August 12, 2002, Arjan Erkel was kidnapped. His whereabouts is still unknown.
17 participators of protest action were arrested in Baku August 15, 2003 20:37 The police acted rather hard, batoning one and all regardless of age and sex of the oppositionists.
Azerbaijan Defense Minister declares his country is ready to answer to provocations from outside August 15, 2003 17:28 "One in no circumstances should forget the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia goes on", declared Safar Abiyev.
Office of human rights center "Memorial" was attacked in Saint Petersburg on August 14 August 15, 2003 17:26 According to the words of the local branch chairman of the "Memorial" Vladimir Shnidtke, about 14:00 two men rushed into the society's quarters, one of them wearing a mask; they call themselves representatives of the society for Colonel Budanov's protection and announced that they needed a central computer with information.
"We will not surrender "School of Peace"!" Lyudmila Alekseyeva announced in Krasnodar August 15, 2003 17:24 More than fifty participants gathered for a round-table discussion "Public Organizations in Krasnodar region: Persecution Continues", which took place in Krasnodar; they discussed a situation arisen around the Novorossiysk Fund "School of Peace".
Search for Chechen people abducted by Russian military men August 15, 2003 13:59 Chechen people were abducted by officers of Russian power structures; their whereabouts and further fate has not been ascertained yet.