News

March 08, 2007 22:17

• Public debates on settlement of Karabakh conflict are held in Nagorny Karabakh

  On the initiative of the Stepanakert NGO Resource Centre, an educational program was launched in the city of Shushi (Nagorny Karabakh), within the framework of which the first lecture was given on the topic "Present State of Settling the Karabakh Conflict."

March 08, 2007 22:12

• Chechnya marks the second anniversary of Maskhadov's death

  Two years ago, on March 8, 2005, it became known about the death of Aslan Maskhadov, former Colonel of the Soviet Army, former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ichkeria, who was elected in January 1997 the president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI).

March 07, 2007 23:51

• Moscow banker's brothers lost in Chechnya not found yet

  The search of Arsamakov brothers who disappeared a month ago in the mountainous Shatoi District of Chechnya together with their driver has brought no results so far.

March 07, 2007 23:47

• CEC of Abkhazia has summed up the elections

  The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has registered 18 Parliament deputies, and in 16 constituencies the second election round will be held in a fortnight.

March 07, 2007 23:42

• South Ossetia rejects new Georgian conflict-settling plan

  Today, Boris Chochiev, vice-premier of South Ossetian government, has called new proposals of the Georgian government "unacceptable" and assured that South Ossetia is drafting its own peaceful proposals.

March 07, 2007 23:36

• Kadyrov puts former nominee for Chechen president into the chair of mayor of Grozny

  Muslim Khuchiev, head of the regional branch of the party "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Rightful Russia), has been appointed the new mayor of Grozny.

March 06, 2007 22:35

• Public Chamber will consider a possibility to give out Maskhadov's body to his relatives

  Antiwar organizations have sent an appeal to the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (RF) with a request to consider the issue of giving out the remains of Aslan Maskhadov, former president of Chechnya, to his family for burial.

March 06, 2007 22:33

• Georgia devises a new plan to settle South Ossetia conflict

  The government of Georgia has developed new proposals on a full-scale political settlement of the conflict in South Ossetia, and today the Ministry for Conflict-Settling has delivered the proposals to all the parties engaged in the process.

March 06, 2007 21:40

• American general in charge of AMD to visit Azerbaijan

  It has became known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" from informed military sources, this April Baku will hold closed consultations on the issue of deployment in Azerbaijan of the American Antimissile Defence (AMD) system.

March 06, 2007 21:37

• Case of the commander of "Vostok" battalion deployed in Chechnya "East" closed

  It has become known that the Office of Public Prosecutor of the Leningrad Regional Military Command has stopped "because of reconciliation of the parties" the criminal case against Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion deployed in Chechnya, and his subordinates.

March 06, 2007 21:30

• Abkhazia is not surprised with negative reaction of the West to the elections

  The Abkhazian leadership does not react to the "choral protest of democratic countries against democratic processes in Abkhazia."

March 05, 2007 23:52

• Abkhazia has held parliamentary elections

  In Abkhazia, on March 4, elections to parliament took place. 108 candidates ran for 35 places. In 17 out of 35 constituencies of Abkhazia repeated voting will take place.

March 05, 2007 22:49

• Azerbaijan would not like to deploy the US' AMD

  The official Baku has declared that Azerbaijan did not receive any proposals on deployment of the elements of the Antimissile Defence (AMD) system in the territory of the country.

March 05, 2007 22:33

• Kabardino-Balkaria marks the mourning day of Balkarians for the last time

  This is the last time in Kabardino-Balkaria when on March 8 the Balkarian people will mark the mourning day in remembrance of their deportation in 1943 from their homeland to Middle Asia.

March 05, 2007 22:30

• Umarov complains of shortage of funds on jihad in Chechnya

  Mr. Umarov remarks that "restricted funds hamper to pursue the desire of thousands young people who wish to take part in jihad."

March 05, 2007 22:23

• Militants may get amnestied again in Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov, recently approved by the Chechen Parliament of Chechnya as the head of the Republic, intends to strive for a new amnesty for participants of armed formations in Chechnya.

March 03, 2007 22:58

• Georgian Foreign Affairs call international community to assess Abkhazian actions in the Galskiy District

  "On March 1, 2007, within the security zone, the so-called law enforcement bodies of Sukhumi regime opened fire at the group of local youth of Georgian and Abkhazian nationality," runs the statement of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

March 03, 2007 22:55

• In North Ossetia they intend to peacefully resolve the problem of refugees near the Maiskiy settlement

  The federal embassy to the South Federal District (SFD) and the government of North Ossetia are going to complete, in the peaceful and lawful way, the disbandment process of the spontaneous settlement of forced migrants near the Maiskiy settlement of the Prigorodny District of the Republic, where the victims of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict have lived for 13 years.

March 03, 2007 22:48

• European Parliament has highly praised the activity of "Memorial"

  The Human Rights Society "Memorial" was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize by a group of deputies of the European Parliament from six countries.

March 03, 2007 22:46

• Office of Public Prosecutor of Dagestan has initiated a criminal case on the fact of a skirmish of state servants

  In the Dakhadaevskiy District of Dagestan, Magomed Aliev, head of local administration, started a politically-motivated skirmish with one of candidates for deputies of the regional assembly.