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January 15, 2004 18:03

• Representatives of territorial authorities, business and public meet informally in Krasnodar

  They gathered at the restaurant "Krasnodar" to exchange opinions about possible ways of cooperation in an informal atmosphere.

January 15, 2004 17:46

• Aleksandr Podrabinek: seizure of book "FSB Blows Up Russia" is act of intimidation against society

  "We remember how they came in and conducted searches 20 years ago. Everybody knew it was dangerous to read books as it could be a ground for imprisonment. Now they make it clear to the society that it is dangerous to read such books," says Aleksandr Podrabinek.

January 15, 2004 16:16

• Meeting in Sukhum between members of Abkhazian People's Party and leaders of "Akhyatsa" social and political movement

  Members of the Abkhazian People's Party met with leaders of the "Akhyatsa" social and political movement in Sukhum on January 12. They discussed their positions and priorities in their activity.

January 15, 2004 15:01

• Irina Khakamada makes appeal to victims of State terrorism

  "I have been mistaken believing that President Putin will help find truth and will repent of his order to use homicidal gas," Ms. Khakamada confesses in her statement. Now she has decided to respond to the appeal by relatives of those who died as a result of the explosions of apartment houses in Moscow in 1999 and during the storm of "Nord-Ost".

January 15, 2004 13:43

• Ashot Gulyan: neither Armenia nor Nagorny Karabakh has ever prohibited from participation of Azerbaijan representatives in international meetings

  Foreign Minister of the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh Ashot Gulyan has given comments on the refusal of the Azerbaijan authorities to receive the Armenian representatives at NATO's conference in Baku.

January 15, 2004 13:07

• People to serve by contract in Chechnya being recruited in Karachaevo-Cherkessia for first time

  The recruits who will win the competition will get special training at the Mozdok Training Center and then will be sent to Khankala.

January 14, 2004 23:35

• Ingush Migration Service puts pressure on members of refugees' Public Council

  A group of Ingush Migration Service officials, led by acting head of this organization Akhmed Parchiyev, visited the Satsita camp on January 12.

January 14, 2004 23:25

• Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Georgia and CIS Peacekeeping Forces Commander discuss situation in zone of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict

  "Heidi Tagliavini emphasized the important role of the Russian peacekeeping force in the cause of keeping peace in the zone of the conflict," CIS Peacekeeping Forces press secretary Sergey Isayev said to journalists.

January 14, 2004 18:29

• Case concerning book "Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within" conducted by FSB

  The criminal case, which saw the book by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky "Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within" (in Russian titled simply "FSB Blows Up Russia") withdrawn from circulation, is being conducted by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

January 14, 2004 17:34

• Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Georgia met with Abkhazian leadership

  Before her meeting with the Abkhazian leadership, Heidi Tagliavini met with new Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. He expressed readiness to continue the dialogue with Abkhazia, she said.

January 14, 2004 16:31

• Case on deportation of Turks-Meskhetians from Krasnodar Territory - details

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court declared admissible an appeal against the decision by the Anapa City Court on the deportation of two Turks-Meskhetians from the Russian Federation.

January 14, 2004 14:55

• Soma Radio in Sukhum launches series of programs on social issues

  For the first time, Soma Radio, Sukhum, has launched a series of programs devoted to social issues. The project is being implemented with the help of the British NGO Conciliation Resources.

January 14, 2004 14:26

• French islamists enlisting volunteers for war in Chechnya were put under examination

  They were arrested last week in the suburbs of Lyons, France.

January 14, 2004 14:03

• Abkhazian refugees seize administration building in Tbilisi

  Some 20 refugees from Abkhazia seized the building of Tbilisi's sanitary service on the nights of January 12-13. The refugees said they would stay inside the building until Georgia's authorities helped them return to Abkhazia.

January 14, 2004 13:57

• Stavropol police frees kidnapped girl

  The Stavropol police have freed a 14-year-old kidnapped girl, whom the bandits have been holding locked up for fourteen days. A source at the Information Office of the Stavropol Territorial Interior Department informed that the bandits had wanted to get a ransom of half a million rubles for her release.

January 14, 2004 13:38

• General elections in Chechnya to be held in October or November

  The new Chechen parliament will consist of two chambers: the Council of the Republic and the National Assembly; each will have 61 deputies.

January 13, 2004 23:45

• Association of Russian Diplomats deputy chairman: parties of Karabakh conflict are in deadlock

  Vladimir Kazimirov notes in his article that despite the fact that a long-standing standstill in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been explained by the inconvenience of the pre-election climate in Armenia and Azerbaijan for the last years, no ray of hope can be seen after the elections too.

January 13, 2004 23:10

• Human rights defenders press for discharge of Secretary General of the Azerbaijan Chapter of the International Religious Liberty Association

  On December 1, 2003, Ilgar Ibragimoglu was summoned to the Prosecutor General's Office to give evidence in connection with the October events, there he was arrested as a person suspected of organization of mass riots and offering resistance to the police.

January 13, 2004 17:03

• Speaker of Abkhazian Parliament expects new Georgian president not to unleash war

  "We declare for the good-neighbor relations with Georgia, when the parties are equal in rights, and we would like the new Georgian authorities to understand it," said Nugzar Ashuba.

January 13, 2004 16:18

• Chechen Interior Ministry: shelling of government building in Chechnya can be result of inattentive handling of weapons

  "An operative-investigative group is working at the scene of the incident. The main version is negligence when handling weapons. The territory is highly protected, therefore the version concerning the terrorist attack is of small possibility," head of the information department of the republican Interior Ministry Ruslan Atsayev said. The investigation considers all versions of the incident, the Chechen Prosecutor's Office announced.