New law stifles independent civil society - AI January 19, 2006 19:01 Amnesty International regrets that President Putin has approved amendments to laws regulating NGO operation in Russia.
Witnesses fail to come January 19, 2006 18:59 No witness comes to the Kulayev trial, including Ingush ex-president Ruslan Aushev and businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev.
Caucasians hated most among ethnic minorities January 18, 2006 18:57 There were around 25 killings and more than 200 assaults on an ethnic basis last year, says a human rights defender.
Eleven killed, wounded in Chechnya January 18, 2006 18:54 Six Russian military men are killed and five are wounded in Chechnya on 16-17 January, according to a France-Presse source.
Chechen refugees rush for Europe January 18, 2006 18:49 Mr Kadyrov once said that those who refused to come back to Chechnya were "criminals and terrorists," Prague Watchdog reports.
Abducted Chechen released after torture January 17, 2006 19:47 There is information that he has some fingers and toes broken and his kidneys injured and that he is currently in a very grave condition.
Controversial evidence in Kulayev case January 17, 2006 19:43 Andrei Gagloyev, commander of the engineering troops of the 58th army, gives evidence at the Beslan attack case trial.
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner found in Piatigorsk January 16, 2006 19:37 Rasul Kudayev accused of taking part in the 13 October 2005 events in Kabardino-Balkaria is kept in a prison in Piatigorsk, Stavropol territory.
Killed rebels' parents willing to know their sons' bodies safe January 16, 2006 19:34 Parents of rebels killed on 13 October 2005 ask Kabardino-Balkaria's Prosecutor Yuri Ketov for an opportunity to make certain that their sons' bodies are safe.
Bomb wounds teenager January 16, 2006 19:24 A 16-year-old boy is wounded because of the explosion of an unidentified device in Chechnya's Urus-Martan district.
Four wounded in Chechnya January 16, 2006 18:59 Four contract soldiers are seriously wounded in a blast of a military truck in Chechnya's Nozhai-Yurt district.
Beslan Voice challenges federal officials January 13, 2006 19:16 The Beslan Voice public organisation makes a statement demanding that some federal officials give evidence and even prove their innocence.
Abduction in Chechnya January 13, 2006 18:47 A Mairtup, Kurchaloi district, resident is abducted in the republic.
N Ossetia's ex-president finally gives evidence January 12, 2006 18:29 Mr Dzasokhov claims that there was no information about a terrorist act planned in the republic.
IHF: Ingush residents tortured in custody in N Ossetia January 12, 2006 18:19 The International Helsinki Federation is concerned about increasingly frequent cases of torture with respect to residents of Ingushetia.
Rebel surrenders in Chechnya January 11, 2006 19:08 A member of illegal armed groups gives himself up to Chechen law enforcement agencies.
Two abducted in Abkhazia's Gal district January 11, 2006 19:05 The republic's internal affairs minister says that this is done by Georgian special services to destabilise the situation in the bordering Gal district.
Seven Russian soldiers killed in one day in Chechnya January 11, 2006 19:01 Seven Russian servicemen were killed and seven were wounded in Chechnya in 24 hours from 9 to 10 January.
Caucasus on fire January 10, 2006 16:03 There are international terrorist network cells in all regions in the South federal district, according to the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
Brothers abducted in Chechnya January 10, 2006 15:44 Besides, a 16-year-old boy disappears from Avtury, Shali district.