Georgian-Osetian talks suspended June 15, 2004 12:03 A spokesman for the South Osetian government announced that "the holding of the talks with Tbilisi is unreal after the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Osetia conflict had become extremely tense."
Murder attempt on Chechen policemen might be revenge June 14, 2004 21:02 Three were killed in a "clean-up" in Orjonikidzevskaia. Sunzha district, Ingushetia, on June 12, so investigators say a following blast near that place might be rebels' revenge for their associates.
Chechnya marks Russia's 'Independence Day' June 14, 2004 21:01 Explosions on roads marked Russia's Day in Grozny on June 12.
Chechen public figures want to see Saidullaev June 14, 2004 20:59 Some Chechen public leaders would like to meet with Malik Saidullaev, a candidate for president of the republic who also ran in 2003, to discuss ways to make the upcoming election "clean and honest."
Gantamirov to run for president June 14, 2004 20:58 Bislan Gantamirov, former deputy prime minister of Chechnya, is going to lodge papers to the local electoral commission to run for president of the Chechen Republic.
Samara's Chechens, Ingush demand equal rights June 14, 2004 18:23 The Chechen-Ingush community of Samara held a protest meeting on June 10 demanding that abuses on an ethnic basis should be stopped and seeking protection from the Russian president.
Abkhaz Women Association addresses Georgian NGO leaders June 14, 2004 18:20 Below is a full-text version of a statement addressed to leaders of a number of Georgian NGOs by the Abkhaz Women Association alarmed with some developments in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Another Armenian oppositionist released from custody June 12, 2004 17:18 Vagarshak Arutyunian, the member of the political council of the opposition party Anrapetutiun (Republic) and former Armenian defense minister, was released from custody after giving a written undertaking not to leave a place.
740 died in landmine explosions in Chechnya for 9 years June 12, 2004 16:45 3,293 incidents when people fell victims to mine and UXO explosions, including 2,553 cases of injuries, have been registered in Chechnya since 1995, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Russian Federation.
Slovak citizen disappears in North Caucasus June 12, 2004 16:43 Miriam Yevikova, a Slovak citizen who worked for the Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU), disappeared on the way from Pyatigorsk to Vladikavkaz on June 1, reported Dmitry Grushkin, a representative of the Memorial Human Rights Center.
Favorite in Chechen presidential race known June 12, 2004 15:45 "The active PR-campaign to promote Alkhanov that has been launched both in the Chechen and Russian media indicates that the Kremlin has made its choice," said a 37-year-old teacher at the Chechen State University.
Rebel group neutralized in Ingushetia June 12, 2004 14:53 The 31-year-old field commander killed yesterday, Nashkho Khamzatkhanov, was wanted for membership in illegal armed units for several years.
Trucks with soldiers enter Chechnya June 11, 2004 23:56 44 Ural military trucks passed through the Kavkaz post on the Rostov-Baku federal route on June 10. They moved from the direction of the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzha district, to Chechnya.
Last refugees leave Satsita camp June 11, 2004 17:56 Chechen non-governmental organizations engaged in IDPs' problems report on approximately 1,000 people still living in canvas tents on the territory of different places of compact residence.
Meeting in support of Chechen interior minister as presidential candidate held in Chechnya June 11, 2004 15:42 Residents from different districts of the republic started arriving at Tsentoroy, the ancestral village of the Kadyrov family, in the morning of June 10.
Swiss, Chechen human rights activists meet in Ingushetia June 11, 2004 14:51 Over 20 representatives of Chechen human rights organizations and pubic movements attended the conference.
Former Armenian defense minister to stay in custody June 11, 2004 14:48 Vagarshak Arutyunian was arrested on the night of April 12-13, when interior troops used force to disperse a demonstration on Bagramian Avenue in Yerevan.
Krasnodar human rights activist arrested June 11, 2004 12:44 The leader of the Public Court human rights group, Valery Krasnobrizhev, was arrested in the prosecutor's office of Krasnodar's Central District on June 5.
Chechen-Ingush Diaspora in Samara protests against mass detentions June 11, 2004 12:25 Approximately 100 protesters gathered on the square in front of the building of the regional administration.
New suspects in Kadyrov's assassination arrested June 11, 2004 11:50 Chechen law enforcement agencies claim the detainees, a 28-year-old and a 22-year-old men, have already made a confession. But the interior ministry has flatly refused to impart names of the alleged murderers of Akhmat Kadyrov.