Victims of repressions in Karabakh granted right to free medical care March 26, 2004 13:35 The government of Nagorny Karabakh has passed a resolution on providing free medical care for certain sections of the population.
Meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijan foreign ministers in Prague canceled March 26, 2004 12:43 The Prague meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict scheduled for March 29 will not be held.
Seven policemen, servicemen wounded in Chechnya March 26, 2004 12:22 As a convoy was leaving the village of Samashki, unidentified attackers opened grenade and small arms fire at an UAZ-452 van at the end of the convoy.
Policeman kidnapped in Chechnya March 26, 2004 12:18 A Chechen policeman from Grozny was kidnapped in the village of Urus-Martan on March 24.
Lukin declares for post of ombudsman in Chechnya March 26, 2004 12:02 "The human rights monitoring in Chechnya must be carried out by an ombudsman in Chechnya. That is why the post of human rights envoy should be introduced there as soon as possible," Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin said at a press conference on March 25.
Chechen military commandant's office denies capture of nine Russian soldiers by rebels March 25, 2004 17:34 "Had rebels really managed to take our soldiers prisoners, we would have known there names and other details by now," a source at the military commandant's office said.
Abkhazia and South Osetia will not take part in Georgian parliamentary elections March 25, 2004 16:26 On March 24, the parliament of the unrecognized republic of South Osetia passed a resolution on the illegitimacy of the holding of the 28 March elections for the Georgian parliament on the territory of South Osetia.
Council of Europe calls upon Ilkham Aliyev to settle problem of political prisoners once and for all March 25, 2004 15:31 We call your attention to the declaration made by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers on the latest pardoning decree of Azerbaijan President Ilkham Aliyev.
Azerbaijan political prisoners set up political movement March 25, 2004 14:58 Leaders of some opposition parties held in the Bailovskaya prison, Baku, Azerbaijan, set up 16 October Movement on March 24.
Aprasidze's gang liquidated in Georgia March 25, 2004 13:22 On March 24, special operations units of the Georgian Interior Ministry conducted a special operation in the village of Etseri, in a mountain part of Georgia's Svanetia. Three dangerous gangsters - Gocha, Omekhi and Yevgeny Aprasidze - were liquidated during the operation.
Adjarian leader refuses to disarm militia March 25, 2004 12:58 "The militia in the autonomous republic will be disarmed when democracy is built in Georgia," Aslan Abashidze said to the local television early on March 25.
Protest action of air traffic controllers in southern Russia March 25, 2004 12:56 The people are not satisfied with the last indexation of their pay, which has been increased by 13 rubles.
Businessmen in Rostov Region dissatisfied at police officers' illegal actions March 25, 2004 12:04 The Minister of Economy of Rostov Region, Viktor Deryabkin, announced it at a joint conference of the regional Small Business Council and the Interdepartmental Committee on Overcoming Bureaucratic Barriers to Entrepreneurship.
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.