Convention against degrading treatment violated in Kabardino-Balkaria April 20, 2005 19:19 Nine female students are detained for reading the Koran and wearing burqas.
New fruit of crackdown efforts April 19, 2005 02:23 A rebel base is destroyed in Chechnya which probably was used by major rebel leaders.
NGO leader detained April 19, 2005 02:20 Murad Muradov, leader of the Let's Save the Generation NGO, is detained during a special operation on 15 April.
Jury returns verdict in skinhead murder case April 19, 2005 02:17 A jury in Volgograd returns a guilty verdict for seven skinheads.
Antiwar picket banned in St Petersburg April 18, 2005 14:06 Another picket against war in Chechnya is banned by authorities who also express a wish to remove it from the city centre.
Costs of war April 18, 2005 13:21 Six rebels, five security agents and a schoolboy die in three days.
Circassians want justice April 18, 2005 12:48 A petition with a demand of recognising the genocide of the Circassians by the Russian tsarist government in the 18-19 centuries is posted on the Web.
Opposition leaders want their rights back April 15, 2005 17:13 Former 16 October 2003 political prisoners gather to discuss regaining their suffrage.
Killed rebels statistics April 15, 2005 17:11 Thirty rebels have been destroyed this year in Chechnya.
EU state seems to be discriminating April 15, 2005 17:07 Some Chechens are welcome in Sweden, while others are not.
Three lives added to death count April 14, 2005 12:43 Two rebels and one civilian are killed in Grozny.
Ramzan Kadyrov gives his word April 14, 2005 12:10 Chechnya's First Deputy Prime Minister whose father was killed in a terrorist act last year promises to find the attacker soon.
Beating unpunished in Armenia April 14, 2005 11:22 The government of Armenia fails to punish those guilty of an assault on a peaceful demonstration.
Rebels wanted April 13, 2005 08:50 Chechnya's law enforcement agencies continue their large-scale operation to search and detain rebels.
Beslan suspect killed in Ingushetia April 13, 2005 08:46 A rebel suspected of taking part in the preparation of the Beslan attack is destroyed.
More freedom for opposition in Azerbaijan April 12, 2005 17:32 It will be allowed to hold public meetings during an election campaign.
Newspaper sale ban lifted April 12, 2005 16:42 Banned a while ago, the sale of opposition newspapers starts again on the Baku underground.
Who really suffers April 11, 2005 15:40 Two underage children and one adult suffer because of explosions, another man dies.
Religious body handles conflict April 11, 2005 15:38 A commission of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Dagestan investigates the reasons for a religious conflict in Derbent.