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14:10, 2 September 2003

Official Baku keeps blaming Armenia for breaches of cease-fire regime

According to the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister's words, "The worsening of the situation at the armed forces contiguity line is connected with the tension in Armenia and occupied territories."

12:31, 2 September 2003

Georgian President is inclined to reconcile Abkhazians and Osetins with Georgians by power of Georgian army

"The stronger our armed forces are, the more chances we have for the settlement of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Osetian conflicts," said Eduard Shevardnadze.

12:25, 2 September 2003

In sacred places of ancestors

On August 24-29 senior school students of the RUHS Orthodox gymnasium, leaders of the Alania (Osetin) Tskhinvali Eparchy and some mass media representatives took a history enlightenment and pilgrimage trip though the sacred places of West Ancient Alania (Osetia).

12:21, 2 September 2003

"Purges" in settlement of Assinovskaya

According to some information, during this special operation the servicemen arrested and took away 6 people.

11:32, 2 September 2003

Nagorny Karabah is in need of lawyers specialized in journalists' rights defense

A training for young lawyers took place in Stepanakert on August 30-31. It was organized by Stepanakert's Press Club and the Artsakh Human Rights Association.

14:30, 1 September 2003

"National factor" livened up in last days before presidential elections in Karachaevo-Cherkessia.

Despite the nationalities of presidential contenders in the second round of the elections in the Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia did not suggest any conflicts (a Karachai Mustafa Batdyev, a half-Russian and a half-Karachai Vladimir Semyonov), still some national overtones could be heard at some appearances during the last pre-election days.

14:31, 30 August 2003

Three interior servicemen were killed in Chechnya as result of gunfire

The servicemen were guarding a railway near the village of Sernovodsk in the Achkhoy-Martan region.

14:29, 30 August 2003

Mother of missing Chechen appealed to prosecutor's office

Esiyev Artur was detained by officers of the Russian power structures of the Urus-Martan region on February 14, 2002.

13:42, 30 August 2003

Administration of Vladikavkaz presented gifts to scholars

100 children from poor families of the Kirovsky region in the Republic of North Osetia - Alania received presents for a new school year.

13:40, 30 August 2003

Lawsuit on cancellation of first round results of presidential election in Karachaevo-Cherkessia was withdrawn

This action gives a free way to hold the second round of the election appointed on August 31.

13:38, 30 August 2003

Appeal of Chechen non-government organizations to Czech authorities and international community

"We expect international human rights organizations to come out immediately on all available levels in favor of defense of rights and liberties of the Chechen refugees living on the Czech territory ", reads the appeal.

13:36, 30 August 2003

Mikael Grigorian: "Criminal liability for slander and insult of state official does not infringe upon freedom of speech in Armenia"

A new Criminal Code of Armenia came into force on August 1, 2003. The clauses 135, 136 and 318 of this law provide criminal liability for slander and insult of a state official and a judge.

11:07, 30 August 2003

Protest rallies in different regions of Georgia

Protest rallies were held yesterday in Zugdidi (western Georgia), Tbilisi, and Gori. The protesters demanded from authorities to pay off arrears of social payments.

11:06, 30 August 2003

Head of regional administration was fired in Chechnya

As the republican Interior Ministry reported yesterday, several unidentified criminals fired at Dalilov from sub-machine guns in the village of Prigorodnoye on Thursday.

23:59, 29 August 2003

Chechen refugees ask for restoration of justice

Forced migrants from the Chechen Republic ask to help them reinstate 325 people in the lists of refugees. They were struck off the registration in the Federal Migration Service without any ground.

23:58, 29 August 2003

Despotism of Russian servicemen in Sernovodsk settlement

Russian servicemen without military insignia broke into the Asayevs' yard at 3 a.m. Without any charges they seized Shamkhan Asayev, his brother Magomed and the three brothers-in-law and took them away in an unknown direction.

23:52, 29 August 2003

Armenian Foreign Minister: "Armenia is unlikely to be seriously sanctioned by Council of Europe"

The Council of Europe motivates the necessity of sanctions against Armenia by the thought that otherwise it will be difficult to guarantee fair elections in neighboring Azerbaijan and Georgia which are to take place this autumn.

23:50, 29 August 2003

Bad water causes mass poisoning of refugees

The warden of the compact residence "Slavyanka-Fulat" situated in the stanitsa Troitskaya Zina Magomadova appealed to the Ingush office of the Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship with a request to help her solve the problem of water supplies in the camp.

18:31, 29 August 2003

Opponents of pipeline Baku-Jeikhan construction believe it is risky to build it until regional conflicts are settled

Representatives of non-government organizations protesting against the construction of the pipe-line Baku-Tbilisi-Jeikhan held a press conference in Baku yesterday.

18:29, 29 August 2003

Round-table meeting "Alternative Civil Service. 30 Days before Conscription" took place in Krasnodar

A new federal law "About Alternative Civil Service (ACS)" will come into force on January 1, 2004. However, this law has a number of faults: the mechanisms of its maintenance are not completely worked out, there is a contradiction between some of its clauses, - all these things hinder the proper development of the ACS institution in Russia.

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