News

August 19, 2005 20:40

• Law enforcers attacked in Chechnya

  One police officer is killed as a result.

August 19, 2005 20:13

• Bodies glowing

  Beslan victims say incendiaries were used during the onslaught on the school in Beslan.

August 18, 2005 13:03

• Act of terrorism in Dagestan

  Four are wounded in a terrorist act against police officers.

August 18, 2005 12:58

• Justice fails to work for Muslims

  The Kabardino-Balkaria prosecutor's office declines to take action with regard to a Muslim woman beaten by a police officer.

August 17, 2005 19:50

• Former Guantanamo prisoner released

  Abducted yesterday, Rasul Kudayev is released by law enforcement agencies.

August 17, 2005 19:47

• Attacks in Chechnya

  Several people are wounded and killed in the republic.

August 17, 2005 19:45

• Local residents clash with oil authorities

  Residents of a Chechen village demand discontinuation of the construction of a gas-oil separation plant.

August 17, 2005 19:43

• Abduction in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone

  A Georgian man is abducted in order to be exchanged for an Ossetian.

August 16, 2005 15:04

• Abduction in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A former Guantanamo prisoner is abducted in the republic.

August 16, 2005 15:01

• New killing in Dagestan

  Unknown attackers kill a police officer.

August 16, 2005 14:58

• Victim says gunmen 'had accomplices outside'

  The Beslan attack case continues to be heard in N Ossetia.

August 15, 2005 15:06

• 'Caucasus-phobia' in Russia

  Adherents to xenophobic slogans numbered between 50% and 60% in the first half of 2005 in Russia, studies say.

August 15, 2005 15:04

• Chechen authorities give shocking figures

  One hundred and sixty thousand have been killed in the two Chechen wars.

August 15, 2005 15:01

• Victims in Chechnya

  Three children are wounded in the republic.

August 15, 2005 14:56

• Explosion at filling station

  A 10-year-old boy is killed and eleven people are wounded in Chechnya.

August 14, 2005 14:50

• Rebels kill five

  Five Russian military men are killed in a rebel attack.

August 13, 2005 01:34

• Protest action in Grozny

  Chechen citizens demand compensations due to them for homes and property lost in action.

August 13, 2005 01:31

• Vostok admitted to have conducted clean-up

  Chechnya's authorities admit that Vostok battalion servicemen carried out the <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/814535.html" target="_blank">clean-up</a> in Borozdinovskaia, but deny abductions.

August 12, 2005 20:06

• Senior rebel's relative abducted

  Unidentified persons abduct Ichkeria Vice President Doku Umarov's sister.

August 11, 2005 15:03

• Unauthorised public meeting held in Grozny

  People left without homes stage a rally.