News

October 20, 2004 22:35

• By-election for Azerbaijan parliament held with violations

  In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, a representative of the US Embassy to Azerbaijan, who observed the election and asked not to mention his name, called the voting procedure "a parody of the election".

October 20, 2004 22:34

• Using torture against former officials documented

  Sulkhan Molashvili and David Mirtskhulava are in pre-trial detention. They are charged with exceeding their commission and damaging the state budget.

October 20, 2004 21:54

• Azerbaijan denies arresting Chechen refugees

  As reported by the Chechenpress agency, Azerbaijan special services conducted "unexampled mass arrests" among Chechens living in Baku at the end of the last week.

October 19, 2004 23:19

• Armenia's membership in anti-Iraq coalition still undecided

  Not only the Armenian community in Iraq but Armenian communities in other Arabian countries worry about possible consequences of the Armenian servicemen's sending to Iraq, Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian said.

October 19, 2004 22:17

• Process of submitting applications for compensation ends in Chechnya

  The process of receiving citizens' applications to compensate for housing and property lost in the course of military operations in Chechnya has lasted for two years, and almost everyone eligible for compensation has already filed required documents.

October 19, 2004 22:10

• Karabakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, says Oskanian

  "Six years ago we weren't able to allow ourselves even to dream of Karabakh's being outside Azerbaijan, but today we speak about it freely," Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said.

October 18, 2004 23:27

• Abkhazian Supreme Court to decide on presidential election on October 19

  The sitting of the Supreme Court set for today did not take place because a representative of the Central Election Commission (CEC) was absent.

October 18, 2004 22:17

• Purge in Noviye Atagi - details

  On October 12-14, Russian soldiers conducted a large-scale purge with arrests of people and general searches in houses of locals in the village of Noviye Atagi, Chechnya's Shali district.

October 16, 2004 17:54

• Azerbaijan authorities 'will not give Russia lists of Chechen refugees'

  The Georgian Interior Ministry is known to have issued a statement it is ready to give Russia lists of Chechen refugees living in the Pankissi Gorge. Chechen refuges are ready to stage mass rallies and turn to the European Court of Human Rights in case the Azerbaijan authorities follow Georgia?s example, human rights activist Mairbek Taramov said.

October 14, 2004 23:49

• Khadzimba's supporters to continue political actions

  Two alternative meetings were held in the center of Sukhum today. One of them was staged by people supporting Sergey Bagapsh, the presidential candidate for the opposition, and the other one was in favor of Raul Khadzhimba, the presidential candidate backed up by the present authorities.

October 14, 2004 23:21

• IMF experts arrive in Azerbaijan

  The experts are expected to examine the Azerbaijan side's honoring the fourth paragraph of the IMF agreement, stipulating obligations concerning the monetary regime and general obligations of the IMF member countries, and to discuss forecasts concerning Azerbaijan's 2005 state budget and the issue of the rise in home prices for energy resources.

October 13, 2004 23:49

• Beslan tragedy provokes wave of xenophobia in Russia, says CK editor-in-chief

  The wave of racial hatred must be immediately stopped. Otherwise it will bury us all.

October 13, 2004 22:40

• Bagapsh's supporters to stage mass rally

  Presidential candidate Sergey Bagapsh believes that "the Abkhazian people usually convene a national gathering in a very complicated situation."

October 12, 2004 23:54

• Senator Kerry uses uncomplimentary expressions towards Azerbaijan

  In the course of the ongoing TV debates between presidential candidates in the Unites States, John Kerry said in particular that Azerbaijan "should be thrown under a bus."

October 12, 2004 23:24

• Bagapsh declared president of Abkhazia

  People supporting Raul Khadzhimba gathered at his election headquarters and directed their steps towards the Abkhazian parliament with slogans "Khadzhimba is our president" and "CEC decisions are illegal". They are intended to stay there until a legal decision is made.

October 12, 2004 23:11

• 40-day commemoration for victims of Beslan hostage crisis started

  Up to now no department has been able to give the exact number of people killed, injured or gone missing.

October 11, 2004 22:45

• Special operation against rebels conducted in Nazran

  Two suspected rebels were killed and another one was detained during a special operation to destroy suspected members of illegal armed units conducted in Nazran by officers of the FSB (Federal Security Service) Department in Ingushetia.

October 11, 2004 21:57

• Bagapsh rates explosion near his election headquarters as intimidation

  No one suffered in the explosion that occurred not far from Sergey Bagapsh's headquarters last night, a source in the State Security Service told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

October 11, 2004 21:19

• Zeinalov declares against extradition to countries with death penalty

  "Azerbaijan extradites people accused of political crimes and terrorism to Arabian and Central Asian countries. Over 30 terrorist suspects were extradited last year," said human rights activist Eldar Zeinalov.

October 08, 2004 20:49

• Supreme Court to consider Khadzhimba's complaint

  Raul Khadzhimba, a candidate for the Abkhazian presidency, lodged a complaint in the Abkhazian Supreme Court on October 7 concerning the illegality of the Central Election Commission's decision of October 6, 2004 providing for repeated voting in the Gali district on October 17.