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14:17, 10 January 2004

Georgian authorities demand evidence of guilt of Kmara movement activists arrested in Adjaria

Otherwise, the reaction to the unjust court decision will be keen, said Acting President of Georgia Nino Burdjanadze.

13:40, 10 January 2004

Representatives of social and political organisations of Abkhazian refugees restart protest action in Tbilisi

The action participants suggest holding elections of the refugees' representatives for the Abkhazian Supreme Soviet along with the Georgian parliamentary elections in March of 2004.

13:16, 10 January 2004

Azerbaijan Diaspora accuses German Sterligov of sowing seeds of interethnic strife

The "Azerros" organization, which unites Azerbaijanians with Russian citizenship, addressed the Moscow Public Prosecutor's Office demanding that the former candidate for the post of the mayor of Moscow German Sterligov be called to account for sowing the seeds of interethnic strife.

13:14, 10 January 2004

Addressed "purges" in Grozny

Russian security agents conducted addressed "purges" in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny on January 7.

19:38, 9 January 2004

Victims of capture of Kizlyar by Salman Raduyev's rebels commemorated in Dagestan

In the morning, thousands of people went to the central park of Kizlyar to lay flowers at the memorial to the people killed by the rebels.

18:42, 9 January 2004

Vyacheslav Tikhomirov: federal forces in Chechnya change tactics of fight against kamikaze terrorist

According to him, a special emphasis in this work will be laid on the disclosure of persons connected with armed units and on the prevention of terrorist acts in the stage of their preparation.

18:00, 9 January 2004

Chechen refugees will possibly be evicted from three camps

The Chechen refugees living in three temporary accommodation centers in the village of Troitskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district, take a risk of becoming roofless.

17:57, 9 January 2004

Azerbaijan Foreign Minister hopes public will be tolerant towards Armenian servicemen's visit to Baku

"Azerbaijan is a member of many international organizations, and it have to be a receiving county for various actions, in which representatives of the Armenian side take part even if we do not want it," he told journalists on January 8.

15:53, 9 January 2004

Journalist Aleksandr Zhabsky continues hunger strike in Volgodonsk

The journalist is going to continue the hunger strike until the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms takes effect with respect to him.

14:45, 9 January 2004

Anapa City Court decided to deport two Turks-Meskhetians

The materials of the administrative case were considered in the absence of the men called to account. They had not been even notified of the time and place of their consideration.

14:15, 9 January 2004

Chechen State Council intends to decide issue of tent camps in Ingushetia before March 1

The Chechen State Council intends to find out what and who is slowing down the process of return of forced migrants to their homes in Chechnya from three refugee camps in the Republic of Ingushetia.

13:50, 9 January 2004

Azerbaijan intellectuals call to hold anti-Armenian actions of protest

A group of Azerbaijan intellectuals calls to hold an action of protest against Armenia's occupation of a part of the Azerbaijan territory, including Nagorny Karabakh. The action is expected to be held on February 26.

13:26, 9 January 2004

Armenian Defense Ministry denies statements by Azerbaijan on killing of two shepherds

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan issued a statement on January 7, accusing the Armenian snipers of the Monday murder of two shepherds: Orudzh Shukyurov and his son Mukhubbat Shukyurov.

12:25, 9 January 2004

Night abduction of residents of Kulari village

Gunmen in masks and camouflage uniform rushed into the house of the Isayev brothers on the night of December 9-10, 2003 and took them in an unknown direction.

12:10, 9 January 2004

Necessity to prolong mandate of Peacekeeping Forces in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone no longer exists

The headquarters of the Peacekeeping Forces in Sukhum has already received the decision by the Council of Heads of CIS States that the peacekeepers will stay in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict until one of the parties declares for their withdrawal.

11:36, 9 January 2004

Quadripartite meeting between Georgian and Abkhazian sides with participation of Russian peacekeepers and UN military observers, first in 2004

12 people have been abducted, three of whom have been killed, in the conflict zone through the fault of the Abkhazian side for the last two weeks, by information of the Georgian side.

17:28, 8 January 2004

Discussion on Karabakh problem in PACE adjourned

There will be no debates about the problem of Nagorny Karabakh during the January and April sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

17:26, 8 January 2004

Mikhail Trepashkin's keeping conditions changed for better

In exchange for the cessation of torture and moving to the better ward, Trepashkin had to make a signed statement that he had no claims against his keeping conditions at the investigatory isolation ward.

17:17, 8 January 2004

Majority of Abkhazian population do not want to take part in Georgian presidential elections

Results of a mini survey conducted in Sukhum by the Caucasian Knot correspondent is evidence of it.

16:35, 8 January 2004

Denials of information about oppression against Armenian population in Abkhazia

The article "Oppression Against Armenian Population in Abkhazia" published on the gruzia.ru website has produced a strong reaction in the republic.

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