News

July 07, 2004 21:06

• S. Ossetia views Georgian military's actions as invasion

  S. Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity says the seizure of a peacekeeping column by the Georgian military on July 7 is viewed as a declaration of war.

July 06, 2004 23:30

• Dagestan: details of Wahhabi ideologist Adallo's surrender

  Abdula Aliev, a Wahhabi ideologist from Dagestan who has lived in Turkey since 1999, has arrived home to "apologize."

July 06, 2004 23:29

• Chechen girl comes for treatment to Ireland

  An eight-year-old girl from Chechnya who had lost her hands and an eye because of a booby-trap explosion will be fitted with prosthetics in Dublin, Ireland.

July 06, 2004 23:27

• Abkhazian minister denies liberation of Turkish 'slaves'

  Abkhazian Internal Affairs Minister Beslan Beiia says there are no Turkish nationals illegally working in the republic.

July 05, 2004 21:25

• Turkish national deported from Kabardino-Balkaria allowed to come back

  Human rights advocates have won a case over an illegal deportation by law enforcement agencies.

July 05, 2004 21:23

• Five people detained in special operations in Sunzha district, Chechnya

  Residents of the Sunzha district are getting alarmed as military forces are sent in and local law enforcement and security agencies are taking tough action.

July 05, 2004 20:01

• Chechen refugees leaving Ingushetia

  After the tragic events in Ingushetia on the night of June 22, forced migrants from Chechnya feel federal and local authorities openly making use of that to evict thousands of refugees back to Chechnya.

July 02, 2004 16:46

• Chechen peace-keeping delegation arrives in Ingushetia

  A delegation of Chechnya's public and clergy arrived in Nazran, Ingushetia, on July 2 to give assurances of brotherly ties between Chechnya and Ingushetia.

July 02, 2004 16:24

• Eighty-two Chechen residents disappear this year - Memorial Society

  People continue to be abducted and killed in Chechnya.

July 02, 2004 16:08

• Three killed in Chechnya, possibly involved in Ingushetia events

  The military claims to have hit three rebels involved in Ingushetia events on July 22, while a human rights activist doubts that.

July 01, 2004 21:13

• Public board set up in Chechnya to control state spending

  A conference in Grozny has elected Alu Alkhanov, head of Chechnya's Internal Affairs Ministry, chairman of a Public board for control over state spending.

July 01, 2004 21:11

• Armenia providing homes for refugees from Azerbaijan

  A special commission has developed a plan of action to implement a government housing program for refugees.

July 01, 2004 21:08

• Public to address government in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Public opinions will be summarized on a cassette and submitted to the national government.

July 01, 2004 21:05

• Murder attempt on public activist

  A public activist in Kabardino-Balkaria has sustained serious wounds and is now in a grave condition.

June 30, 2004 17:47

• Abkhazia hosts international relations conference

  The conference will consider the geopolitical situation about Abkhazia and political development prospects for the republic.

June 30, 2004 17:15

• Fertilizers seized on Georgian-Abkhaz border

  Abkhaz fiscal agencies have seized a load of fertilizers Georgia wanted to smuggle into Abkhazia.

June 30, 2004 16:43

• Armenian defense minister unafraid for Armenian army officers in Azerbaijan

  Seven Armenian army officers will take part in a forthcoming NATO exercise in Baku, Azerbaijan, in September.

June 30, 2004 16:09

• Abducted Dagestanis forced to confess to terrorist acts

  Three Dagestanis will go on trial for what appears to be a set-up by security agencies.

June 30, 2004 15:14

• Russian rights campaigners to monitor Chechen elections

  "We will monitor the Chechen elections, but we do not intend to send observers for them," Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseyeva said.

June 30, 2004 14:59

• Qatari court sentences 2 Russians to life

  A Qatari court has found two Russians guilty of masterminding the assassination of former Chechen separatist president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev and sentenced them to life on Wednesday.