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23:46, 21 October 2004

No change in security agencies' tactics in Chechnya

Attacks against federal soldiers and officers of local security agencies, which have become more frequent lately, are no more than rebels' try to show their abilities, Interior Ministry officials and Russian military men believe.

22:46, 21 October 2004

South Osetian authorities cast doubt on Saakashvili's statement

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili announced yesterday, October 20, that a few days ago, officers of special services conducted an operation to detain saboteurs who had blown up a pier of a high-tension line in the Kaspsky district, bordering on South Osetia.

22:35, 20 October 2004

By-election for Azerbaijan parliament held with violations

In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, a representative of the US Embassy to Azerbaijan, who observed the election and asked not to mention his name, called the voting procedure "a parody of the election".

22:34, 20 October 2004

Using torture against former officials documented

Sulkhan Molashvili and David Mirtskhulava are in pre-trial detention. They are charged with exceeding their commission and damaging the state budget.

21:54, 20 October 2004

Azerbaijan denies arresting Chechen refugees

As reported by the Chechenpress agency, Azerbaijan special services conducted "unexampled mass arrests" among Chechens living in Baku at the end of the last week.

23:19, 19 October 2004

Armenia's membership in anti-Iraq coalition still undecided

Not only the Armenian community in Iraq but Armenian communities in other Arabian countries worry about possible consequences of the Armenian servicemen's sending to Iraq, Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian said.

22:17, 19 October 2004

Process of submitting applications for compensation ends in Chechnya

The process of receiving citizens' applications to compensate for housing and property lost in the course of military operations in Chechnya has lasted for two years, and almost everyone eligible for compensation has already filed required documents.

22:10, 19 October 2004

Karabakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, says Oskanian

"Six years ago we weren't able to allow ourselves even to dream of Karabakh's being outside Azerbaijan, but today we speak about it freely," Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said.

23:27, 18 October 2004

Abkhazian Supreme Court to decide on presidential election on October 19

The sitting of the Supreme Court set for today did not take place because a representative of the Central Election Commission (CEC) was absent.

22:17, 18 October 2004

Purge in Noviye Atagi - details

On October 12-14, Russian soldiers conducted a large-scale purge with arrests of people and general searches in houses of locals in the village of Noviye Atagi, Chechnya's Shali district.

17:54, 16 October 2004

Azerbaijan authorities 'will not give Russia lists of Chechen refugees'

The Georgian Interior Ministry is known to have issued a statement it is ready to give Russia lists of Chechen refugees living in the Pankissi Gorge. Chechen refuges are ready to stage mass rallies and turn to the European Court of Human Rights in case the Azerbaijan authorities follow Georgia?s example, human rights activist Mairbek Taramov said.

23:49, 14 October 2004

Khadzimba's supporters to continue political actions

Two alternative meetings were held in the center of Sukhum today. One of them was staged by people supporting Sergey Bagapsh, the presidential candidate for the opposition, and the other one was in favor of Raul Khadzhimba, the presidential candidate backed up by the present authorities.

23:21, 14 October 2004

IMF experts arrive in Azerbaijan

The experts are expected to examine the Azerbaijan side's honoring the fourth paragraph of the IMF agreement, stipulating obligations concerning the monetary regime and general obligations of the IMF member countries, and to discuss forecasts concerning Azerbaijan's 2005 state budget and the issue of the rise in home prices for energy resources.

23:49, 13 October 2004

Beslan tragedy provokes wave of xenophobia in Russia, says CK editor-in-chief

The wave of racial hatred must be immediately stopped. Otherwise it will bury us all.

22:40, 13 October 2004

Bagapsh's supporters to stage mass rally

Presidential candidate Sergey Bagapsh believes that "the Abkhazian people usually convene a national gathering in a very complicated situation."

23:54, 12 October 2004

Senator Kerry uses uncomplimentary expressions towards Azerbaijan

In the course of the ongoing TV debates between presidential candidates in the Unites States, John Kerry said in particular that Azerbaijan "should be thrown under a bus."

23:24, 12 October 2004

Bagapsh declared president of Abkhazia

People supporting Raul Khadzhimba gathered at his election headquarters and directed their steps towards the Abkhazian parliament with slogans "Khadzhimba is our president" and "CEC decisions are illegal". They are intended to stay there until a legal decision is made.

23:11, 12 October 2004

40-day commemoration for victims of Beslan hostage crisis started

Up to now no department has been able to give the exact number of people killed, injured or gone missing.

22:45, 11 October 2004

Special operation against rebels conducted in Nazran

Two suspected rebels were killed and another one was detained during a special operation to destroy suspected members of illegal armed units conducted in Nazran by officers of the FSB (Federal Security Service) Department in Ingushetia.

21:57, 11 October 2004

Bagapsh rates explosion near his election headquarters as intimidation

No one suffered in the explosion that occurred not far from Sergey Bagapsh's headquarters last night, a source in the State Security Service told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

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