Dagestan: District head has beaten the chair of electoral commission March 10, 2007 22:24 Another accident happened in Dagestan in connection with the forthcoming on March 11 elections to local bodies of power.
Kadyrov has changed the leadership of Chechnya March 10, 2007 22:22 President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has made several cadre reshufflings in his Republic.
Maskhadov's family asks religious leaders to help them to get his body out March 10, 2007 22:17 The family of the former president of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed on March 8, 2005, has addressed "the leaders of world confessions and good-will people" with a request to call the Russian authorities to give out Maskhadov's body to his relatives for burial.
Antadze hopes for renewal of Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations March 09, 2007 23:01 Merab Antadze, state minister of Georgia for conflict-settling, has stated that at the meeting in Geneva all the countries, save for Germany, have marked progress in fulfilment by the Georgian party of the UN Security Council's resolution on the Kodor Gorge situation.
Head of Azerbaijani MFA invited to Washington March 09, 2007 22:57 On March 20-23, an official visit of Elmar Mamedyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, to the USA will take place.
Committee for Defence of Journalists demands from Azerbaijani authorities to protect Einullah Fatullaev March 09, 2007 22:47 The Committee for Defence of Journalists (CDJ) that is based in the USA is concerned of the threats made to Einullah Fatullaev, editor of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper.
Armenian minister of foreign affairs is optimistic before his meeting with the MFA's head of Azerbaijan March 09, 2007 22:40 A meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible right after the parliamentary elections; and co-chairs of the Minsk OSCE Group are highly interested in it.
Avian flu detected in Adygea is human-hazardous March 09, 2007 22:36 The avian flu virus detected about three weeks ago in the Krasnogvardeiskiy District of Adygea contains the N1 component, which is dangerous for humans.
Experts find no links of conflict in Chechnya with international jihad March 08, 2007 23:00 On March 3, in Algeria, a bus was exploded of Russian Company "Strojtransgaz" with Russian specialists in it. Consequently, four persons died, three of them were Algerians. The North-African branch of "Al-Qaeda" took responsibility for the explosion, committed in protest against the actions of Russian authorities in Chechnya.
Anti-Chechen war picket organizer detained in Moscow March 08, 2007 22:52 In the Novopushkinskiy Public Garden of Moscow, Andrei Nalyotov, one of the organizers of a picket in memory of Aslan Maskhadov, former president of Chechnya, and against the war there, which is being held right now, has been detained.
Moscow court defeats a claim lodged by parents of soldier killed in North Caucasus March 08, 2007 22:40 The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has rejected a claim lodged by the Human Rights Foundation "Mother's Rights" on behalf of the parents of Alexander Makmatov, a soldier killed on the border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.
Nikoleishvili: Georgia runs no negotiations on AMD deployment March 08, 2007 22:34 Levan Nikoleishvili, deputy minister of defence of Georgia, has stated that Georgia does not conduct any negotiations about deployment of the American anti-missile defence (AMD) system in its territory. According to him, Americans did not address with this sort of request to the Georgian party.
Public debates on settlement of Karabakh conflict are held in Nagorny Karabakh March 08, 2007 22:17 On the initiative of the Stepanakert NGO Resource Centre, an educational program was launched in the city of Shushi (Nagorny Karabakh), within the framework of which the first lecture was given on the topic "Present State of Settling the Karabakh Conflict."
Chechnya marks the second anniversary of Maskhadov's death March 08, 2007 22:12 Two years ago, on March 8, 2005, it became known about the death of Aslan Maskhadov, former Colonel of the Soviet Army, former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ichkeria, who was elected in January 1997 the president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI).
Moscow banker's brothers lost in Chechnya not found yet March 07, 2007 23:51 The search of Arsamakov brothers who disappeared a month ago in the mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya together with their driver has brought no results so far.
CEC of Abkhazia has summed up the elections March 07, 2007 23:47 The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has registered 18 Parliament deputies, and in 16 constituencies the second election round will be held in a fortnight.
South Ossetia rejects new Georgian conflict-settling plan March 07, 2007 23:42 Today, Boris Chochiev, vice-premier of South Ossetian government, has called new proposals of the Georgian government "unacceptable" and assured that South Ossetia is drafting its own peaceful proposals.
Kadyrov puts former nominee for Chechen president into the chair of mayor of Grozny March 07, 2007 23:36 Muslim Khuchiev, head of the regional branch of the party "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Rightful Russia), has been appointed the new mayor of Grozny.
Public Chamber will consider a possibility to give out Maskhadov's body to his relatives March 06, 2007 22:35 Antiwar organizations have sent an appeal to the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (RF) with a request to consider the issue of giving out the remains of Aslan Maskhadov, former president of Chechnya, to his family for burial.
Georgia devises a new plan to settle South Ossetia conflict March 06, 2007 22:33 The government of Georgia has developed new proposals on a full-scale political settlement of the conflict in South Ossetia, and today the Ministry for Conflict-Settling has delivered the proposals to all the parties engaged in the process.