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23:08, 4 March 2004

Inspection of documents of prayers in Historic and Memorial Mosques in Moscow

Law-enforcement agencies conducted "total inspections" of documents of prayers in the Historical and Memorial Mosques in Moscow on February 27, Nafigulla Ashirov, co-chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia and chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Moslems of the Asiatic Part of Russia, reported to Ekho Moskvy Radio.

18:17, 4 March 2004

Basmanny Court delivers guilty verdict against participant in a meeting for peace in Chechnya

A hearing of the administrative case against Mikhail Kukobaka, an activist of the Transnational Radical Party and former Soviet political prisoner, was held at the Basmanny District Court on March 2. Mikhail Kukobaka was detained by the police on Lubyanskaya Square on February 23, during a meeting for peace and democracy in Chechnya banned by the Moscow authorities.

16:14, 4 March 2004

Chechen women in Ivanovo region undergo police checks

At the end of February - the begging of March, women from the Chechen Republic who temporarily live in the town of Ivanovo received summonses ordering them to appear in district police departments as witnesses in criminal cases.

14:50, 4 March 2004

FSB announces destruction of Akhmed Basnukayev from federal wanted list

Basnukayev was on the federal wanted list for the personal murder of 30 people and death of 200 more people as a result of other grave crimes.

13:34, 4 March 2004

Chechen intellectuals address open letter to Russian President

The intellectuals are deeply concerned about the attitude towards the natives of Chechnya on the territory of the Russian Federation. In their opinion, the mass media play a large part in forming the negative image of the Chechens.

13:30, 4 March 2004

Kabardino-Balkarian liquidators of Chernobyl disaster address letter to President Putin

The matter of the open letter prepared by the Chernobyl liquidators for publication in press concerns the payment of compensation for health damage provided for by the law.

12:36, 4 March 2004

Two passers-by suffered in exchange of fire between security agents and criminals in Nazran

Two residents of Ingushetia were wounded in the center of Nazran during a detention of a man suspected of membership of illegal armed units.

12:34, 4 March 2004

Azerbaijan Army occupies settlement controlled by Armenians without combat

Sub-units of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces have occupied the settlement of Gyrmyzykend in the Agderinsky district without any combat actions.

23:35, 3 March 2004

Chechen policemen pay part of their salary to Ramzan Kadyrov

Almost all members of Chechen law enforcement agencies give a hefty percentage of their pay to Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the security service of his father Akhmad Kadyrov, leader of the republic. Prague Watchdog's correspondent learnt about these kickbacks from Chechen policemen who preferred not to be named.

22:46, 3 March 2004

Discussion on new forms of civic and political activity and their application in Kuban region takes place in Krasnodar

Participants in the round table discussion were activists of non-government organizations (NGOs) and trade union organizations, members of regional branches of the Yabloko party, the Union of Right Forces (SPS) and the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Cossacks, and students.

22:43, 3 March 2004

Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow denies complaint by Movement for Human Rights

The complaint was lodged at the instance of former hostages and relatives of the people killed in the Theatre Center on Dubrovka in 2002

15:43, 3 March 2004

Two last tent refugee camps in Ingushetia to be dismantled by mid-March

Chechen government officials explain the necessity to liquidate the tent camps by poor living conditions there, "Tents have decayed, their operating period expired long ago, people often fall ill."

15:26, 3 March 2004

Chechen group "Gazoton Murdash" claims responsibility for blast in Moscow metro

Kavkaz Center's editors received an e-mail from an anonymous address from an unknown earlier group called "Gazoton Murdash." The group's leader, who identified himself as Lom-Ali of Chechnya, made a statement in which he pointed out that his militarized organization claimed responsibility for the blast in the Moscow metro that happened on February 6.

14:56, 3 March 2004

Russian, Transcaucasian religious leaders discuss peacekeeping activities in Caucasus

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexis II, Chairman of the Supreme Religious Council of Caucasian Peoples Sheikh Allakhshukyur Pasha-zade, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Iliya II and Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II took part in the meeting.

14:25, 3 March 2004

Workshop "The Right to Freedom in the Course of a Criminal Procedure" takes place in Tsakhkadzor

A workshop for journalists and 11 regional workshops for prosecutors, policemen and lawyers will be held shortly under Civil Society Institute's Problems of Pretrial Detention in Armenia program.

13:40, 3 March 2004

Number of people falling victims to landmines in Chechnya increases

Two women were killed in a landmine explosion in the Achkhoy-Martan district in the morning on March 2.

13:04, 3 March 2004

Armenia's representative to OSCE blames Azerbaijan authorities for fanning xenophobia

"The study of the statement by the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry [issued in connection with the incident in Budapest] leads to disappointment. Instead of the condemnation having a single meaning, it contains explanations in the form of excuses. The statement is an attempt to blame the victim," said Head of the Armenian Delegation to the OSCE Jivan Tabibian.

12:16, 3 March 2004

Activity of national communities in Abkhazia is under discussion at administration of Abkhazian President Vladislav Ardzinba

Special attention at the meeting was devoted to the problem of people's employment, in particular, in Estonian villages, and granting help to them in the restoration of wine-growing and farm traditions.

23:53, 2 March 2004

Another tent camp dismantled in Ingushetia

The refugee camp Bart, located near the Ingush town of Karabulak, was totally dismantled on March 1, the deadline for eliminating of all Chechen refugee camps in Ingushetia as set by the Chechen government in mid-January.

23:51, 2 March 2004

Armenian Journalists Association presents two books about work of mass media

A presentation of the books "Council of Europe Documents in the Media Field" and "New Times" took place at the Armenian Journalists Association on February 27.

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