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15:09, 6 June 2008

Solana discussed in Abkhazia settlement of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict

Javier Solana, High Commissioner of the European Union on Foreign Policy and Safety, has discussed the issues settling the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict with Abkhazian leaders.

13:23, 6 June 2008

Prime minister of Armenia brings an action against ex-prime minister

Tigran Sarkisyan, former Chairman of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia and nowadays the Prime Minister of the country, has lodged a claim on protection of his honour, dignity and professional reputation against Grant Bagratyan, leader of the oppositional non-parliamentary party "Azatyutyun" (Freedom), who was the prime minister of Armenia in 1993-1996.

11:07, 6 June 2008

Two burials with remains of kidnapped persons found in Chechnya

During several recent days, in the Gudermes and Vedeno Districts of Chechnya, several burials have been detected. The authorities of Chechnya assert that all the casualties fell victims of extrajudicial executions of the militaries of the "Vostok" (East) battalion commanded by Sulim Yamadaev.

18:31, 5 June 2008

EU High Commissioner will not become intermediary between Georgian opposition and authorities

Javier Solana, High Commissioner of the European Union on Foreign Policy and Safety, who has arrived today to Tbilisi, has stated that he would not mediate the conflict between the opposition and the authorities of Georgia.

13:27, 5 June 2008

Azerbaijan: "Azadlyg" opposition block boycotts presidential election

Three oppositional parties - the People's Front, Party of Citizens and Development and Liberal Party of Azerbaijan, united into the block named "Azadlyg", have officially declared their boycott of the presidential election appointed for October 15, 2008.

10:24, 5 June 2008

In Ingushetia, nationwide opposition rally postponed

In Ingushetia, representatives of the opposition have made a decision to postpone for indefinite time the rallies in five dwelling settlements of Ingushetia, which were appointed for tomorrow, June 6.

08:17, 5 June 2008

Georgia sums up parliamentary elections

The Central Electoral Commission of Georgia has promulgated the final totals of the parliamentary elections held May 21. Five parties will form the parliament of the country.

07:12, 5 June 2008

Kozak: cost of Sochi Olympic objects will be defined by end of year

Dmitri Kozak, Minister for Regional Development of the Russian Federation, has stated that the final construction cost of all the objects erected for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympiad will be defined by the end of 2008 after finalizing the project and budget documentation.

22:26, 4 June 2008

Capital of Chechnya getting ready for international film festival

On June 13-19, the city of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, will host the First International Film Festival under the name of "Noah's Ark". Preparation for the event is now especially fast.

19:21, 4 June 2008

"Gazprom" offers Azerbaijan European gas prices

The offer made by the "Gazprom" on gas purchase from Azerbaijan is a long-term deal based on the commercial European price. This news was made public on June 4 by Vasily Istratov, Russia's Ambassador to Baku, in a press conference.

18:57, 4 June 2008

Editor-in-chief of "Novaya Gazeta" would not find Politkovskaya's murder cleared

The murder case of the "Novaya Gazeta" observer Anna Politkovskaya cannot be regarded as cleared. This was stated by Dmitri Muratov, editor-in-chief of the paper, who made his comments on the statement of inspector Vladimir Markin that by June 20 they plan to announce the end of the preliminary investigation of this crime.

17:49, 4 June 2008

Subari: after elections, situation with human rights in Georgia is poor

After the parliamentary elections, Georgia faces a miserable situation in the sphere of human rights, which surely demands estimation, the National Defender of Georgia (Ombudsman) Sozar Subari has stated in today's press conference.

14:38, 4 June 2008

Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia calls on people not to go to June 6 rallies

The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia treats the rallies planned for June 6 by the opposition of the Republic in several dwelling settlements as illegitimate and calls the residents "not to be on the bit of the offenders."

13:33, 4 June 2008

Beslan terror act victims demand to bring case against Putin

On June 4, the members of the all-Russian NGO "Voice of Beslan" lodged an application to the Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation with a demand to interrogate the former president, and nowadays the prime minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin as a witness in case about the terror act in Beslan school in September 2004, and to initiate a criminal case against him.

12:30, 4 June 2008

Presentation of the book on use of prisoners' labour in USSR held in Rostov-on-Don

The city of Rostov-on-Don was the venue the present the book named "Prisoners at Communism Construction Sites. GULAG and Power Engineering Sites. Collection of Documents and Photos".

22:39, 3 June 2008

Residents of Chechnya are indignant with removal of deportation victims' memorial to the garbage dump

In Chechnya, the conflict continues, caused by the intention of the authorities to remove the Memorial erected in 1992 in the Chechen capital in memory of the victims of 1944 deportation to a city suburb. People are revolted with the fact that the place allocated for the new memorial is now a garbage dump.

20:33, 3 June 2008

Israel wants to buy gas from Azerbaijan

Israel plans to sign a long-term contract with Azerbaijan on delivery of natural gas. This was announced today by Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister for National infrastructure, in a press conference in Baku.

20:27, 3 June 2008

Moscow: mass fight with participation of Armenian natives

Today at night, a mass fight with participation of Armenian natives burst out in the Stavropolskaya Street of Moscow. The law enforcement bodies do not exclude the ethnic pretext of the conflict, although there is no official confirmation.

19:21, 3 June 2008

Supreme Court of Russia upholds the verdict to North Ossetian kidnappers

Today, the Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the guilty verdict to three participants of the criminal grouping who kidnapped people in North Ossetia, in spite of the fact that the victims in case insisted on cancelling the verdict.

17:16, 3 June 2008

Militants who shelled Mi-8 helicopter are searched in Chechnya

The militants are searched in the Vedeno District of Chechnya who shelled on June 2 a Mi-8 helicopter, which was carrying militaries of a special subdivision of the Interior Troops.

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