News

August 27, 2003 11:47

• Georgian president called Russian politicians to learn from the church

  Georgian President Eduard Shevarnadze welcomed a statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in which it recognizes Abkhazia as an integral part of the canonical territory of the Georgia Orthodox Church.

August 27, 2003 11:45

• Human Rights Institute intends to offer Angelina Jolie to become Institute's International Council member

  "The Human Rights Institute appeals to human rights activists to support the UNICEF initiative in working out the international legislation for struggle against child slavery. Not only scientists, lawyers, and human rights activists should settle down to the work at the legislation but, for example, popular artists such as UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, who has recently finished her visit to Russia.", reported Human Rights Institute Director General Kamilzhan Kalandarov.

August 26, 2003 23:59

• Georgian Defense Ministry confirms information that 4 Georgian peacekeepers were injured in Iraq

  According to the words of Spokesperson for the Georgian Defense Ministry Nino Sturua, one of the Georgian soldiers has been severely injured and will probably be hospitalized to the United States for further treatment.

August 26, 2003 23:58

• Four initiative citizens appealed against first round results of presidential election

  Four citizens - residents of the settlements Kavkazsky, Mednogorsky, Kardonikskaya and Pregradnaya - appealed to the Supreme Court of the Republic against the results of the first round of the presidential election in Karachaevo-Cherkessia.

August 26, 2003 23:58

• Unit consisted of militia officers was disclosed and detained in Grozny

  Patrol and sentry service officers Movsar Idrisov, Magomed Daudov and OMON (militia platoon for special purposes) officer Umar Shovkhalov were arrested on suspicion of the commitment of grave crimes in Grozny.

August 26, 2003 23:56

• Azerbaijan did not let family deported from Sweden in

  The family of two adults and three children was denied asylum in Sweden in the beginning of this month. After that it was decided to deport the family to Azerbaijan.

August 26, 2003 23:55

• Krasnodar club of civil education keep on working

  A round table meeting will take place within the limits of the club's work on August 27; its topic is "Alternative Civil Service in Krasnodar Region. 30 Days Before Conscription".

August 26, 2003 23:54

• "Rainbow keepers" were prevented from playing funeral march at building of Rostov region's administration

  According to preliminary information, the preparation for the action was foiled when the militia made a raid upon the camp of the "Rainbow Keepers" near Azov last weekend, detained several activists and forced them to sign an obligation not to take radical steps.

August 26, 2003 23:52

• Forum of Country Librarians

  A program "Country Library as an Informational and Educational Center of the Local Community - Creation of the Development Model" will be presented during the Forum.

August 26, 2003 14:19

• Despotism of Russian soldiers in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village

  On August 21, 2003 in the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village of the Sunzhensky region of Ingushetia Russian soldiers killed one and drove in an unknown direction four men from Chechnya.

August 26, 2003 14:16

• Training in job search under countryside conditions

  The Tacis project "Social and Economic Integration of Poorly Protected Groups of Forced Migrants in Stavropol Territory" is being carried out in the Stavropol region.

August 26, 2003 14:14

• American actress was given demonstration of "Potyomkin's village"

  The refugees who tried to give the actress the right idea of what was really happening in the camps of forced migrants could not approach Jolie for they were repulsed by the guard of 30 choice members of special units.

August 26, 2003 14:12

• Governor of Kuban will pay 100 thousand US dollars for information on terrorist acts committed

  The Public Prosecutor's office instituted proceedings on the fact of the explosions in Krasnodar.

August 26, 2003 14:10

• Youth Council of Organization for Karabah Liberation call country's TV channels to stop broadcasting primitive entertainment shows

  "The people whose land is occupied ought not to spend so much time on celebrations," reads the statement of the Youth Council.

August 26, 2003 14:04

• Free air limit for contenders has been doubled

  The CEC member Azer Tagiev alleged that the free air limit granted to the candidates by the national television companies was increased from 3 hours to 6 hours per week.

August 26, 2003 14:02

• Representative of British non-government organization "Article 19" makes working visit to Abkhazia

  Yesterday Filandrov met Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba. He told about a project concerning freedom of speech and conflict settlement. In his turn, Sergey Shamba emphasized the importance of this project for Abkhazia.

August 25, 2003 20:52

• Angelina Jolie got satisfied with condition of refugees from South Osetia and worried about situation with Chechen refugees' camps

  On August 24, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, ended her visit to Russia.

August 25, 2003 20:49

• Shamil Basayev is hiding in mountains

  At the headquarters of the United Forces in the Northern Caucasus, they do not exclude that it was Basayev who planned the recently launched attempt to seize the village of Avtury which is situated on one of the main routes from the mountains to the plains of Chechnya.

August 25, 2003 20:47

• State Interior Department of Krasnodar region is considering three main versions of explosions in Krasnodar

  The principal version is terrorism. At the same time the regional State Department of Internal Affairs did not exclude the version of hooliganism and considered it possible that mentally unstable people, supposedly former participants of military actions, were connected with the explosions.

August 25, 2003 20:44

• Kungayevs have left Russia forever

  Relatives of Elza Kungayeva, who was savagely murdered by Colonel Yuri Budanov in 2000, have left Russia. As journalist Anna Politkovskaya said, the Kungayev family has left to "one European country" forever.