News

October 20, 2005 15:59

• Absentee evidence read out in Beslan

  Meanwhile, Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel gives assurances that the trial will be over in 1.5-2 months.

October 20, 2005 15:51

• 'Flame-throwers were safe for hostages,' say prosecutors

  Prosecutors claim that tank and flame-thrower shots were safe for the hostages in Beslan.

October 19, 2005 19:22

• Beslan Mothers distrust federal investigation

  'I only trust the investigation of our, republican commission,' says Mrs Ella Kesayev, a member of the Beslan Mothers Committee.

October 19, 2005 10:14

• Russophobe sentiments in N Caucasus

  The N Caucasus is a region where Russophobe sentiments flourish, say human rights defenders.

October 18, 2005 11:14

• Numbers of casualties may be understated

  Witnesses say that the number of those killed during the rebel attack on Nalchik may be seriously understated.

October 17, 2005 10:58

• Opposition stripped of air

  The government of Azerbaijan prohibits live broadcasts for opposition candidates.

October 17, 2005 10:54

• Official killed civilian numbers lower

  The official number of killed Nalchik residents shrinks to nine.

October 17, 2005 10:50

• Civilians may be presented as rebels

  The relative of a killed resident of Kabardino-Balkaria believe that charges of being a rebel are falsified.

October 17, 2005 10:46

• Bomb wounds three in Chechnya

  A military vehicle is blown up in the republic.

October 14, 2005 19:10

• Nalchik casualties

  Twenty-four law enforcers and 14 civilians are killed in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.

October 14, 2005 17:36

• Twelve rebels killed in Nalchik

  The premises of the Kabardino-Balkar department of the Federal Punishment Execution Service are cleared.

October 14, 2005 17:25

• Killed rebel figures for Nalchik

  Ninety-one rebels are killed and 36 are seized in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.

October 13, 2005 20:36

• Nalchik 'caused by war in Chechnya'

  The Nalchik attack is a direct result of the ongoing war in Chechnya, thinks a human rights defender.

October 13, 2005 20:33

• Nalchik attack 'due to N Caucasus destabilisation'

  The main cause of the attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria is destabilisation of the entire N Caucasus, thinks an expert.

October 12, 2005 22:46

• Blast wounds two servicemen

  A combat infantry vehicle is blown up with two servicemen wounded in Chechnya.

October 12, 2005 19:44

• Prosecution's evidence dubious

  Details are given about an investigation experiment conducted recently over the Beslan case.

October 11, 2005 13:06

• Dead bodies found in Chechnya

  The bodies of two police officers and a Grozny resident are discovered in the Grozny village district.

October 11, 2005 13:00

• Bombing attack in Ingushetia

  A truck with military men is blown up in the republic.

October 11, 2005 12:50

• Two die in shooting in Dagestan

  Two police officers are killed and one is wounded in a skirmish with rebels.

October 10, 2005 20:33

• Bomb kills two adolescents in Chechnya

  Two young men, 16 and 17, trigger a bomb near Prigorodnoye, Grozny district.