New movement unites Georgian NGOs March 25, 2004 11:02 The National Movement "Board of Trustees of Georgia" has been created in Georgia. It unites about 130 non-government organizations (NGOs).
Moscow authorities ban antiwar picket again March 25, 2004 10:39 The prefecture of Moscow's Central Administrative District refused for the third time to consider an application for the holding of a picket against war in Chechnya.
Azerbaijan president critical of OSCE Minsk Group March 25, 2004 10:12 "The Minsk Group's current approach and its position on settling this conflict cannot play a positive role since the group has restricted itself to merely monitoring the situation in Nagorny Karabakh," Ilkham Aliyev said.
Azerbaijan kidnappers detained in Moscow March 24, 2004 18:07 Four citizens of Azerbaijan who abducted a Palestinian have been detained in Moscow, reported the information and public relations division of the Moscow City Interior Department.
Extraordinary parliamentary elections to be held in Georgia on March 28 March 24, 2004 18:04 The elections will be held at 85 districts and 2,867 polling stations, including those in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States, and other countries.
Georgian Foreign Ministry annuls Aslan Abashidze's diplomatic passport March 24, 2004 17:29 The Georgian Foreign Ministry does not rule out the possibility that diplomatic and service passports of members of the Revival political party, led by Aslan Abashidze, will also be annulled.
Stavropol rights defenders to consult draftees March 24, 2004 17:12 "We implement the project in spite of the fact that the Department of Justice in Stavropol Territory refused to register us on March 1," noted chairman of the Caucasian Youth Human Rights League Maksim Abrakhimov.
Timur Aliyev's Institute for Social Development announces War Prize action March 24, 2004 15:32 The organizers of the action say they want to understand the reasons for the ongoing tragedy and to reveal concrete people responsible for the war in Chechnya.
Amtsakhara movement accuses Abkhazian authorities of murdering its activist March 24, 2004 14:34 The Abkhazian social and political movement Amtsakhara accuses Abkhazian authorities of political terror and the murder of its activists Aleksandr Psardia. The movement's political council issued a statement in connection with the death of Psardia on March 23, in which it accuses the authorities of persecuting the opposition and terrorizing political opponents.
Nizhny Novgorod rehabilitation school receives deaf children from Chechnya March 24, 2004 13:47 The action was initiated by the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship and sponsored by the Moscow-based Fund for the Support of Democracy and Social Progress.
3 thousand Russian soldiers to be withdrawn from Chechnya till end of April March 24, 2004 12:54 The withdrawal of the 3-thousand-strong military contingent will not adversely affect the fighting efficiency of the Russian military group in Chechnya, a source at the republican military commandant's office said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
Both central and regional media exploit nationalist themes March 24, 2004 12:24 The researches found out that almost all of the newspapers exploited nationalist themes. The most intolerant regional newspapers are Vechernyaya Ryazan, Kuban Segodnya, and Krasnodarsky Kuryer.
Aslan Maskhadov to decide on destiny of Russian captive soldiers March 24, 2004 11:23 As reported by the website of Chechen separatists Ichkeria, the Chechen military command decided to be indulgent with respect to the Russian soldiers proceeding from the fact that they did not put up armed resistance and gave frank evidence.
Anti-war meeting trial details March 24, 2004 09:36 On March 17, Moscow's Meshchansky District Court heard an administrative case against Nikolai Khramov, secretary of Russian Radicals and an organizer of a meeting for peace and democracy in Chechnya.
Compact disk "Victims of Political Terror in the USSR" created March 23, 2004 22:16 A press conference devoted to the presentation of the compact disk "Victims of Political Terror in the USSR" is to be held at the concert hall of the Central House of Journalists on March 24.
Chechen refugees leave Sputnik camp March 23, 2004 21:58 The reason for it is that the authorities officially announced the camp would be closed on April 1.
Gogi Topadze is indignant at pre-election situation in Adjaria March 23, 2004 21:50 "It is true that the extremely tense atmosphere in Adjaria has been relieved. But gunmen in masks are standing at Choloki again, there are tanks hidden in the land again," said one of the leaders of the right opposition.
Both soldiers and civilians keep dying in Chechnya March 23, 2004 21:19 Two Russian soldiers were killed and five others injured when a radio-controlled mine exploded in the village of Tsa-Vedeno in the Vedeno district. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old schoolboy was killed and three others injured in Urus-Martan by an artillery shell launched by the Russian military.
Purges in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan district March 23, 2004 20:22 The purges were caused by the murder of Chersi Gatayev, deputy chief of the Achkhoy-Martan district police department, and his driver, Inderbiyev, which was committed by a group of unknown people on a road between the villages of Davidenko and Noviy Sharoy on March 19.
New victim of arbitrariness in Grozny streets March 23, 2004 14:35 The funeral of Ilyas Khatatayev was held on March 19 in the village of Serzhen-Yurt, Chechnya's Shali district. The man was killed by a gunman in camouflage uniform in broad daylight in the center of Grozny the day before.