News

June 09, 2004 12:28

• Kidnapping suspect arrested in Ingushetia

  Tukhan Elsayev, a 42-year-old resident of Chechnya, is accused of complicity in the March 1999 kidnapping of Gennady Shpigun, the Russian Interior Ministry's envoy in Chechnya.

June 09, 2004 11:19

• Two Georgian power engineering specialists abducted in Abkhazia

  Unknown people in masks abducted two Georgian engineering specialists, Avtandil Biblaya and Abessalom Dzhabua, near the village of Rechkhi in the Gali district of Abkhazia in the morning of June 8.

June 09, 2004 11:13

• Officially closed refugee camp still functions

  As of June 8, only 3-4 tents remained in the last of the largest tent camps for Chechen refugees Satsita situated in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzha district.

June 08, 2004 17:49

• Two policemen found dead in Grozny

  Both the men had reportedly been abducted by unknown people in military uniforms and masks near the central market of Grozny the day before.

June 08, 2004 17:37

• New head of Open Society - Georgia Foundation appointed

  The candidacy of David Darchiashvili, a Georgian political scientist, has been chosen for this post.

June 08, 2004 17:21

• Two armies clash on Armenian-Azerbaijan border

  Armenian forces stationed near the village of Berkaber in the Tavushskaya region tried to stop the advance of the Azerbaijan side to the pumping station situated near the village.

June 08, 2004 16:10

• Azerbaijan Army positions attacked by Armenian side

  The Azerbaijan side opened return fire, reported the press service of the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry.

June 08, 2004 15:46

• The Road to Nowhere exhibition is over in Ryazan

  The composition created with the help of Ryazan photo artists will become mobile. This exhibition is expected to be staged in Moscow in the near future.

June 08, 2004 15:00

• Some 200 refugees ready to return from Georgia to Chechnya

  The Russian delegation is expected to visit the Pankissi Gorge on Tuesday, June 8, to meet with Chechen refugees, the number of whom comes to three thousand people, according to official Georgian data.

June 08, 2004 14:32

• Artillery, aviation bomb vicinity of mountain Chechen village

  Many residents of the village, fearing for the life of their children, are moving to the plain.

June 08, 2004 14:30

• Human rights organization to seek fulfillment of presidential decree

  A displace woman living in Stavropol Region has not been given the president's reply, but lawyers of the Pyatigorsk non-governmental organization Faith, Hope and Love, which is a member of the Solidarity association, will help her.

June 08, 2004 13:07

• New booklet helps IDPs

  The booklet explains IDPs' rights and benefits and the procedure for obtaining registration at the place of living or staying in Russia. It also holds advice how to act when migrants' rights are infringed upon.

June 08, 2004 13:05

• Kadyrov delivers ultimatum to rebels

  Ramzan Kadyrov, the son of the late president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, has demanded that Chechen rebels lay down arms within three days.

June 08, 2004 12:04

• Avtury resident detained, declared missing

  Armed people in camouflage uniform arbitrarily detained a 19-year-old youth in the Chechen town of Shali on June 5.

June 08, 2004 12:01

• Tbilisi-Tskhinvali bus service resumed

  The Tbilisi-Tskhinvali bus will run daily.

June 08, 2004 11:37

• Krasnodar journalist arrested

  State Duma Deputy Oleg Shein and member of the Russian President's Human Rights Commission Svyatoslav Zabelin sent letters of inquiry about the Cherepanov case on May 26. On May 28, the "Freedom to Aleksey Cherepanov!" action took place at the building of the State Drug Control Agency in Moscow.

June 07, 2004 20:41

• 2 Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya

  "Extra military units have been transferred to the scene of the fight. They are cleaning the area and searching for the bandits," a source in the republican military commandant's office said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

June 07, 2004 17:27

• 3 detained in Grozny

  Residents of Grozny believe Misirov, Ginayev, and Giriyev may have been detained because they did not have a town residence permit.

June 07, 2004 17:12

• Court declares authorities' actions against rights activists illegal

  On February 23, human rights activists staged a picket at the Solovetsky Stone on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow instead of a meeting, but it caused the authorities' aversion. The picket was dispersed, 15 people being detained by the OMON special police force.

June 07, 2004 16:07

• Last refugee camp in Ingushetia closed

  Tens of thousands of Chechen refugees are still in Ingushetia. Of them, more than 18,000 live in private houses and another 19,000 in small Chechen-dominated settlements.