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.
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.