Abduction triggers protest July 05, 2005 18:34 A mass protest action is under way in Chechnya's capital.
Serviceman killed in action July 04, 2005 10:28 Two other servicemen were wounded and two rebels were killed.
Killing in Chechnya July 04, 2005 10:26 Armed people in camouflage kill the head of administration in Zumsoi, Itum-Kale district.
Bloody explosion in Dagestan July 01, 2005 14:02 A terrorist act in the capital of Dagestan kills 11 and wounds 23.
Parliament violates freedom of press July 01, 2005 13:42 Independent journalists are discriminated against in the Azerbaijani parliament.
Religious leader detained June 30, 2005 13:30 Azerbaijani police detains human rights defender Ilgar Ibrahimoglu.
Killed servicemen figures June 30, 2005 13:27 The Russian Defence Ministry says 10 federal servicemen were killed in May.
Figures speak June 29, 2005 13:07 Forty-two per cent of the Georgian population vote for a violent solution to the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflicts.
Police targeted in Dagestan June 28, 2005 12:00 Three police officers are wounded as a result of an explosion in Makhachkala.
On hunger strike in protest of non-payment June 28, 2005 11:58 Twelve residents of the Gulkevichi district in the Krasnodar territory announce a no-time-limit hunger strike in protest against the non-payment of compensations for their homes lost during a flood in 2002.
Criminal shots police officer June 28, 2005 11:56 A policeman receives a gunshot wound in his stomach.
Torture on the rise in Georgia June 27, 2005 11:48 Georgian NGOs report growing numbers of tortured convicts.
Protest against unlawful actions of police June 27, 2005 11:41 A picket against torture in police custody occurs in Krasnodar on 26 June.