News

May 31, 2004 21:11

• Grozny-Moscow train makes first run

  A passenger train left Grozny for Moscow in the morning of May 30, for the first time over the last several years.

May 31, 2004 20:56

• 1 local resident killed, 2 abducted in Chechnya

  Criminals moved in three UAZ cars without number plates. They wore military uniforms.

May 31, 2004 20:38

• Georgian forces to be withdrawn from South Osetian border

  The sides will discuss the situation that has arisen at a scheduled session of the Combined Control Commission in Tskhinval tomorrow, June 1.

May 31, 2004 20:11

• Historical competition award ceremony conducted in Rostov

  The competition was organized by the International Society Memorial, the Council of Local Lore of the Russian Academy of Education, and the Russian State Humanitarian University.

May 29, 2004 18:06

• NGOs to keep Georgian police departments under supervision

  The project to create the Georgian Interior Ministry's Public Council has been worked out by the ministry.

May 29, 2004 17:36

• Erkel's freedom cost 1 million euros

  The Russian authorities claimed earlier that the release of the head of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) mission had become possible due to a special operation conducted by the Interior Ministry jointly with the Federal Security Service.

May 29, 2004 17:05

• Georgia's development level does not meet any standards, Russian businessman says

  Viktor Vekselburg thinks Russian businessmen may be interested in the Georgian tourism, hotel system, roads, transportation and communications.

May 29, 2004 12:48

• Moscow-Vladikavkaz train blown up

  The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Southern regional center reported that the first explosion took place under the last car, and the second one took place under the fourth car.

May 29, 2004 11:13

• Round table on extremism to take place in Dagestan

  Organizers of the discussion are Dagestani regional branches of political parties and the Union of Dagestani Journalists.

May 29, 2004 11:12

• Local detained, then released in Urus-Martan

  "It had become known to us that federals wanted to abduct him. And if we hadn't taken him, your son would have disappeared without a trace. We arrested him in order not to let it happen," a man working in a temporary detention isolator said to the mother of Said-Ibragim Rasayev.

May 29, 2004 11:09

• Rebels to serve 15 years for taking part in attack on Budyonnovsk

  The 14 June 1995 attack of Shamil Basayev's group on Budyonnovsk left 129 people dead and over 400 wounded.

May 28, 2004 19:01

• Azerbaijan warns foreign companies against cooperation with Karabakh Telecom

  The Azerbaijan side considers the existence of this mobile company on the territory of Nagorny Karabakh illegal.

May 28, 2004 18:28

• Businessman to run for Chechen presidency

  Malik Saidullayev, chairman of the board of directors of the Milan concern, has announced his intention to run for the Chechen presidency.

May 28, 2004 18:26

• President of North Osetia proposes placing new item on agenda of Russian-Georgian talks

  "We forecast developments, and we have no reason to think that a campaign with spiny roses comes into the picture," President of North Osetia Aleksandr Dzasokhov said at a press conference in Moscow.

May 28, 2004 17:18

• Amnesty International - 43 years of work

  On May 28, 1961, lawyer Peter Benenson launched the first campaign to protect political prisoners, which gave birth to one of the largest international organizations.

May 28, 2004 17:14

• Council of Europe wants commissioner for human rights in Chechnya

  "People still disappear in the republic, and unacceptable deaths are registered their. I think it is normal for the Council of Europe to monitor the situation in Chechnya, this question is fully in its line," stated Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Alvaro Gil-Robles.

May 28, 2004 15:49

• Authorities in Karachaevo-Cherkessia dislike Krishna devotees

  The Krishna devotees raise their concern that the recent actions by the authorities are aimed at extruding their community from the republic.

May 28, 2004 15:47

• Russian singer voices readiness to assist Amnesty International

  Amnesty International has launched its annual report about the human rights situation in 156 countries of the world.

May 28, 2004 13:47

• Azerbaijan authorities ready to preserve stability in country

  The opposition party Popular Front of Azerbaijan is going to hold a meeting in Baku on May 29 to demand that human rights be observed and arrested opposition leaders be released.

May 28, 2004 13:25

• 2,500 Chechen residents declared abducted, missing

  Twice a month, officers of the Chechen military prosecutor's office receive residents of the Chechen republic having complaints about violations of their rights by federal soldiers. The reception is conducted in the office of the Committee to Secure Constitutional Rights of the Residents of Chechnya.