News

December 30, 2003 14:42

• Turkish citizens who were declared to have been killed in Chechnya appeared on television

  Yastrjembsky's statement that Russian special operations forces destroyed 17 Mojaheds (22 by another version) near Serzhen-Yurt and that one German and three Turkish citizens were among the people killed may turn to serious international embarrassing position for the Kremlin.

December 30, 2003 10:16

• Case of Mikhail Trepashkin: defendant's statement about torture used against him

  "After I was arrested by the Judge of the Moscow Circuit Court Martial I was subjected to torture and degrading treatment," reads the statement.

December 29, 2003 22:09

• Results of children's health-improving campaign ? 2003

  Almost 23,000 Chechen children have enjoyed their rest at health resorts in southern Russia in 2003. The Russian Government allocated 150 million rubles from the State Social Insurance Fund for the purpose.

December 29, 2003 21:53

• Republican deputy interior minister shot down in Ingushetia

  Militia Lieutenant Colonel Khakiyev's car was fired by unknown people in the afternoon when he was on his business trip in the Sunzhensky district, Ingushetia.

December 29, 2003 21:42

• Picket on territory of administration buildings complex in Grozny

  Chechen police did not take any measures of force influence.

December 29, 2003 20:29

• Red Cross and Chechen press to raise awareness of mines

  Chechen media will inform the public about the problems of landmines in the republic, according to the agreement made at the meeting between representatives of the Chechen press and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Grozny on December 24.

December 29, 2003 13:43

• Police officer murdered in Gekhi village

  On December 23, police officer Aslan Magamayev was fired point-blank from the automatic by unknown people in camouflage uniform in the village of Gekhi, Chechnya's Urus-Martan district.

December 29, 2003 13:02

• Mourning meeting in memory of victims of December 2002 terrorist act in Grozny

  Last year 72 people died last year when two KamAZ trucks detonated near the administrative building. Over 200 people got injuries.

December 29, 2003 12:27

• Three servicemen abducted in Gali district of Abkhazia

  The destiny of the abducted is unknown yet. The Abkhazian security service is inquiring into circumstances of the incident, Sergey Shamba said.

December 29, 2003 12:05

• Adjarian leader gave official consent to hold election of Georgian president in autonomy

  Adjaria's refusal to take part in the election would be a catastrophe for Georgia and a "serious historic blemish" for the autonomous republic, in the opinion of Aslan Abashidze.

December 29, 2003 11:33

• Interior Troops official wounded in Grozny

  The commandant's office in a street corner in Grozny was bombed and shot by unidentified attackers at 10:53 p.m. on Sunday.

December 27, 2003 23:09

• Adyg law-enforcement officials discuss migration problems

  While opening the conference, Prosecutor of the Republic of Adygeya Mikhail Prikhlenko told that the main problem was the mass presence of Kurdish migrants in Adygeya.

December 27, 2003 22:51

• South Osetian authorities to seek international recognition of republic

  Residents of South Osetia became very interested in the answer of Vladimir Putin on the question which he was asked by a spectator from Kabardino-Balkaria during a live translation.

December 27, 2003 22:13

• Radical criticism directed at Abkhazian leadership from U.S.

  In his article leader of the Abkhazian Diaspora in the U.S. Inal Kazanba points out that "the Diaspora has provided considerable financial and economic support to its motherland" but "in spite of this during the last decade the present regime in Sukhumi has never treated them as its equals, it means true Abkhazians."

December 27, 2003 21:49

• Paruyr Ayrikian: to change power in Armenia means to gain time in Karabakh problem

  According to the chairman of the National Self-Determination association, had the authorities just a little respect and love for Artsakh they would understand their main mission is to renounce the power. "In this case we will not only gain time but also will have a serious support," he thinks.

December 27, 2003 20:51

• Media Rights Institute about draft legislation on Public Television

  "Internews' Media Rights Institute urges all foreign diplomatic missions, in particular the Council of Europe, to which Azerbaijan was made a member in 2001, to voice their concerns that such legislation is not worthy of a government attempting to move toward democratic ideals," reads the statement by the organization.

December 27, 2003 19:57

• Most part of rebels who penetrated in Dagestan was destroyed, according to the military

  Russian special operations forces captured two rebels. It follows from their evidence that the large part of the rebels has been destroyed before as a result of air strikes, another part is buried under a snow avalanche.

December 27, 2003 12:13

• Stands of Armenian and Azerbaijan parties on key issues of Karabakh problem remain diametrically opposed

  A meeting between parliamentary delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan was held in Scotland on December 20 under the aegis of the South Caucasian Inter-Parliamentary Initiative and with the financial support of the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-Building (LINKS).

December 27, 2003 10:28

• Interregional seminar "Facilitating Social Partnership in North Caucasus"

  The seminar was organized by the Saint Petersburg Center "Strategy" and the Moscow Helsinki Group with the participation of the Ingush President's staff.

December 26, 2003 22:51

• Dagestani, not Chechen militants fight in Tsuntinsky district

  "The fact that large forces engaged in the operation in Dagestan have not succeeded in uncovering and destroying the militants for almost two weeks points that they are dealing with the people who are perfectly at home in the area and are supported by locals," Abubakar Makhmudov, an officer of Chechen law-enforcement agencies, holds.