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14:19, 26 August 2003

Despotism of Russian soldiers in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village

On August 21, 2003 in the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village of the Sunzhensky region of Ingushetia Russian soldiers killed one and drove in an unknown direction four men from Chechnya.

14:16, 26 August 2003

Training in job search under countryside conditions

The Tacis project "Social and Economic Integration of Poorly Protected Groups of Forced Migrants in Stavropol Territory" is being carried out in the Stavropol region.

14:14, 26 August 2003

American actress was given demonstration of "Potyomkin's village"

The refugees who tried to give the actress the right idea of what was really happening in the camps of forced migrants could not approach Jolie for they were repulsed by the guard of 30 choice members of special units.

14:12, 26 August 2003

Governor of Kuban will pay 100 thousand US dollars for information on terrorist acts committed

The Public Prosecutor's office instituted proceedings on the fact of the explosions in Krasnodar.

14:10, 26 August 2003

Youth Council of Organization for Karabah Liberation call country's TV channels to stop broadcasting primitive entertainment shows

"The people whose land is occupied ought not to spend so much time on celebrations," reads the statement of the Youth Council.

14:04, 26 August 2003

Free air limit for contenders has been doubled

The CEC member Azer Tagiev alleged that the free air limit granted to the candidates by the national television companies was increased from 3 hours to 6 hours per week.

14:02, 26 August 2003

Representative of British non-government organization "Article 19" makes working visit to Abkhazia

Yesterday Filandrov met Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba. He told about a project concerning freedom of speech and conflict settlement. In his turn, Sergey Shamba emphasized the importance of this project for Abkhazia.

20:52, 25 August 2003

Angelina Jolie got satisfied with condition of refugees from South Osetia and worried about situation with Chechen refugees' camps

On August 24, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, ended her visit to Russia.

20:49, 25 August 2003

Shamil Basayev is hiding in mountains

At the headquarters of the United Forces in the Northern Caucasus, they do not exclude that it was Basayev who planned the recently launched attempt to seize the village of Avtury which is situated on one of the main routes from the mountains to the plains of Chechnya.

20:47, 25 August 2003

State Interior Department of Krasnodar region is considering three main versions of explosions in Krasnodar

The principal version is terrorism. At the same time the regional State Department of Internal Affairs did not exclude the version of hooliganism and considered it possible that mentally unstable people, supposedly former participants of military actions, were connected with the explosions.

20:44, 25 August 2003

Kungayevs have left Russia forever

Relatives of Elza Kungayeva, who was savagely murdered by Colonel Yuri Budanov in 2000, have left Russia. As journalist Anna Politkovskaya said, the Kungayev family has left to "one European country" forever.

20:26, 25 August 2003

Statement of International Amnesty on Chechen refugees

"Local and federal authorities in Ingushetia must immediately cease any attempts to coerce these refugees into returning to what continues to be an unsafe environment," Amnesty International urges.

17:48, 25 August 2003

Some of refugees from Azerbaijan who became Armenian citizens are permitted to privatize hostel rooms free of charge

As the head of the Department for Migration and Refugees under the republican government Gagik Eganian informed in his interview on Tuesday, this decision was made by the Armenian government on Wednesday.

17:39, 25 August 2003

Chechen NGOs are going to hold conference devoted to forthcoming election in Chechen Republic

Ruslan Badalov, a chairman of the Regional Public Movement "Chechen National Rescue Committee" told the correspondent about it on Saturday.

17:35, 25 August 2003

Chechen journalists canceled boycott conducting

Representatives of the Chechen national media did not suspend their work as they had announced before. It was reported by Deputy Director of the Information Agency "Grozny-Inform" Ayshat Akhmayeva.

17:34, 25 August 2003

Statement of President's Representative of self-proclaimed Republic of Ichkeria in Russia Salambek Maigov on his resignation

"I declare my political position of adherence to peace and political adjustment remains unalterable. I believe that sooner or later plenipotentiaries of Chechnya and Russia will sit down at the bargaining table so as to put an end to the centuries-old confrontation between our nations," reads the statement.

13:04, 25 August 2003

"Brigade members" will set up barrier to bribery of voters

An enlarged meeting took place at the Government of the republic to discuss the results of the first round of the presidential election in Karachaevo-Cherkessia and the preparation for the second round of the vote.

13:02, 25 August 2003

Officials of republican law-enforcement structures and Election Commission gave Karachaevo-Cherkessia's media representatives joint press-conference

Prosecutor of the Republic Vladimir Gannochka, Interior Minister Alexey Lapin, Vice-Chairman of the Election Commission of the Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia Marat Tebuyev assured republican journalists there had not been any significant breaches of the electoral legislation during the past presidential election.

13:01, 25 August 2003

Muslim Cultural Center of North Osetia participated in round table "World Through Religion"

Women-representatives of the Muslim Cultural Center of North Osetia - Alania took part in the round-table meeting devoted to the topic "World Through Religion", where they discussed a role of a woman in the contemporary world.

12:59, 25 August 2003

Hostilities in Chechnya

A military motorcade was fired on Saturday morning in Grozny; one serviceman died and three more got wounded.

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