News

November 24, 2003 23:41

• People in Chechnya differ with General Troshev's opinion

  The other day, the Russian President's adviser General Troshev claimed there was "no war" in Chechnya. He was quoted as saying, "the Russian servicemen were ordered not to conduct sweeps and not to enter private houses in Chechnya."

November 24, 2003 22:40

• Chechen rebels refute Abu al-Walid death report

  On November 17, Chechnya's military commandant's office alleged the death of Abu al-Walid, who is called a main financier of the Chechen rebels, in the vicinities of the Neftiyanka settlement, the Vedeno district of the republic.

November 24, 2003 22:13

• Locals of Vedeno district in Chechnya flee from their houses

  According to the Russian command, militants get shelter in the villages supported by locals who sympathize with them openly or secretly.

November 24, 2003 20:07

• Azerbaijan does not intend to join Collective Security Treaty

  It is most like connected with the opinion of official Baku that Russia has too close contacts with Armenia in the military field.

November 24, 2003 20:05

• Memorial presents book about Chechnya

  On November 29, Saturday, a presentation of books by the Memorial Society will take place at the press center of the Central House of Painters. There will also be a discussion devoted to the problems of historical memory and human rights in today's Russia.

November 24, 2003 17:57

• Azerbaijan Defense Minister: war with Armenia is possible to be resumed

  "The longer Armenia holds occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the higher the chances of war resumption," said Colonel-General Safar Abiyev.

November 24, 2003 15:31

• EU welcomed Eduard Shevardnadze's decision to resign office of Georgian President

  The European Commission says in its statement that the decision of the ex-leader of Georgia, which allowed to refrain from violence, "opens the way to restoration of constitutional law and order" in the country.

November 24, 2003 14:37

• Chechen refugees supplied with expired products

  "The cans of stewed beef and condensed milk we have been given are inflated, as their expiry date was over a month ago. We can't eat that stuff, just have to throw them away," Kosum Israilov, a local man of the Samashki village, says.

November 24, 2003 14:12

• Adjarian leader introduced state of emergency

  Aslan Abashidze motivated his decision on the introduction of the state of emergency by the fact that the autonomy's authorities gained information armed units were possible to be brought into Adjaria against a background of developments in Georgia.

November 24, 2003 11:20

• President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned

  Eduard Shevardnadze resigned after talks with Mikhail Saakashvili and Zurab Zhvania, key opposition leaders, at 8:30 p.m. on November 23.

November 22, 2003 16:35

• Azerbaijan: opposition newspapers appeared in print again

  On November 20, after a five-day break, daily opposition newspapers "Azadlyg", "Yeni Musavat", "Baki Khabar", "Khurriyet", "New Time", "Yeni Zaman" and some others appeared in print again.

November 22, 2003 15:54

• Novorossiysk's Memorial Board Chairman about memorial to victims of political repressions.

  Board Chairman of the Novorossiysk City Public Historical and Educational Organization "Memorial" Gennady Goncharov told the Caucasian Knot correspondent about the unveiling of the memorial to the victims of political repressions in Novorossiysk.

November 22, 2003 14:18

• Possibility of holding pre-term parliamentary elections being discussed in Georgia

  "Pre-term elections may be a subject matter for discussion by the parliament elected on November 2 if this discussion becomes a basis for making a compromise with the opposition," stated Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, the vice speaker of the parliament and leader of the Socialist Party, which is in the pro-presidential For New Georgia bloc.

November 22, 2003 13:37

• Opposition intends to upset first session of new parliament

  On November 21, President Eduard Shevardnadze set the first session of the new parliament. It is to be held today, November 22, at 16:00 Moscow time. Opposition deputies state they will ignore it.

November 22, 2003 13:17

• Meeting of Georgian opposition to be held in Tbilisi

  The rally is to start in Svoboda Square in downtown Tbilisi at 12:00 Moscow time. After that, the protesters will move to the building of the State Chancellery, Shevardnadze's working residence.

November 21, 2003 23:50

• Decision of London's court not to extradite Zakayev to have far-reaching consequences

  The court decision became the first one beyond the bounds of Russia touching upon the most important aspects of the present situation in the country and holding some ascertainings.

November 21, 2003 17:16

• Citizens of Grozny who suffered from freshet have nowhere to live

  Thousands of citizens of Grozny who lost their homes as a result of a freshet last year have not gotten new flats so far. The people have to take shelter in ordinary tents even in the cold time of the year.

November 21, 2003 16:42

• Actions of police during mass riots in Baku under investigation in Azerbaijan

  "The investigation is under way. It will reveal law-enforcement agents who broke the law. The law is one for all citizens," announced chief of the president's staff section to work with law-enforcement agencies Fuad Alekserov.

November 21, 2003 16:16

• One million signatures for Shevardnadze's dismissal collected

  Leader of the National Movement Mikhail Saakashvili announced the opposition had collected one million signatures under the demand for Eduard Shevardnadze's dismissal. "Georgian people have never stood in lines with such heat before," he said on November 18, being on the air of Green Wave Radio.

November 21, 2003 16:01

• Head of Salambek Maigov's election staff abducted, then freed

  Ibragim Umarkhadzhiyev, head of Salambek Maigov's election staff, who was kidnapped Wednesday in Grozny, has been freed, as told by Maigov's staff to the correspondent of Prague Watchdog.