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18:52, 25 May 2004

Alleged organizers of May 9 blast may not be related to it

A high-ranking official at the Chechen interior ministry has cast doubt on the information that Elikhanov an Udayev, rebels killed in Grozny, were organizers of the May 9 terrorist act at the Dinamo stadium in the Chechen capital.

16:11, 25 May 2004

Rights action for young men conducted in Novocherkassk

Agitation groups visited town educational institutions and told young men about their rights for the whole week.

16:09, 25 May 2004

Student Parliamentary Debates held in Taganrog

The debates were held within the framework of the human rights campaign being waged in Rostov Region with the participation of the International Society Memorial.

16:06, 25 May 2004

Young men in Rostov Region to know more about their rights

The PR-campaign is being waged by the coalition of non-governmental organizations with the assistance of the Caucasian Knot information Internet agency.

15:03, 25 May 2004

Rights activists advocate withdrawal of Georgian military from Iraq

30 thousand signatures must be collected for the parliament to consider the issue of the withdrawal of the Georgian servicemen.

12:58, 25 May 2004

Purge conducted in Alkhan-Kala village

People who managed to leave this settlement reported on mass purges conducted in the houses of local residents.

12:53, 25 May 2004

Chechen village shelled by federal forces

Shell fragments damaged roofs of several houses.

11:52, 25 May 2004

Extra military elements enter Chechnya

To all appearances, the Russian military started conducting an operation to move extra military elements to Chechnya pursuant to the decree recently singed by the Russian president on the necessity to move extra police forces of 1,125 people to the republic.

11:50, 25 May 2004

First suspect in May 9 blast in Grozny declared wanted

"Investigators have every reason to suppose he is the man who was a committer of the May 9 terrorist act at the Dinamo stadium in Grozny, which left 7 people, including Chechen president Akhmat Hajji Kadyrov, dead," a source at the Chechen prosecutor's office said.

10:39, 25 May 2004

Skirmish between Russian, Chechen policemen leaves 3 dead

Three police officers were killed and another four wounded in a skirmish in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya on May 23.

17:23, 24 May 2004

Chechen child injured in grenade blast

An 11-year-old boy suffered in a grenade blast in the village of Chervlyonnaya, Chechnya's Shelkovskaya district.

16:59, 24 May 2004

Georgian media report on Cossacks terrorizing locals in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone

Gali residents assert that under the pretext of searching for weapons, the Cossacks "raid houses of local people, terrorize them, extort money from them, and beat young men."

16:23, 24 May 2004

Cache with weapons found in Grozny

Two Kalashnikov automatic rifles and a Smith and Wesson revolver belonged to rebel Aslan Dzhabayev, who was destroyed by federal soldiers in May 2004.

16:00, 24 May 2004

Commandos kill 2 rebels linked to May 9 terrorist blast

One of the killed militants was identified as Said-Emin Elikhanov, 24, who led a militant group, another as Taus Udayev, 26, emir of the Wahhabi jamaat (society) of Chechnya's Urus-Martan district.

15:42, 24 May 2004

Abkhazia denies national currency claims

"That's a complete falsification. I have never given such interviews or said that Abkhazia wants to have its own national currency," foreign minister of the non-recognized republic Sergey Shamba said.

15:19, 24 May 2004

Reading Koran in Russian prohibited in Dagestan

A ban has also been imposed on the works of all the nine Islamic theologians both medieval and modern and on the production of the five largest publishing houses that print Moslem literature.

12:44, 24 May 2004

Chechnya begins early presidential campaign

The victory in the first round is possible on condition that a candidate wins 50 percent plus one vote given that the turnout is no less than 50 percent.

12:31, 24 May 2004

Georgian PM to arrive in Moscow

"Issues of the resolution of conflicts in Georgia will be considered as well, including the one concerning the possible introduction of the train service through Abkhazia," said Zurab Zhvania.

12:16, 24 May 2004

State housing stock in Chechnya seriously destroyed

35 dwelling houses were reconstructed in the republic under the federal program from 2001 to 2003.

11:48, 24 May 2004

Abkhazia to have its own monetary unit

New banknotes are being printed by one of the largest French companies.

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