Student's rights violated in Georgia March 15, 2005 23:03 Police take tough action to disperse a public meeting of students in Tbilisi.
More details of Maskhadov's death March 14, 2005 23:12 Information is contradictory about <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a>'s death. Many in the republic believe he was killed before 8 March in an area different from that in the official version.
Shifting responsibility March 11, 2005 23:57 Often criticised for its inability to ensure Meskhetian Turks' rights, the Russian government is happy to remind Georgia of commitments.
High-ranking police officers involved in kidnappings March 11, 2005 22:36 Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry neutralises an organised crime group that has long been involved in kidnappings.
FSB apathy makes people doubt March 10, 2005 23:50 Many in Tolstoy-Yurt think <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> was already dead when brought to the village.
Accounts differ of how Maskhadov died March 09, 2005 23:08 There are strong reasons to believe <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> may have been killed by Chechen law enforcement and security agencies under Ramzan Kadyrov's command.
Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange fire March 08, 2005 23:54 The ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has today been violated.
Abductions still underway in Chechnya March 07, 2005 23:14 Seven young men were abducted by people who appeared to be law enforcement officers.
Police officer murdered in Chechnya March 05, 2005 23:52 The body of Zelimkhan Betelgeriyev with gunshot wounds was found in the Leninsky district of Grozny.
Clean-ups in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan, Sunzha districts March 05, 2005 22:36 Locals say 20 people have already been detained and brought away.
Witness confesses to firing control shots March 04, 2005 23:59 The North Caucasus District Court Martial has today interrogated Private Ivan Melekhin, a prosecution witness in the Ulman case.
Police officer found dead in Grozny, Chechnya March 04, 2005 23:57 Criminals took the policeman's pistol with eight cartridges and ID.
Ajarian youth demand withdrawal of Russia's military base March 04, 2005 23:48 Local students and members of the Kmara ("Enough") organisation staged a rally near Batumi Secondary School No.5, the military base stationed not far from it.
Five rebels, policeman killed in Chechnya's Sunzha district March 04, 2005 23:32 Rebels were going to attack a federal military unit, according to information obtained by law enforcement agencies.
Azeri opposition journalist murdered March 03, 2005 23:59 Elmar Huseynov, editor-in-chief of the opposition magazine Monitor, was murdered on the staircase of his house on 2 March at 9 pm local time.
Strasbourg challenged with alternative Grozny forum March 03, 2005 23:55 Chechnya's authorities who strongly criticise the forum on Chechnya soon to be held in Strasbourg intend to host a similar round table discussion in Grozny.
Meetings cancelled as ceasefire breaches continue March 03, 2005 23:50 Scheduled for today, a meeting in Paris between the foreign ministers Elmar Mammedyarov of Azerbaijan and Vartan Oskanyan of Armenia has been cancelled, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry says.
Opposition leaders may be released from prison in Azerbaijan March 02, 2005 23:59 President Ilkham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will soon sign a new pardon decree, which is also expected to set free the opposition leaders arrested in connection with the 15-16 October 2003 events.
Six bodies found in Grozny March 02, 2005 23:55 Several bodies have been found in two abandoned cars in the capital of Chechnya, Grozny.