News

August 22, 2003 20:30

• Chechen Republic, October 5, 2003: Is there choice?

  The appeal of non-government organizations of the Chechen Republic.

August 22, 2003 17:10

• Investigation of case on Mi-26 destruction in Chechnya is completed

  127 people were killed as a result of the firing at the helicopter from an anti-aircraft missile complex "Igla" near Khankala.

August 22, 2003 17:09

• 15 minutes per week: contenders will share 3 hours of TV and radio air

  Representatives of the candidates in opposition are complaining that the free air time is insufficient.

August 22, 2003 17:07

• Declaration of monitoring group of human rights organizations

  The human rights activists believe that numerous violations at the first stage of the election campaign in Azerbaijan make the possibility of free and fair elections doubtful.

August 22, 2003 17:05

• First enlarged meeting of Youth Club was held in Rostov-on-Don

  The members of city and regional public youth organizations, young farm leaders of the region, members of the club "Young Agrarian of the Don", experts of the regional administration committee on youth policy visited the first meeting.

August 22, 2003 17:03

• Attempt at official of Dagestani Department for Struggle Against Extremism and Criminal Terrorism was made in Makhachkala

  Bullet wounded, Safarov was taken to hospital; his life is out of danger.

August 22, 2003 13:33

• Chechen journalists are going to boycott their work

  This is caused by the assumed dismissal of Chechen Press Minister Beslan Gantamirov.

August 22, 2003 13:31

• Nine questions to Russian President Vladimir Putin

  The appeal of Russian human rights activists, public figures, and cultural workers appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

August 22, 2003 13:29

• 3rd congress of Public and Political Movement "Aytayra" will be held on August 26

  As it was reported at the Aytayra's office, the main report of the congress "On Social and Political Situation in the Country" will be given by Co-Chairman of the movement Leonid Lakerbay.

August 22, 2003 11:26

• Separatists attacked Ural with soldiers of military commandant's office of Vedensk region of Chechnya

  According to the preliminary data, from one to four servicemen, all local residents, died as a result of the firing that was held by illegal armed unit members.

August 22, 2003 11:25

• Russian Ambassador to Georgia: "Abkhazia will not join Russia in any status"

  "The Abkhazian problem should be solved on the basis of Georgia's territorial integrity with due account taken of Abkhazia's interests," the diplomat said adding that this is Russia's official stance.

August 22, 2003 11:23

• Head of Tsa-Vedeno settlement was killed in Chechnya

  It was reported by the acting head of the Vedensk region administration Khanali Gagayev.

August 21, 2003 20:08

• Georgian Foreign Minister: "Tbilisi is ready to provide refugees' participation in presidential election in Chechnya"

  Georgian Foreign Minister Irakly Menagarishvili reported it to journalists.

August 21, 2003 20:05

• OSCE representative waits for explanations of incident on Armenian-Azerbaijan front line from Armenian leadership

  The Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office stressed the incident was quite serious, considering the fact that the parties of the conflict were to guarantee the security of the observers' mission.

August 21, 2003 20:03

• According to information of the military, 12 separatists were killed during fight of Avtury

  It was reported on Wednesday evening by Colonel Ilya Shabalkin, an official representative of the regional operations staff for control of the antiterrorist operation in the Northern Caucasus. He also said that ?many of the separatists blocked in were wounded, and the liquidation of the militant group was still going on?.

August 21, 2003 17:35

• Problem of Nagorno-Karabah conflict settlement will be discussed during first plenary session of "South Caucasian Parliamentary Initiative"

  A special workgroup to prevent and settle South Caucasian conflicts and increase the role of parliaments in the settlement of these conflicts was established within the framework of the Initiative.

August 21, 2003 17:33

• Women refugees released hostage and left Metrostroy building seized in Tbilisi

  17 women refugees from Abkhazia made such a decision after they had got assurances they would be granted habitation in another building.

August 21, 2003 17:30

• Aleksandr Zimbovsky was released from ward of Rostov-on-Don for persons arrested for administrative infringements

  After 3 days of a waterless hunger-strike, on which Zimbovsky had went voicing a protest against the humiliation of human dignity in the ward, he was taken to the hospital on the ambulance and then released.

August 21, 2003 13:38

• Children from art school of Oyskhar village visited Khasavyurt

  The trip was organized by the Regional Public Institution Art-Serlo and the Dagestani Regional Charitable Foundation SOS-Salvation.

August 21, 2003 13:27

• "Round table" on problems of refugees and forced migrants was held in State Duma

  Experts from profile ministries and departments, representatives of public organizations, scientific and cultural activists took part in the meeting.