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July 15, 2005 14:34

• Arrested village administration head released

  Serzhen-Yurt residents have held several large-scale meetings in Shali and Grozny demanding that Shakhid Chamayev should be released.

July 15, 2005 14:26

• Reports from Chechnya

  Three people went missing in Chechnya on 13 July.

July 14, 2005 13:39

• France refuses to receive political refugees from Georgia

  "It is a positive assessment of political developments in Georgia," Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili said to journalists.

July 14, 2005 12:59

• 'No fools to let witnesses live'

  Human rights activists who talked to people in Borozdinovskaya say "almost everyone there holds the abducted people are dead."

July 14, 2005 12:18

• Abduction in Ingush village

  Police find it difficult to say what the reason for the abduction of Adam Alabogachieyev could be.

July 14, 2005 12:02

• Police officer murdered in Khasavyurt

  This is the second murder of a police officer in Dagestan since 6 July, when Rasul Makasharipov, the Dagestani rebel leader, was destroyed.

July 13, 2005 14:53

• Emir of Argun killed

  No details of the operation as well as the killed rebel's name have been disclosed.

July 13, 2005 14:53

• Beslan mothers to go to Moscow on foot

  The mothers, who lost their children in the Beslan school, demand that they meet with the president of the country.

July 13, 2005 14:49

• New abductions in Grozny

  Two people were abducted in the capital of Chechnya, Grozny, on 11 July.

July 12, 2005 18:23

• Bombing over Chechen village

  There is no information about victims among civilians.

July 12, 2005 17:29

• Protesters occupy mayor's office

  People accused local authorities of bribery and abuse in the issue of land distribution.

July 12, 2005 17:12

• Two civilians abducted

  Law enforcers have registered new abductions of people in Chechnya.

July 12, 2005 16:52

• Police on higher state of alert in Grozny

  Two attacks against federal servicemen were registered in Grozny on 9 and 10 July.

July 11, 2005 14:49

• Budget funds spent illegally in North Osetia

  The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation "has revealed breaches in the using of federal budget and off-budget funds in the republic."

July 11, 2005 14:06

• Hunt for journalists in today's Russia

  5 out of 12 journalists killed in Russia for the last five years covered developments in the North Caucasus, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists.

July 11, 2005 13:33

• Policeman shot dead in Chechnya

  The attackers seized the man's gun and escaped.

July 08, 2005 15:16

• Accounts Chamber finds no violations

  Compensations to Beslan victims are paid without violations.

July 08, 2005 14:55

• Abducted people to miss another month

  The investigation into the "<a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/814535.html" target="_blank">clean-up</a>" in Borozdinovskaia will last at least one month.

July 08, 2005 14:53

• Hunger strike in prison denied

  A prosecutor says no one complained of the living conditions in the <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/827660.html" target="_blank">prison</a>.

July 08, 2005 14:51

• Three die in Chechnya

  Two rebels and one police officer are killed in Chechnya