News

October 07, 2003 10:43

• Results of elections in Chechnya

  According to the preliminary results, acting president of the republic Akhmad Kadyrov won the largest amount of the vote in the elections of the president of Chechnya. Chechen Central Election Commission Chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov told it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 06, 2003 17:34

• Presentation of projects and books of International Society "Memorial" at Frankfurt Book Fair

  The directors of enlightening and human rights projects: Svetlana Gannushkina, Arseny Roginsky, Grigory Shvedov, Aleksandr Cherkasov, and Irina Scherbakova will represent "Memorial".

October 06, 2003 15:15

• Press conference of Moscow Helsinki Group

  A press conference summing up the trip of Moscow Helsinki Group Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva and Moscow Helsinki Group Chief Executive Tatyana Lokshina to the Chechen Republic for monitoring the Chechen presidential elections is to be held at the Institute of Press Development (Tverskoy Bulvar, 20) on October 8, 2003, at 10 a.m.

October 06, 2003 15:13

• Armenian parliament head calls accusations of masonry brought against him slander

  Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Artur Bagdasarian said the accusations of his belonging to some Masonic organizations, which had been heard recently for him from representatives of the social and political organization Armenian-Aryan Order, were slander.

October 06, 2003 13:03

• Election building was shelled in Grozny

  A vocational school in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, where election polling districts Nos. 398 and 400 were located, was hit on the night of October 5.

October 06, 2003 13:01

• Statement of Chechen non-government human rights organizations regarding events in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The statement reads: "We decidedly condemn the actions of destructive forces in Kabardino-Balkaria aimed at kindling interethnic strife and intolerance between the Chechens and brotherly Kabardian nation."

October 06, 2003 12:12

• Kadyrov garnered 82.5% of vote in presidential elections in Chechnya

  80.66% of the voting papers have been processed by now.

October 04, 2003 23:02

• Interview with Chechen election commission chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov

  The interview with Chechen election commission chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov was conducted via phone by Roman Rostov, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 04, 2003 16:52

• Members of Human Rights Center "Memorial" undergo pressure from military men

  Members of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" encountered problems with Russian military men on October 3. According to available information, the military men threatened the "Memorial" members and made a number of illegal demands.

October 04, 2003 16:47

• Presidential elections in Chechnya: MHG monitoring

  The fourth number of the MHG Bulletin proceeds with the theme of the human rights monitoring of the presidential elections in Chechnya.

October 04, 2003 16:41

• Protest actions in Grozny are planned to be held on eve of presidential elections

  A mass action of protest in Grozny is planned for October 4 and 5. According to the words of the meeting organizers, the main goal of the action is to demonstrate protest against the presidential elections in Chechnya appointed for October 5.

October 04, 2003 16:39

• Human rights were spoken about at Kuban State University

  Specialists of the Moscow representative office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation prepared a seminar devoted to human rights.

October 04, 2003 14:57

• Situation in Chechnya one day before elections

  The day before the elections has started quietly. No shot was heard at night in Chechnya.

October 04, 2003 14:54

• International Federation for Human Rights has voiced its attitude to Chechen presidential elections

  Human rights activists stress that, after the referendum of March 23, which paved the way for presidential elections, crimes against civil population have become more frequent in Chechnya, especially cases of taking people hostage and kidnapping.

October 04, 2003 14:52

• Presidential elections are to be held in Chechnya

  On Sunday, October 5, 2003, the elections of the republic's president are to be held in Chechnya. Seven candidates are running for the presidency.

October 03, 2003 18:36

• Interview with Husein Biybulatov, candidate for Chechen presidency

  The interview with the candidate for the Chechen presidency was conducted via phone by Roman Rostov, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 03, 2003 15:57

• Chechen Interior Ministry assigns 16,000 policemen to provide security for president election

  "The precautions will help to prevent provocations by rebels on election day," a source at the Chechen Interior Ministry said.

October 03, 2003 15:55

• No Chechen family expressed wish to return from Georgia to homeland and take part in elections in Chechnya

  Russian Minister for Chechnya's Affairs Stanislav Ilyasov believes the refugees' unwillingness to leave Georgia is caused in many respects by the purpose-full work on spreading misinformation among them.

October 03, 2003 15:53

• Literary and publicistic contest "Chechen War in My Life"

  The Antiwar Club and the Committee for Antiwar Actions made a decision to conduct a literary and publicistic contest of short narratives and essays "Chechen War in My Life" (by Rashid Polukhin's project).

October 03, 2003 15:51

• Head of Shali town administration was killed in Chechnya

  Unidentified gunmen fired automatic weapons at a Volga car carrying the administration head and his son.