President of Abkhazia: the problem of Kodor Gorge should be settled politically February 24, 2007 22:59 In the opinion of Sergey Bagapsh, president of Abkhazia, the political means of settling the problem of the Kodor Gorge have not yet been exhausted.
Chechnya remembers victims of 1944 deportation February 23, 2007 22:53 February 23 is marked in Chechnya as the day of memory and national mourning. In February 1944, under the Kremlin's order, more than half a million Chechens and Ingushes were deported from the places of their permanent residence.
South Ossetia: Georgia has disrupted the MCC meeting in Istanbul February 23, 2007 22:45 The South Ossetia has accused Georgia of another disruption of the meeting of co-chairmen of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC) for Georgian-Ossetian settlement, which should have taken place in Istanbul from February 28 to March 2.
At least 15 persons detained in Moscow for participation in march for peace in Chechnya February 23, 2007 22:30 Today in Moscow, at least 15 persons have been detained by "OMON" (special militia) during suppression of a non-sanctioned march of anarchists against the war in Chechnya and militarism, two minors among them.
Lady-human rights defender from Chechnya nominated to Nobel Prize for Peace February 23, 2007 22:17 A total of 181 candidates have been nominated to the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace, including 46 organizations.
Proceedings on private's suicide started in Krasnodar February 22, 2007 23:18 In the Krasnodar Territory, the Military Court of the Krasnodar Garrison has started a trial on the case on non-manual relations between soldiers that resulted in a suicide of a rank-and-file soldier.
Militiamen demand "emergency" pay-outs in Ingushetia February 22, 2007 23:02 Discontent grows among the workers of law enforcement bodies in Ingushetia. Militiamen demand to cover the indebtedness in extra pay-outs for the service in emergency conditions.
Abkhazia refutes information on burning houses by "Group of Georgian Patriots" February 22, 2007 22:57 Ruslan Kishmaria, plenipotentiary representative of the president of Abkhazia in the Galskiy District, refutes the information, disseminated by a number of Georgian TV companies that the members of the "Group of Georgian Patriots" have burnt down twelve houses in the District.
Ramzan Kadyrov has addressed Chechen nation February 22, 2007 21:57 Acting president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has announced his address on the occasion of the anniversary of deportation of Chechens.
Trial of journalists who insulted Prophet Mohammed starts in Azerbaijan February 22, 2007 21:50 The trial of publicist Rafik Tagi, author of the scandalous article "Europe and We" with its hard-hitting utterances about Prophet Mohammed, and Samir Sadagatoglu, editor of the newspaper "Sanat" (Culture), where the article was published, will start on March 1 at the Nasiminskiy Court of the capital of Azerbaijan.
Peacemaking doctors rescue Georgian policeman February 22, 2007 21:37 The medical stuff of the CIS Collective Forces for Peacemaking (CIS CFPM) in the zone of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict have saved the life of a police employee from Georgia in the upper section of the Kodor Gorge.
In Krasnodar Territory, judge rules to ask permit from the authorities to assembly February 22, 2007 13:12 On February 20, the Oktiabrskiy District Court of the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory, held a court session chaired by Judge Esipko, S. N., on the appellate petition of Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights," to the magistrate judge's ruling.
Human rights activists refuse to take part in Kadyrov's conference in Chechnya February 21, 2007 23:03 On March 1, 2007, they plan to hold an international conference in Grozny "Respect of Human Rights in the Chechen Republic: First Outcomes of Ombudsman's Work and Prospects for the Future."
Kadyrov's rivals are thought to be outsiders in Chechnya February 21, 2007 22:58 Three candidates have been nominated to the post of Chechnya's president: Ramzan Kadyrov, temporary acting president of the Republic; Muslim Khuchiev, first deputy head of the office of the president and government of the Republic; and Shakhid Dzhamaldaev, head of the administration of the Groznenskiy District.
Budanov will remain in Ulyanovsk colony February 21, 2007 21:37 Colonel Yuri Budanov, former commander of Armored Regiment No. 160, convicted for the murder of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen girl, "continues serving his punishment at Strict Custody Corrective Colony No. 3 in the town of Dimitrovgrad, the Ulyanovsk Region."
IWPR's office is being searched in North Ossetia February 21, 2007 21:35 In Vladikavkaz, capital of North Ossetia, the employees of law enforcement bodies are searching the Office of the British Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).
Commander of battalion "Vostok" (East) deployed in Chechnya is accused of criminal self-will February 20, 2007 23:20 Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" special battalion deployed in Chechnya, has become a suspect of self-will and inflicting medium-gravity bodily injuries.
"Novaya Gazeta": not only Kadyrov is suspected of Politkovskaya's murder February 20, 2007 23:17 The employees of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper who are running a journalists' investigation of the murder of their colleagues Anna Politkovskaya are considering not only "the Chechen trace" and involvement in the crime of the current acting president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
Kadyrov reiterates his reluctance to be president of Chechnya February 20, 2007 23:12 Ramzan Kadyrov, now acting president of Chechnya, has again stated at the press conference in Grozny that he has no presidential ambitions.
Suit of Borozdinovskaya residents to Ministry of Defence rejected February 20, 2007 22:53 The Presnenskiy Court of Moscow has refused to collect from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation the sum of 123 million roubles in favour of a group of residents of the Borozdinovskaya residents.