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14:16, 31 August 2005

Officials deny Mr Basayev's <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/851521.html" target="_blank">statement</a>, while security officers treat it more seriously.

13:47, 31 August 2005

Beslan residents one year later

Psychologists think they still need medical assistance.

22:01, 30 August 2005

Basayev makes major statement

He says special services contributed to the preparation of the terrorist act in Beslan.

21:52, 30 August 2005

Human rights defenders compare figures

They are sure that officials shuffle numbers of people abducted in Chechnya.

17:14, 29 August 2005

Police colonel forced to leave

Unidentified people in masks attack a police colonel in the capital of Dagestan.

16:43, 29 August 2005

Situation with children's rights grave in Volgograd region

The Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office raises the issue of protecting minors from cruel treatment.

20:15, 27 August 2005

Rights defenders stripped of funds

A tax agency is seizing funds from accounts of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

17:20, 26 August 2005

Chechnya citizens still pressured

The condition of citizens of Chechnya has worsened over the past year, say human rights defenders.

17:15, 26 August 2005

Conflict in conflict zone

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire agreement.

00:29, 25 August 2005

Muslims want to leave

Muslims protest against violation of their rights in Kabardino-Balkaria.

00:27, 25 August 2005

Blast kills one, wounds two in Ingushetia

The prime minister of Ingushetia is seriously wounded in a terrorist act.

00:24, 25 August 2005

More evidence from schoolchildren

Witnesses say the terrorists did not plan to keep hostages for longer than one week.

18:56, 24 August 2005

Pupils give evidence

Beslan School No 1 pupils are interrogated at the hearing of the Kulayev case.

12:54, 23 August 2005

Public meetings dispersed in Azerbaijan

Police disperse and prevent unauthorised public meetings of the Azadlyg bloc in Azerbaijan.

12:47, 23 August 2005

Detainee released in Chechnya

A Chechen woman recently arbitrarily detained is released.

12:26, 23 August 2005

More evidence in Kulayev case

A former hostage says terrorists were shooting running children.

13:06, 22 August 2005

Police attacked in Karachay-Cherkessia

Two police officers are wounded in a skirmish with gunmen.

13:02, 22 August 2005

Terrorist act in Ingushetia

Bomb kills one and wounds three in the republic.

23:33, 20 August 2005

Police car blown up in Dagestan

Three people die as a result.

20:43, 19 August 2005

Abkhazia merging with Russia

More than 80% of residents of Abkhazia are Russian nationals.

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