Clean-ups in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan, Sunzha districts March 05, 2005 22:36 Locals say 20 people have already been detained and brought away.
Witness confesses to firing control shots March 04, 2005 23:59 The North Caucasus District Court Martial has today interrogated Private Ivan Melekhin, a prosecution witness in the Ulman case.
Police officer found dead in Grozny, Chechnya March 04, 2005 23:57 Criminals took the policeman's pistol with eight cartridges and ID.
Ajarian youth demand withdrawal of Russia's military base March 04, 2005 23:48 Local students and members of the Kmara ("Enough") organisation staged a rally near Batumi Secondary School No.5, the military base stationed not far from it.
Five rebels, policeman killed in Chechnya's Sunzha district March 04, 2005 23:32 Rebels were going to attack a federal military unit, according to information obtained by law enforcement agencies.
Azeri opposition journalist murdered March 03, 2005 23:59 Elmar Huseynov, editor-in-chief of the opposition magazine Monitor, was murdered on the staircase of his house on 2 March at 9 pm local time.
Strasbourg challenged with alternative Grozny forum March 03, 2005 23:55 Chechnya's authorities who strongly criticise the forum on Chechnya soon to be held in Strasbourg intend to host a similar round table discussion in Grozny.
Meetings cancelled as ceasefire breaches continue March 03, 2005 23:50 Scheduled for today, a meeting in Paris between the foreign ministers Elmar Mammedyarov of Azerbaijan and Vartan Oskanyan of Armenia has been cancelled, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry says.
Opposition leaders may be released from prison in Azerbaijan March 02, 2005 23:59 President Ilkham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will soon sign a new pardon decree, which is also expected to set free the opposition leaders arrested in connection with the 15-16 October 2003 events.
Six bodies found in Grozny March 02, 2005 23:55 Several bodies have been found in two abandoned cars in the capital of Chechnya, Grozny.
Rebel group surrounded in Chechen mountains March 02, 2005 23:43 Chechen law enforcers claim a group of 40 to 70 is trapped in mountains.
Abkhaz PM survives assassination attempt March 01, 2005 23:59 An attempt on the life of Alexander Ankvab, prime minister of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, was carried out in the evening of 28 February while on his way from Sukhum to Gudauta.
Antiwar picket banned in Saint Petersburg March 01, 2005 23:56 An Antiwar Committee picket "against the Russian government's policy in the North Caucasus" scheduled for 27 February was not held, just like a similar action scheduled for 20 February.
Gunfire keeps people in shelters overnight March 01, 2005 23:19 Federal artillery shelled woodlands in Chechnya's Vedeno and Shali districts in the evening of 27 February.
Clashes in Chechen mountains February 25, 2005 23:59 Large-scale operations to cordon off and destroy rebels have been launched in all mountainous districts of Chechnya.
Azerbaijan opposition parties to sign declaration of unification February 25, 2005 23:54 Leaders of the Musavat party, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) will conduct negotiations within the next few days and sign a joint statement then.
Chechen refugees on hunger strike in Azerbaijan February 25, 2005 23:37 The protesters consider that UN representatives should increase financial aid to refugees since life in Azerbaijan has become more expansive.
Prison revolt put down in Baku February 16, 2005 23:59 Convicts of the 11th correctional facility in Baku stopped their protest action this night as the prison was stormed.
Details of Magomadov's release still unknown February 16, 2005 23:48 In the time of Aslan Maskhadov's presidency, Makhmut Magomadov was one of the deputies of the Chechen prosecutor general and headed a special group which investigated cases connected with kidnappings.