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December 20, 2004 23:55

• Round table on problem of mines

  NGO representatives gathered in the Nazran office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on December 16-17 to discuss the work of the ICRC in the Northern Caucasus, Russia, and other countries of the world.

December 20, 2004 22:44

• US raises concern about election fraud in Azerbaijan

  Heads and representatives of local executive authorities intervened in the work of election commissions and prevented them from doing their duties, the US Embassy to Azerbaijan has announced in a press release.

December 18, 2004 19:05

• Refugees in Pankissi Gorge do not trust Russian officials

  An official delegation from Chechnya is expected to visit the Pankissi Gorge, Georgia on December 19.

December 17, 2004 23:47

• Round table "Terrorism in Films and TV Reports" held in Moscow

  The round table discussion titled "Terrorism in Films and TV Reports" was held at the Moscow House of Nationalities on December 16, political scientists, human rights activists, journalists, and cinematographers being participants in it.

December 17, 2004 23:36

• Andreas Gross voices doubt about holding of fair elections in Azerbaijan

  In his exclusive interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, Andreas Gross, the member of the PACE Monitoring Committee and co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, said that the aim of his present visit was to monitor municipal elections in Azerbaijan.

December 17, 2004 22:34

• Military deny bombing Chechen village

  In the evening of December 3, a Russian combat helicopter launched several missiles at the village of Tevzen-Kale, Chechnya's Vedeno district. One of the missiles hit the house of the Suleymanov family.

December 16, 2004 23:53

• PACE will not discuss Azerbaijan political prisoners in winter

  The PACE will consider the question of political prisoners in Azerbaijan and the country's obligations to the Council of Europe during the spring session.

December 16, 2004 23:22

• Candidates refuse to participate in municipal elections

  Today, one day before municipal elections in Azerbaijan, 400 members of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party have withdrawn their candidacies registered earlier for the participation in the municipal elections.

December 16, 2004 22:35

• UN special rapporteur to visit Chechnya

  Special Rapporteur on violence against women of the UN Commission on Human Rights Yakin Erturk is expected to arrive in Chechnya within the next few days.

December 15, 2004 23:47

• Investigation of attack on anti-drug department continues

  Some sources say that the arms seized during the attack in Kabardino-Balkaria have most likely been taken out to Chechnya.

December 15, 2004 23:29

• Municipal elections to be held in Azerbaijan

  The election campaign in the country was conducted normally for the most part, with the exception of one application about a violation, Azer Saryev, spokesman for the Azerbaijan Central Election Commission told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

December 15, 2004 22:03

• Debates about publication of Hitler's Mein Kampf

  Avaz Zeinally, the publisher of the book and editor-in-chief of the Khural newspaper, gives evidence at the Azerbaijan State Security Ministry in the criminal case opened under the article "inciting national and religious hatred".

December 14, 2004 23:56

• Terrorists' relatives will not be taken hostages

  Earlier, at a session of the State Duma, Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov suggested taking terrorists' relatives hostages.

December 14, 2004 23:50

• Azerbaijan authorities deny participation in aggression against Iran

  US troops will enter the territory of Iran through Azerbaijan, Iraq and Georgia and complete the occupation of the country in two weeks, reported the Arabian newspaper Ash-Shark al-Avsat.

December 14, 2004 23:46

• Anti-drug department assaulted by Islamic extremists

  Criminals killed four officers who were on duty that night and set the building on fire after it. They seized 79 automatic rifles, 182 pistols, and ammunition.

December 11, 2004 23:16

• War in Chechnya began 10 years ago

  "When they ask me who is responsible for the beginning of the war in 1994, I always give two names - Boris Yeltsin and Dzhokhar Dudayev. Both of them planned to gain victory," Edilbek Khasmagomadov, a Chechen historian and political scientist, said.

December 11, 2004 23:00

• Human rights conference held in North Osetia

  On December 10, the Vladikavkaz Institute of Management jointly with the North Osetian President's Human Rights Commission held a conference devoted to International Human Rights Day.

December 10, 2004 17:49

• Press conference on rights of Moslems in Russia

  Deputy chairman of Russian muftis, human rights activist Ismail Khazrat Shengereev said that Moslems are often denied employment, their rights are often infringed upon in educational institutions.

December 09, 2004 22:52

• Press conference on Ingush refugees in North Osetia

  Ingush families live in the Prigorodny district of the Republic of North Osetia - Alania now as before. The majority of them are settled in the camp for displaced persons Maisky, which is situated on the border with Ingushetia. It was created in 1994 under the instruction of Ruslan Aushev, who hold the post of president of Ingushetia at that time.

December 08, 2004 23:47

• Powers of Abkahzian vice president to be enlarged

  Presidential candidate Sergey Bagapsh announced the intention to enlarge powers of the Abkhazian vice president, the post of which will be held by Raul Khadzhimba in case of Bagapsh's victory.