Chechen law-enforcement agencies look for evidence of Abu al-Walid's death April 22, 2004 18:58 Information about the death of Abu al-Walid in Chechen mountains appeared in the Arab press on April 16.
Armenian opposition to hold decisive meeting on April 27 April 22, 2004 17:58 Aram Sargsian announced that the opposition invited people to the decisive meeting, which will be held on April 27. "All Armenians must gather here that day," he said.
Kheda Saratova: Chechnya's administration, refugees should hold talks April 22, 2004 17:16 A unique press conference devoted to the problem of Chechen refugees occurred in Moscow, Russia, on April 20. Organized by the Independent Press Center, it was titled "Bound westward: what makes refugees seek emigration? What prevents them from going back to Chechnya?"
Svetlana Gannushkina: Kadyrov wants dissension among Chechens, Ingushetians April 22, 2004 16:41 Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the Board of the Human Rights Center Memorial and the Commission on Human Rights for the Russian President, comments on the situation with regard to Chechen refugees in Ingushetia.
First session of new Georgian parliament April 22, 2004 16:14 Mikhail Saakashvili said that the priority tasks of the parliament were to assist with the restoration of Georgia's territorial integrity, to carry out reforms in all fields of the country's life, to improve the people's standard of living, and to liberalize the tax code.
Saakashvili orders to withdraw rebellious brigade from Adjaria April 22, 2004 15:53 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed the order to relocate the 25th motorized rifle brigade from Batumi to Tbilisi.
Yabloko party in Krasnodar to stage demonstration against arbitrariness April 22, 2004 15:22 The action will be conducted within the framework of the all-Russian public campaign Civil Society Against Police State. In the course of it, activists will call upon citizens to take part in the actions against arbitrariness.
Classic textbook for journalists published in Georgian April 22, 2004 14:35 The book holds fundamentals of the American journalism, it is important to know them in the period of development of democracy and free press, said WPFC' executive official.
Youth action against neonazism in Krasnodar April 22, 2004 14:07 Several tens of students, NGO activists, and journalists made their way to places in Krasnodar where neonazis were known to gather and leave their typical marks and inscriptions.
Doctors Without Borders alarmed at attacks on its employees in North Caucasus April 22, 2004 12:53 "It is an infrequent occurrence in the world when aid workers are attacked in hot spots. We haven't had such problems even in the Congo and Sudan," the organization's Dutch department director Kenny Gluck noted.
12 rebels destroyed in special operation in Chechnya April 22, 2004 12:20 "For five days, units of the defense ministry and army special operations force have been conducting a special operation to search for and eliminate field commander Doku Umarov's bandit groups hiding in thinly populated mountainous districts of the republic, which are difficult of access," a spokesman for the regional operations headquarters said.
Meeting between opposition and pro-government Armenian politicians fails April 22, 2004 12:04 Representatives of coalition parties motivated their non-attendance by saying they would not sit down to the bargaining table until the opposition renounced its prior conditions.
Antiwar picket to be staged on Pushkinskaya Square on April 22 April 22, 2004 12:02 The prefecture of Moscow's Central administrative district granted permission for the action after a month ban. The picket will be devoted to the Aril 8 air bombing in the Chechen village of Rigakhoy.
Family receive compensation, then die April 21, 2004 22:09 3 members of the Israilov family and an officer of the Chechen interior ministry were shot dead by armed men in masks and camouflage uniform in the Zavodskoy district of Grozny on the night of April 18-19.
8 years passed since Djokhar Dudayev's death April 21, 2004 22:02 According to official data, Dudayev was killed on the outskirts of the village of Gekhi-Chu, Chechnya's Urus-Martan district, on 21 April 1996 by a missile launched from a Russian fighting airplane.
UN: situation in Chechnya 'is not armed conflict' April 21, 2004 17:12 The United Nations met Russia's request to change the wording in the report on the involvement of children in hostilities in Chechnya. There is another description of the situation in Chechnya in the corrected text, only "illegal armed units" are mentioned in it now.
Gazeta daily: Abu al-Walid eliminated similarly to Dudayev April 21, 2004 16:28 The assault aircraft attacked the Arab mercenary's base in the mountains, according to a source at the Federal Security Service (FSB).
New candidates nominated for War Prize April 21, 2004 15:31 Several human rights and antiwar organizations and movements have supported the War Prize action, the Andrey Sakharov Museum and Public Center, websites of public and human rights organizations, and the Caucasian Knot information agency being among them.
Aslan Abashidze: 'The tragedy of Abkhazia and South Osetia can repeat itself in Georgia' April 21, 2004 13:43 "The measures that the center is taking against Adjaria are similar to those it took in its time against Abkhazia and South Osetia. Everybody knows what it ended with," said the head of Adjaria.
New detentions of opposition activists in Adjarian autonomy April 21, 2004 12:44 Seven activists of the political movement Our Adjaria were detained by local law enforcers in the village of Gonio on the territory of Georgia's Adjarian autonomy on April 20.