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23:43, 2 March 2005

Rebel group surrounded in Chechen mountains

Chechen law enforcers claim a group of 40 to 70 is trapped in mountains.

23:59, 1 March 2005

Abkhaz PM survives assassination attempt

An attempt on the life of Alexander Ankvab, prime minister of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, was carried out in the evening of 28 February while on his way from Sukhum to Gudauta.

23:56, 1 March 2005

Antiwar picket banned in Saint Petersburg

An Antiwar Committee picket "against the Russian government's policy in the North Caucasus" scheduled for 27 February was not held, just like a similar action scheduled for 20 February.

23:19, 1 March 2005

Gunfire keeps people in shelters overnight

Federal artillery shelled woodlands in Chechnya's Vedeno and Shali districts in the evening of 27 February.

23:59, 25 February 2005

Clashes in Chechen mountains

Large-scale operations to cordon off and destroy rebels have been launched in all mountainous districts of Chechnya.

23:54, 25 February 2005

Azerbaijan opposition parties to sign declaration of unification

Leaders of the Musavat party, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) will conduct negotiations within the next few days and sign a joint statement then.

23:37, 25 February 2005

Chechen refugees on hunger strike in Azerbaijan

The protesters consider that UN representatives should increase financial aid to refugees since life in Azerbaijan has become more expansive.

23:59, 16 February 2005

Prison revolt put down in Baku

Convicts of the 11th correctional facility in Baku stopped their protest action this night as the prison was stormed.

23:48, 16 February 2005

Details of Magomadov's release still unknown

In the time of Aslan Maskhadov's presidency, Makhmut Magomadov was one of the deputies of the Chechen prosecutor general and headed a special group which investigated cases connected with kidnappings.

23:29, 16 February 2005

No negotiations with Abkhazian government in exile

Irakli Alasania, chairman of the Abkhazian government in exile, has been appointed envoy for the Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations by Mikhail Saakashvili's order today.

23:29, 15 February 2005

Pravo-Zashchita newspaper prosecuted

A press conference devoted to the prosecution of the Pravo-Zashchita newspaper was held at the Moscow Independent Press Center on February 14.

23:26, 15 February 2005

FBI experts consider Zhvania's death accident

According to preliminary data, the death of Zurab Zhvania was a tragic accident.

23:08, 15 February 2005

Azerbaijan parliamentary elections may be delayed

The authorities may take such a step to avoid revolutionary scenarios.

23:59, 14 February 2005

Kadyrov to sue human rights activists

Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has announced he is going to sue human rights activists slandering him.

23:41, 14 February 2005

New Abkhazian president inaugurated

The inauguration of Sergey Bagapsh, new Abkhazian president elect, was held in Sukhum on February 12.

23:53, 9 February 2005

OSCE missions to visit occupied Azerbaijan territory

According to Foreign Minister of Nagorny Karabakh Armen Melikian, foreign experts registered 5 thousand Armenians settled in the regions of Azerbaijan adjacent to Nagorny Karabakh.

23:45, 9 February 2005

Martial law extended in Nagorny Karabakh

An attempt to set legal and democratic values above security issues was made for the first time in the modern history of Nagorny Karabakh.

23:16, 8 February 2005

Kadyrov's people commit 75% of crimes in Chechnya

On February 7, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the Human Rights Center Memorial presented statistic and correspondents' information on the violations in Chechnya committed in 2004 and told about a new aspect of the crisis – Chechenization of the conflict.

23:59, 7 February 2005

Assault victims stage rally

People living at 6th Magistralnaya Street in Makhachkala whose houses were damaged in the 15 January assault against rebels have staged a rally in the Dagestani capital today.

23:49, 7 February 2005

Chechen police do not confirm Basayev's death

The information about Shamil Basayev's alleged death is being checked now, a Chechen police source told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

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