News

May 17, 2004 17:53

• Chechen refugees accuse migration services of not keeping promises

  When moving to the new place, the refugees were promised that all arrears of foodstuff by the Russian Emergencies Ministry would be given to them and they would be rendered assistance in settling problems they had in getting compensations and some other ones.

May 17, 2004 14:13

• Chechen warlord claims Kadyrov's assassination

  Shamil Basayev's statement reads that the terrorist act at the Dinamo stadium was committed within the framework of the so called Retribution operation.

May 17, 2004 13:13

• State buys houses for Ingush refugees from Chechnya

  The houses usually consist of 3 or 4 rooms. The authorities buy it from local residents mainly in the villages of Barsuki, Pliyevo, Ordzhonikidzevskaya, and in the town of Karabulak.

May 17, 2004 12:18

• Armenian opposition resolute in struggle against 'police regime'

  The opposition will hold the next meeting on May 21 and will arrange a number of meetings in the regions before it.

May 17, 2004 12:14

• Mutilated bodies of four locals found in Chechnya

  The bodies reportedly had signs of cruel torture and numerous gunshot wounds. All the men were finished off by shots in the head.

May 15, 2004 17:28

• Historical competition award ceremony to be held in Krasnodar

  The award ceremony for participants in the 5th All-Russian Historical Essay Competition for Senior School Students "A Man in History.

May 15, 2004 17:14

• Georgia has no plans of military invasion of Abkhazia

  It is much more difficult to take Sukhumi under control again that it was in the case with Batumi since Abkhazia is almost de facto Russian territory with Russian passports and Russian rubles as a main currency.

May 15, 2004 15:39

• No one to benefit from Kadyrov's death known for sure

  Just two versions are considered to be the key ones in President Kadyrov's case. There is a third one though that says it was Russia's military that killed him.

May 15, 2004 15:23

• Dyshni-Vedeno residents accuse Vostok special operations soldiers of abducting schoolboys

  Local residents have been staging a mass meeting in the village of Dyshni-Vedeno, Chechnya's Vedeno district, for several days. The action was caused by the abduction of 3 youths by officers of security agencies which occurred in the morning of May 13.

May 15, 2004 14:50

• Bomb fragment, not bullet killed journalist Adlan Khasanov, medics say

  Adlan Khasanov died because fragments of the bomb that exploded at the Dinamo stadium hit him and not from a gunshot wound, a source at the Chechen Health Ministry told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

May 15, 2004 13:15

• Armenian opposition resumes meetings

  The opposition is going to hold protest actions in Armenian regions during the next week and to organize a march to the residence of President Kocharian on May 21, after the next meeting in the capital.

May 15, 2004 12:36

• Alla Dudayeva does not want to be Russian citizen

  Her Russian passport will expire soon and she will have to leave a place of her residence for Russia to get a new one, said Ms Dudayeva, who is an ethnic Russian. Despite promised security guarantees, she does not risk this trip, continued the widow of the ex-president of Ichkeria.

May 15, 2004 12:08

• New facts about death of Reuters photographer

  A Chechenpress correspondent also reports that the 8-year-old girl who died in the 9th city hospital was not a victim of the terrorist act, she had been taken to hospital as early as May 4.

May 14, 2004 23:53

• Abkhazian leaders fear of provocations

  Republican security agencies report that meetings in support of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili are planned to be held in the Gali district.

May 14, 2004 23:51

• Large-scale special operations conducted in some districts of Chechnya

  Locals think the cause of such actions is the murder of Akhmat Kadyrov.

May 14, 2004 22:58

• Survey: most Russians want governor-general in Chechnya

  Altogether 1,526 phone calls were received by Echo Moskvy Radio for 5 minutes of the survey.

May 14, 2004 22:42

• Chemical storage facilities serve as refugee center

  Several dozens of refugee families from the liquidated Bella tent camp were lodged there last year. But the health of many children deteriorated almost the very first evening, they felt giddy, and their bodies covered with a rash.

May 14, 2004 21:42

• Trial in case on murders of policemen started in Makhachkala

  It should be noted that rumors about the high-handedness prevailing in the department for struggle against extremism and organized crime have been circulating in the republic for a long time, and the murders of the officers are believed to be the revenge for torture and persecution of Wahhabis.

May 14, 2004 19:31

• Armenian opposition refuses to negotiate with coalition forces

  Representatives of the opposition stated they considered the dialogue possible only after the authorities took immediate measure to meet the requirements of the PACE resolution.

May 14, 2004 17:54

• 3 youths abducted in Chechnya

  Three cars drove to the house of local residents, witnesses report.