News

September 10, 2005 17:35

• Emergency in Ingushetia

  Two bombs detonate in Malgobek at a short interval.

September 09, 2005 14:44

• Ceasefire breach

  An Azerbaijani soldier is killed as a result of a ceasefire violation.

September 09, 2005 14:39

• S Ossetians, Georgians abduct each other

  Two S Ossetians are set free in the republic, having been captured by relatives of four abducted Georgians.

September 09, 2005 14:14

• Head of administration killed in Dagestan

  Unknown criminal kills Shamkhal head of administration Magomed Idrisov.

September 09, 2005 14:11

• Attack on Russian military

  Two servicemen are wounded as a result.

September 08, 2005 10:32

• Police raids party headquarters

  A group of police officers smash up assets in the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.

September 08, 2005 10:29

• Servicemen attacked in Dagestan

  One serviceman of the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry's interior troops is killed in a skirmish.

September 07, 2005 20:35

• Blast kills combat engineer

  The bomb exploded in a street in Khasavyurt.

September 07, 2005 20:32

• Abduction in N Ossetia

  A resident of Chechnya is abducted in the republic.

September 07, 2005 20:12

• Hundreds suffer because of negligence

  Soldiers drink hepatitis C infected water in Georgia, doctors say.

September 06, 2005 10:47

• Events in Dagestan

  Three police officers are shot dead in the republic.

September 06, 2005 10:44

• Moscow government amends federal laws

  A Moscow government directive about registration rules violates the rights of arrivals from the N Caucasus.

September 06, 2005 10:40

• Duma member discloses evidence on Beslan

  Motherland faction member Yuri Saveliev has evidence that tanks were shooting the school in Beslan.

September 05, 2005 20:14

• Refugees may number 100,000 in Ingushetia

  Official Refugee figures are about twice as low, however.

September 05, 2005 20:12

• Blasts in Chechnya

  Blasts kill one and wound five servicemen in the republic.

September 05, 2005 19:48

• Newspaper loses retrial

  A court rules against Kommersant newspaper in a retrial of its case over an interview with ex-leader of Chechen separatists <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Rights defenders stripped of funds</a>Aslan Maskhadov</a>.</p>

September 02, 2005 12:22

• Controversy over Beslan residents' meeting with Putin

  Those who met the president remain generally satisfied, but many refused to meet him.

September 02, 2005 12:18

• Caliphate Society emir killed in Ingushetia

  Law enforcement agencies say Merzhoyev was involved in the terrorist act in Beslan.

September 01, 2005 18:23

• Beslan: one year later

  Scenes from the town

September 01, 2005 17:18

• Abuse of power in Azerbaijan

  Police attack people distributing opposition leaflets.