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February 09, 2004 12:07

• Ilkham Aliyev: no compromises or haste in settling Karabakh conflict

  The Azerbaijan president specially stressed that the settlement is possible "only under the condition of restoring territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the withdrawal of invading forces from the occupied lands."

February 09, 2004 11:54

• Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resist deportation to Russia

  Chechen refugees temporarily living in the Pankisi Gorge will not welcome being unceremoniously transported to Russia like bandits, and their response to any illegal action may be "unpredictable", head of the Chechen International Human Rights Committee Aslanbek Abdurzakov told journalists on February 6.

February 07, 2004 15:35

• Anna Politkovskaya denies information about "decent conditions" being created for Chechen refugees

  Ms Politkovskaya also noted that at present they "do not load refugees onto carts, as it was in 1944", in order to forcibly evict them. "The first means is to cut off gas supply, and one will not be able to live in a tent for long. The other means is to constantly seize people they plan to evict," the journalist said.

February 07, 2004 14:03

• Akhmad Kadyrov opposes statements fanning ethnic tensions

  Chechnya's President Akhmat Kadyrov said February 6 he shared the grief over the terrorist act in the Moscow metro, but he believed at the same time that statements fanning ethnic tensions were incorrect even in that situation.

February 07, 2004 13:42

• Vladimir Putin is sure that yesterday's explosion organized by Aslan Maskhadov

  "We do not need indirect evidence. We know for sure that Maskhadov and his bandits are connected with this terror," said the President.

February 07, 2004 13:25

• Separatists deny their involvement in terrorist act in Moscow

  We call your attention to the statement by the president and government of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

February 06, 2004 18:23

• Armenian Assembly of America alarmed by Bush Administration's request to boost military aid to Azerbaijan

  The Assembly was deeply disappointed by the proposed $8 million in military assistance to Azerbaijan and only $2 million for Armenia.

February 06, 2004 17:27

• Death toll from Moscow metro blast reaches 39

  The death toll from the explosion that occurred in the Moscow metro on Friday morning has reached 39 people as of 3:15 p.m.

February 06, 2004 16:58

• Peacekeeping force command consider Georgian Interior Minister's statement groundless

  The peacekeeping force command consider the statement by Georgian Interior Minister Georgy Baramidze about the "extremely destructive" role of the Russian peacekeeping force and its involvement in smuggling to be groundless.

February 06, 2004 16:36

• Privileges for migrants settling down in Karabakh to be retained

  The total budget of the program to provide aid to migrants is 440 million drams ($1 is equal to 570 drams). The state assumes responsibility to cover expenses of transporting the migrants' belongings, to pay out one time sums and preferential credits.

February 06, 2004 15:59

• First municipal Center for Medical and Social Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs opens in Rostov Region

  The center was created within the framework of the "Children of Russia" Federal Program. Its creation was financed both from the regional and district budgets.

February 06, 2004 15:33

• Abkhazian diaries presented in Sukhum

  A presentation of the "Abkhazian Diaries" disk took place at the "Abaza" Cultural Center. The project is carried out with the support of the British NGO Conciliation Resources.

February 06, 2004 15:02

• NGOs stage protest action in front of Russian Embassy in Tbilisi

  Action participants demanded that the Russian side should take immediate measures to release the activist of the Association of Young Lawyers and Political Scientists, 25-year-old David Badjagua, who was abducted by an armed group in the Zugdidi district of Georgia on January 27.

February 06, 2004 14:02

• Authorities intend to close Bart tent refugee camp

  First Deputy Head of the Federal Migration Service Militia Major-General Yunash announced it at a news briefing on February 5.

February 06, 2004 13:46

• Manifestations for establishment of UN Interim Administration in Chechnya to be held in Europe

  Manifestations for the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration in Chechnya will be held in some European capitals, including Moscow, on February 23.

February 06, 2004 13:25

• Ingush President and Russian Minister for Chechnya discuss return of refugees

  Ingush President Murat Zyazikov and Russian Minister for Chechnya Stanislav Ilyasov met in Magas to discuss the return of refugees from Ingushetia to Chechnya.

February 06, 2004 11:37

• Explosion strikes Moscow metro

  A blast took place in a train of the Moscow metro between the Paveletskaya and Avtozavodskaya stations on February 6 at 08:40 Moscow time. The blast resulted in an extensive fire. There are casualties. The main version of the blast is a terrorist act.

February 05, 2004 21:09

• NGO legal experts and practicing lawyers meet at workshop

  The workshop is aimed at making contacts between lawyers of human rights organizations and practicing lawyers, and raising their educational level.

February 05, 2004 17:54

• Russian human rights defenders second initiative of European Parliament members who suggest accepting plan of peaceful settlement in Chechnya

  In opinion of Oleg Orlov, head of the Memorial human rights center, the European parliamentarians' initiative is a vivid demonstration of their distrust of Moscow's policy in Chechnya.

February 05, 2004 17:18

• US Ambassador to Georgia: numerous Georgian-Abkhazian meetings have no noticeable results

  Prime Minister of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba and US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Miles discussed the situation that has arisen after the change of power in Georgia with the negotiation process on the resolution of the conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia.