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March 01, 2005 23:59

• Abkhaz PM survives assassination attempt

  An attempt on the life of Alexander Ankvab, prime minister of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, was carried out in the evening of 28 February while on his way from Sukhum to Gudauta.

March 01, 2005 23:56

• Antiwar picket banned in Saint Petersburg

  An Antiwar Committee picket "against the Russian government's policy in the North Caucasus" scheduled for 27 February was not held, just like a similar action scheduled for 20 February.

March 01, 2005 23:19

• Gunfire keeps people in shelters overnight

  Federal artillery shelled woodlands in Chechnya's Vedeno and Shali districts in the evening of 27 February.

February 25, 2005 23:59

• Clashes in Chechen mountains

  Large-scale operations to cordon off and destroy rebels have been launched in all mountainous districts of Chechnya.

February 25, 2005 23:54

• Azerbaijan opposition parties to sign declaration of unification

  Leaders of the Musavat party, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) will conduct negotiations within the next few days and sign a joint statement then.

February 25, 2005 23:37

• Chechen refugees on hunger strike in Azerbaijan

  The protesters consider that UN representatives should increase financial aid to refugees since life in Azerbaijan has become more expansive.

February 16, 2005 23:59

• Prison revolt put down in Baku

  Convicts of the 11th correctional facility in Baku stopped their protest action this night as the prison was stormed.

February 16, 2005 23:48

• Details of Magomadov's release still unknown

  In the time of Aslan Maskhadov's presidency, Makhmut Magomadov was one of the deputies of the Chechen prosecutor general and headed a special group which investigated cases connected with kidnappings.

February 16, 2005 23:29

• No negotiations with Abkhazian government in exile

  Irakli Alasania, chairman of the Abkhazian government in exile, has been appointed envoy for the Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations by Mikhail Saakashvili's order today.

February 15, 2005 23:29

• Pravo-Zashchita newspaper prosecuted

  A press conference devoted to the prosecution of the Pravo-Zashchita newspaper was held at the Moscow Independent Press Center on February 14.

February 15, 2005 23:26

• FBI experts consider Zhvania's death accident

  According to preliminary data, the death of Zurab Zhvania was a tragic accident.

February 15, 2005 23:08

• Azerbaijan parliamentary elections may be delayed

  The authorities may take such a step to avoid revolutionary scenarios.

February 14, 2005 23:59

• Kadyrov to sue human rights activists

  Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has announced he is going to sue human rights activists slandering him.

February 14, 2005 23:41

• New Abkhazian president inaugurated

  The inauguration of Sergey Bagapsh, new Abkhazian president elect, was held in Sukhum on February 12.

February 09, 2005 23:53

• OSCE missions to visit occupied Azerbaijan territory

  According to Foreign Minister of Nagorny Karabakh Armen Melikian, foreign experts registered 5 thousand Armenians settled in the regions of Azerbaijan adjacent to Nagorny Karabakh.

February 09, 2005 23:45

• Martial law extended in Nagorny Karabakh

  An attempt to set legal and democratic values above security issues was made for the first time in the modern history of Nagorny Karabakh.

February 08, 2005 23:16

• Kadyrov's people commit 75% of crimes in Chechnya

  On February 7, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the Human Rights Center Memorial presented statistic and correspondents' information on the violations in Chechnya committed in 2004 and told about a new aspect of the crisis – Chechenization of the conflict.

February 07, 2005 23:59

• Assault victims stage rally

  People living at 6th Magistralnaya Street in Makhachkala whose houses were damaged in the 15 January assault against rebels have staged a rally in the Dagestani capital today.

February 07, 2005 23:49

• Chechen police do not confirm Basayev's death

  The information about Shamil Basayev's alleged death is being checked now, a Chechen police source told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

February 07, 2005 23:40

• Former president, speaker wanted by Azerbaijan police

  Azerbaijan law enforcement agencies search for over 2 thousand people now.