News

August 31, 2005 14:16

• Basayev's words cause controversy

  Officials deny Mr Basayev's <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/851521.html" target="_blank">statement</a>, while security officers treat it more seriously.

August 31, 2005 13:47

• Beslan residents one year later

  Psychologists think they still need medical assistance.

August 30, 2005 22:01

• Basayev makes major statement

  He says special services contributed to the preparation of the terrorist act in Beslan.

August 30, 2005 21:52

• Human rights defenders compare figures

  They are sure that officials shuffle numbers of people abducted in Chechnya.

August 29, 2005 17:14

• Police colonel forced to leave

  Unidentified people in masks attack a police colonel in the capital of Dagestan.

August 29, 2005 16:43

• Situation with children's rights grave in Volgograd region

  The Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office raises the issue of protecting minors from cruel treatment.

August 27, 2005 20:15

• Rights defenders stripped of funds

  A tax agency is seizing funds from accounts of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

August 26, 2005 17:20

• Chechnya citizens still pressured

  The condition of citizens of Chechnya has worsened over the past year, say human rights defenders.

August 26, 2005 17:15

• Conflict in conflict zone

  Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire agreement.

August 25, 2005 00:29

• Muslims want to leave

  Muslims protest against violation of their rights in Kabardino-Balkaria.

August 25, 2005 00:27

• Blast kills one, wounds two in Ingushetia

  The prime minister of Ingushetia is seriously wounded in a terrorist act.

August 25, 2005 00:24

• More evidence from schoolchildren

  Witnesses say the terrorists did not plan to keep hostages for longer than one week.

August 24, 2005 18:56

• Pupils give evidence

  Beslan School No 1 pupils are interrogated at the hearing of the Kulayev case.

August 23, 2005 12:54

• Public meetings dispersed in Azerbaijan

  Police disperse and prevent unauthorised public meetings of the Azadlyg bloc in Azerbaijan.

August 23, 2005 12:47

• Detainee released in Chechnya

  A Chechen woman recently arbitrarily detained is released.

August 23, 2005 12:26

• More evidence in Kulayev case

  A former hostage says terrorists were shooting running children.

August 22, 2005 13:06

• Police attacked in Karachay-Cherkessia

  Two police officers are wounded in a skirmish with gunmen.

August 22, 2005 13:02

• Terrorist act in Ingushetia

  Bomb kills one and wounds three in the republic.

August 20, 2005 23:33

• Police car blown up in Dagestan

  Three people die as a result.

August 19, 2005 20:43

• Abkhazia merging with Russia

  More than 80% of residents of Abkhazia are Russian nationals.