Chechen police do not confirm Basayev's death February 07, 2005 23:49 The information about Shamil Basayev's alleged death is being checked now, a Chechen police source told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
Former president, speaker wanted by Azerbaijan police February 07, 2005 23:40 Azerbaijan law enforcement agencies search for over 2 thousand people now.
No Greek houses burnt in Georgia recently February 04, 2005 23:59 Chairwoman of the Georgian parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration Elena Tevdoradze has denied reports that houses owned by local Greeks have been burnt in Georgia's Tsalksky district for the last two weeks.
Human rights activists protest against early marriages February 04, 2005 23:37 In her interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, human rights activist Leyla Yunus stated that the country's authorities must draw attention to the fact that early marriages have become more frequent in Azerbaijan recently.
Dagestani deputy interior minister murdered February 03, 2005 23:48 At about 9 p.m. on February 2, unknown people opened fire on the Niva car that Dagestani Deputy Interior Minister Magomed Omarov was in. The incident occurred in the center of Makhachkala.
Opposition urges unbiased investigation of Zhvania's death February 03, 2005 23:17 Preliminary results of Georgian prime minister Zurab Zhvania's blood test confirm the version that he died from carbon monoxide poisoning, expert Irina Tandilashvili told journalists.
Ashuba prejudices Saakashvili's peace initiatives February 02, 2005 23:59 "It wasn't seen from Saakashvili's speech in Strasbourg that Georgia has new thinking now," said the Abkhazian speaker.
OSCE monitoring group works in Nagorny Karabakh February 02, 2005 23:55 The OSCE monitoring group examining Azerbaijan's territory controlled by Nagorny Karabakh for the purpose of checking the implementation of the state settlement program continues its work.
Abduction of Maskhadov's relatives investigated February 02, 2005 23:40 Chechen law enforcement agencies are investigating an abduction of Aslan Maskhadov's closest relatives. Abductors have not been found, the whereabouts of the abducted people and their further destiny are not known.
Don federal road blocked up February 01, 2005 23:59 Experts of the Rostov regional ministry of transportation and communication hold that the critical situation on the road is caused mainly by its technical condition.
Taramov denies reports about Basayev's death February 01, 2005 23:48 On January 31, Russian mass media spread information about the death of Shamil Basayev referring to representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan can be excluded from PACE February 01, 2005 23:19 "If the problem of political prisoners hasn't been solved in Azerbaijan by the April session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), the country can lose its mandate in this organization," stated PACE rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan Malcolm Bruce.
Two children died in assault, relatives say January 31, 2005 23:24 Relatives of Muslim Attayev, leader of the extremist jamaat (group) Yarmuk killed in Nalchik, have filed an application with the Kabardino-Balkarian prosecutor's office to give them the bodies of his two children that are allegedly hided by instructions of the republican interior minister, some sources say.
OSCE fact-finding mission goes to Karabakh January 31, 2005 23:15 An OSCE fact-finding mission set off for Stepanakert on January 30 to collect facts about the creation of Armenian settlements in seven districts of Azerbaijan adjacent to Nagorny Karabakh and controlled by Armenia.
9 killed in car explosions January 31, 2005 23:00 Officers of the Chechen presidential security service, not Russian soldiers were killed when cars were blown up near the village of Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya's Urus-Martan district.
European Court declares IDP's application admissible January 28, 2005 23:42 The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has declared admissible an application lodged by an internally displaced person (IDP) from Chechnya living on the territory of Stavropol Region.
Arrested opposition leader nominated for election January 28, 2005 23:35 Chair of the Umid (Hope) party Igbal Agazade, who is imprisoned now, may be at the head of the party list of this opposition party in the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
Atkinson's report 'has some drawbacks' January 28, 2005 23:33 "Efforts of the Council of Europe aimed at developing the South Caucasus, in particular establishing stability and long peace, are positive. Nevertheless, we think that the report by Mr Atkinson has some drawbacks on the whole, along with positive aspects," the spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry said to journalists.
Rally against Saakashvili nomination January 28, 2005 22:30 A rally was held in the capital of South Osetia, Tskhinval, in connection with Mikhail Saakashvili's recent speech in Strasbourg, in which he made a suggestion that South Osetia be granted a high degree of autonomy within Georgia.
Operation to destroy rebels is over January 27, 2005 23:41 The Caucasian Knot correspondent in Kabardino-Balkaria, who spent a whole day at the scene of a special operation to destroy a rebel group in Nalchik, is reporting details of the storm.